Eurovision Song Contest 2014's winner, Conchita Wurst, is known worldwide equally a gorgeous disguised drag queen with stunning vocal skills and an amazing sense of mode. But have y'all ever wondered what she looks similar out of drag?

We'd like to introduce you to Thomas Neuwirth, the 25-year-quondam Austrian man hiding under the makeup, wig and bristles.

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Before he was known as Conchita, Thomas had an early musical career success in 2006 later on competing on the Austrian TV show 'Starmania'. He took second place.

In 2007, shortly after appearing on Starmania, Thomas formed a boyband called Jetzt Anders!. The four member group speedily disbanded following the release of only 2 singles from their debut album.

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In the backwash of the breakup, Thomas created the elevate persona of Conchita. He relates 'Wurst,' her surname, to a German expression that translates to hateful "information technology'south still to me."

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His decision to requite the character a beard is "a statement to say that you can achieve anything, no thing who you are or how you await."

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As with most drag queens, Thomas prefers the use of male person pronouns when he is out of drag and female person pronouns while in drag.

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Thomas has even given Conchita a fictional back story in which Conchita was born in the mountains of Columbia and is married to a French burlesque dancer named Jacques Patriaque (who is actually 1 of Thomas' real-life friends).

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Thomas compares his graphic symbol of Conchita to Sasha Violent, the fictional graphic symbol and alter ego created by American pop diva Beyoncé.

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In 2011, Thomas competed on the reality Television receiver competition show 'Dice große Hazard.' This was the first time he debuted Conchita on Austrian national television.

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The following year Thomas competed in the Austrian National Finals for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. Although he placed 2nd confronting Austrian hip-hop band Trackshittaz, the final vote was merely seperated past 2%.

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Thomas, every bit Conchita, gained worldwide recognition when it was announced on May eight, 2014 that he had won the 2014 Eurovision Vocal Contest. Conchita's win marked Austira'due south first victory in the contest since 1966.

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On July 9, 2014, Conchita fabricated her track modeling career in Jean Paul Gaultier's Parish hot couture fashion evidence. She was given the prestigious endmost rail walk, a position typically reserved for the most famous or well-known model.

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Currently, Conchita is traveling the world meeting her fans and is working on her starting time album, which is said to draw influence from "mature ladies" such equally Cher, Shirley Bassey and Tina Turner.