JOEY ARIAS I'VIEWS MISS PIGGY!

Ye Olde Papere: Joey Arias Interviews Miss Piggy By PAPERMAG

Welcome to our new feature, Ye Olde Papere, wherein we pore over old issues of Paper magazine, looking for juicy nuggets from yesteryear to share with you. Today, we feature an interview between drag icon Joey Arias and timeless ingenue Miss Piggy from our February, 1999 issue. The piece was timed to the release of Muppets from Space and the launch of Piggy's perfume, Moi, which is a real thing that you can still buy. Though we think about Muppets at least two to three times a week, Miss Piggy and Co. have been particularly in the ether lately, with Jason Segel's upcoming November film revival, the Muppets, and, her royal pigness' appearance at Opening Ceremony's Fashion's Night Out Party at their Ace Hotel location September 8th. Here, we learn a little about her dark past and, ahem, what happens behind closed doors with Kermy.

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Although her millions of fans around the world can't remember a time when Miss Piggy wasn't a superstar, the glamorous leading lady hasn't always been in the pink. Born and raised on a farm, Miss Piggy enjoyed a typically happy agrarian childhood. Tragedy struck when she was six and her beloved father was killed by a tractor. Never close to her mother, Piggy was brokenhearted, finding solace only in her dream to become a star.

Miss P. left home as a teenager, having graduated from charm school, where she became the perfect lady. She gathered her courage and managed to find employment in retail, selling ladies' gloves. Miss Piggy was forced to pose for certain ads -- one of them for a bacon product.

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