when did sia reveal her face

Sia has actually revealed her face multiple times over the years, but two moments are most often pointed to as “the” reveal.

Key face reveal moments

• In March 2019 , Sia walked onstage without her trademark face-covering wig at The Daily Front Row’s Fashion Los Angeles Awards, saying, “Okay, so this is what my face looks like,” while presenting an award to designer Christian Siriano.

• On October 1, 2023 (publicized in early October 2023), she appeared with her face fully visible at the Daytime Beauty Awards in Los Angeles, where she spoke about having had a facelift and “finally” letting the world see her face more openly.

Earlier accidental glimpses

• On June 22, 2016 , during a windy performance at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado, a gust of wind blew back her wig and briefly exposed her face to the crowd, which was widely reported as a rare glimpse behind the disguise.

• Her face has also been visible on several older album covers and in early-career appearances, so it was never completely secret, even during the peak of her wig-and-mask era.

Why it feels like a “big reveal”

• Sia has said she covered her face to avoid traditional celebrity-style fame, protect her privacy, and escape online criticism of her looks, after years of working behind the scenes as a songwriter.

• Because she built a whole visual persona around anonymity, every time she steps out bare-faced at a major public event, fans and media tend to frame it as a new “Sia face reveal,” keeping the topic trending again and again.

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