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Drag pageantry is a developed form of pageantry for female impersonators, drag queens, and trans women, styled after traditional beauty pageants or contests for cisgender women. It has also evolved into a pageantry for male impersonators , drag kings and trans men .
Also known as the Continental Pageantry System, the pageant features different competitions. Miss Continental Plus debuted in 1991, a pageant for competitors weighing 225 lb (102 kg) or more. Miss Continental Elite was created in 2004 for entertainers who are over the age of 40.
This is a list of drag kings, sometimes known as male impersonators, drag performers, or drag artists. A drag king is a person who dresses in masculine clothes and hides their regular features (through such things as breast binding ) for special occasions, often to perform, entertain, or engage in social activism.
Examples of drag clothing provided and created by the performers themselves for an early Miami Beach version of Wild Side Story in 1973. By the early 1970s, drag was influenced by the psychedelic rock and hippie culture of the era. A San Francisco drag troupe, The Cockettes (1970–1972), performed with glitter eyeshadow and gilded mustaches ...
Richards was born in Marion, Indiana, on November 17, 1957, and graduated from Marion High School in 1976. [7] She began performing in Indianapolis, Indiana, at the Famous Door nightclub and participated in her first drag pageant at The Hunt & Chase where she was crowned Miss Gay Indiana Emeritus in 1979.
These 11 drag films from the 1950s to the early aughts show the centuries-long artform had a rich history on the big screen. ... the organizer of the pageant and a prominent figure in the early ...
Miss Gay America is a national pageant for female impersonators.Established in 1972, the pageant is based on the Miss America contest and follows a similar format. [1]Each year, contestants compete at various city, state, and direct regional preliminaries for the opportunity to advance to the official Miss Gay America pageant.
This is a list of drag queens, sometimes known as female impersonators, drag performers, or drag artists. Rock M. Sakura Trixie Mattel Francis Leon Miss Shangay Lily John Epperson RuPaul Pabllo Vittar Zsa Zsa Shakespeer (1976)