"After performing on Friday (6 February) in the Ice Dance - Rhythm Dance event, Canada's Paul Poirier and Piper Gilles' routine circulated around the internet filling multiple feeds. The pair danced to a mash up of RuPaul's "Supermodel (You Better Work)" and Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy". And when we say it's stunning, it's stunning! The program is full of death defying twirls, lifts, and jumps. There's some hairography and even a bit of voguing before the routine closes as RuPaul demands: "You better work.""
"The two, who ranked second in the 2025 ISU World Championships last year, earned a score of 85.79, a season best and finished in fourth place. They will compete again later today (Monday 9 February). Milano Cortina marks Gilles and Poirier's third consecutive Olympics. The pair finished eighth in PyeongChang in 2018 and seventh in Beijing in 2022. As a gay man, Poirier is one of several out-LGBTQ+ figure skaters competing at the Milano Cortina games. Alongside him is Britain's Lewis Gibson, also gay, who competed in the same event with his partner, Lilah Fear."
"The pair pipped Canada to third place finishing on Friday with a score of 86.85. They earned the impressive score for a sublime routine set to a medley of Spice Girls songs including "Wannabe", "Who Do You Think You Are", and "Spice Up Your Life". Fear and Gibson paid homage to the British icons in their outfits with Fear sporting a version of Geri's iconic Union Jack dress while Gibson wore a Mel B-inspired leopard print look. The pair finished 10th in Beijing in 2022, the same year Gibson came out, and landed in third place a"
Canada's Paul Poirier and Piper Gilles performed a mash-up of RuPaul's "Supermodel (You Better Work)" and Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy," delivering vigorous twirls, lifts, jumps, hairography and voguing that closed with the command "You better work." The pair scored 85.79, a season best, and placed fourth; they will skate again on Monday 9 February. Milano Cortina is their third consecutive Olympics after eighth in PyeongChang 2018 and seventh in Beijing 2022. Britain's Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson scored 86.85 for a Spice Girls medley, wore homage outfits and finished third in the rhythm dance.
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