The Austrian pop star and drag queen Conchita Wurst is celebrating her 27th birthday on Friday, 6 November. Born Thomas "Tom" Neuwirth in 1988, Conchita became known internationally after she won the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, wherein she performed "Rise Like a Phoenix". Her victory also earned her the name, "Queen of Austria".

In celebration of this LGBT icon's birthday, we decided to round-up some of her best performances and a few interesting facts about her:

She was born in Gmunden and was raised in the small town of Bad Mitterndorf amid the Styrian countryside. She says that although it was a great place to grow up, she faced a lot of problems for being gay: "Being a teenager, a gay teenager, in such a small village is not that much fun. I am part of the gay community and most gays have a similar story to mine."

In 2006, she took part in Starmania Season 3 and finished second place -- with Nadine Beiler winning the competition.

"Wurst" in German means sausage and she chose the name owing to the German expression "Das ist mir doch alles Wurst", which roughly translates to "I don't care". Wurst is also a slang word for penis, whereas Conchita is a slang word for vagina in Spanish.

Despite looking like a lady in every other way, Wurst sports a beard as "a statement to say that you can achieve anything, no matter who you are or how you look."

She founded and was a member of the boy-band Jetzt Anders!, which disbanded almost immediatelly.

Here is how Wurst used to look before taking on the bearded lady persona:

Enjoy some of Conchina Wurst's best performaces on her birthday: