Kiddy Smile aka Legendary International Mother Keehdi Gorgeous Gucci presents THE EUROPEAN LATEX BALL 2025 : BLACK ICONS FOREVER
🗓️ SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2025
📍 LA GRANDE HALL DE LA VILLETTE 211 211 Av. Jean Jaurès, 75019 Paris
Visuals by Will Pucena
3.00pm : Doors Open
🎫 TICKETS :
🎟️ Participant : Link coming soon
🎟️ Spectators 20 € :
Click on November 30 ⬇️⬇️
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The ELB 2025 is coming back in Paris. Named THE BLACK ICONS FOREVER, the ball and categories pays tribute to Iconic Black figures – whether they come from music, cinema, sports, fashion, dance, or the struggle for freedom and expression.
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1. FACE (7 trophies)
✨NAOMI CAMPBELL✨
FACE — "Naomi's Chosen"
You have been summoned by the High Court of Beauty. The House of Campbell has spoken. The crown seeks a new heir : one worthy of carrying Naomi’s eternal flame.
To honor the legacy, present yourself as the divine descendant of Naomi Campbell: sculpted by gods, kissed by light, untouchable in your glow. Skin like satin, eyes that pierce, lips that speak in silence. A vision so pure, the heavens stop to witness your arrival.
Tonight, the category is FACE and the brief is simple:�Are you the next Naomi… or her reckoning
(BQ Face / Junior BQ Face / Transman Face / FQ Face / Women Face / Legendary Face / Face with performance)
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2. BIZZARE OTA (1 trophy)
✨MISSY ELIOT✨
You have been abducted by the Church of Supa Dupa Fly. In this twisted universe of smoke, latex, and cyber-gospel, only one commandment remains: Thou shalt keep it weird.
To honor the First Lady of Futurism ,the priestess of the avant-garde , step forth as a divine glitch in the matrix. Your body? Rewired. Your silhouette? Unreadable. Your face? Reprogrammed. Bring us a look that could only be born in a fish-eye lens, wrapped in a trash bag, dancing in the rain.
If Missy is the high priestess of the uncanny, then you are her prophecy made flesh.�Bring the grotesque, the glorious, the glamorously glitchy. Be the beat that doesn’t drop, the look that don’t make sense but we feel it.
Tonight, it’s not about being beautiful. It’s about being unforgettable.
BIZARRE — “Missy Got Your Freak”�This ain’t for the cute. It’s for the ICONICALLY STRANGE.
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3. VOGUE FEMME (6 trophées)
✨BEYONCE✨
🏆 WOMEN’S PERFORMANCE - ✨CRAZY IN LOVE ✨
The world stops when she walks in. Heels high, eyes blazing, body on fire.�Tonight, you are that woman ,crazy in love, but even crazier for yourself.�Your performance should make hearts race like the first note of Crazy in Love.
bring it in a white top , jeans and red shoes
🏆 TWISTERS- ✨BEYCHELLA✨
Bring it in a varsity college outfit inspired by the iconic performance Beychella
🏆 DRAGS PERFORMANCE - ✨DÉJÀ VU✨
In Lemonade, Beyoncé turned YELLOW into a statement of rebirth and power. That flowing yellow dress in Hold Up became an image of resilience, joy, and unapologetic freedom transforming the color into a symbol of strength, sunshine, and survival
Tonight, push your creativity to the MAX flood the floor in a YELLOW fantasy look
🏆 TAG TEAM FQ PERFORMANCE WITH A DRAG UNDERSTUDY - ✨TELEPHONE✨
Telephone was more than a bop! Beyoncé and Gaga turned it into a manifesto of SISTERHOOD and FREEDOM. Two women, ride-or-die, breaking chains together and dancing their way out of control
ONE is Beyoncé, the other is Lady Gaga and you’ve just ESCAPED from the prison of conformity, and all you want to do is DANCE
🏆 BQ SOFT VS BQ DRAMATICS - ✨COWBOY CARTER ✨
The Cowboy Carter Tour reimagines the Wild West with Black brilliance neon horses, flaming pianos, and cinematic rodeo dreams.
A kaleidoscope of freedom, fashion, and reclamation, Beyoncé rides as both icon and outlaw. Bring it in a cowboy look and don’t forget your chaps !
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4. OLD WAY (5 trophies + GP)
✨THE PIONEERS✨
(Transman vs FQ vs Women vs BQ vs Drags + Overall)
We’re honoring our own, the pioneers who laid the foundation. Your challenge: dive into the archives and choose an iconic look from Willie Ninja, Derrick Icon,André Mizrahi , Mc Debra or Pepper LaBeija. Reimagine it through a modern lens, serve it on your body, and make it fashion. But this isn’t just about looking good so your outfit must also be practical enough to let you pop, spin, and dip the old way. Bring the legacy forward.
Pay homage with precision. Walk like the greats are watching.
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5. NEW WAY (1 trophy)
✨THE PIONEERS✨
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6. LEGENDARY PERFORMANCE (2 trophies)
✨BEYONCE RENAISSANCE✨
(Legends + Icons)
Renaissance is Beyoncé at the very peak of her artistry ! fearless, liberated, and masterful, redefining what it means to be at the top of the game.
SILVER is your color tonight so come shine, come shimmer, and show us what it REALLY takes to be a LEGEND on this floor!
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7. REALNESS (8 trophies)
✨ICONS LEGACY✨
Tonight, we pay homage to Black icons who marked their era by shining beyond limits whether through art, activism, fashion, music, or simply by existing boldly in a world that wasn’t built for them. Choose someone who made the stars bend to their will, who uplifted themselves and their community through their brilliance.
Honor them with a quote, a visual reference, or a powerful exposé step forward and let your body speak their legacy.
- MF Military (Malcom X)
- MF Executive (Alexandre Dumas)
- Schoolboy (Harriet Tubman)
- Drags (Josephine Baker)
- Junior FQ (Maya angelou)
- FQ (Rosa Parks)
- Transman (James Balwin)
- Legendary/Icon (Martin Luther King)
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8. EUROPEAN RUNWAY (9 trophies + 1 GP)
✨PRINCE✨
(BQ small vs BQ tall vs BQ big boys vs BQUID vs FQ vs Beginners vs GNC vs women vs legendary ) 9 trophées + 1 Grand prize a night of a thousands Princes).
Prince gave Black queer kids another path ! one paved in lace, eyeliner, heels, and defiance. He challenged gender norms with every flick of his wrist, every purple shimmer of shadow, every outrageous, unforgettable outfit. Prince wasn’t just a pop star: he was a portal. Tonight, we honor the style icon by bringing one of his iconic looks back to life but bigger, bolder, queerer. Can you top his designs? Can you elevate his legacy while still giving us a nasty walk down the runway? Show us that Prince didn’t just inspire you… he lives through you
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9. ALL AMERICAN RUNWAY (3 trophies)
✨GRACE JONES✨
(BQ vs FF + Overall )
There is no one who embodies the blueprint of alternative Black aesthetics quite like Grace Jones. A true icon, she pushed every boundary on gender, fashion, performance and all with razor-sharp elegance. Her legendary collaboration with hat maker Stephen Jones elevated her looks into living sculptures, merging fashion with art. Tonight, revisit one of Grace’s iconic silhouettes and strut the runway in a look that commands attention with a mandatory headpiece or hat inspired by her unmistakable style. Give us bold. Give us sculptural. Give us Grace.
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10. FF BEST DRESSED (1 trophy)
✨MICKAEL JACKSON✨
Michael Jackson was more than the King of Pop, he was a style icon who blurred the lines between masculinity, femininity, and performance. From cropped jackets to sequined gloves, his looks were bold, glittering, and unforgettable, visible from across a stadium, impossible to ignore.
Tonight, we ask you to bring a feminine interpretation of his legendary style. Come in a look that’s bedazzled, glittery, shiny, and unapologetically over-the-top. Think sparkle, think drama, think silhouette. Give us Michael all reimagined, elevated, and walking in heels.
Will your look light up the room like a Billie Jean sidewalk? The stage is yours.
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11. MF BEST DRESSED (1 trophy)
✨JANELLE MONAE✨
Janelle Monáe is known for her tremendous style: bold, architectural, and always unforgettable. Tonight, we invite you to interpret one of her iconic looks, but there’s a twist: you may only use black and white. No color. No compromise. Just the sharp contrast that defines her legacy.
Will you be up for the task? Will your look be Met Gala worthy? Will you make Janelle proud? Step onto the runway and let us know.
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12. STREETWEAR HIGH FASHIOM OTA (1 trophy)
✨TELFAR / FUBU / BABY PHAT / JUICY COUTURE Y2K
Give us your own interpretation of a street high fashion look blending the boldness of Black-owned brands like Telfar and FUBU with the nostalgic glamour of Y2K staples like Baby Phat and Juicy Couture. We all know Y2K was watered-down Blackness a style born in our communities and repackaged without credit. Now it’s your turn to take it back. Make it grand. Make it loud. Make it ballroom.
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13. BODY Body (8 trophies)
✨BLACK EXCELLENCE✨
Serena Williams. Michael Jordan. Usain Bolt.�Throughout history, Black athletes have not only broken records they’ve redefined what power, grace, and excellence look like. Their bodies have been monuments to perseverance, discipline, and pride.
Tonight, you’re invited to choose your champion( from any sport, any era ) and sell your body in honor of their legacy.�This is not just about muscles or mass. It’s about presence, silhouette, and story.
Make it creative. Bring a picture as your reference. And don’t be afraid to go bold.�Reimagine greatness. Embody it. And walk like your body is the legacy.
(BQ Lucious / BQ models / BQ muscular / FQ fitness / FQ Lucious / Women Fitness / Women models / Women Lucious)
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14. SEX SIREN (5 trophies)
✨ATLANTIS✨
Sex Siren atlantis
We all know Atlantis was never lost . A myth wrapped around the truth. When they spoke of blue-skinned beings rising from the ocean. A Black man swimming? A creature too majestic to name. So they called it legend.
Tonight, for the Sex Siren category, rise from the depths as a sensual spirit of the sea : an Atlantean forged in salt, mystery, and beauty. Your look should drip. It should glisten. It should seduce. Don’t forget your trident. Don’t forget the wet. Give us oceanic temptation. Give us divine allure. Bring us the fantasy of Atlantis reimagined, reborn, and ready to make them drown in desire.
(Legendary / BQ catboy / Women / FQ / GNC)
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15. ELITE PERFORMANCE
✨BEYONCE SUPER BOWL✨
Beyoncé’s Super Bowl was ELITE a masterclass in showmanship, precision, and pure dominance on the world’s biggest stage. Tonight you’re invited to step into ELITE PERFORMANCE and snatch the cash prize. If your name’s not on the list, drop 15€ in the pot to battle the girls who are and do it in a look inspired by Beyoncé’s legendary Super Bowl performance. May the best performance win!
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ELB 2023 highlights (on YouTube) :
- https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrgRcn86y-slue3K7fu2MKmfh_f-1ZP1l&si=ymGWqYbOxpc0xm-N
- https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe7r4fL5HjkSa0On85HcfGFuMx-XBJRYG&si=IGtMGjuNC1_WnPM0
🎫 TICKETS :
🎟️ Participant : Link coming soon
🎟️ Spectators 20 € :
Click on November 30 ⬇️⬇️
https://billetterie.villette.com/spectacle?lng=1&id_spectacle=9368&fbclid=PAQ0xDSwMTTi5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp6JPWXKkSXgcDaRtK1cBVAiYgp2XYD0Xkg5afg3E5gVDupxacDFxGM4
BALLROOM VOCABULARY
FQ - Fem Queen : Transwomen
BQ - Butch Queen : Gay man
FF - Female Figures : Fem Queens, Drag Queens, Women.
MF - Male Figure: Butch Queens, Trans Men, Butch
FATHER/MOTHER : Leaders of a “House” (ballroom family).
LEGENDARY : Emblematic and highly respected figures.
ICON : The ultimate status in the ballroom.
VOGUE FEMME : Feminine and fluid style of voguing inspired by FQ.
OLD WAY: classic and angular style of voguing (1980s).
RUNWAY : runway, category where attitude and style are showcased on the catwalk.
FACE : category focused on beauty and facial expression.
OTA: Open To All - no division into gender categories, includes non-binary and straight people (certain categories like Realness still limit the OTA).
NO TRANSPHOBIA
NO RACISM
NO SEXISIM
NO HOMOPHOBIA
NO FATPHOBIA
NO HATEFULNESS
NO ABLEISIM
NO AGEISIM
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