drag rag
by miss della :: qnotes contributor
Plum proud of all y'all out there!
Greetings and salutations,
folks! You know the drill—we're
talking about wins and successes
in pageantry here. Hope every
one is enjoying the gorgeous fall
weather! It's time to shave and put on a wig and some heels.
Good evening!
I'd like to pickup where I left off the last time and men
tion a few things I did not about what a great pageant Miss
Continental was. Alyson Thomas, the promoter of the Carolinas
Continental contests, ended up winning Best Prelim of the Year.
I feel like a dummy for leaving that out, seeing as how I have
judged it every year minus one. I kinda feel like I won a little bit
of that plaque. Ha! Congrats, Miss Alyson! I also forgot to men-
• tion how gorgeous that damned Dana Douglas was, too. Just
as fierce, if not more so, than when she won. Just breathtaking,
still. The winner that evening, Mokha Montrese, and I have had
some lovely phone chats. I do adore her. It's gonna be a good
year! She gives up the title of Miss National (which she took on
months ago) in Dothan, AL later this year.
The picture this time is of Brooke Divine LaReese, our local
girl whom I mentioned in the last Rag. She won Miss World
National down in Atlanta and has since gone to take a walk at
the Black Continental pageant (Coco LaBelle Thomas won the
Miss, Alphonse DuPree wonthe Mr. and Ean Starr won the Mr.
Plus) and Miss Gay America. More on that momentarily.
Also, in the last Rag, when I mentioned the Unlimited yvins
up in Hickory, I forgot to bring up how much I enjoy Arabia
Knight-Addams' texts every day, which she calls the public
service announcements. Tell her to put you on 'the list' and you
can get these daily tidbits of wisdom, often faith-inspired, and
you'll see what I'm talking about. I've saved some from as far
back as early summer. They make a lot of sense and are very
encouraging.
Many of you know Miss Gay U.S.ofA. at Large was recently
held in Tampa, FL and we have a new queen! All hail. Lady
Tahjee Iman! What a sweet queen — another good year
ahead, I think, for another system. Tahjee's runners-up includ
ed: Angelica Sanchez, Mercedes, Victoria “Porkchop" Parker
and Jocelyn Summers, followed by Sasha Lauren, Natasha
Cass, Chanel LaMasters, Kewesi Alexandria St James, Latrice
Royale, Delorian Chase and Terri
D'More. Hats off to Vegas' April Reign
who relinquished her title that night; I
was proud to be a part of the panel that
crowned her in Indy lastyerft.
I’ve just gotten in from the first
booking of Coti Collins as the newest
Miss Gay America; she was at Scorpio
three nights after the magic took place
in Columbus, OH. Coti is the 7th Miss
America to come from NC. She tells me
she couldn't have done it without her
team and, especially, our Kirby Kolby
who painted the ole gal and whipped
her hair into perfection each night Coti, I
never thought I'd see the day, especially
after I saw you cheated that night sitting
in that audience in Memphis, TN all
those years ago. That was the last time
I went, too. Anyway, Coti's runners-up
were Jessica Jade, Chantel Reshae,
Sally Sparkles and Tajmaf Stetson,
followed by Sasha Leigh Chambers, Onyx Revlon, Zhane'
Kennedy, Sue Nami and Tatiyana Voche'.
Just wanted to thank all the ladies and the two guys who
took part in the benefit up in Hickory at Club Cabaret for my
Gerardo's House fund. With tips contributed by three entertain
ers, we raised $488., four-fifths of that going to my sponsored
kid's education fund for next January since his home is already
Miss World National, Brooke Divine
LaReese of Charlotte, NC
paid for. Hats off and kudos go to Jacqueline St James, Dana
St James, Jeff Reeves, Emory Starr, Jessica Raynes Starr, Lola*
Lovelace, Envee Michaels, Vanity Michaels, Monica Jeffries
(who is sweet as peaches and did a live duet with Miss Vivian),-
Jennifer Boleyn, who travelled all the way from Wilmington,
and our hostess and emcee Jam! Michaels. And, let's not forget
Tommy D.l I'm really sorry I did not get back to"
Hickory to see the return of Nancy Newton for
the first-ever Catawba Valley Pride. I hear the
ole gal made bank and liked it so much she's
considering popping back out for a Christmas
show, maybe? Hmmmmmmmm.
Locally, we have results from contests like
the Miss and Mr. Warehouse 29 in Greensboro,
which LaWanda Jackson won with RU
Cheetah V. Shaw, and for the guys, Taylor
Knight-Addams won and his RU was Gemini
Walker. For the Pride Charlotte pageants, we
have Cierra Nichole as our new Miss, with RU
Aiesha Paris; for the kings, we have Jayden
Jameson with RU Country Casanova and for
the Mr., Taylor Knight-Addams (again!) with RU
Trey Love King. To round things off, we have a
new Miss Hide-A-Way by the name of Jessica
Raynes Starr, her RU was Cassandra Hilton.
In closing. I'll tell you about a great time I
had at Crave Dessert Bar in downtown when
Buff Faye did her show there recently. I went
with friends Alex, Todd and Christopher and we were treated to
the likes of Buff, Kiana Lane, Angela Lopez, Sierra Santana and
Amber Rachelle St James. Add some chocolate and a smoking
hooka to that and it was an excellent time. And, Ms. Faye is
such a good emcee. Loved the Monster number so close to the
Gaga conceit, girl| How creative!::
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