Piche (drag queen)

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| caption = Piche in 2023

| birth_name = Mike Pierre Gautier{{cite web|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/piche-la-premiere-drag-queen-gitane-se-lance-dans-le-rap-etonner-cest-ce-que-jaime-06-09-2023-HS4E3LYCKZC4NFJUFBY36TQSJU.php |title=Piche, la première drag-queen gitane, se lance dans le rap : " Étonner, c'est ce que j'aime " |last=Poussel |first=Marie |language=fr |website=leparisien.fr |date=6 September 2023 |publisher=Le Parisien |access-date=September 27, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/song/confess/1696936411 |title=Confess |website=music.apple.com |publisher=Apple Inc. |access-date=September 27, 2023}}

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| nationality = French

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| occupation = Drag queen

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| television = Drag Race France (season 2)

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Piche is the stage name of Mike Pierre Gautier, a French drag performer who competed on the second season of Drag Race France and the first season of Drag Race France All Stars.{{Cite web |title=UPDATE: Meet The Queens Of Drag Race France Season 2! |url=https://www.pride.com/drag-queens/drag-race-france-season-2 |access-date=2023-09-12 |website=www.pride.com |language=en |archive-date=2023-07-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709172736/https://www.pride.com/drag-queens/drag-race-france-season-2 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2023-08-20 |title=Drag Race France : Piche, la première drag queen gitane - Elle |url=https://www.elle.fr/Societe/News/Drag-Race-France-Piche-la-premiere-drag-queen-gitane-4141184 |access-date=2023-09-12 |website=elle.fr |language=fr |archive-date=2023-08-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828100100/https://www.elle.fr/Societe/News/Drag-Race-France-Piche-la-premiere-drag-queen-gitane-4141184 |url-status=live }}

Biography

Of Spansh Romani and Algerian origin, Mike Gautier lived in Arles{{Cite web|author=Marie Ottavi|title=La communauté des gens du voyage prend ses quartiers sur TikTok|url=https://www.liberation.fr/lifestyle/sur-tiktok-la-communaute-des-gens-du-voyage-veut-combattre-les-cliches-20231209_UJDW5WSKYVBDTP4GZC4364GINU/|website=Libération|date=2023-12-09|access-date=2024-03-29}} until the mid-2010s, before moving to Paris.{{cite web|access-date=2023-08-28 |date=2023-08-20 |title=Drag Race France : Piche, la première drag queen gitane |url=https://www.elle.fr/Societe/News/Drag-Race-France-Piche-la-premiere-drag-queen-gitane-4141184 |website=Elle}}{{Cite web|title=Interview. Qui est Piche, « baby queen » à barbe de la saison 2 de Drag Race France ? |url=https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/paris_75056/qui-est-piche-baby-queen-a-barbe-de-la-saison-2-de-drag-race-france_59751831.html|website=actu.fr|date=2023-06-27|access-date=2023-08-28}} His father had expelled him from the family home at the age of 13. He trained in ballet, Jazz dance, Hip-hop and dance in heels, and attended the Conservatoire d'Avignon and the École nationale supérieure de danse de Marseille.

At the Soirée des Étoiles 2019 in Arles, he was awarded the Étoile de la culture in the show category.{{Cite web|title=Soirée des Etoiles 2019 : les pépites des quartiers d’Arles à l’honneur|url=https://www.thegoodarles.com/soiree-des-etoiles-arles-2019-les-talents-de-nos-quartiers/|website=thegoodarles.com|date=2019-02-28|access-date=2024-03-28}}{{Cite web|author=Julia Razil|title=Les jeunes talents arlésiens récompensés pendant la Soirée des Étoiles|url=https://www.laprovence.com/article/edition-arles/5389250/les-arlesiens-ont-du-talent.html|website=La Provence|date=2019-02-28|access-date=2024-03-28}}

Filmography

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Category:Living people

Category:Drag Race France contestants

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Category:French drag queens