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- Height6′ 4″ (1.93 m)
- Kevyn Aucoin was born on February 14, 1962 in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Zoolander (2001), Michael Jackson feat. Janet Jackson: Scream (1995) and Liza Minnelli: The Day After That (1993). He died on May 7, 2002 in Middletown, New York, USA.
- He was also an activist, remembered as an opinionated person with strong political views and who was outspoken about gay rights.
- Favorite makeup artist of both Cher and Janet Jackson; has done multiple video shoots and album covers for both.
- His big break came in September 1983, when Vogue magazine booked him to work on a photo shoot of Meg Tilly.
- He moved to New York in January 1983 and spent his time making up models for free.
- Recipient of the first-ever Council of Fashion Designers of America Award for makeup artistry.
- It's our hearts and brains that we should exercise more often. You can put on all the makeup you want but it won't make your soul pretty.
- [to The Associated Press in November 2001 about not dictating how people should use cosmetics] I don't use "always do this", "never say that" and I never give advice because I'm not the end-all, be-all authority.
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