Editing Veronica Varlow

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|Img = 8541913863 89a214de0d z.jpg
|Born = April 29 1979
|Located = New York City, NY, USA
|Website = http://www.dangerdame.com
|Stage Name = Veronica Varlow
|Fields = Burlesque dancer, actress, author, model
|Years Active = 2007-Present}}
'''Veronica Varlow''' (born '''Tara Lee Heffner''', April 29, 1979) is a burlesque dancer, pin-up model, actress, and filmmaker from Brooklyn, New York. She has been touring with [[Emilie Autumn|EA]] as "The Naughty Veronica" since 2007 until they parted ways in early 2022.
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16/4/2009, Riga, Latvia
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Veronica is currently in [[The Bloody Crumpets]] line up for 2013, and has been since 2007. Her character on stage during Emilie Autumn's tours is that of a nymphomaniac, known for being overtly flirtatious and raunchy to the girls both on and off stage. Her "unique" abilities allow her to play the infamous "Rat Game", wherein a girl who is at least 18 years of age and has "never kissed a girl before" is selected from the audience to come on stage and share a kiss with Veronica. 

Veronica also performs her own burlesque dance routine to Emilie Autumn's "[[Dominant]]" and "[[Thank God I'm Pretty]]" during the tour, using large ostrich-feather fans. Her following is known as "Veronica's Kissing Army," members that actively participate in charity and good-will projects in and outside of the Emilie Autumn fanbase. There are annual VKA meet ups in New York.

==Personal Life and Career==
Varlow was otherwise uninvolved in the New York burlesque scene until after an incident in December 2003 when she was mauled by a Rottweiler. The damage was done primarily to Varlow's face, which required an eight-hour-long surgical procedure. While under anesthesia, Varlow realized that her fear of others’ judgment was the only thing holding her back from following her true dreams; following the attack, she vowed to leave her desk job and become a performer.

Since the attack, she had performed in events by designer Marc Jacobs, supermodel Heidi Klum, The Whitney Museum, and NYT Best-Selling novelist, Melissa de la Cruz. She appeared in one episode of MTV's Emmy-winning series, ''MADE, ''in which she helped a student in high school attempt to become homecoming queen. She also appeared in the 2009 film ''Exposed, ''the 2010 short documentary ''Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School ''by Peter Bolte, and in the short film "The Hidden Sister" by Zina Brown. 

Varlow married photographer Burke Heffner on June 24, 2006. The previous year, the couple had filmed a trailer for their movie, ''Revolver'', gaining them a Golden Trailer Award. ''Revolver ''became a Kickstarter project in November 2013. Varlow and Heffner set a goal of $99,000, which they exceeded by gaining $105,684 before their deadline of November 15th. According to a video posted by the couple afterwards, the Kickstarter team had told them they had a "less than one percent chance" of successfully reaching their goal.

In November 2016, the couple released a joint statement revealing that financial troubles as well as the end of their ten-year marriage was leading to delays in the completion of the film. This was followed by a statement from Heffner claiming that he and Varlow were “still full of love and compassion” for one another and that they still plan to complete the film. No further updates have been given since May 25, 2017, and the final project has yet to be released.

On November 1, 2019, Varlow announced her engagement to David Garfinkel. They were married on October 31, 2020.

In 2014, Varlow revealed on her blog ''Love Witch'' that she is bisexual. In the same blog post, she stated that her first live-in relationship was with a woman when she was 19. Varlow's partner was 24 years old at the time.
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==House Fire==

On April 23, 2011, Veronica's home in Woodstock, NY was engulfed in flames. An electric fire had set the house aflame while Varlow, Heffner, and their dog were staying in their NYC apartment. What was left more little left than ashes and scraps of paper.

After Veronica posted [http://dangerdame.com/2011/04/27/our-home/ a story about the fire to her online diary], Emilie Autumn fans and the VKA rounded together and began a fundraiser to assist the couple in their time of need. Catherine and Ashley of the VKA organized a Chip-In donation account which would be forwarded directly to Veronica's paypal account, which ultimately raised over $7,000. A scroll with all the names of the people who donated was buried in the foundation of the house. 

Over the course of the next two years, the couple decided to rebuild their home in an entirely new style. While living between their NYC apartment and a [http://dangerdame.com/2013/05/16/things-i-think-about-thursday-the-house-that-saved-me-from-the-fire/ house] that a nearby neighbor allowed them to live in (it was unoccupied at the time), they rebuilt their little cottage into what Veronica has called her "Witch House." Shortly after the two year anniversary of the house fire, the new building was ready to move into -- and, of course, she wrote a [http://dangerdame.com/2013/05/27/magic-monday-curious-and-curiouser/ diary entry] about it.

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== Trivia ==
* Veronica's natural hair color is blonde.
* In 2005, Veronica adopted a chihuahua named Miette, though Veronica and her friends have taken to calling the dog Niney since "no one outside of France can pronounce her name." The nickname "Niney" comes from the fact that she weighed nine pounds at the time of her adoption.
* Though not a professional musician, Veronica can play the guitar and enjoys doing so in her free time.
* Veronica has written an original song on her guitar, titled ''Take Me With You''. The song is about "falling in love with a green haired mermaid and having to decide whether to be apart from her, or be with her forever and drown."
* The "Rat Game" was originally an improvised segment to pass time while technical difficulties prevented the show from persisting. However, fan's responses to the Game were overwhelmingly positive, and many requested that it be kept as a permanent part of Emilie's setlist. The Rat Game has thus been played at every show continuously since 2008, with the exception of the Asylum Experience in 2014.
* Veronica's stage name and hairstyle were inspired by Veronica Lodge from the Archie comics.
* In spite of being confident, Veronica does experience social anxiety sometimes, and walks on her toes or chews the inside of her mouth when she gets nervous.
* The first time Veronica realized she wanted to become a burlesque dancer, she and a friend were attending a burlesque show at the Slipper Room in New York City. She told her friend that she was going to do burlesque someday, and her friend laughed, mistakenly thinking that Veronica was joking.
* Veronica has a younger brother named Brian.
* Veronica has a niece named Maggie, born in 2004.
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