Who (or What) is Acid Betty?

A creative and colorful enigma, and famous for being the first and only hybrid drag queen in the world, Acid Betty is an artist, stylist, and a performer. She has brought her out-of-this-world flare to all sorts of projects and events, and continues to seek out exciting new ways to perfect her craft while collaborating with innovative artists and designers worldwide.

The Evolution of Acid:

2006

Acid Betty is born. Bored with the traditional underground scene, Acid creates a new way to express art and convey a message using unique hair, makeup, and styling. Sometimes the message isn’t a nice one, thus Acid’s other persona,Bitter Betty, was also born.

2008

Quickly growing in fame and notoriety for her unpredictable fashion and uncanny ability to entertain a room, Acid Betty becomes a must-have for any event, hosting and performing at parties throughout New York.

2009

Acid Betty makes her television debut on Project Runway, Season 5. Known as a top underground performer and trendsetter in New York, Acid Betty is a guest model on the show, which exposes her unique hair and makeup styling to an international audience.

  • Makes appearance in “An Englishman in New York” with John Hurt

2010

The term “hybrid drag queen” becomes a top searched item on Google and its own thread in Yahoo Answers. Acid Betty is featured in an online documentary, 50 Faggots, designed to educate people about homosexuality.

2011

Acid Betty creates the hair and styling for artists Peaches and Cazwell for their music video, “Unzip me,” and for a published introspective based on herself using professional female models. Acid also makes her jump onto the music scene with the release of her first song, “Ruthless Lover,” and performs it worldwide.

 

2012

Acid Betty manages art direction, fashion and hair styling for a vast array of clients and artists. She also hosts and performs at events globally. Always delivering something new, unseen, and unconceived.

2017