Randy Constan
{{Short description|American Peter Pan impersonator (b. 1953)}}
{{BLP primary sources|date=April 2020}}
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| name = Randy Constan
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|11|18}}{{cite web|url=https://aventurasnahistoria.uol.com.br/noticias/almanaque/drogas-suicidio-superacao-historia-por-tras-de-randy-constan-o-peter-pan-da-vida-real.phtml|title=Drugs, Suicide and Overcoming: The Story Behind Randy Constan, The Real Life Peter Pan|website=Adventuras Na Historia|language=Portuguese|last1=Previdelli|first1=Fabio|date=October 3, 2020|accessdate=December 3, 2020}}
| birth_place = Staten Island, New York, U.S.
| nationality = American
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| known_for = Peter Pan impersonator
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| website = {{Official URL}}
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Randy Constan (born November 18, 1953) is a Peter Pan impersonator who first posted his cosplay pictures on a website in 2001, in what he stated was an attempt to find a girlfriend.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pixyland.org/peterpan/iso_tinkerbell.html|title=Peter Pan's Home Page... Are You Tinkerbell?|website=www.pixyland.org|access-date=2016-04-15}} The website became a widely circulated internet meme, and in 2001 Constan's website, "pixyland.org" (aka "Peter Pan's Home Page") won a Webby Award in the "weird" category.{{cite news |url= https://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2001-07-19-webbys.htm |title= Webbys elbow aside dot-com gloom |work=USA Today|first1=Janet|last1=Kornblum|date=July 20, 2001 |accessdate= 2007-07-11}} Constan currently resides in Tampa, Florida.{{cite web|url=https://www.cltampa.com/music/local/article/21022338/tampas-peter-pan-randy-constan-regularly-rocks-red-star|title=Tampa's Peter Pan, Randy Constan, regularly rocks Red Star|website=CL Tampa|last1=Roa|first1=Ray|date=September 13, 2018|accessdate=December 3, 2020}}
Constan has made television appearances in costume, including Late Night with Conan O'Brien,{{Cite web|url=http://pixyland.org/peterpan/NewYorkConanTrip.html|title=Peter Pan's Conan O'Brien Appearance, and New York Visit|website=pixyland.org|access-date=2016-04-15}} Jimmy Kimmel Live!,{{Cite web|url=http://pixyland.org/peterpan/LA_Trip1.html|title=PeterPan's Adventure In Hollywood!|website=pixyland.org|access-date=2016-04-15}} Unscrewed with Martin Sargent,{{Cite web|url=http://pixyland.org/peterpan/My2003SanFranTrip.html|title=PeterPan's 2003 San Francisco Trip, and Tech-TV appearance|website=pixyland.org|access-date=2016-04-15}} and Because I Said So.{{Cite web|url=http://pixyland.org/peterpan/CA_PixyTV.html|title=PeterPan's TV Debut in Toronto!|website=pixyland.org|access-date=2016-04-15}}
In 2006, Constan appeared in a music video alongside Jay Maynard, Leslie Hall, and other individuals who gained worldwide exposure via the Internet, created for the web site WeAreTheWeb.org. The video advocates for net neutrality.{{Citation|title=We Are The Web|date=2006-08-02|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VrCCpaEoxI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/8VrCCpaEoxI |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|accessdate=2016-04-15}}{{cbignore}}
Personal life
Constan grew up in Staten Island, New York.{{Cite web|url=http://throughthecracks.org/my_bio.html|title=Through The Cracks Ministries. Randy Constan: MY Bio|website=throughthecracks.org|access-date=2016-04-15}} He graduated from Staten Island College in 1974 with an Associate of Applied Science in Electronics and worked for Consolidated Edison in New York City from 1974 through 1994.{{Cite web|url=http://www.elfintechnologies.com/Resume3.html|title=Randy Constan|website=www.elfintechnologies.com|access-date=2016-04-15}} His first marriage was in 1976, during which he lived on Long Island. He later moved to Tampa, Florida where he has worked for Tasnet Inc. since 1995.
On October 7, 2007, Constan became engaged to his girlfriend of one year (who goes by the names Tinkerbell and Princess Dorothy) at a local club called "The Castle";{{cite news |url=http://blogs.theage.com.au/lastlaugh/archives/2007/11/it_pans_out_for.html |title=It pans out for Peter |first1=Craig|last1=Platt |date=November 15, 2007 |work=The Age|accessdate=2007-11-15}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2007/11/an-underwire-ex/|title=Underwire Exclusive: Net's Peter Pan on Planning a Fairy Tale Wedding|magazine=Wired|last1=Wortham|first1=Jenna|date=November 15, 2007|accessdate=December 3, 2020}} the couple married March 29, 2009 at the Bay Area Renaissance Fair.{{Cite web|url=http://pixyland.org/peterpan/updatenews.html|title=Peter Pan's Recent News and 'BLOG' Page!|website=pixyland.org|access-date=2016-04-15}}
References
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External links
- http://elfintechnologies.com/
- {{Official}}
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