A Chicago burlesque performer, event host, teacher, and model, Shimmy LaRoux is your bad girl with good home training. Bringing a combination of quirky charm and infectious energy, Shimmy can channel classic Hollywood, be playfully cheeky, or serve fierce diva realness.

Shimmy LaRoux was crowned Miss Burlesque World 2022; in 2023 she was named the world’s #21 most influential burlesque performer. In 2023, she is a Featured Performer at the Panama Burlesque Festival, the Colorado Burlesque Festival, and the What the Funk Festival and will headline the 2023 Tulsa Burlesque Festival and 2023 Baby Grand Festival in Cape Town, South Africa. 

In addition to these accolades, Shimmy closed the 2022 Dutch Burlesque Festival and performed at the 2022 Stockholm Burlesque Festival. She is also honored to be a 2019 and 2023 Mover, Shaker, and Innovator at the Burlesque Hall of Fame, headliner at the 2019 Ohio Burlesque Festival, winner of Best Overall at the 2019 Dublin Burlesque Festival, producer of Shimmy’s House Party in Chicago, and an internationally traveling performer!

Shimmy is also an International Playboy Playmate of the Year (Denmark 2023) and is a 2-time FHM Cover Model.

Shimmy LaRoux is sassy, classy…but never ashy!

Photo: Genito Photography