Gia Metric
{{Short description|Canadian drag performer}}
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Gia Metric (born April 16, 1992){{Cite tweet |user=gia_metric |number=1250863204227407872 |title= 28 🦋 for 28 years! Happy Birthday ME🦋💙}} is the stage name of Giorgio Triberio, a Canadian drag performer most known for competing on the second season of Canada's Drag Race.
Early life
Triberio was born in Toronto, Ontario.{{Cite news |last=Kirsch |first=Jen |date=2020-04-17 |title=Toronto drag performers find their groove on Instagram Live |language=en-CA |work=The Toronto Star |url=https://www.thestar.com/life/2020/04/17/toronto-drag-performers-find-their-groove-on-instagram-live.html |access-date=2022-04-15 |issn=0319-0781 |archive-date=2020-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505202800/https://www.thestar.com/life/2020/04/17/toronto-drag-performers-find-their-groove-on-instagram-live.html |url-status=live }}
Career
Gia Metric began her drag career in Toronto. By 2018, she performed at The Junction's weekly drag showcase in Vancouver, along with Kendall Gender and Synthia Kiss.{{Cite web |last=Clapson |first=Dan |date=2018-01-31 |title=One day in Vancouver: Drag queen Kendall Gender |url=https://eatnorth.com/dan-clapson/one-day-vancouver-drag-queen-kendall-gender |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=Eat North |language=en |archive-date=2021-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516000555/https://eatnorth.com/dan-clapson/one-day-vancouver-drag-queen-kendall-gender |url-status=live }} She was named Vancouver's Entertainer of the Year in 2016, and Vancouver's Next Drag Superstar in 2018.{{Cite web |last=Spirus |first=Dr |date=2021-12-13 |title=Gia Metric in YASS Magazine |url=https://yassmagazine.org/2021/12/13/gia-metric-in-yass-magazine/ |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=YASS Magazine |language=en |archive-date=2021-12-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213210029/https://yassmagazine.org/2021/12/13/gia-metric-in-yass-magazine/ |url-status=live }} Before the COVID-19 pandemic, she performed in drag 2 to 3 times a week, sometimes as part of the group Brat Pack. After shows were cancelled because of the pandemic, the group hosted a three-hour show on Instagram called Bounce Back, and Gia Metric worked with Priyanka to host a Dua Lipa album release party on Instagram.
She competed in the second season (2021) of Canada's Drag Race. Referring to her popularity upon entering the drag competition, Bernardo Sim of Screen Rant described Gia Metric as "the queen with a big reputation that everyone is aware of".{{Cite web |date=2021-10-15 |title=Canada's Drag Race Season 2 Episode 1 Recap: Mother Broo Strikes Back |url=https://screenrant.com/rupauls-drag-race-canada-season-2-episode-1-recap/ |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=Screen Rant |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-04-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413035315/https://screenrant.com/rupauls-drag-race-canada-season-2-episode-1-recap/ |url-status=live }} She placed in the bottom two during the first episode, but was saved from elimination after winning a lip sync against Beth.{{Cite web |date=2021-10-22 |title=Canada's Drag Race Season 2 Episode 2 Recap: It's Jester Rusical |url=https://screenrant.com/rupauls-drag-race-canada-season-2-episode-2-recap/ |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=Screen Rant |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-04-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413035312/https://screenrant.com/rupauls-drag-race-canada-season-2-episode-2-recap/ |url-status=live }} In the third episode, she played Blue Scarymore in the slasher film Screech, a parody of Drew Barrymore's character in Scream.{{Cite web |title=StackPath |url=https://xtramagazine.com/culture/canadas-drag-race2-episode3-recap-211416 |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=xtramagazine.com |date=29 October 2021 |archive-date=2021-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106002544/https://xtramagazine.com/culture/canadas-drag-race2-episode3-recap-211416 |url-status=live }} She portrayed Jim Carrey during the Snatch Game challenge.{{Cite web |date=2021-11-05 |title=Canada's Drag Race Season 2 Episode 4 Recap: Synthia Kiss Goes Bananas |url=https://screenrant.com/rupauls-drag-race-canada-season-2-episode-4-recap/ |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=Screen Rant |language=en-US |archive-date=2021-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218194649/https://screenrant.com/rupauls-drag-race-canada-season-2-episode-4-recap/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Alter |first=Rebecca |date=2021-11-05 |title=Canada's Drag Race Recap: Snatch and Release |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/canadas-drag-race-recap-season-2-episode-4-snatch-game.html |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=Vulture |language=en-us |archive-date=2021-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209234746/https://www.vulture.com/article/canadas-drag-race-recap-season-2-episode-4-snatch-game.html |url-status=live }} She placed fourth in the competition.{{Cite web |date=2021-12-11 |title=Canada's Drag Race: Gia Metric keeps the Oscar speeches going |url=https://nowtoronto.com/movies/canadas-drag-race-gia-metric-keeps-the-oscar-speeches-going |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=NOW Magazine |language=en-US |archive-date=2021-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220043733/https://nowtoronto.com/movies/canadas-drag-race-gia-metric-keeps-the-oscar-speeches-going |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=StackPath |url=https://xtramagazine.com/culture/drag-race/canadas-drag-race-season2-episode9-ranking-214538 |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=xtramagazine.com |date=11 December 2021 |archive-date=2021-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211192840/https://xtramagazine.com/culture/drag-race/canadas-drag-race-season2-episode9-ranking-214538 |url-status=live }}
Gia Metric walked in New York Fashion Week in 2019. In 2021, she co-hosted Canada's Drag Race viewing parties in Toronto and Vancouver.{{Cite news |title=Drag's gone boom not bust during COVID-19, says Toronto promoter |url=https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/drags-gone-boom-not-bust-during-covid-19-says-toronto-promoter |access-date=2022-04-15 |newspaper=Toronto Sun |language=en-CA |archive-date=2021-11-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119162537/https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/drags-gone-boom-not-bust-during-covid-19-says-toronto-promoter |url-status=live }} She is scheduled to appear at RuPaul's DragCon LA in 2022.{{Cite web |last=Major |first=Michael |title=DragCon LA 2022 Panels to Reunite the Casts of International DRAG RACE Seasons |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/DragCon-LA-2022-Panels-to-Reunite-the-Casts-of-International-DRAG-RACE-Seasons-20220304 |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en |archive-date=2022-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305064638/https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/DragCon-LA-2022-Panels-to-Reunite-the-Casts-of-International-DRAG-RACE-Seasons-20220304 |url-status=live }}
Personal life
Triberio is based in Vancouver, as of 2020.{{Cite web |date=2020-04-06 |title=7 Questions With: Drag Entertainer Gia Metric |url=https://inmagazine.ca/2020/04/7-questions-with-drag-entertainer-gia-metric/ |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=IN Magazine |language=en-CA |archive-date=2021-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023023540/https://inmagazine.ca/2020/04/7-questions-with-drag-entertainer-gia-metric/ |url-status=live }} Triberio prefers the pronouns they/them out of drag and she/her in drag.{{Cite web |title=Canada's Drag Race series two: Meet the Queens and Judges |url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/mediapacks/bbc.com/mediacentre/mediapacks/canadas-drag-race-series-2/ |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=BBC News |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Filmography
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- Bring Back My Girls (2022)
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External links
{{Commons category|Gia Metric}}
- [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm13005104/?ref_=tt_cl_t_16 Giorgio Triberio] at IMDb
- [https://www.spilltheteamag.com/online-content/2021/12/10/exclusive-interview-gia-metric-lmlk2 Exclusive Interview - Gia Metric] at Spill the Tea
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Category:21st-century Canadian LGBTQ people
Category:Canadian people of Italian descent
Category:Non-binary drag performers