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Kurtis Dam-Mikkelsen was born in San Luis Obispo, California.
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Following his elimination from the show, Dam-Mikkelsen launched a music career, releasing his debut single, "Rubber Doll" on April 28, 2015. His debut album, Beauty Marked, was released on June 9, 2015. Dam-Mikkelsen worked as a male editorial model in California.
Following the advice of fashion photographer Mike Ruiz, he moved to New York in 2011 and started working as a makeup artist.
At the same time he began modeling and performing in drag as "Mission Fame."
Mission Fame was noticed by photographer Mary McCartney who featured him in her book Devoted. He has also appeared in Half-Drag, a photo series by Leland Bobbé which attracted international attention and was featured in Vogue Italia.
Mission Fame was also photographed for Gorgeous, a project by photographers Rob Lebow and Masha Kupets that involved Armen Ra, Candis Cayne, and Tammie Brown. Dam-Mikkelsen works as a celebrity makeup artist in New York, and has worked on models and celebrities including Ève Salvail, Snooki and JWoww, Martha Wash, Wendy Williams, and Michael Urie.
On December 7, 2014, during the "Ru-Veal" of the seventh season of RuPaul"s Drag Race, Mission Fame was the first queen announced to be a contestant on the show.
He was eliminated in the ninth episode, "Divine Inspiration", placing him seventh overall. Following his elimination, he released the music video for "Rubber Doll", which was the first single from his debut album Beauty Marked. The album was released June 9, 2015, and featured appearances from fellow Drag Race contestants Alaska Thunderfuck and Violet Chachki.
