大鬍子美女歌手歐洲歌唱大賽奪冠引轟動

The amazing transformation from male singer to bearded diva has turned Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst into a global superstar.

“大鬍子美女”肯奇塔·沃斯特奪得了歐洲歌唱大賽冠軍，這位由男歌手變性的“大鬍子美女”一舉成爲全球超級明星。

An audience of around 170million people across the world watched the Austrian triumph when she was awarded a staggering 290 points for her performance of Rise Like a Phoenix in Copenhagen on Saturday night.

奧地利歌手肯奇塔·沃斯特在週六晚上的比賽中演唱了一曲《Rise Like a Phoenix in Copenhagen》，全世界約1.7億觀衆見證了她獲得高達290的得分。

Spoting a full beard and gold embellished fishtail gown, she took to the stage in front of a smokey backdrop, before giving a powerful performance of the song.

沃斯特蓄着絡腮鬍須，身穿魚尾禮服，走上煙霧繚繞的舞臺，深情演唱了這首歌。

And with the performance earning her a legion of new fans, experts are predicting she could stand to earn as much as £25million, becoming the biggest Eurovision winner since Abba, who triumphed in the 1974 competition.

演唱後沃斯特的粉絲量大漲，有專家預測她接下來將會吸金2500萬英鎊（約人民幣），這會使她成爲1974年阿巴樂隊奪冠以來最大的歐歌賽贏家。

But before transforming into alter-ego Conchita Wurst, the 25-year-old whose real name is Thomas Neuwirth, tried to find fame in a boyband called Jetzt Anders.

但在成爲極具個性的“大鬍子美女”之前，這位25歲的歌手原名叫做托馬斯·萊維斯，他曾在Jetzt Anders樂隊中試圖揚名歌壇。

Early pictures show Thomas clean shaven, without the beard that brought Conchita Wurst to worldwide attention.

從早期的照片可以看出，托馬斯下巴乾淨、沒有鬍鬚，這與肯奇塔·沃斯特的吸睛殺手鐗“大鬍子美女”形成強烈反差。

In 2011, Thomas transformed as Conchita Wurst complete with long hair, fluttering eyelashes and the now world-famous beard.

托馬斯在2011年變性成爲現在的肯奇塔·沃斯特，留着長髮、忽閃迷人的睫毛、以及現已聞名世界的大鬍子。

Conchita was then selected to represent Austria in this year’s Eurovision contest with her eventual victory sending Twitter into a frenzy, generating 5,384,678 tweets.

肯奇塔隨後被推選代表奧地利參加今年的歐洲歌唱大賽，最終她贏得了冠軍，其報喜推特瘋傳網絡、轉載量達5384678條之多。

Accepting the trophy, she said: ‘This is dedicated to everyone who believes in a future of peace and freedom. We are unity.’

在頒獎儀式上，她說：“把這個獎盃的喜悅奉獻給所有相信和平自由的人，我們團結一致！”