The sold out venue erupted into whoops and cheers as Susan, a lesbian musician played by Liam Kyle Sullivan of "OMG Shoes" fame, took the stage. Sitting on a stool before the microphone, Susan charmed the audience with a love song about private moments dedicated to her sweet Maria.

Sullivan's act as Susan was followed by a screening of his video starring his more popular Internet sensation, played by a character called Kelly, called, "Let Me Borrow That Top." The videos can be found on YouTube.com and Sullivan's Web site, www.liamshow.com. Kelly has become a large Internet presence and has appeared in the new Weezer music video, "Pork and Beans," which featured several well-known Internet meme stars.

After ending the set with his most popular Kelly song, "Shoes," Cho came out to send the crowd into chair-toppling fits of laughter. Cho is a well-known Korean stand-up comedian highly acclaimed in the gay and lesbian community for her activism, as well as being a voice for many other issues.

She began performing stand-up at the age of 16 in a club located above her parents' bookstore in San Francisco.

Cho's "Beautiful" routine moved through several different topics, ranging from new beauty procedures available to her usual poking fun at her mother and father's heavy Korean accents. The main focus of the Beautiful tour, however, was body image.

Throughout the show, Cho emphasized how important it was for everyone to feel beautiful and love themselves. Cho spoke of her nearly fatal experience with weight loss at the beginning of her TV career and how she overcame the fear that inspired it.

Cho tends to bring serious issues into her routines, often gay and lesbian community issues and racial discrimination.

According to attendee Ryan Hagen, who was there celebrating his 24th birthday, Cho's focus on issues is one of her strengths.

"Her political satire is awesome," Hagen said. "She brings serious issues to the table and makes them funny and makes you think."

UCF junior Robbie Simmons, 22, attended with his boyfriend and was happy with the performance, though he said her main focus has shifted.

"It was very funny," Simmons said. "She kind of had gotten more centered toward gays than she used to be. It's kind of all she talked about, but it's still funny."

Jeff Jones, marketing and promotions manager for Hard Rock Live and Hard Rock Cafe Orlando, said that the show was not a Gay Days event, and Cho does perform regularly at the venue.

"This was Margaret's fourth show at Hard Rock Live Orlando. We've had the last few tours," Jones stated in an e-mail interview. "She normally plays this room when she tours a new show. It was pretty much good timing that the tour would fall in the Southeast at this time. She had not done a Gay Days show before."

Jones was positive about Hard Rock's relation with the Orlando gay and lesbian community.

"The Hard Rock company as a whole is very friendly," Jones stated. "We've hosted several comedians and performers during Gay Days weekend in the past."

The Gay Days celebration is a weeklong series of more than 40 events throughout the city. It originated as a one-weekend gathering in 1991, which was always in the first week of June. Gay Days 2008 ran from June 3 to June 9 with events at venues such as the Orlando Science Center, Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom and the Parliament House.

In the end, Cho summed up her "Beautiful" show in one sentence.

"If you don't think I'm beautiful," she said, "then you are missing out!"