Miss Gay Ameri 2020: 46 Photos om the Mother of All Drag Pageants

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Miss Missouri Er O'Flaherty will make history this Sunday as the first openly gay nttant the Miss Ameri pageant. But she's not the only one to break a barrier.

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FIRST GAY MISS AMERI DEIDRE DOWNS OPENS UP ABOUT WIFE’S PREGNANCY

Mr. Gay Ameri 2018, Judas Ellt, shows by dazzlg exampl — wh photographer and llaborator Erika Wagner, The Drag Photographer — what tak to snag the tle. * first miss gay america *

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. 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.

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Miss Missouri is the first openly gay nttant. Is this progrs, or jt tchg up? * first miss gay america *

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.

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 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.

MONROE PERFORMER REACH DRAG QUEEN SUMM, CROWNED MISS GAY AMERI 2022

Alyssa Edwards won the Miss Gay Ameri pageant 2010 but was stripped of the tle shortly after. Read on to fd out why this happened. * first miss gay america *

Deidre Downs — who is the first openly gay Miss Ameri and a fertily specialist — ma a bold proclamatn to her now-wife, Abbott Jon. Durg her OB-GYN rincy, she started to feel distant om her spoe and went to unselg, where she realized she’s gay. “I hope people see there are many ways to build a fay — if you are gay, straight, a relatnship or not one, ” said Downs.

Established Nashville 1972, The Miss Gay Ameri Pageant is the world's first, longt nng and most prtig natnwi female impersonator (aka drag) petn. Louis, New York Cy's Pattaya Hart was recently crowned Miss Gay Ameri as the "Symbol of Excellence, " Miss Gay Ameri wners reprent the utmost profsnalism and entertament the art of female impersonatn. Each October, dozens of nttants om over one hundred cy, state and regnal prelimari across the untry pete over four nights for the Miss Gay Ameri crown.

MISS GAY AMERI IS TRYG TO KEEP DRAG PAGEANTS ALIVE

Wng on her first attempt, Pattaya Hart is the send nsecutive wner to be om New York Cy, followg the footsteps of Manhattan entertaer, Miss Gay Ameri 2019, Andora Te'tee.

MEET THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MISS AMERI CONTTANT IN HISTORY

Also om New York Cy is the Miss Gay Ameri 2020 Fourth Alternate, Fifi is not Pattaya Hart's first drag tle. "The Miss Gay Ameri 2020 wners (last photo) are L-R: Fourth Alternate Fifi DuBois (Miss Gay Midwt Ameri 2019), First Alternate Dextaci (Miss Gay Mid-Atlantic Ameri 2019), Miss Gay Ameri 2020 Pattaya Hart, Miss Gay Ameri 2019 Andora Te'tee, Send Alternate Ivy Dripp (Miss Gay Louisiana Ameri 2019), and Third Alternate Tly Fabu (Miss Gay New York Ameri 2019). Follow Miss Gay Ameri on urty of BjKj Productns urty of #Boom Magaze.

Jo as we crown the FIRST Miss Gay Fancy Ameri Gay Fancy Ameri is an Official Regnal Prelimary to Miss Gay Ameri 2024Honorg Miss Gay Ameri 2023 Tatiyanna Voche! Tickets are $20 for the pageant and all proceeds will go to help the Wner and First Alternate to get to Miss Gay Ameri Ltle Rock Arkansas.

WHY WAS ALYSSA EDWARDS DETHRONED FROM MISS GAY AMERI PAGEANT?

Dex Poxter, perhaps better known as drag queen Dextaci, was crowned Miss Gay Ameri at the 50th Miss Gay Ameri pageant Jan. Miss Gay Ameri is a natnal pageant for female impersonators. Conttants pete at var cy, state, and direct regnal prelimari for the chance to advance to the official Miss Gay Ameri tle.

"Now wng, while 's not as much as a heartache petg, 's also still gog to require effective game-planng and beg proactive wh my support work jt to make sure the bells and whistl n still go along wh beg Miss Gay Ameri. "A Glamoro Gamble:Dex Poxter's qut to be crowned Miss Gay AmeriPoxter referred to the tle as the "ambassador, " the "CEO" and the "spokmol for Miss Gay Ameri pageantry.

" "She has to travel the untry and appear at every prelimary that directly go to her give-up, such as Miss Gay Oklahoma, Miss Gay Missouri, Miss Gay Louisiana, Miss Gay Texas, " Poxter said. "The tegori the Miss Gay Ameri petn are analogo to those featured the Miss Ameri pageant, such as talent, eveng wear, and terview.

ER O'FLAHERTY IS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MISS AMERI CONTTANT -- AND OTHER PAGEANT FIRSTS

"The last tegory is male terview, which is very specific to the Miss Gay Ameri pageant system, " Poxter said. It's an 8-mute tegory where they really ask you the different thgs that make you the bt ndidate for the job to bee the next Miss Gay Ameri.

"I feel to w somethg of the liber like Miss Gay Ameri, really do blow the hg the door off of the hg of such a nservative, bible-belt type area, " Poxter said. "A lot of people thk that somethg like Miss Gay Ameri probably would never happen here but I'm fely so proud of myself for really breakg down those barriers and really phg the envelope for people that really don't matter where you live or how you live your life.

Anythg is possible, most pecially a small-town guy, like myself, om Monroe to w somethg of such liber and prtig like Miss Gay Ameri. “She’s about 26 weeks pregnant and we were very fortunate that she got pregnant wh the first transfer and has done well, ” Downs Gunn shared on the podst, addg the upl' medil team supported Downs Gunn's role the transfer and performed the rt of Downs's Gunn said that growg up Alabama she never imaged life as an openly gay woman. “That was really the first time I maybe reflected and realized that I was gay, ” she said on the Downs Gunn first me out, she never anticipated even datg, let alone startg a fay wh someone.

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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. Gay Ameri. Gay All-Amerin (MGAA) pageant, was the first ntt of s kd.

(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 2017. Gay Ameri webse.

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