History of Gay Marriage

Contents:

• IN PHOTOS: BEHD THE SCEN AT MISS GAY AND MISS TRANSSEXUAL ATRALIA
• MISS GAY UNED STAT IN
• MISS GAY AMERI 2023
• THE MEANG OF MISS GAY AMERI IN THE AGE OF "RUPL'S DRAG RACE"DRAG PAGEANTS WERE ONCE THE STATE OF THE ART, BUT NOW THE OLD-SCHOOL SYSTEM MT MORNIZE TO STAY RELEVANT. ONE NTT IS TAKG THE CHALLENGE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY MIKE MIKSCHEOCTOBER 4, 2017/5:43 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}KRISTOFER REYNOLDSBY MIKE MIKSCHEOCTOBER 4, 2017 / 5:43 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE MEANG OF MISS GAY AMERI IN THE AGE OF \"RUPL'S DRAG RACE\"","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-10-04T21:43:05.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-10-04T21:43:05.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MIKE MIKSCHE","KEYWORDS":"TRAVEL","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2016, WHILE RUPL’S DRAG RACE WAS TURNG DRAG TO POPULAR ENTERTAMENT FOR EVERYDAY AMERINS, WHILE ENURAGG QUEENS TO EXPRS THEMSELV ARTISTILLY, ANOTHER DRAG STUTN, MISS GAY AMERI, WAS STGGLG TO KEEP S CULTURAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE RUPL WAS ENURAGG HIS QUEENS’ “CHARISMA, UNIQUENS, NERVE, AND TALENT,” THE MGA NTTANTS WERE BEG TOLD TO LOR SI THE PROVERBIAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MISS GAY AMERI IS THE OLST AND LARGT DRAG PAGEANT SYSTEM, WH STATE AND REGNAL PRELIMARY PETNS HELD ACROSS THE UNTRY, OM THE GULF AST TO THE NORTH, AND EAST TO WT. OVER THE PAST FEW S, WHILE DRAG WAS FLOURISHG BOTH QUEER ENCLAV AND POP CULTURE, THE OWNERS OF THE PAGEANT GOT STUCK A T, AND THE LADI WHO SASHAYED AWAY WH THE CROWNS WERE TOO OFTEN CHURNG OUT DATED LOOKS, AND TIRED HAIRSTYL, NAILS, AND SHO, ALL TOO REMISCENT OF AN ’80S PROM. YEAR AFTER YEAR, NTTANTS WOULD PLAY TO THE OWNERS’ PREDILECTNS (CLUDG THE LOR PURPLE), AND ATTEMPT TO REPLITE WHAT THE PREV YEAR’S WNER HAD DONE. WH THOSE STALE TASTED, THE NTTANTS WERE FORCED TO ABI BY AN ABSURDLY LONG LIST OF L. FET THE AVANT-GAR. THE STRICTUR WERE BEG MORE LIKE THOSE OF A BUTANTE BALL—AND NOTHG LIKE SOME OF THE GENR-FUCK STYL OF RUPL’S MORE RADIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MISS GAY AMERI WAS FOUND NASHVILLE 45 YEARS AGO BY JERRY PEEK. AFTER SEEG HIS FIRST EVER DRAG SHOW INDIANAPOLIS, PEEK CID TO NVERT HIS FAILG UNTRY AND WTERN BAR TO A BARET 1971. INSPIRED BY THE ORIGAL MISS AMERI PAGEANT, PEEK CREATED HIS OWN PETN. THE NEXT YEAR HE SENT OUT 400 LETTERS TO GAY BARS THAT HOSTED DRAG SHOWS AROUND THE UNTRY. TO HIS SURPRISE, THAT FIRST YEAR SAW MORE THAN 30 NTTANTS HOPG TO PETE FOR THE CROWN. THE EVENT WAS SO POPULAR THEY HAD TO TURN AWAY WOULD-BE DIENCE MEMBERS AT THE DOOR.MIKE MIKSCHEMOLLY ALICE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1975, THE PAGEANT WAS PURCHASED BY NORMAN JON; HE RAN UNTIL 2005, AND HAS BEEN CREDED WH MAKG A HOEHOLD BRAND THE DRAG WORLD. SOME OF DRAG’S GREATS WERE FOSTERED BY THIS SYSTEM, CLUDG RANDY FENOLI WHO WON MISS GAY AMERIN 1990 AS BRANDI ALEXANR; HE NOW HOSTS TLC’S SAY Y TO THE DRS. RUPL’S DRAG RACE STAR CO MONTRE ALSO LNCHED HER REER AFTER WNG MISS GAY AMERI 2010. SHE WAS AWARD A NTRACT VEGAS AFTER HER REIGN, FULFILLG A LONGTIME DREAM OF HERS TO BE A “LAS VEGAS SHOW GIRL.” TODAY SHE PERFORMS AT FRANK MARO’S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BACK THOSE EARLY DAYS, THE PAGEANTS WERE FUN AFFAIRS FULL OF PETN AND RARY, AND WEREN’T HIBED BY ALL THE L, WHICH HAVE ARGUABLY STIFLED THE SYSTEM. WHEN JON TOOK OVER, THE NTTANT LE BOOK WAS A BRIEF TWO PAG, BUT TODAY ’S MANY, MANY TIM THAT, ROUGHLY 38 PAG. JON EXPLASED THAT THE PROMOTERS AND NTTANTS FELT THEY NEED MORE GUIDANCE AS TIME WENT ON, SO GREW. “AS THE PAGEANT PROGRSED OF URSE YOU HAD TO HAVE MORE L,” HE TELLSOLD ME, “BUT NOW JT SEEMS LIKE THEY’RE LED TO ATH.” QUEENS RISK LOSG POTS FOR HAVG VISIBLE TATTOOS OR G EXCSIVE PROFANY—TWO ELEMENTS THAT ARE VIRTUALLY OMNIPRENT SOME EPISOS OF RUPL’S DRAG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DPE THE EFFORTS TO REJUVENATE THE SYSTEM, SOME ANTIQUATED L REMA. THE NTT DISURAG “MPY” MAKP FOR TLE HOLRS. (SORRY, BOB THE DRAG QUEEN.) NO FEMIZG SURGIL ENHANCEMENTS ARE ALLOWED BELOW THE NECKLE—HORMON ARE ALSO PROHIBED, AND ANIZERS RERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUT A PHYSIL OR MEDIL EXAMATN IF THEY BELIEVE A NTTANT VLAT THE L. MGA PRIS SELF ON BEG A PETN WHERE, AS S SLOGAN SAYS, “BOYS ARE BOYS AND FEMALE IMPERSONATN IS AN ART.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAS MGA BEE A VTIGE OF A MISTY “FEMALE ILLNIST” PAST, WHEN BEG OUTRAGEO EHER WASN’T PERMTED OR ADVISABLE? IT’S A “SYMBOL OF EXCELLENCE,” ACRDG TO THE PAGEANT SELF, BUT WHAT DO MEAN TO W A TLE TODAY? AND IS A MISS GAY AMERI RENAISSANCE ON THE WAY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER YEARS OF LANGUISHG, AND PLAYG ALSO-RAN TO RUPL’S DRAG RACE, THE PAGEANT CIRCU IS G OUT OF THE DARK AG. ENTER MICHAEL DUTZER AND HIS PARTNER, ROB MANSMAN, WHO PURCHASED MISS GAY AMERI FEBARY 2016 WH A VISN FOR THE FUTURE. DUTZER, HIMSELF A DRAG PERFORMER, AND MANSMAN, HAD PROMOTED STATE DRAG PAGEANTS FOR THE USOFA SYSTEM, SO THEY UNRSTOOD THE CHALLENG FACG THE MGA—AND PERHAPS THE PAGEANT SYSTEM AS A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THAT’S JT NOT THE FUTURE OF DRAG, YOU KNOW,” RUPL’S DRAG RACE STAR, TRY TAYLOR (BELOW) SAYS. TAYLOR EXPLAS THAT SPE HER HOEHOLD NAME-STAT THE WORLD OF DRAG, SHE WOULDN’T BE ALLOWED TO PETE MISS GAY AMERI BEE SHE’S HAD SOME WORK DONE. “THAT’S ALMOST LIKE THE OPPOSE OF WHAT THIS CULTURE IS ABOUT. DRAG IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT EXPRSG YOURSELF AND YOUR CREATIVY AND WHAT YOU WANT TO PRENT VERS BEG UNR ALL OF THE STRICT L.”GETTYNEW YORK, NY - MARCH 07: TRY TAYLOR ATTENDS "RUPL'S DRAG RACE" SEASON 9 PREMIERE PARTY & MEET THE QUEENS EVENT AT PLAYSTATN THEATER ON MARCH 7, 2017 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY JOHN LAMPARSKI/WIREIMAGE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“TO HAVE SOMETHG SO PPOTED THAT YOU ONLY WANT THE SAME EXACT REPLI OF WHAT YOU HAD BEFORE, IS JT NOT THE FUTURE OF DRAG.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“NO LONGER DO A NATNAL TLE GET YOU WORK AS MUCH AS, YOU KNOW, ED TO,” TAYLOR SAYS. SHE CLAIMED THAT NOW GIRLS DO BEE THEY LOVE TO PETE. THEY DON’T DO BEE THEY NEED TO PETE TO GET YOUR NAME OUT THERE. AND SHE WOULD KNOW, SEEG THAT SHE’S WON OVER 20 PAGEANT TL, AND TWO NATNAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THIS NEW WAVE OF DRAG WHICH IS SOCIAL MEDIA, YOUTUBE, DRAG RACE, HAS REALLY FILTRATED. THIS ED TO BE AN UNRGROUND ART. NOW ’S MASTREAM AND SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO PAGEANTS TO GET YOUR NAME OUT THERE. YOU ULD DO DRAG RACE, OBVLY, IF YOU GET ON BUT THERE’S OTHER WAYS TOO LIKE YOUTUBE AND JT SOCIAL MEDIA GENERAL. THERE’S JT SO MANY MORE GREAT WAYS TO PROMOTE YOURSELF THAN THERE ED TO BE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RUPL’S DRAG RACE ALL STARS AND PAGEANT VETERAN, ALYSSA EDWARDS (BELOW) AGRE, EXPLAG HOW THE SOUTH, YOU GOT WORK BASED ON WHICH TL YOU HAD. THIS ISN’T REALLY THE SE ANYMORE. “I THK DRAG GENERAL HAS EVOLVED. I THK TIM HAVE EVOLVED.”GETTYLOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 29: RUPL'S DRAG RACE SEASON 5 ALUMNI ALYSSA EDWARDS POS FOR PORTRA AT 3RD ANNUAL RUPL'S DRAGCON AT LOS ANGEL CONVENTN CENTER ON APRIL 29, 2017 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY ROD ECKENROTH/WIREIMAGE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOT ONLY DO THEY GET MORE WORK BUT ACRDG TO NORMAN JON, RUPL’S QUEENS ARE GETTG THE MORE LUCRATIVE GIGS: “WHO’S PADDG THEIR BANK ACUNT? A [PAGEANT] LEGEND? NO. A LEGEND IS STG ON HERE JUDGG A PANEL FOR A HUNDRED BUCKS AND A BUFFET… BUT THE ON THAT HAVE CHANGED AND OVERHLED THEIR LOOK AND IS NSTANT WH TODAY’S MASTREAM—THEY’RE THE ON BANKG. THEY’RE THE ON MAKG $3000 AND $4000 A NIGHT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TAYLOR BELIEV THAT ORR FOR PAGEANTS TO EVOLVE THEY NEED CLU MORE NOVATIVE AND CREATIVE TEGORI SO THAT THEY’RE NOT JT LIMED TO THE TRADNAL BETY QUEENS. SHE THKS THAT THE SRG SYSTEM NEEDS TO ALSO CHANGE TO ATTRACT MORE DIVERSE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CONVERSELY, CO MONTRE (BELOW) EXPLAS THAT THE REASON SHE FIRST CHOSE TO PETE THE MISS GAY AMERI SYSTEM 2008 WAS BEE OF THE L, CLAIMG THAT MA HER THE ENTERTAER THAT SHE IS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CO’S DRAG MOTHER, MOKHA MONTRE, TGHT HER THAT THE UNIVERSY OF DRAG WAS PAGEANTRY. “PAGEANTRY IS WHERE YOU LEARN THE DISCIPLE…YOU LEARN HOW TO BE ON TIME, HOW TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT, DO THOSE THGS ON YOUR OWN AND HOW TO ADAPT TO CERTA ENVIRONMENTS,” CO SAYS. “A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T MAKE THIS BS BEE THEY BEE THE ONE H WONRS.”GETTYNEW YORK, NY - AUG 23: CO MONTRE POS FOR A PHOTO DURG THE RUPL'S DRAG RACE ALL STARS SEASON TWO PREMIERE AT THE CROSBY STREET HOTEL ON AUGT 23, 2016 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY KRIS CONNOR/FILMMAGIC){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TAYLOR SISTS THAT THE PAGEANT SYSTEM HELPED TO MAKE HER A POLISHED AND WELL-ROUND ENTERTAER WHO N PERFORM UNR TIGHT CIRCUMSTANC. EDWARDS FEELS THE SAME, AGREEG THAT THE GUIL AND BOUNDARI N BE A GOOD THG, BUT STILL STRSED THAT DRAG IS ART AND ART IS SUBJECTIVE. IT’S EASY TO BE PLACED TO A BOX WH PAGEANTRY, WHICH IS LIKE PUTTG A RAT A GE, AS SHE PUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DUTZER AND MANSMAN OBVLY HAVE THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM, NNG A PAGEANT 2017, AND THEY KNOW . DUTZER IS UPONT THE CHALLENGE OF LIVG A MEDIA-DRIVEN SOCIETY WHERE MORE VALUE IS PLACED ON ENTERTAERS OM TELEVISN THAN THOSE THE PETNS. “WH THE WAY WE’RE GOG I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ON TV, BEE DRAG IS BEG MORE ACCEPTED AND MORE MASTREAM, AND YOU’RE FDG MORE PEOPLE OM DIFFERENT CULTUR AND DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE ATTENDG SHOWS AND SEEKG OUT THAT TYPE OF ENTERTAMENT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UNR THEIR NEW DIRECTN, THEY’RE WORKG TO ADAPT TO THE CHANGG TIM. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THEY’VE CLUD A “PRENTATN” TEGORY WHERE THE NTTANTS MT E UP WH A HIVE LOOK FOR THE THEME OF THE EVENT. IT’S ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF THE PAGEANT; JT HASN’T BEEN JUDGED SO THE QUEENS DIDN’T MAKE AS MUCH OF AN EFFORT. IT PROVIS SOMETHG DIFFERENT BEYOND JT THE EVENG GOWN AND TALENT AND ALLOWS THE JUDG TO SEE HOW CREATIVE THE QUEENS N BE WH THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I THK I’VE LIFTED A CLOUD OF SERNS AND REALLY MA FUN AGA, AND BASILLY, TO BE VERY NDID, I FEEL LIKE ’S OL,” ARNOLD MYT, A.K.A. SUZY WONG (BELOW), THE REIGNG MISS GAY AMERI SAYS. SHE IS THE FIRST MISS GAY AMERI CROWNED BY DUTZER AND MANSMAN SCE THEY’D PURCHASED THE PAGEANT. “I FEEL LIKE WE’VE TURNED MISS AMERI ONTO A OL PAGE.”KRISTOFER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT THE MISS GAY NEW YORK AMERI PRELIMARY PAGEANT LATE JULY AT THE HUDSON TERRACE MANHATTAN, THE NEW ATTU WAS ON DISPLAY. THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR’S NEW YORK PRELIMARY WAS “AMERI,” BUT WHEN BCE SPRGSTEEN’S, “BORN THE U.S.A.” STARTED TO PLAY, THE “OL” FACTOR THAT WONG EMPHASIZED WASN’T REALLY G THROUGH. WAS THIS PART OF SOME GRAND SUBVERSN?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS. SURE, THERE WAS SOME OF THE UAL FARE WH ONE QUEEN PARTICULAR SPORTG A VEGAS SHOWGIRL LOOK, BUT THERE WERE SOME REALLY IMAGATIVE OUTFS TOO. ASPIRG QUEEN SOFONDA COX ME OUT LOOKG LIKE YOUR BT IEND’S SPERATE-TO-BE-HIP MOM. SHE WAS TAKG SELFI ON HER PHONE AND SIPPG ON HER STARBUCKS: A PICTURE PERFECT—IF BASIC—AMERIN LOOK. THEN THERE WAS, MOLLY ALICE MX, A PERSONAL FAVORE, DRSED PURAN GARB, PLAYG OUT A BENT TERPRETATN OF HTER PRYNNE OM THE SRLET LETTER. THE QUEENS WERE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DPE SOME JOYFUL MOMENTS OF SUBVERSN AND SELF EXPRSN, THE PAGEANTS STILL MATAED THAT CLASSIC GLAMOUR THAT ONE MIGHT EXPECT OM THE ORIGAL MISS AMERI PETN, PARTICULARLY WH THE “EVENG GOWN” TEGORY. WH ALICIA KEY’S “EMPIRE STATE OF MD," PLAYG, EACH GIRL ME OUT CKED RHTON, GLAM JEWELRY, AND SOME BIG HAIR TOO. EACH TOURED THE STAGE WHILE THE EMCEE ANNOUNCED TAILS OF HER ATTIRE, MENTNG THE SIGNERS AND JEWELERS WHO MAY’VE ASSISTED THE CREATN OF THE FEMALE ILLN. AFTER MAKG THE ROUNDS, THE QUEENS TOOK CENTER STAGE, PICKED A QUTN RD AND WERE QUIZZED ON THEIR PAST OR POTENTIAL FUTURE THE EVENT THAT THEY WERE TO BE CROWNED MISS GAY AMERI. THEY ANSWERED ALL S AND NGENIALY, BUT THERE WAS SOMETHG STIFF ABOUT SOME OF THE RPONS, LIKE SOME WERE STILL PLAYG TO THE JUDG RATHER THAN JT BEG THEMSELV. PERHAPS THE THGS TAKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NO DOUBT THE PAGEANT SYSTEM HOLDS A VERY IMPORTANT PLACE DRAG HISTORY AND N SHAPE NEW DRAG TALENT BY OFFERG A LEVEL OF DISCIPLE THAT’S DIFFICULT TO FD ANYWHERE ELSE. STILL, SCE A GIRL N NOW MAKE A NAME FOR HERSELF WH A SMART PHONE AND YOUTUBE ACUNT, SEEMS THAT IF PAGEANTS WANT TO STAY RELEVANT, THEY NEED TO NTUE TO DO WHAT MISS GAY AMERI HAS STARTED DOG: ENURAGE A NEW WAVE OF RADIL QUEENS TO BE THEMSELV THROUGH THGS LIKE CREATIVE NEW TEGORI. AND ALTHOUGH L ARE IMPORTANT FOR ANY CRAFT, THERE’S HERENT NFLICT THE IA OF ENURAGG A QUEEN TO BE HERSELF BUT THEN HANDG HER A 39-PAGE HANDBOOK BY WHICH TO DO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I LOVE WATCHG THIS NEW GENERATN OF DRAG…IT’S AMAZG, I APPRECIATE SO MUCH,” EDWARDS SAID WH EXCEMENT HER VOICE. “IT’S LIKE, FET THE L, FET THE HANDBOOK, BEE—WHO WROTE THAT THE FIRST PLACE? WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AT DIVE AND ENTERTAERS LIKE THAT, THEY WEREN’T FOLLOWG NO HANDBOOK. IN FACT, THEY WERE MAKG THE HANDBOOK—THE HISTORY BOOK.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MISS GAY AMERI 2018 PETN NS OCTOBER 4 TO 7 NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• THE BETY OF MISS GAY AMERI
• HISTORY OF GAY MARRIAGE
• CHEER FOR YOUR FAVORE QUEENS AT THE MISS GAY ARIZONA AMERI PAGEANT. HERE'S HOW

IN PHOTOS: BEHD THE SCEN AT MISS GAY AND MISS TRANSSEXUAL ATRALIA

In late 1972, Nashville, TN (at The Watch Your Hat and Coat Saloon), Norman Jon (a/k/a Norma Kristie), was the first man to be crowned as Miss Gay Ameri.

Through the visn of Jerry Peak, the origal owner of the Miss Gay Ameri Pageant, Norman Jon, Miss Gay Ameri Emer, not only sired to enhance the art of female illn as a petor but also to one day create his mark history as promoter the art form.

MISS GAY UNED STAT IN

After relquishg reign as Miss Gay Ameri 1973, Norman Jon purchased ( 1975) the Miss Gay Ameri pageant, om origal owner Jerry Peek, hop of one day growg the pageant system to be the most prtig and most rpected pageant for female impersonators the world.

MISS GAY AMERI 2023

Many thanks go to Jerry Peek, for his pneer visn and effort pageantry through the art of female impersonatn, and to Norman Jon for his 30 years of ditn and sire to mold the Miss Gay Ameri pageant to the “bt of the bt” many years of trial and tribulatn, Norman Jon achieved this goal as the official Miss Gay Ameri pageant ntu today, to be the most prtig, most well rpected, the olst and the largt pageant system for female impersonators the untry and world. Now owned by Mad Angel Entertament, the pageant ntu to grow and is expected to bee even greater and more prtig, years to as the “Symbol of Excellence”, each wner of the Miss Gay Ameri system reprents profsnalism and the utmost of qualy entertament that the art of female impersonatn has to offer. Wh no body gmentatn below the neck allowed, many nttants rely on breast pads, hip pads, flatterg clothg, hairstyle and make-up to merge to a wng batn that will sre high enough to bee the natn’s next Miss Gay nearly thirty (and growg) direct State and Regnal prelimary pageants to the Miss Gay Ameri natnal petn, each year the wner and first alternate of each direct prelimary will travel to the Natnal petn hop of achievg their goal of beg the next Miss Gay Ameri.

THE MEANG OF MISS GAY AMERI IN THE AGE OF "RUPL'S DRAG RACE"DRAG PAGEANTS WERE ONCE THE STATE OF THE ART, BUT NOW THE OLD-SCHOOL SYSTEM MT MORNIZE TO STAY RELEVANT. ONE NTT IS TAKG THE CHALLENGE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY MIKE MIKSCHEOCTOBER 4, 2017/5:43 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}KRISTOFER REYNOLDSBY MIKE MIKSCHEOCTOBER 4, 2017 / 5:43 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE MEANG OF MISS GAY AMERI IN THE AGE OF \"RUPL'S DRAG RACE\"","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-10-04T21:43:05.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-10-04T21:43:05.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MIKE MIKSCHE","KEYWORDS":"TRAVEL","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2016, WHILE RUPL’S DRAG RACE WAS TURNG DRAG TO POPULAR ENTERTAMENT FOR EVERYDAY AMERINS, WHILE ENURAGG QUEENS TO EXPRS THEMSELV ARTISTILLY, ANOTHER DRAG STUTN, MISS GAY AMERI, WAS STGGLG TO KEEP S CULTURAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE RUPL WAS ENURAGG HIS QUEENS’ “CHARISMA, UNIQUENS, NERVE, AND TALENT,” THE MGA NTTANTS WERE BEG TOLD TO LOR SI THE PROVERBIAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MISS GAY AMERI IS THE OLST AND LARGT DRAG PAGEANT SYSTEM, WH STATE AND REGNAL PRELIMARY PETNS HELD ACROSS THE UNTRY, OM THE GULF AST TO THE NORTH, AND EAST TO WT. OVER THE PAST FEW S, WHILE DRAG WAS FLOURISHG BOTH QUEER ENCLAV AND POP CULTURE, THE OWNERS OF THE PAGEANT GOT STUCK A T, AND THE LADI WHO SASHAYED AWAY WH THE CROWNS WERE TOO OFTEN CHURNG OUT DATED LOOKS, AND TIRED HAIRSTYL, NAILS, AND SHO, ALL TOO REMISCENT OF AN ’80S PROM. YEAR AFTER YEAR, NTTANTS WOULD PLAY TO THE OWNERS’ PREDILECTNS (CLUDG THE LOR PURPLE), AND ATTEMPT TO REPLITE WHAT THE PREV YEAR’S WNER HAD DONE. WH THOSE STALE TASTED, THE NTTANTS WERE FORCED TO ABI BY AN ABSURDLY LONG LIST OF L. FET THE AVANT-GAR. THE STRICTUR WERE BEG MORE LIKE THOSE OF A BUTANTE BALL—AND NOTHG LIKE SOME OF THE GENR-FUCK STYL OF RUPL’S MORE RADIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MISS GAY AMERI WAS FOUND NASHVILLE 45 YEARS AGO BY JERRY PEEK. AFTER SEEG HIS FIRST EVER DRAG SHOW INDIANAPOLIS, PEEK CID TO NVERT HIS FAILG UNTRY AND WTERN BAR TO A BARET 1971. INSPIRED BY THE ORIGAL MISS AMERI PAGEANT, PEEK CREATED HIS OWN PETN. THE NEXT YEAR HE SENT OUT 400 LETTERS TO GAY BARS THAT HOSTED DRAG SHOWS AROUND THE UNTRY. TO HIS SURPRISE, THAT FIRST YEAR SAW MORE THAN 30 NTTANTS HOPG TO PETE FOR THE CROWN. THE EVENT WAS SO POPULAR THEY HAD TO TURN AWAY WOULD-BE DIENCE MEMBERS AT THE DOOR.MIKE MIKSCHEMOLLY ALICE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1975, THE PAGEANT WAS PURCHASED BY NORMAN JON; HE RAN UNTIL 2005, AND HAS BEEN CREDED WH MAKG A HOEHOLD BRAND THE DRAG WORLD. SOME OF DRAG’S GREATS WERE FOSTERED BY THIS SYSTEM, CLUDG RANDY FENOLI WHO WON MISS GAY AMERIN 1990 AS BRANDI ALEXANR; HE NOW HOSTS TLC’S SAY Y TO THE DRS. RUPL’S DRAG RACE STAR CO MONTRE ALSO LNCHED HER REER AFTER WNG MISS GAY AMERI 2010. SHE WAS AWARD A NTRACT VEGAS AFTER HER REIGN, FULFILLG A LONGTIME DREAM OF HERS TO BE A “LAS VEGAS SHOW GIRL.” TODAY SHE PERFORMS AT FRANK MARO’S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BACK THOSE EARLY DAYS, THE PAGEANTS WERE FUN AFFAIRS FULL OF PETN AND RARY, AND WEREN’T HIBED BY ALL THE L, WHICH HAVE ARGUABLY STIFLED THE SYSTEM. WHEN JON TOOK OVER, THE NTTANT LE BOOK WAS A BRIEF TWO PAG, BUT TODAY ’S MANY, MANY TIM THAT, ROUGHLY 38 PAG. JON EXPLASED THAT THE PROMOTERS AND NTTANTS FELT THEY NEED MORE GUIDANCE AS TIME WENT ON, SO GREW. “AS THE PAGEANT PROGRSED OF URSE YOU HAD TO HAVE MORE L,” HE TELLSOLD ME, “BUT NOW JT SEEMS LIKE THEY’RE LED TO ATH.” QUEENS RISK LOSG POTS FOR HAVG VISIBLE TATTOOS OR G EXCSIVE PROFANY—TWO ELEMENTS THAT ARE VIRTUALLY OMNIPRENT SOME EPISOS OF RUPL’S DRAG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DPE THE EFFORTS TO REJUVENATE THE SYSTEM, SOME ANTIQUATED L REMA. THE NTT DISURAG “MPY” MAKP FOR TLE HOLRS. (SORRY, BOB THE DRAG QUEEN.) NO FEMIZG SURGIL ENHANCEMENTS ARE ALLOWED BELOW THE NECKLE—HORMON ARE ALSO PROHIBED, AND ANIZERS RERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUT A PHYSIL OR MEDIL EXAMATN IF THEY BELIEVE A NTTANT VLAT THE L. MGA PRIS SELF ON BEG A PETN WHERE, AS S SLOGAN SAYS, “BOYS ARE BOYS AND FEMALE IMPERSONATN IS AN ART.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAS MGA BEE A VTIGE OF A MISTY “FEMALE ILLNIST” PAST, WHEN BEG OUTRAGEO EHER WASN’T PERMTED OR ADVISABLE? IT’S A “SYMBOL OF EXCELLENCE,” ACRDG TO THE PAGEANT SELF, BUT WHAT DO MEAN TO W A TLE TODAY? AND IS A MISS GAY AMERI RENAISSANCE ON THE WAY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER YEARS OF LANGUISHG, AND PLAYG ALSO-RAN TO RUPL’S DRAG RACE, THE PAGEANT CIRCU IS G OUT OF THE DARK AG. ENTER MICHAEL DUTZER AND HIS PARTNER, ROB MANSMAN, WHO PURCHASED MISS GAY AMERI FEBARY 2016 WH A VISN FOR THE FUTURE. DUTZER, HIMSELF A DRAG PERFORMER, AND MANSMAN, HAD PROMOTED STATE DRAG PAGEANTS FOR THE USOFA SYSTEM, SO THEY UNRSTOOD THE CHALLENG FACG THE MGA—AND PERHAPS THE PAGEANT SYSTEM AS A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THAT’S JT NOT THE FUTURE OF DRAG, YOU KNOW,” RUPL’S DRAG RACE STAR, TRY TAYLOR (BELOW) SAYS. TAYLOR EXPLAS THAT SPE HER HOEHOLD NAME-STAT THE WORLD OF DRAG, SHE WOULDN’T BE ALLOWED TO PETE MISS GAY AMERI BEE SHE’S HAD SOME WORK DONE. “THAT’S ALMOST LIKE THE OPPOSE OF WHAT THIS CULTURE IS ABOUT. DRAG IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT EXPRSG YOURSELF AND YOUR CREATIVY AND WHAT YOU WANT TO PRENT VERS BEG UNR ALL OF THE STRICT L.”GETTYNEW YORK, NY - MARCH 07: TRY TAYLOR ATTENDS "RUPL'S DRAG RACE" SEASON 9 PREMIERE PARTY & MEET THE QUEENS EVENT AT PLAYSTATN THEATER ON MARCH 7, 2017 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY JOHN LAMPARSKI/WIREIMAGE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“TO HAVE SOMETHG SO PPOTED THAT YOU ONLY WANT THE SAME EXACT REPLI OF WHAT YOU HAD BEFORE, IS JT NOT THE FUTURE OF DRAG.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“NO LONGER DO A NATNAL TLE GET YOU WORK AS MUCH AS, YOU KNOW, ED TO,” TAYLOR SAYS. SHE CLAIMED THAT NOW GIRLS DO BEE THEY LOVE TO PETE. THEY DON’T DO BEE THEY NEED TO PETE TO GET YOUR NAME OUT THERE. AND SHE WOULD KNOW, SEEG THAT SHE’S WON OVER 20 PAGEANT TL, AND TWO NATNAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THIS NEW WAVE OF DRAG WHICH IS SOCIAL MEDIA, YOUTUBE, DRAG RACE, HAS REALLY FILTRATED. THIS ED TO BE AN UNRGROUND ART. NOW ’S MASTREAM AND SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO PAGEANTS TO GET YOUR NAME OUT THERE. YOU ULD DO DRAG RACE, OBVLY, IF YOU GET ON BUT THERE’S OTHER WAYS TOO LIKE YOUTUBE AND JT SOCIAL MEDIA GENERAL. THERE’S JT SO MANY MORE GREAT WAYS TO PROMOTE YOURSELF THAN THERE ED TO BE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RUPL’S DRAG RACE ALL STARS AND PAGEANT VETERAN, ALYSSA EDWARDS (BELOW) AGRE, EXPLAG HOW THE SOUTH, YOU GOT WORK BASED ON WHICH TL YOU HAD. THIS ISN’T REALLY THE SE ANYMORE. “I THK DRAG GENERAL HAS EVOLVED. I THK TIM HAVE EVOLVED.”GETTYLOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 29: RUPL'S DRAG RACE SEASON 5 ALUMNI ALYSSA EDWARDS POS FOR PORTRA AT 3RD ANNUAL RUPL'S DRAGCON AT LOS ANGEL CONVENTN CENTER ON APRIL 29, 2017 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY ROD ECKENROTH/WIREIMAGE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOT ONLY DO THEY GET MORE WORK BUT ACRDG TO NORMAN JON, RUPL’S QUEENS ARE GETTG THE MORE LUCRATIVE GIGS: “WHO’S PADDG THEIR BANK ACUNT? A [PAGEANT] LEGEND? NO. A LEGEND IS STG ON HERE JUDGG A PANEL FOR A HUNDRED BUCKS AND A BUFFET… BUT THE ON THAT HAVE CHANGED AND OVERHLED THEIR LOOK AND IS NSTANT WH TODAY’S MASTREAM—THEY’RE THE ON BANKG. THEY’RE THE ON MAKG $3000 AND $4000 A NIGHT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TAYLOR BELIEV THAT ORR FOR PAGEANTS TO EVOLVE THEY NEED CLU MORE NOVATIVE AND CREATIVE TEGORI SO THAT THEY’RE NOT JT LIMED TO THE TRADNAL BETY QUEENS. SHE THKS THAT THE SRG SYSTEM NEEDS TO ALSO CHANGE TO ATTRACT MORE DIVERSE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CONVERSELY, CO MONTRE (BELOW) EXPLAS THAT THE REASON SHE FIRST CHOSE TO PETE THE MISS GAY AMERI SYSTEM 2008 WAS BEE OF THE L, CLAIMG THAT MA HER THE ENTERTAER THAT SHE IS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CO’S DRAG MOTHER, MOKHA MONTRE, TGHT HER THAT THE UNIVERSY OF DRAG WAS PAGEANTRY. “PAGEANTRY IS WHERE YOU LEARN THE DISCIPLE…YOU LEARN HOW TO BE ON TIME, HOW TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT, DO THOSE THGS ON YOUR OWN AND HOW TO ADAPT TO CERTA ENVIRONMENTS,” CO SAYS. “A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T MAKE THIS BS BEE THEY BEE THE ONE H WONRS.”GETTYNEW YORK, NY - AUG 23: CO MONTRE POS FOR A PHOTO DURG THE RUPL'S DRAG RACE ALL STARS SEASON TWO PREMIERE AT THE CROSBY STREET HOTEL ON AUGT 23, 2016 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY KRIS CONNOR/FILMMAGIC){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TAYLOR SISTS THAT THE PAGEANT SYSTEM HELPED TO MAKE HER A POLISHED AND WELL-ROUND ENTERTAER WHO N PERFORM UNR TIGHT CIRCUMSTANC. EDWARDS FEELS THE SAME, AGREEG THAT THE GUIL AND BOUNDARI N BE A GOOD THG, BUT STILL STRSED THAT DRAG IS ART AND ART IS SUBJECTIVE. IT’S EASY TO BE PLACED TO A BOX WH PAGEANTRY, WHICH IS LIKE PUTTG A RAT A GE, AS SHE PUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DUTZER AND MANSMAN OBVLY HAVE THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM, NNG A PAGEANT 2017, AND THEY KNOW . DUTZER IS UPONT THE CHALLENGE OF LIVG A MEDIA-DRIVEN SOCIETY WHERE MORE VALUE IS PLACED ON ENTERTAERS OM TELEVISN THAN THOSE THE PETNS. “WH THE WAY WE’RE GOG I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ON TV, BEE DRAG IS BEG MORE ACCEPTED AND MORE MASTREAM, AND YOU’RE FDG MORE PEOPLE OM DIFFERENT CULTUR AND DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE ATTENDG SHOWS AND SEEKG OUT THAT TYPE OF ENTERTAMENT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UNR THEIR NEW DIRECTN, THEY’RE WORKG TO ADAPT TO THE CHANGG TIM. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THEY’VE CLUD A “PRENTATN” TEGORY WHERE THE NTTANTS MT E UP WH A HIVE LOOK FOR THE THEME OF THE EVENT. IT’S ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF THE PAGEANT; JT HASN’T BEEN JUDGED SO THE QUEENS DIDN’T MAKE AS MUCH OF AN EFFORT. IT PROVIS SOMETHG DIFFERENT BEYOND JT THE EVENG GOWN AND TALENT AND ALLOWS THE JUDG TO SEE HOW CREATIVE THE QUEENS N BE WH THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I THK I’VE LIFTED A CLOUD OF SERNS AND REALLY MA FUN AGA, AND BASILLY, TO BE VERY NDID, I FEEL LIKE ’S OL,” ARNOLD MYT, A.K.A. SUZY WONG (BELOW), THE REIGNG MISS GAY AMERI SAYS. SHE IS THE FIRST MISS GAY AMERI CROWNED BY DUTZER AND MANSMAN SCE THEY’D PURCHASED THE PAGEANT. “I FEEL LIKE WE’VE TURNED MISS AMERI ONTO A OL PAGE.”KRISTOFER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT THE MISS GAY NEW YORK AMERI PRELIMARY PAGEANT LATE JULY AT THE HUDSON TERRACE MANHATTAN, THE NEW ATTU WAS ON DISPLAY. THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR’S NEW YORK PRELIMARY WAS “AMERI,” BUT WHEN BCE SPRGSTEEN’S, “BORN THE U.S.A.” STARTED TO PLAY, THE “OL” FACTOR THAT WONG EMPHASIZED WASN’T REALLY G THROUGH. WAS THIS PART OF SOME GRAND SUBVERSN?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS. SURE, THERE WAS SOME OF THE UAL FARE WH ONE QUEEN PARTICULAR SPORTG A VEGAS SHOWGIRL LOOK, BUT THERE WERE SOME REALLY IMAGATIVE OUTFS TOO. ASPIRG QUEEN SOFONDA COX ME OUT LOOKG LIKE YOUR BT IEND’S SPERATE-TO-BE-HIP MOM. SHE WAS TAKG SELFI ON HER PHONE AND SIPPG ON HER STARBUCKS: A PICTURE PERFECT—IF BASIC—AMERIN LOOK. THEN THERE WAS, MOLLY ALICE MX, A PERSONAL FAVORE, DRSED PURAN GARB, PLAYG OUT A BENT TERPRETATN OF HTER PRYNNE OM THE SRLET LETTER. THE QUEENS WERE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DPE SOME JOYFUL MOMENTS OF SUBVERSN AND SELF EXPRSN, THE PAGEANTS STILL MATAED THAT CLASSIC GLAMOUR THAT ONE MIGHT EXPECT OM THE ORIGAL MISS AMERI PETN, PARTICULARLY WH THE “EVENG GOWN” TEGORY. WH ALICIA KEY’S “EMPIRE STATE OF MD," PLAYG, EACH GIRL ME OUT CKED RHTON, GLAM JEWELRY, AND SOME BIG HAIR TOO. EACH TOURED THE STAGE WHILE THE EMCEE ANNOUNCED TAILS OF HER ATTIRE, MENTNG THE SIGNERS AND JEWELERS WHO MAY’VE ASSISTED THE CREATN OF THE FEMALE ILLN. AFTER MAKG THE ROUNDS, THE QUEENS TOOK CENTER STAGE, PICKED A QUTN RD AND WERE QUIZZED ON THEIR PAST OR POTENTIAL FUTURE THE EVENT THAT THEY WERE TO BE CROWNED MISS GAY AMERI. THEY ANSWERED ALL S AND NGENIALY, BUT THERE WAS SOMETHG STIFF ABOUT SOME OF THE RPONS, LIKE SOME WERE STILL PLAYG TO THE JUDG RATHER THAN JT BEG THEMSELV. PERHAPS THE THGS TAKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NO DOUBT THE PAGEANT SYSTEM HOLDS A VERY IMPORTANT PLACE DRAG HISTORY AND N SHAPE NEW DRAG TALENT BY OFFERG A LEVEL OF DISCIPLE THAT’S DIFFICULT TO FD ANYWHERE ELSE. STILL, SCE A GIRL N NOW MAKE A NAME FOR HERSELF WH A SMART PHONE AND YOUTUBE ACUNT, SEEMS THAT IF PAGEANTS WANT TO STAY RELEVANT, THEY NEED TO NTUE TO DO WHAT MISS GAY AMERI HAS STARTED DOG: ENURAGE A NEW WAVE OF RADIL QUEENS TO BE THEMSELV THROUGH THGS LIKE CREATIVE NEW TEGORI. AND ALTHOUGH L ARE IMPORTANT FOR ANY CRAFT, THERE’S HERENT NFLICT THE IA OF ENURAGG A QUEEN TO BE HERSELF BUT THEN HANDG HER A 39-PAGE HANDBOOK BY WHICH TO DO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I LOVE WATCHG THIS NEW GENERATN OF DRAG…IT’S AMAZG, I APPRECIATE SO MUCH,” EDWARDS SAID WH EXCEMENT HER VOICE. “IT’S LIKE, FET THE L, FET THE HANDBOOK, BEE—WHO WROTE THAT THE FIRST PLACE? WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AT DIVE AND ENTERTAERS LIKE THAT, THEY WEREN’T FOLLOWG NO HANDBOOK. IN FACT, THEY WERE MAKG THE HANDBOOK—THE HISTORY BOOK.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MISS GAY AMERI 2018 PETN NS OCTOBER 4 TO 7 NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Likewise many of the State pageants have direct prelimari whereby the wner and first alternate of the “metropolan” prelimary pageants will travel to the State ntt, effort to be the State’s next Symbol of Excellence and to qualify for the natnal petn, hop to be crowned as the next Miss Gay Ameri. While this pageant at first, was marketed exclively for the gay muny, people om all walks of life have grown to enjoy and admire the ditn and talent need to be succsful this pageant system. Each of the aforementned tegori are signed to produce a well round Miss Gay Ameri that n lead by example.

THE BETY OF MISS GAY AMERI

The newly crowned Miss Gay Ameri n earn as much as $70, 000 durg their reign as Miss Gay Ameri, sh, priz, travel, appearance fe and gratuy for appearance. Backstage at Miss Transsexual and Miss Gay, there's a enzy of activy. Miss Gay nttant Mandy Moobs, a Brisbane tailor who has been dog drag for five years, and fellow Queensland petor Ta Bikki prepare for the 2016 pageant held at The Substatn Newport, wt of Melbourne.

(ABC News: Margaret Bur) The bety queen pageant is divid to two tegori: Miss Gay Atralia, which aims to promote female impersonatn as an art form and Miss Transsexual Atralia, which promot visibily of transgenr women and transgenr rights.

(ABC News: Margaret Bur) The ntt's founr Gayzha Davao says the wner is not forced to have any surgery and she hop the prize helps to promote acceptance of transgenr people the broar muny. Who We Are Gay Internatnal is more than a crown, a medalln and a tle. Gay Internatnal Organizatn (GIO) is about tellg the stori of the LGBTQ+ people and muni and enuragg them to celebrate who and what they are, bee you n never be happy wh beg what you are not.

HISTORY OF GAY MARRIAGE

Show Ad | Miss Gay Uned Stat In | Ziegfeld’s (Washgton, DC) | 10/6/2013.

Imag, photographs, certa text, and vios may not be pied whout ntact  if you have qutns on what may and may not be Gay Ameri Pageant® is a registered tramark of Mad Angel Entertament©"Where the boys are boys and Female Impersonatn is an Art! Gay Ameri 2018, Judas Ellt, shows by dazzlg exampl -- wh photographer and llaborator Erika Wagner, The Drag Photographer -- what tak to snag the the gay muny have long been faiar wh the Miss Gay Ameri pageant, whether om knowg a petor, attendg a prelimary, seeg a Miss Gay Ameri tleholr perform at a lol club, or as a nttant on RuPl's Drag there is a unterpart to the Miss Gay Ameri pageant and tle, and that is Mr.

CHEER FOR YOUR FAVORE QUEENS AT THE MISS GAY ARIZONA AMERI PAGEANT. HERE'S HOW

(the first) Miss Gay Ameri 1973 Norma Kristie (owner of the Miss Gay Ameri pageant system om 1975 - 2005) and Carmel Santiago (Lady Baronsa, Miss Gay Ameri 1974) the pageant has changed ownership several tim, and ceased om 2009-2017, was revived by the current owners of the Miss Gay Ameri pageant (Michael Dutzer and Rob Mansman) as the Mr. Gay Ameri pageant prelimari, often njunctn wh Miss Gay Ameri prelimari near you, pecially the Mid-Wt and South and Southwt, where pageants are wildly popular. Gay Ameri or cur to know what the pageant entails, and what 's like to be Mr.

In 2016, while RuPl’s Drag Race was turng drag to popular entertament for everyday Amerins, while enuragg queens to exprs themselv artistilly, another drag stutn, Miss Gay Ameri, was stgglg to keep s cultural RuPl was enuragg his queens’ “charisma, uniquens, nerve, and talent, ” the MGA nttants were beg told to lor si the proverbial Gay Ameri is the olst and largt drag pageant system, wh state and regnal prelimary petns held across the untry, om the gulf ast to the north, and east to wt. The strictur were beg more like those of a butante ball—and nothg like some of the genr-fuck styl of RuPl’s more radil Gay Ameri was found Nashville 45 years ago by Jerry Peek. The next year he sent out 400 letters to gay bars that hosted drag shows around the untry.

Some of drag’s greats were fostered by this system, cludg Randy Fenoli who won Miss Gay Amerin 1990 as Brandi Alexanr; he now hosts TLC’s Say Y to the Drs.