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After more than a year of shut-downs - cludg all thgs wild and weird that once helped Asheville, North Carola earn the tle of quirkit town - one of ’s more unique events is back. The Miss Gay Lata pageant will be held Nov. 20 at the Diana Wortham Theater. I photographed backstage at the 2019 pageant, featured the imag and the last one before panmic closur. Miss Gay Lata started as a small drag event 2008 anized by founr and producer El Gonzalez who was born Cuba and has lived Asheville for many years. The pageant evolved over the years to a more clive event open to any performer, regardls of sexual orientatn, natnaly, or genr intifitn. The event has gaed attentn outsi of this wtern North Carola town of 360,000 and now clus natnal tle holrs petg. The pageant almost always sells out. At this last event, signer and Project Runway falist Garo Sparo served as a celebry judge. I was exced about photographg backstage stead of the actual event. Watchg the performers apply makp and change to elaborate and betifully-signed stum was fascatg. The work and ditn put to preparg for the event was evint like Sunny De Le's bright yellow ensemble that clud a bird and feathers. Sunny De Le was crowned Miss Gay Lata 2019.

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MR. AND MS. GAY LATO ASHEVILLE 2022

The Mr. and Ms. Gay Lato/Lata Asheville (MGLA) Pageant prents: "UNRESTRICTED!" As - unrtricted energy, unrtricted enthiasm, and unrtricted phoria, all g together for an unfettable and exceptnal entertament event. % * miss gay latino asheville *

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Gay Lato Asheville and Ms. Gay Lata Asheville, 2022. Krist Colls, Miss Gay North Carola Ameri 1999, will be the Mistrs of Ceremoni wh former MGLA Queen and all-around drag legend Kassandra Hylton returng to perform wh many more guts to be nfirmed over the g weeks.

Miss Gay Lata and Mister Gay Lato Asheville is a unique event that giv a platform to dividuals the art of male and female pageant nsists of four tegori:For the Miss: Interview, Natnal stume, Talent and Eveng the Mister: Interview, swimsu, talent, and formal nttant will be terviewed prr to the pageant and will then prent wh the other tegori ont of the live dience.

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El González anized Miss Gay Lata for the first time 2008. He has a background event planng but had never thought of creatg a pageant.“A iend told me there was a need for a LGBTQ pageant Asheville sce many people wanted to get regnized the drag muny and jumpstart their reers, and the only events for drag available were clubs,” says González . * miss gay latino asheville *

CROWING GLORY: Digner, "Project Runway" nttant and former North Carolian Garo Sparo, right, will judge Miss Gay Lata Asheville.

MISS GAY LATA ASHEVILLE PAGEANT NTU TO EXPAND BEYOND S NAME

The Miss Gay Lata Asheville drag pageant began 2008 a Wt Asheville church that held 200. It outgrew that venue by s send year, and moved to s current annual home at the Diana Wortham Theatre. This year's performance, on Saturday, Nov. 5, will be the pageant's nth. * miss gay latino asheville *

El Gonzalez n say wh certaty he will not be changg the name of Miss Gay Lata Asheville, the drag pageant he started the cy a dozen years ago. But, after more than a producg Miss Gay Lata Asheville, Gonzalez n also say wh certaty that the event has now moved beyond the boundari s name might suggt.

Per s missn statement, Miss Gay Lata Asheville is now open to “any performer, regardls of sexual orientatn, natnaly, or genr intifitn.

” He returns to North Carola this year to judge Miss Gay Lata Asheville. And makg the transn om the judged back to the judge, he has this advice for this year’s nttants Miss Gay Lata Asheville: “As long as you are puttg yourself out there, hong your skills and makg sure you are puttg out a betiful package that says, ‘It’s all about me, ’ you’ll she. That is the sence of cln, after all, and that is the sence of Miss Gay Lata Asheville.

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WHAT: Miss Gay Lata Asheville. Queen Malayia Chanel Iman after wng the first prize of Miss Gay Lata Asheville, NC.

MISS GAY LATA ASHEVILLE RETURNS TO DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE

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El González anized Miss Gay Lata for the first time 2008. By the end of the night, the church was full, and many were outsi hopg to get, Miss Gay Lata is hosted an Asheville theater that holds approximately 500 people and is open to drag queens of all ethnici.

Last year's wner, Malayia Chanel Iman, has won 99 pageantri his reer as a female drag impersonator, and says that Miss Gay Lata Asheville has been one of his biggt ws so a Black drag queen, he has fely stggled wh acceptance and regnn. Miss Gay Lata Asheville / El González. Another one of Asheville’s most important Latx events of the year is the Miss Gay Lata Asheville drag petn, held annually November.

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His visn me te wh Miss Gay Lata Asheville (MGLA), a mic, dance and theater show that’s been takg place the cy for more than 16 years.

In the petn for the tl of Miss Gay Lata Asheville and Mister Gay Lato, nttants are ee to be as creative as possible while "lightg up the stage wh energy, excement and enthiasm, " González says.

“This year, Miss Gay Lata Asheville is gog global, ” says founr and anizer El Gonzalez. He started the Miss Gay Lata Asheville drag pageant 2008 a Wt Asheville church that held 200. Both translate well to Miss Gay Lata Asheville, which tak a tradnal bety pageant program (terview, stume, talent and eveng gown) and jects flair and cultural awarens.

AROUND TOWN: MISS GAY LATA ASHEVILLE AND MISTER GAY LATO ASHEVILLE SHARE CENTER STAGE

One such tablished figure is Mokha Montre, who has earned many natnal tl, cludg Miss Gay USofA 2015. She will be a celebry judge for Miss Gay Lata Asheville and give a performance durg the show.

Miss Gay Lata Asheville 2015 wner Valeria Coutier will also be onstage wh the Night Boys, a small, six-person dance pany om Miami.

Through an terpreter, she discsed the dual rol a tle like Miss Gay Lata Asheville btows.

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“The stage has been a classroom for me to te the public — both gay and straight — on the perspective of the transgenr muny. Miss Gay Lata Asheville may have started out as a small drag petn  2008, but quickly evolved to an annual showse of culture, clivy, creativy and pri.

"We are extremely pleased that this year Miss Gay Lata Asheville will expand s horizons to celebrate cultural diversy around the globe, " said El. "What is Miss Gay Lata Asheville?

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El Gonzalez lnched the Miss Gay Lata Asheville pageant 2008 as a way to highlight the talents of lol drag performers who otherwise lacked a venue. A double feature, the celebratn will also feature Mister Gay Lato Asheville, which Gonzalez first troduced 2019.

Eight nttants will vie for the tle of Miss Gay Lata the tegori of terview, natnal stume, talent and eveng gown.

AROUND TOWN: MISS GAY LATA ASHEVILLE AND MISTER GAY LATO ASHEVILLE SHARE CENTER STAGE

Meanwhile, four addnal nttants will pete for Mister Gay Lato terview, swimsu, talent and formal wear.

The mistrs and master of ceremoni will be, rpectively, Miss Gay Lata Asheville 2019, Sunny Dee-Le, and Mister Gay Lato 2019, Ari Mateo Kelly.

Miss Gay Lata Asheville is exced to announce that preparatns are unrway for the 13th annual MGLA pageant styled this year as “Celebratn of Life”. The Mistrs and Master of the celebratn and pridg over the openg ceremoni is our reigng Miss Gay Lata Asheville 2019, Sunny Dee-Le and Mister Gay Lato 2019, Ari Mateo Kelly. Tag: Miss Gay Lata Asheville.

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The Miss Gay Lata Asheville pageant, now s 11th year, has bee hugely succsful, attractg acts om all over the untry and sellg out ntually each year.

“There is nothg like all of North and South Carola, ” says El Gonzalez, the anizer and dited founr of Miss Gay Lata Asheville. She was ved to pete Miss Gay Lata Asheville 2017 and end up receivg a standg ovatn om the crowd, after performg Ta Turner’s “Proud Mary. Snrs says that wng Miss Gay Lata Asheville meant a lot to her, pecially beg the first black entertaer to wear the crown.

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Comg om her home base of Miami, Valeria Coutier — Miss Gay Lata Asheville 2015 — will be a featured gut performer at this year’s event, alongsi six-part dance troupe the Night Boys.

Snrs says that she knew Miss Gay Lata Asheville was somethg she wanted to be a part of after she saw how the show was nducted. WHAT: Miss Gay Lata Asheville,.

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