heels, jewellery and makeup. I was probably around four years old when I first started taking things from my mum’s makeup bag and trying them out on myself.
Importantly, she never discouraged me and always told me I looked gorgeous. I think this helped build my confidence. Then, at around the age of seven, I started attempting proper techniques and trying to create actual looks.
When I was eight, I came up with my drag character, Francheska Valley. I liked that the first name began with an ‘F’, like Fabian , and we live in the Valleys, in Wales – so it just worked.
Francheska is a sassy queen who doesn’t care what anyone thinks. She is a fashion icon, and the best looking person in the room.