Joanne Gair

Quick Facts

Full Name	Joanne Gair
Occupation	Makeup Artist
Date Of Birth	Aug 30, 1958(1958-08-30)
Age	66
Birthplace	Auckland
Country	New Zealand
Birth City	Auckland Region
Horoscope	Leo

Joanne Gair Biography

Joanne Gair is one of the most popular and richest Makeup Artist who was born on August 30, 1958 in Auckland, Auckland Region, New Zealand. Makeup artist who’s full-body painting have been featured in a variety of successive Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues, starting in 1999. Her work is well-known for her works such as Disappearing Model as well as for her paintings of famous people such as Makeup artist whose full-body paintings have been featured in many consecutive Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues, beginning in 1999. She is famous for works like Disappearing Model and for painting celebrities like Demi Moore..

She did the makeup on She did makeup for Madonna‘s music video for “Frozen.”‘s music video “Frozen.”

Gair is from Takapuna on the North Island of New Zealand, but she now lives in both Los Angeles and New York City. Her father is Hon. George Gair, a former New Zealand politician, and her nephew Alastair Gair is a competitive Etchells racer. Her father was a long-time Member of the Parliament of New Zealand (1966–1990) and later Mayor of North Shore City (1995–1998). Her mother is Fay Gair, and her elder sister Linda Gair served both as a model and as a painting assistant in several of the paintings in her first book. Linda also has a daughter named Lauren. One of the paintings for which Linda assisted was the cover of Paint A ‘Licious. Gair also has an older brother named Warwick.

Gair is considered a Trompe-l’œil body painter, but at times she describes herself more generally and colloquially as an illusionist. She also refers to herself and others refer to her as an image-maker for her contributions to people’s perceptions of others. She was originally inspired to specialise in body painting by facial skin adornment of the indigenous Māori people of her native New Zealand. However, the glam rockers and heavy metal rockers as well as white-face geishas, Native American Indians and Indian mehndi all contributed to her inspiration. She began using Sharpies to draw on people in

1977. Her work, which became prominent with the August 1992 Vanity Fair cover of Demi Moore, has transcended various media and involved her with leading photographers, directors, super models and celebrities. Gair has worked with leading celebrities (Madonna, Cindy Crawford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kim Basinger, Christina Aguilera, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sophia Loren and Celine Dion) and been in editorial (Vogue, W, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Playboy, BlackBook, and Harper’s Bazaar), fashion campaigns (Donna Karan, Versace, Victoria’s Secret, Guess, and bebe), cosmetic companies (L’Oréal, Maybelline, Revlon, Oil of Olay, and Rimmel) and mega-brands such as Evian. At one point she was beauty editor of Black Book. Her work with Madonna includes music videos such as Express Yourself, Vogue, Fever, Rain, Frozen, the Blonde Ambition Tour and its subsequent feature documentary Truth or Dare. When Madonna teamed up with Herb Ritts for black and white photographs, Gair did the eyelashes and make-up. Gair has been the subject of numerous television programs and magazine articles, including what was the highest rated episode of Ripley’s Believe It or Not?. Her first retrospective was exhibited at the Auckland Museum as part of the Vodafone Body Art exhibition in 2001 and early 2002.

The daughter is New Zealand politician George Gair. She has two siblings with the names of Linda as well as Warwick.

Joanne Gair Net Worth

Joanne Gair is one of the richest Makeup Artist from New Zealand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Joanne Gair 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was raised within Auckland, New Zealand and was initially a dance instructor.

She was a part of the German version of Next Top Model, where she painted the bodies of all of the contestants in the final four.

Joanne “Kiwi Jo” or “Kiwi Joe” Gair (born c. 1958) is a New Zealand-born and raised make-up artist and body painter whose body paintings have been featured in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue from 1999 to 2017. She is considered the world’s leading trompe-l’œil body painter and make-up artist, and she became famous with a Vanity Fair Demi’s Birthday Suit cover of Demi Moore in a body painting in 1992. Her Disappearing Model was featured on the highest rated episode of Ripley’s Believe It or Not. She is the daughter of George Gair.

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The photographers in 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2004 were respectively Antoine Verglas, James Porto, Michael Zeppetello and Steven White for the Swimsuit Issue works. From 2005–2007 Gair took the photographs of her body paintings herself. Verglas again photographed the bodypainting for the 2008 Swimsuit Issue. No body painting pictures have been chosen as the exclusive main image on the cover of the Swimsuit Issue. However, in the 2005 Swimsuit Issue in which Carolyn Murphy is the cover model, Jessica White was shown as an inset on the cover in a Miami Dolphins jersey body painting by Gair. Thus, as a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue photographer Gair debuted on the cover in a sense. In 2006 a small cropped portion of her photograph of a bodypainting of Klum appeared in an inset on the cover, but no bodypainting was apparent. The 2016 Swimsuit Issue designated three cover models for three separate covers, one of which was a photograph of Ronda Rousey in a Gair-painted one-piece bathing suit, thus making it the first Swimsuit bodypaint cover (albeit not the exclusive cover for that year).

Facts & Trivia

Joanne Ranked on the list of most popular Makeup Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in New Zealand. Joanne Gair celebrates birthday on August 30 of every year.

In addition to achieving pop culture prominence and respect in the fashion and art worlds starting with her body painting of Demi Moore, she is a make-up artist in the rock and roll world who has helped several of her music clients win fashion and style awards. She is also considered a fashion and art trendsetter, and for a long time she was associated with Madonna. In 2001, she had her first retrospective and in 2005, she published her first book on body painting. At the peak of her pop culture fame after the Vanity Fair cover, she was seriously considered for an Absolut Vodka Absolute Gair ad campaign. She has done magazine editorial work, and in 2005, she became a photographer of her own body paintings in both books and magazines.

Top Facts about Joanne Gair

1. Joanne Gair is a New Zealand-born artist.
2. She was born in 1958.
3. Gair is known for her body painting work.
4. She has worked with celebrities like Demi Moore and Madonna.
5. Gair’s work has been featured in magazines like Sports Illustrated and Vogue.
6. She has won multiple awards for her artistry.
7. Gair has also worked on music videos and advertising campaigns.
8. Her book “Paint A Licious” showcases her body painting work.
9. Gair currently resides in the United States.
10. She continues to be a prominent figure in the world of body painting artistry.