Rick Genest: Lady Gaga

Genest Dept: Asked what he thinks his talent is, he answers with a good-natured, honest laugh, My talent? It s hard to say. I mean, everything I can do, I ve seen someone do it better, so I don t know if you d call it talent, according to The Star. In Toronto on Wednesday night, Genest was a celebrity model serving as the finale in a show celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Montreal label Mackage. Backstage, he played the excited-to-be-here showman, professing his love for show biz and declaring, I m a performer. That s all I chose to do in life and rick Genest, who also goes by Rico the Zombie or just plain Zombie Boy, is one head-to-toe tattoo that depicts living death in record-holding numbers of images of bugs and bones. But within all that freaky ink resides a modest soul. In international fashion circles, Genest, a 26-year-old Montrealer, has been a star since early 2011. Discovered by Nicola Formichetti, creative director at Mugler and stylist to Lady Gaga, he appeared on the Mugler catwalk and in Gaga s Born This Way video. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.