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{{Short description|American actress and television personality}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Rajee Narinesingh

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|4|7}}

| birth_place = [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[U.S.]]

| alma_mater = [[Edinboro University of Pennsylvania]] <br> [[Miami Dade College]]

| occupation = Actress, [[Reality television|reality television star]], singer, activist, author

| years_active = 1985–present

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'''Rajee Narinesingh''' (born April 7, 1967) is an American actress, LGBT activist, author, singer, and reality television personality, most widely known for her appearances on the [[E! Entertainment]] [[docu-series]], ''[[Botched (TV series)|Botched]]'', which documented her struggles to remove cement from her face, breasts and hips after previous mismanaged fillers by a fake doctor. Most of the concrete-like substance was removed from her face after her second appearance on the show.<ref>{{cite web |last=MacDonald |first=Lindsay |date=11 May 2016 |title='Botched' repairs face of transgender woman with cement injections |url=http://screenertv.com/television/botched-rajee-narinesingh-returns-fix-cement-mishap/ |titleurl-status='Botched' repairs face of transgender woman withdead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327170333/http://screenertv.com/television/botched-rajee-narinesingh-returns-fix-cement-mishap/ injections|archive-date=1127 MayMarch 2017 2016|website=Screentv.com|accessdate=12 December 2017 |website=Screentv.com}}</ref>

==Early life and education==

Narinesingh was born in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], to Boyie "Roop" Narinesingh (died December 2004) and Sandra Narinesingh and was raised in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]. Narinesingh has one younger sister. She is of [[Trinidadian Americans|Trinidadian]] [[Dougla]] origin. Her father was [[Indo-Trinidadian]] and her mother has [[French people|French]], [[Afro-Trinidadian]], and [[Polynesians|Polynesian]] roots.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GkV8hLh1fp0C&q=African&pg=PA37 |title = Beyond Face Value|isbn = 9781475957174|last1 = Narinesingh|first1 = Rajee Rajindra|date = November 2012| publisher=iUniverse }}</ref> Narinesingh graduated from [[Franklin Learning Center]], a performing arts high school in Philadelphia, later graduating from [[Edinboro University of Pennsylvania]]. She worked at a Korean-owned jewelry store for close to ten years before relocating to [[Miami, Florida]] to work for [[The American Red Cross]].

==Personal life and rise to fame==

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