Richie Shazam
Richie Shazam Khan, known artistically as Richie Shazam, is an American model, photographer, and writer. Career. Modelling. Shazam made her runaway debut for Vivienne Westwood. She has walked at New York Fashion Week and London Fashion Week, and has modelled for Gypsy Sport, Andreas Kronthaler, MISBHV, Fleur du Mal, and Rachel Comey. She signed with IMG Models in March 2021. Photography. Shazam has shot for "Interview" and Thom Browne and has had her photography featured in "Vogue". In July 2020, she collaborated with Copenhagen-based fashion label Ganni to sell two of her photographs, "Black Trans Lives Matter , NYC 2020" and "Self Portrait, NYC 2019." All proceeds went to the Marsha P. Johnson Institute and For the Gworls. She has also sold portraits to support COVID relief in India and NYC. Television. Shazam co-hosted Fuse docu-series "Shine True" alongside Lucas Silveira. Personal life. Shazam was born to Guyanese immigrants and raised in Queens, New York. She attended middle school and high school in Manhattan and Brooklyn, and was often bullied by her peers. Her mother died when she was in high school. Shazam majored in international relations at Trinity College and studied in South Africa and  Argentina before going on to work at a number of galleries and museums. She is non-binary and feminine-presenting. In 2021, she began a relationship with Ben Draghi.