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- MISS GAY SANTA RA 2022 – MECHANICS AND CRERIA FOR JUDGG
- GAY AMERI PAGEANTS
- 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
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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
Miss Gay Arlgton - Arlgton, VA * miss gay guidelines *
Do not discs your srg wh anyone except the promoter, reigng Miss Gay Ameri, or the official reprentative of Mad Angel Entertament.
Exceptns are limed to former Miss Gay Ameri tleholrs and the Miss Gay Ameri Advisory Board, all of which have unlimed judgg opportuny, unls otherwise clared by Mad Angel Entertament. Exceptn to the judgg limatn is for the former Miss Gay Ameri tleholrs and the Miss Gay Ameri Advisory Board of Directors, who are unlimed their judgg opportuni, unls otherwise directed by Mad Angel Entertament.
GAY AMERI PAGEANTS
Potential nflict of terts clu but is not limed to partners/mat of nttants, current promoters of nttants (example: a promoter of a regnal ntt whereby a nttants may be the current tleholr), cy prelimary promoters of that particular state ntt or a nttant who has already qualified, or tends to qualify, for the Miss Gay Ameri pageant, or any of s prelimari, durg that particular pageant season. Any nttant who has qualified or has tentn to qualify to any prelimary of Miss Gay Ameri (i.
This appli to any official prelimary, (Cy, State and Regnal), that is signated as a prelimary the Miss Gay Ameri system. The Judg Worksheet is subject to review by a pageant official (Miss Gay Ameri, Mad Angel Entertament or Promoter) and should be readily available for review, upon requt.
The Judg should sre acrdg to the tegory scriptns as applied to the nttant prentatn for which they are currently JUDGES INFORMATIONAny nttant who has qualified or has tentn to qualify to any prelimary of Miss Gay Ameri (i. State/Regnal pageants or on the Natnal level) may not judge (durg the year which they tend to pete the next level pageant), any ntt, cludg Cy, State and Regnal prelimari, that is signated as a prelimary the Miss Gay Ameri system.
MISS GAY AMERI 2022
While the Promoter and Miss Gay Ameri are ultimately rponsible for the nduct of the panel of judg, the Lead Judge shall be well versed on all of the l and regulatns of the pageant system to ensure that the behavr of the panel of judg is acceptable. The change should be ialed by the srg judge, another judge on the panel, preferably the lead judge, or the reigng Miss Gay Ameri.
Tabulators makg rrectns to tegory totals should ial the rrectn and have the srg judge, sendary tabulator and/or the reigng Miss Gay Ameri, to ial the rrectn.
MISS GAY D.C. CROWNED MISS GAY AMERI
Miss Gay USofA Newer nttants mt be born male. Conttants may not have won a State or Regnal tle or have been a Natnal Falist any Miss Gay USofA Natnal Pageant or any of the major anchised Natnal Pageants cludg, Ameri, Contental, Entertaer of the Year, MBU, Miss Black Ameri and All Amerin Godss. Conttants may not enter Miss Gay USofA Newer followg their third anniversary of their first entry to the Miss Gay USofA Newer system.
The e of or dispensg of illegal dgs or marijuana will not be tolerated while a nttant is participatg the Miss Gay USofA Newer Pageant.
PHOTOS: MISS GAY MARYLAND 2022
Miss Gay USofA Newer will be required to sign a ntract wh USofA Pageants LLC before any prize money is paid.
THE BIGGT CROWN TEXAS BELONGS TO MISS GAY USOFA
Wh seven (7) days of wng the pageant, Miss Gay USofA Newer mt have and mata an e-mail addrs and cell phone for the entire length of the reign. Any nttant who has qualified to attend the Miss Gay USofA Newer Pageant and fails to attend may not pete ANY USofA Pageants prelimary until they have paid back all priz, paid a $250 fe to the Natnal Promoter and waed at least one (1) year. 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 MR & MISS GAY SEATTLE PAGEANT
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. RuPl’s Drag Race star Co Montre also lnched her reer after wng Miss Gay Ameri 2010. And is a Miss Gay Ameri renaissance on the way?
THE 50TH MISS GAY AMERI IS OM LOUISIANA!
Enter Michael Dutzer and his partner, Rob Mansman, who purchased Miss Gay Ameri Febary 2016 wh a visn for the future.
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.
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 ’s drag mother, Mokha Montre, tght her that the universy of drag was pageantry.
MISS GAY ARLGTON
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. ”At the Miss Gay New York Ameri prelimary pageant late July at the Hudson Terrace Manhattan, the new attu was on display. 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.
MISS GAY INTERNACNAL
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.