Eyricka Lanvin

**Eyricka King**, known as **Eyricka Lanvin**, is an actress, model, and wardrobe stylist. Throughout her ballroom career, she has walked in categories under the names Eyricka 007, Eyricka Allure, Eyricka Angel, Eyricka Khan, Eyricka Lanvin, Eyricka Mizrahi, and Rapunzel Mizrahi. She has also done wardrobe styling for the cast members on the FX series *Pose*.

Eyricka Lanvin is the mother of the House of Lanvin in season one of *Legendary*. The House members that she is responsible for are Carlos Lanvin, Makayla Lanvin, Pack-Rat Lanvin, and Zay Lanvin.

## Biography

Eyricka Lanvin started her ballroom career in 2004 at fifteen years old as a part of the House of Angel. At her first ball, she walked in the *Drag Realness* category, and she ended up winning the grand prize. This gave her confidence to keep participating in balls and to be her authentic self. However, when she left the venue at the end of the ball, trophy in hand, she saw her aunt and uncle. At the time, Eyricka did not come out to her aunt and uncle about her gender and sexual identity. Thus, when they recognized her, she dropped and shattered her trophy and ran away to a diner. Four hours later, her aunt called her to come back home, and when she did, they accepted Eyricka for who she is, for being transgender.

In 2017, Eyricka was incarcerated in Franklin Correctional Facility where she was sexually, physically, and verbally abused by officers while in solitary confinement. They acted this way towards Eyricka because she identified as transgender. She wrote two letters to her mother Kelly Mizrahi detailing the abuse, however, they were shredded and returned back to her. Her third letter was allowed to be sent, and it revealed Eyricka had been repeatedly threatened and denied medical treatment. She further wrote that she thinks the officers may murder her and frame it as a suicide.

On June 30, 2017, Eyricka was thrown against a wall by officers with such force that one of her breast implants had ruptured, causing scar tissue around the breast. This went unnoticed by her attackers. Eyricka's mother Mizrahi spread her letter and story on the internet, which went viral. Eventually, Eyricka was released from solitary confinement and transferred to another correctional facility.

Eyricka is an open and proud transgender woman, who is considered "Legendary" in the ballroom due to her numerous wins in the fashion and face performance categories. She came out as transgender when she was fifteen years old. The moment Eyricka realized she was transgender was when she and her friends visited Manhattan, where she describes seeing beautiful women walking all around. Her friends then told her that these women were born as men, and that's when Eyricka decided that she wanted to be like those women.

Eyricka explains that is hard for her to live as a transgender woman in life outside ballroom. Although the ballroom environment is very accepting, people outside of it are intolerant and often stare or pass judgement on Eyricka when she is out in public. Also, she doesn't feel very comfortable to be herself within her biological family. Her family consists of many children, and her lifestyle doesn't necessarily align with theirs, or they aren't familiar with the concept of someone being transgender.

## Legendary Looks

*See House of Lanvin for more information on the judging and placements for episodes of season one of Legendary.*
Welcome to My HouseMirror MirrorCircus BezerkusCircus BezerkusCircus BezerkusCircus BezerkusCome Up and See MeCome Up and See MeCome Up and See MeMannequin ShowcaseWarrior GuardiansTake Me to Your Leader
## Ballroom Videos

This section showcases videos of Eyricka Lanvin walking categories in ballroom over the years. Please note that within ballroom culture, people move around to different houses of their own volition, and thus have different last names throughout their career.

Eyricka (Allure) Lanvin 10'sEyricka (Allure) Mizrahi 10'sEyricka (Zion) Lanvin 10'sEyricka Lanvin 10’sEyricka Khan LSSEryicka Mizrahi-RapunzelEyricka (Allure) Mizrahi Vs Courtney (JZ) BalenciagaEyricka (Allure) Lanvin Vs Lola Gorgeous GucciCourtney (Zion) Balenciaga Vs Eyricka LanvinEyricka (Zion) Lanvin Vs Jasmine BlahnikEyricka (Zion) Lanvin Vs ??? Mugler
## House Progress

**10s**: House of Lanvin earned 10s or was not chopped from the category.
**✖**: House of Lanvin was chopped from this category in the first round.
## References

1. ↑ Legendary HBO Max's Official Instagram
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Trans Woman Eyricka King Attacked & Denied Medical Treatment in New York Prison
3. ↑ Eyricka King Has Been Released From Solitary Confinement After Transphobic Abuse
4. ↑ "Episode One: Welcome to My House"
5. ↑ "Episode Five: Remember the Times"