If you’re a big fan of the movie Burlesque (remember Christina Aguilera with her sexy moves?) or the Pussycat Dolls (I’m talking about the ORIGINAL Pussycat Dolls in the Pussycat Lounge), you’ll be no stranger to Dita Von Teese, Queen of Burlesque. Before we proceed, here’s a short history lesson about Burlesque according to Wikipedia.

In a nutshell, Burlesque was a theatrical form in the Victorian era. The Victorian era is something I am particularly fond of and is what we, in the modern day, call vintage. Deviating from the original Victorian burlesque, American burlesque is the one that gradually put more emphasis on nudity in their performances. These days it is more commonly associated with sexy dance moves, corsets, fish net stockings and striptease. And Dita Von Teese is well known for that, on top of her impossibly corseted 22 inch waist.

So when the invitation came for Dita Von Teese’s one-night-only performance at Zirca Singapore, I had planned my dress and makeup to the theme. In fact, I had wanted to sport the characteristic red lips of a vintage make up look, one makeup lesson I had with the vintage expert herself. But as time and Murphy would have it, I was late and thus, threw on something that had an inkling of a corset and stuck to my usual dark eye makeup.

Eyes
NARS Eyeshadow duo in Pandora
tokidoki Perfetto Eyeliner
MAC Eye Kohl in Engraved
Cosmoprof Eyeshadow Palette in Silver

With that I zipped my way down to Zirca to meet Hayden Ng from Hayden Boutique, my dress sponsor for Miss Universe Singapore 2011 at Cointreau’s photowallshelf. Pssst… He’s also the one behind my awesome National Costume! No thanks to my haste, I found myself sorely underdressed in the presence of our local media industry’s brightest. Bah!

Hanging with the crew in Zirca. Loads of queens were in the house that night. With Marion Teo, Hayden and the Patricia Mok. Marion Teo is Miss Universe Singapore 1987 and till date still remains the only local Miss Universe contestant to have made it to the semi finals of the Miss Universe competition. A mother of two teenaged boys and she still looks fab!

Queen of comedy Pat Mok is a hoot and such an energizer bunny. I love her because she’s so real in person and down to earth, very much like her screen personality. She’s very easy to talk to and open. Conversations with her are just like talking to an old friend! She was also involved in my first audition round for Miss Universe Singapore 2011!

I bet many of you didnt know that Joanne Peh our princess on local TV screens was a contestant in the 2002 Miss Universe Singapore beauty pageant! Although she didnt win, she was spotted and got her wish of being a TV artiste. She turned up with her beau, Bobby Tonelli.

Drag queen Kumar opened the Be Cointreauversial show with his dancers and a standup comedy act. Gotta love him for never failing to make the crowd laugh. I always enjoy watching Kumar and his acts. Plus because the crowd that night was above 21 years of age, there was a whole bunch of sex(y) jokes in the line up.

It was only 2 hours later from when we first entered Zirca that the reeeeeeaaalll Cointreauversial show started. The star of the night, Dita Von Teese, in her one-night-only performance in Singapore, did her classic striptease and Martini glass act. Whooooohooo!

Her bling dress clung to her body for its dear life at the start of the show. The dress was obviously tailor made for her because you couldn’t possibly buy a dress off the rack that has a 22 inch waist. All that bling must weigh a tonne and she probably was happy to take it all off during the act. She splashed about in that tiny little crystal encrusted Martini glass amidst talk from the audience about how beautiful she was and whether her boobs were real or not. Haha. She truly looks like she walked out of a poster!

Although it was stated on posters at the door that no photography or videography was allowed during the performance. Camera phones went up the minute she was on stage and started the striptease. I managed to get some really good shots, but this is all you’re getting!