Milk (drag queen)

American drag queen and figure skater From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Milk (born June 23, 1987) is the stage name of Daniel P. Donigan, an American drag performer and former figure skater who came to attention on the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, and the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars.[2][3]

Born
Daniel P. Donigan[1]

(1987-06-23) June 23, 1987 (age 38)
OccupationsDrag queen, model, Figure skater
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Spouse
Veer Nanavatty
(m. 2026)
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Milk at RuPaul’s DragCon, 2024
Born
Daniel P. Donigan[1]

(1987-06-23) June 23, 1987 (age 38)
OccupationsDrag queen, model, Figure skater
Television
Spouse
Veer Nanavatty
(m. 2026)
Websitebigandmilky.com
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Early life

Donigan was raised in Syracuse, New York.[4][5] He served as an altar boy at his Catholic church and attended Catholic school.[6] He first came out as gay to his mom.[7] He stated, "I always knew I was different. I liked figure skating when all the other boys didn't. I hated basketball when all the other boys liked it."[7] He began ice skating at age 9.[5] He said that he and his dad "never had a very close relationship."[7]

Career

Drag

Milk at the White Rabbit Cabaret

After moving to New York City in 2012, Donigan began a full-time career as a drag performer.[5] Donigan first gained attention when he appeared on season six of RuPaul's Drag Race in 2014. Out of 14 contestants, Milk placed ninth overall, losing a lip-sync to Trinity K. Bonet in the sixth episode.[8] On October 20, 2017, Donigan was announced as one of the 10 contestants for RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3. He was eliminated by Kennedy Davenport in the third episode, placing 8th.[9] He again placed ninth after Morgan McMichaels returned to the competition.[10]

Milk at the White Rabbit Cabaret

Outside of Drag Race, Donigan has modeled for Marc Jacobs's Spring/Summer 2016 Campaign[11] and Vivienne Westwood's S/S 2018 campaign.[12] He was featured in Perry Ellis's Fall 2018 collection.[13] In print work, he was featured on the cover of Hello Mr. magazine's third issue[14] and featured in the third issue of Gayletter[15] and in the January 2018 issue of Gay Times.[16] He was featured in a 2014 issue of Next Magazine.[17] He was announced as the new face of Madonna's skincare line, MDNA Skin.[18] In 2017, Milk appeared as Madonna in a video promoting the skincare range, dressing in several of her iconic costumes.[19]

Figure skating

Donigan is a former figure skater who qualified to the 2009 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Junior Ice Dance.[20] He retired from competitive skating in 2009.[5] He returned to competition in 2025, winning first place in the Gold Solo Pattern Dance and Gold Solo Free Dance categories at the U.S. Eastern Adult Sectional Championships.[21][22]

He performed at the Bryant Park Figure-Skating Rink for the Guys On Ice event as charity for the Ali Forney Center.[23]

Music

Donigan formed the group The Dairy Queens in 2016, whose first single, "Milk It", was released on July 2, 2016.[24] He then released his first solo single, "Touch the Fashion, Change Your Life",[25] which he performed live on the first episode of All Stars 3 in 2017.[26]

Personal life

Donigan is Catholic and gay.[6] He was in an open relationship with James B. Whiteside,[27] principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre, for 12 years.[28] In October 2020, Donigan announced on Instagram that they have amicably split.[29] In April 2026, Donigan married Veer Nanavatty.[30] Donigan currently lives in New York City.[citation needed]

Filmography

Television

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2014 RuPaul's Drag Race (season 6) Herself Contestant (9th place)
2016 Skin Wars Episode: "Miss Skin Wars"[31]
2018 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 3) Contestant (9th place)
2019 Hey Qween! Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Guest
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Music Videos

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2020 Fashion Blogger Rhyme So [32]
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Web

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2014 James St. James: Transformations Himself Guest [33]
2014–2018 Milk's LegenDAIRY Looks Host [34]
2014–2017 #MarcoMarcoShow Backstage Model [35]
2014 Ring My Bell Guest [36]
2015 Drag Queens React Part 2 [37]
2017 $TRANGER$ FOR CA$H With Kim Chi [38]
How to Makeup Episode: "Milk's Finishing Touches" [39]
Craiglist Missed Connections Guest [40]
2018 Whatcha Packin' [41]
M.U.G. With Kim Chi [42]
2020 BBC Sport Guest [43]
2022 Out of the Closet [44]
2023 Glam Slam Contestant [45]
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Discography

Singles

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2016 "Milk It" [24]
2018 "Touch the Fashion" [25]
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"Sitting on a Secret"
(RuPaul featuring Aja, Chi Chi DeVayne, Milk, Morgan McMichaels, & Thorgy Thor)
2018 Non-album single
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References

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