13 Facts About Immodesty Blaize

Immodesty Blaize was crowned Reigning Queen of Burlesque in June 2007 at the Las Vegas Burlesque Hall of Fame formerly known as Exotic World.

Immodesty Blaize's stage name is an allusion to the character Modesty Blaise.

Immodesty Blaize worked in film, first as a storyboard artist, then progressing to producing and eventually getting her break directing.

Immodesty Blaize won an EVCOM award for directing 10 short films for the Nobel Prizes sponsored by CNN and Cisco systems.

Immodesty Blaize brought a mainstream profile to the genre in Britain, bringing the genre into mainstream press, and onto Prime Time TV.

Immodesty Blaize wrote two books published by Ebury and produced a docu-film Burlesque Undressed that premiered in cinemas in 30 countries and became one of Sky Arts top rating documentaries for 8 years.

Immodesty Blaize performed for Cher and Christina Aguilera at the premier of the Sony Pictures Burlesque movie, and she has performed in shows with artistes such as Marc Almond, the late James Brown, Roxy Music, Goldfrapp, Scissor Sisters, Barry Adamson, and Nick Cave.

In 2009 Immodesty Blaize signed to EMI She produced the feature-length documentary Burlesque Undressed which screened in cinemas in over 30 countries.

Immodesty Blaize competed at, and was crowned 'Reigning Queen of Burlesque' in Las Vegas 2007 at the Burlesque Hall of Fame.

In pushing continually over 20 years for burlesque's profile in the mainstream as legitimate theatre, Immodesty Blaize beat TV censorship to perform a full showgirl striptease on Prime Time TV on ITV1 the Paul O'Grady Show and on Italy's Dancing with the Stars on RAI1.

Immodesty Blaize is best known for her signature act with an enormous rocking horse, but has many other shows including with her giant telephone, a crystal bubble bath, and her signature oversized powder puffs.

Immodesty Blaize is known as a public speaker away from the burlesque stage and in 2008 she was the first showgirl to be invited to debate at "the world's most prestigious debating society" the Oxford Union, which she took part in alongside US Congressman Bob Barr and Lord McNally.

Immodesty Blaize follows in a tradition set by Gypsy Rose Lee, and has written two novels set in the modern showgirl world, which are published by Ebury, Ambition and Tease.