Octavia St. Laurent

Octavia St. Laurent Mizrahi (March 16, 1964 – May 17, 2009)[3] was an American model and AIDS educator who was active in New York City's Black and Latino ballroom community and Harlem's luxurious balls.

[7] In 2006, they starred in Wolfgang Busch's How Do I Look, dubbed as "the sequel to Paris is Burning", and was using the name Heavenly Angel Octavia St Laurent Manolo Blahnik.

During their appearance in Wolfgang Busch's LGBT documentary How Do I Look, St. Laurent further discussed their drug use, sex work, and fight with AIDS.

They moved in with their sister while receiving treatment and started a one-person show at Spirits gay bar in Syracuse, New York, which they described as a quiet place for respite.

St. Laurent gave a final interview by phone in March 2009[10] and died after a long battle with cancer on May 17, 2009, in Syracuse, New York, aged 45.