“Life goes on because what I don’t do is live for opinions or for anybody else, I live for myself, I live for my child, and as long as I love and appreciate and respect myself and what I’m doing, I’m here for it. People turn their nose up at you, or they don’t want to date you or they don’t want to be your friend or you know, they look at you in a different light when they find out how you make your money.”Įlaborating, she continued, “You were okay with me and my personality and me as a woman before you found knew what I did to make money so, what changes about me and who I am as a woman just because of how I make my money?”ĭespite this, Gigi lives for the approval of no one. “It feels so good because of the way that people try to make you feel bad in the process of being a stripper.
While Gigi has long retired from dancing and has a gig co-hosting on Angela Yee’s award-winning podcast Lip Service, she shared that she’s happy to be a part of a platform that’s working on dispelling industry stereotypes. So it’s like you always got to get your head in the game and stay focused on what your goals are.” When it comes to this industry, hustle is mandatory, as Gigi added, “You’re running up a tab, so not only do you have to make that money back to be able to get ahead for the night, you got to make way more than that as well. It’s not even just pay to work, once you’re at a certain level or a certain club, then you pay for your make-up to get done or you’re buying a new outfit for a big night.” Revealing that a night can already start out at a loss, Maguire explained, “We pay a lot of money to work.
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“But then once you get used to that and see all this money you’re making and all of the attention that you’re getting…It’s just here we are.”įrom breaking down what a feature dancer is to what it means to tip out the DJ, the series unveils the unseen details of what it means to work at some of the most well-known clubs in the world.
Pic credit: WEtv Gigi Maguires career at. “It was the being nude in front of strangers that I had to initially get used to,” Maguire opened up over Zoom. Beyond the Pole star, Gigi Maguire talks about breaking industry stereotypes and the upcoming brand new season. Gigi Maguire on dispelling stripper stereotypesĭue to her long resume of technical dance training, performing and being on stage always felt natural to her.
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