Octavia St. Laurent " Queen Of The Underground " WINNER OF THE 2010 PILL AWARDS

[roli252520]

you were beautiful my lovein and out

[trulymadlyruby]

Love her attitude and candor !! May her bold n beautiful spirit Rest In Peace..

[SirChocolateHobo]

It's how it is. I'm not the only one who feels this way. Maybe you love cocky arrogant people. I personally don't.

[SirChocolateHobo]

Man, she was so humble in Paris is Burning. You wanted to fulfill her dream. Of course, now seeing her post-fame. I don't know if I would have rooted for her.

[LadyOrnitia]

@SirChocolateHobo That's a horrible thing to say...

[roli252520]

much much respect to you octavia and your sisters and daughters you guys paved a way for all these queens rest in peace honey

[roli252520]

much much respect to you octavia and your sisters and daughters you guys paved a way for all these queens 

[roli252520]

much much respect to you octavia and your sisters and daughters you guys pved a way for all these queens

[korrupt1985]

I am so thankful I had the chance & honor to actually meet & talk this amazing woman. She is the epitome of realness, being humble, & elegant grace we truly miss her . I know she is above at peace watching down on us, godmother is gone but never forgotten. R.I.P Icon Legendary Octavia St. Laurent Mizrahi i lovee & we will meet again beautiful

~ Peanut Mizrahi ~

[roli252520]

you will always be the reigning queen

[Toodles1218]

GONE 2 YRS AGO TODAY...RIP

[JericoDeAngel0]

@Toodles1218 Thank you Toodles.....Seems like yesterday.... I can't even say what I'm feeling... Doesn't need to be said I guess.... we all know. :)

[lovley7000]

THANK YOU JERICO....THAT WAS LOVELY!!!!

[JericoDeAngel0]

@lovley7000 Thank you Lovely ! I really miss seeing what she would do next ! :(

[lovley7000]

YEEEEEEEEES OCTAVIA!!!! I LIVE ...REST IN PEACE HEAVENLY ANGEL!

[slider420]

i love you.

[MASIALEE]

GORGE GORGE ... I LIVE HUNNNY :)  WORK MAMA SOOO TRUE SHES A LEGEND

[AquarielCharm]

I agree with your view point especially what you said from 2:18 to 3:14, and the boomerang effect. I saw your video featured on xxxindividuationxxx channel.

[jenmerrill]

Beautiful video...  thanks for sharing! :-D

[ithl123]

Thank you for sharing this with me! I loved it! RIP Octavia

[JericoDeAngel0]

A note from the video's Producer and Friend of Octavia :

" She, in this video has provoked a conversation on some important subjects, and I applaud you all for sharing your point of views. .... And still you are all talking about it......That is why she IS and ALWAYS WILL BE A STAR ! "

[Dared2DoIT]

BTW...I've watched Paris is Burning a million times. I always felt heartbroken when they talked about how they will never achieve their dreams. Seeing Octavia in this video in her FULL glory makes me feel happy. She was beautiful, proud, strong and fierce in this video. Thank you for all of your contributions to the world. RIP honey.

[protegemoixo]

Does anyone have the clip of her on the Phil Donahue show?

[Angel0Martinez]

I miss my granny so much! R.I.P.

[smartboyee2]

Now THAT'S how you speak your mind! ;)

[Bill486]

Saw her at a birthday party for Willi Ninja in Philly....Awesome.

[onetmze]

okay I just found out that heshe is dead or should I say octavia but she does seem very angry - even though I don't agree with the lifestyle she was one that I thought was very happy in the skin that shehe was in but after seeing this video, even though dead she seem very angry. Some people accept their gender and some don't but don't force it off on people. Of course those stars are looking for kink but it doesn't matter they deny alot of things but everything done in the dark shall come to

[2710Pocahontas]

@onetmze First of all, the he/she pronouns are always used by people who are trying to be disrespectful on the sly. The correct pronoun is SHE and it does not always refer to someones anatomical or chromosomal makeup, but more importantly, someones gender orientation, and their physical outward appearance to the world. Now clearing that up, how is she forcing her gender orientation when she lived her life as a woman and not as a MAN in a dress. Compare her with the women you see everyday!

[drummerplusone]

@2710Pocahontas It does not matter how hard one tries to reverse nature, dominate it or outright reject it, the bottom-line: IN THE END NATURE WINS! Why? Because nature determined ones destiny and identity even before one was born. If nature destined you as male, you can manufacture all the outward tools to look like a female, you're still a male in your DNA. Is this disrespectful, I don’t think so, it's a factual observation.

[2710Pocahontas]

@drummerplusone When you walk around everyday and SEE people you take them at FACE value at who they are.  You do not give everyone a DNA test to prove who they are to treat them in specific ways. If you were born in a Christian family and BEING Muslim was who you wanted to be, you would get offended if someone offered you a pork chop simply because pork is not something that Muslims eat. It's called respecting someones wishes to be respected. Nature isn't always perfect!

[Dared2DoIT]

@drummerplusone Nature is nature. Nature created men that want to be men, women that want to be women, men that want to be women, and women that want to be men. That's nature and it is part of the natural biological tapestry of the universe. It's only humans that practice ignorance and hate to explain something that they can not fathom or understand. In other words...who cares and get over it.

[drummerplusone]

@Dared2DoIT Get over what? Have nothing 2 get over! Just stated that God (if you believe in Him), if not, then the Universe, created a male. Is this a mischaracterization of facts? Could call crooked straight or straight crooked, or believe that 2x2 equals 5, in the end it still equals4. How do you argue against that? Disagreeing on merits does not make someone hateful. The person was born male, but mentally died a woman, but is still a man in his DNA, this is a scientific fact. Get over that!

[Dared2DoIT]

@drummerplusone You apparently suffer from some kind of autism spectrum or obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder. I will disregard my assumption to take a moment to state something that may never be able to fathom or understand:

Gender identity and it's connection to genetics is something that no one understands. Not even the most intelligent geneticists and sociologists can figure it out. And here you are attempting to make yourself sound like an authority on it. You are not. Get over it.

[76discodolly]

She appears angry throgh out this video.

[2710Pocahontas]

@76discodolly I knew her personally and trust me, she was not angry. She was just tired of people trying to act that he life did not account for anything and only through their approval, she had some type of purpose. Fuck them! The "straight" world will use our creativity, talents, beauty, art, ideas, and music and then tell us that we don't belong! We all come into this world imperfect, but in the end, will have served a perfect purpose. Only, if it was just to leave a footprint.

[Dared2DoIT]

@2710Pocahontas Wow. You're fortunate to have gotten to know this legend personally. I'm very very jealous.

[sbrownie]

Love her...but she actually looked more 'beautiful' before the surgery...in Paris Is Burning, she was beyond gorgeous...ethereal...

[76discodolly]

Octavia is a attractive and stunning person but I disagree with her saying she is real. She had work done. There is nothing wrong with that but lets keep it real. Injectables and hormone therapy. I wish her peace and love where she is resting.

[omfg2crunk]

@76discodolly i agree. i don't get why girls say things like that when in reality it's nowhere near the truth...

[SmoothCinnamonX]

Octavia's face is SO MUCH like the stunning Lynn Whitfield!!! Lynn should play Octavia in a movie about her life. OCATAVIA FOREVER! SHE CHANGED MY WORLD 20 years ago and made me who I am today!! RIP Angel!!

[76discodolly]

Octavia does not look anything like Ms. Lynn Whitfield.

[SmoothCinnamonX]

@76discodolly I respectfully disagree. There is a facial resemblance. Not a clone, mind you, but I see a similarity. :o)

[76discodolly]

@SmoothCinnamonX Maybe the same shape eyes but that is the extent of it. Sorry thats how I feel.

[jamesjaylay]

my idol

[HardDiscount]

creative and inteligent

[paristarr1]

how to i get like her she is sitting R I P SWEETIE MUAH!

[BLAKPEARL69]

I'm glad that I saw this video. octavia i did not know much about yo. But by this video you were gorgeous and did your thing. R.I.P.

[thatdancingchick]

how did she pass

[queenfee]

cancer

[italllyweb]

Octavia was a GODDESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No one holds a candle to her. She was beyond fierce! SMART LOVELY & TALENTED!

[tkr808]

What a great person, beauty, and talent. I wish she was still her to educate all and also to be a superstar, i know that she could have regardless of what was between her legs.

[donchat]

36-18-36....Legend!

[EGYPTIANVOICEZ]

She was so talented. Octavia will be missed and her Icon status will live on 4ever.

[thealexadiaz]

Rest sweet Heavenly Angel!

[heypasha]

Rest in peace Octavia you beautiful creature. You will be missed! XOXO!!!

[hiltonanthonysuarez3]

My GOD how petty do you girls sound about how she died. just leave it as is. The lesson is that she was OVAH, She left her mark on this earth with her beauty and kindness. AIDS, Cancer, whatever. She paid her dues and left us with her legacy that will be untouched. There will never be a human quite like her EVER! GOD rest her soul...She will be missed!

[giababy678]

you guys need to educate yourselves cause what he is saying about the Ego is absolutely true.if it wasnt for ego she would still be here right now.

[shanana000]

Death stopped you. So don't say "nothing can push you aside" Death did more then push you aside..Death pushed you into the earth...so i guess you are the queen of the underground...how profound.

[Kstar187]

TheDayviid wat u really wanna do is suck some tranny cock ... thats why ur so negitive... u dumd cunt... seem like u were trouch as a little one... and now u cant take someone who live there life freee

rip octavia i love u

muahz

queen of the underworld

[pearlfection08]

Question: when was this piece done, because she looks drastiaclly different in How Do I Look. I know she discusses her drug use and working in the sex trade and she recently passes away from AIDS.

[myronmlawing]

she didn't die of AIDS, she had cancer and a brain tumor.

[pearlfection08]

yes she did..you should check out the How Do I Look DVD.

[myronmlawing]

No she didn't....she had cancer, everyone knew she was positive but she didn't die from that.

[Blackpurl6]

DEFINES FIERCE.

[Viloetgold]

It is so true about what Octavia says Astrid Jades friend.

[Twinkiefan19791]

First of all it wasn't her ego that killed her. God called her home. She inspired many people of all kinds of preferences. Octavia is a symbol of strength because she is one of the last of the paris is burning cast, who has seen many go on before her, but she kept herself together because she knew that many followers would look up to her, and still do. She had a positive ego, and a life. People are scared of people who know who they are. Love ya!

[helwil]

muy buena cancion un saludo enorme, para ti jerico

[TheDayviid]

omg,ignorance...im too tired.RIP Octavia.

[rabiahibetullah]

we are big fmly ,Good blass her soll

[TheDayviid]

damn man,its really sad,i mean like she said,life is like a boomerang,what you throw comes back to you,she wasnt doing something right,either to other people or herself...because tht energy she poured out came back to her and ended up killing her,ego played a huge role in her life thats why she died,RIP octavia,we love you.

[Fieldofaware]

TheDayviid I completely agree with you. I think the Big ego is a survival mechanism though. She never evolved as a person.

It almost seems like it is all about the way you look. To someone like her geting old would of been very difficult too...

[soundviewsouthbx]

Where do you have the room, to come here and say her "ego" is what killed her? Did you know Octavia personally? How do you know of the energy she gave to others, you do not understand this woman's legacy and the impact she made on the Ballroom Scene. Even if you do know her personally, what kind of intelligent, respectful human being would blatanlty disrespect someone who has passed on? The amount of ignorance that comes out of some of you girls' mouths is shocking.

[GeorgeLyter]

SVSbx, i agree with you. Simply said, she was human in her failings and iconic in her strengths. Who of us can say we are more than one half of that?? Octavia, i love you and miss you terribly.

[FrancoAviance]

Great Pride 2009 Message....

This world is for me too, honey!!!

5*s

[anotharemix]

Rest In Peace, you BEAUTIFUL INDIVIDUAL...Goddess! oh my! Like MsDeandrea commented before me...FLAWLESS!

[MusiqHead27]

I Wish I had a chance to sit down and meet with her. RIP OCTAVIA ST LAURENT!! MAY YOU NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!

[MyBallroomLife]

I love this...she was awesome!

[JeuneFilleaCarnival]

And Lady Miss Kier, and Cindy Crawford and willie Ninja.... this is a very well edited & made video. I wonder what is was for- to launch a recording career or as a promo for casting?

[JeuneFilleaCarnival]

Thats Her and Codie with Thierry Mugler ;)

[ChocMami]

she was soooooooooooooooooo stunningly beautiful she was lynn whitfield x's 10

[cosmicrl]

SPEAK OCTAVIA! YASS I LIVE!

[DrunkenHaze00200]

R.I,P

[MsDeandrea]

FLAWLESS.

[startha7]

RIP

[Damianplaza]

God bless your memory, may your house live forever. Omen X Chicago's Bad Boy sends love.

[bodybeautiful08]

RIP sista! Heavenly Angel you are! We will not let your legacy die! Forever you are a part of our history and our evolution

[dellculookin]

This video gave me EVRYTHING I needed!! Ms. OCTAVIA SPOKE THE TRUTH!!! REST IN PEACE HEAVENLY ANGEL, it just doesn't get nay better

[JericoDeAngel0]

Thank You. I will miss her laughter so much.

[RainbowBriteProd]

This is absolutely EPIC! Just like Octavia. if you have more footage or music let us know. Where can we get the Donahue Footage?

[GPARADISEXOXO]

This is amazing footage of the heavenly angel Octavia! so gorgeous! R I P. XOXOXO