Lady Red Couture, also known as Mother Couture host of the popular YouTube series “Hey Qween!” has died and she was 43.
The news was announced by Hey Qween creator Jonny McGovern, just days after being hospitalized for complications involving cyclic vomiting syndrome.
Lady Red Couture whose real name was Kareemia Baines was a pillar of the drag and trans community Outside of Hey Qween, Lady Red was a LA staple and worked at venues like Hamburger Mary’s and developed a reputation for being the “largest live-singing drag queen.” She also helped to produce drag shows.
In June, she was featured in a Harpers Bazaar feature called “Striking Portraits of America’s Most Legendary Drag Queens.” In the piece, she called herself the “largest living-singing drag queen in captivity.”
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