Like any proper gay boy growing up in the 1980’s, my idols were Madonna, Blanche Devereaux, and Blair Warner. Fittingly our final honors of ‘The Facts of Life‘s fabulous foursome goes to the woman who portrayed my favorite fact-of-lifer Blair Warner: Lisa Whelchel. She earns the Dazzler of the Day for turning what could have been a one-note stereotypical character of privilege into a complex and conflicted heroine, whose friendship with Jo proved to be the heart of the entire show.
