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Drag Rag
by Miss Della . Contributing Writer
From our back door to the pageant floor
Oh, boys and girls, what wonderful news to
start off with — another Carolina kid has cap
tured a national title. Big time congrats goes to
Luscious of Columbia, S.C., who was recently
crowed Miss Gay America. (She also calls
Charlotte home, too.) Two other Carolinians
joined Luscious in the Top 10 — Victoria Parker
and Coti Collins (who was named first runner-
up). Alina Maletti was 2nd; Victoria DePaula was
3rd; and China Collins was 4th, followed by
Chantal ReShae, Savannah DeLorean, Ashley
Bannk, and Ginger Manchester. I can’t say how
happy I am for our former Miss Scorpio and
Miss N.C. America LuLu. Get it, girlfriend, and
be legendary this year.
And while on the subject of Miss America,
one correction from last time: the late Asya
Alexander was a former Miss Louisiana
America; she never won the national title, but
competed and was a finalist.
In other national news, former Miss
Continental Dominique Chappelle is your new
Miss TN U.S.ofA.; her RU was Myah Monroe;
the new Miss Rocky Mountain U.S.ofA. is Sage
Summer with RU Frenchie Kiss. In the U.S.ofA.
at Large area, we have Chevelle Brooks going
back to compete nationally as Miss Goddess,
which she won at the Saint in San Antonio with
RU Amber Nixx; the new Miss Iowa is Katrina
Cass; Miss Rocky Mountain at Large is Nova
Starr; BiBi Snow is Miss Southwest; Miss
Indiana is Alyssa Williams; and Miss Arizona is
Sache. In the Classic arena, we
have Monica West as the new Miss Wisconsin.
On the Continental scene. Crystal is the
new Miss Windy City with RU Regine Phillips,
and on the same night, Tajma Kirsten Hall
won every category but interview at Miss
Windy City Continental PLUS; her RU was
Kristian Valentino.
On the local scene, we have so much to dis
cuss. Sierra Leone is the new Queen of the
Triangle with RU Daphne Starr; the new Miss
O’Henry’s is Summer Clearance with a tie for
the next two spots: Gilda Golden and Charlotte’s
Cierra Nicole. My phat sister from Greensboro,
Paisley Parque, is your new Miss Warehouse 29;
Diamond crowned her and her RU was Angel
Diamond Sutton. That same night, they did a
Mr. contest and the winner was David Bryant
and his RU was Taylor Addams. Congrats to
Robbie Sutton on giving that tide up. The most
recent N.C. FFI prelim that I know about was
Miss Raleigh, which Breyannah Allure won; her
RU was a cute Latina queen from FL by the
name of Faith. Jessica Jade’s first prelim as Miss
NC US.ofA. was Fayetteville and a lovely queen
by the name of Brittney Ambers Cruise won;
her RU was Imaje Deveraux Cartier.
There was recenUy a fundraiser for the
Covenant House in Charleston, WV, that I
failed to mention and I hope all the ladies
involved will see fit to forgive me. Over
$10,000 was raised and it featured such illu
sions as Coti Collins as Judy Garland, Reba
McEntire and Dolly Parton; Vikki Williams as
Barbra Streisand, Liza Minelli and Cher; Big
Shirli Stevenz as a big Cher and Wynonna
Judd; LaWanda Jackson as Tina Turner, Diana
Ross, and Dionne Warwick; and Bridgette
Nickles as Bette Midler. Sounds like a fabulous
night out for a great cause.
I want to take tfiis time to wish a happy
retirement to LuAnne Landreth of the Casde
down in Greenville, S.C. The old gal has been
dressing cross for 25 years and has been quite
successful at it, I might add. Her final show
featured Kristen Collins, Tracy Morgan,
Brooklyn Dior and
Adara McDaniels.
Did any of you get a
chance to see Asheville
entertainer Tamalah
Taylor on “The Insider”
a couple weeks ago? She
and two other transgen
der entertainers (Maria
Roman and Cassandra
Cass), who were in the
movie “Trantasia,” were
featured in a segment
about getting done up
for the red carpet.
Tamalah was recently asked come on as a cor
respondent for the “DJ Dirty D show,” part of
Hard Rock Radio Live.
I was recently in Atlanta for a Continental
prelim that never quite took place due to some
unforeseen circumstances that we’ll not men
tion here, but Isabella Diamante and Mendigan
Iman Starr will represent Woody Brooks’ Miss
Atlanta Divine next fall. It was so good to see
Miss Continental Victoria LePaige anyway,
along with former Mr. Continental Tony
DeSario, as well as former NC gal Melania
Cortez. Imagine my surprise when Melania
came to dinner with guest Eduardo, formerly
Akasha Pharrows, who used to live in NC as
well. We later went to take in Atlanta’s Drag Idol
contest at Wetbar and 1 got to see emcee extra
ordinaire Charlie Brown (who looks fabulous,
by the way) and boy are they giving some
money away for this contest. Drop in one night
and see it, please. Shawnna Brooks is serving as
a judge, too. Oh, almost forgot — the flawless
W Hotel is doing a Sunday brunch featuring a
show of big-name Atlanta girls as
well. Stop by and tell Carl I sent you.
And speaking of travels, I recently
ran across a flawless out-of-state
show worth checking into.. .Flirt in
Ybor City, FL, right outside of Tampa,
features quite the housecast — Miss
Continental PLUS Desiree DeMornay,
former NC Continental PLUS Jocelyn
Summers, Miss Gay U.S.ofA. Natasha
Richards (emcee), former Miss EOY
Angelique Ali, former Miss FL FI
Amy DeMilo, then on a rotating basis;
former Miss PLUS Angelica Sanchez,
former Miss Everything Cezanne and
Miss Gay America Luscious
during crowning ceremonies
at the recent pageant.
former Miss Everything Erica Andrews; then
they have special guests every Sat., someone
fab like Miss Elite Maya Douglas, former Miss
Continental and International Queen Mimi
Marks and Stratton was there on Oct. 14. Check
them out at www.flirtybor.com. If you ever stop
in on your travels, tell the owner. Miss Darlene,
that Della from the Q-Notes sent you. I
info: Drop me a line, OK?. The Teal1issD@jrahoo.com
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