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Courtesy of Angeria Paris VanMicheals
“Oh, Jesus.
That is Angie’s first night out, doing herself!”
Angeria
“Angie got her titty out.”
Plastique Tiara and Roxxxy Andrews seeing an early image of Roxxxy in drag.
Roxxxy
“Nothing has changed.”
Shannel
“The boob.”
Plastique
“The boob.”
Angeria Paris VanMicheals early drag look.Courtesy of Angeria Paris VanMicheals
Nina West
“It’s the boob.”
Shannel
“The boob was a last-minute decision.
I looked in the mirror and said, ‘This is okay.'”
Angeria Paris VanMicheals in one of her first drag looks.Courtesy of Angeria Paris VanMicheals
Angeria
Angeria Paris VanMicheals look No.
2
“You said baby, I’m turning in my work photos from the early days.”
Roxxxy
“I’m at the club, in the bathroom.”
Jorgeous wearing drag for the first time.Courtesy of Jorgeous
Angeria
“Filling out applications!”
Vanessa Vanjie Mateo
“I thought you were at the Capitol.”
Plastique
“Guess what kind of titty it is, Roxxxy?
Jorgeous in drag before ‘Drag Race’.Courtesy of Jorgeous
It’s a rice bag titty….
They told us it would make you feel real.
Angeria
Jorgeous look No.
One of ‘Drag Race’ star Nina West’s first drag looks.Courtesy of Nina West
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Courtesy of Jorgeous
“Bitch, I thought that was me!”
Plastique
“Craigslist missed connections!”
Shannel
“Girl, I was like 15 or 16 right there.
Plastique Tiara wearing an early drag look.Courtesy of Plastique Tiara
My brother brought me a wig, because his friend did drag, so he brought me the wig.
I was like, this is my time now to thrive.
I snuck into my mom’s restroom and started painting my makeup, doing all that stuff.
Plastique Tiara from ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’.Courtesy of Plastique Tiara
That’s San Antonio, Texas.”
Jorgeous
“No tea, you’re painted in a good way.
I see girls paint like that right now.”
One of Roxxxy Andrews’ first drag looks.Courtesy of Roxxxy Andrews
Roxxxy
Jorgeous look No.
2
“This was two years before I got onDrag Race.
I started experimenting with different color wigs, gluing down my eyebrows and all this s—.
Roxxxy Andrews' iconic meme.Courtesy of Roxxxy Andrews
That’s when I started taking actual professional pictures, because bitch that really do make a difference.
Jorgeous
“I’m just kind of gagging because at first I thought it was Plastique.”
Angeria
“That looks like an experienced queen.
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ queen Roxxxy Andrews in an early drag look.Courtesy of Roxxxy Andrews
That doesn’t look like a baby, right there.”
Shannel
Nina West
Courtesy of Nina West
“Speaking of real women.
This was 2001, we did a party, Greek god-themed.
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ star Shannel serving early drag looks.Courtesy of Shannel
I couldn’t decide on the season.”
Nina
“This should’ve been your promo.”
Plastique
“The salacious smirk is what’s giving it to me.”
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ star Shannel’s first-ever drag look as Elvira.Courtesy of Shannel
Vanjie
“That’s the girl backstage that always has extra hairspray.
She’ll help you out, she’ll give you a bobby pin.”
Gottmik
Plastique Tiara look No.
Vanessa Vanjie Mateo competing at the Southern Nights Newcomer pageant.Courtesy of Vanessa Vanjie Mateo
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Courtesy of Plastique Tiara
“This was back in likeseason 7.
I think I was 19, practicing this in my room, drawing my brows into my hairline.
That’s a beauty store wig that I cut the tracks to double it up.
‘Drag Race’ star Vanessa Vanjie Mateo.Courtesy of Vanessa Vanjie Mateo
Bitch, that is white in my underliner…. it was very Miss Fame, Pearl makeup back then.
Plastique
“My edgy queen.”
Jorgeous
“Lady Gagainfluence, the hair and the nose.”
Gottmik
“Kylie Jennerhair color!”
Vanjie
Plastique Tiara look No.
2
Screams in unison entire group
“Padded.
Plastique
“You loved drag in this picture.
She loves doing drag.”
Gottmik
Roxxxy Andrews look No.
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Courtesy of Roxxxy Andrews
“This is giving, youcanread the doll!”
Gottmik
“My favorite color was black.
They didn’t have them unless you were in theater.
It is human hair, though.”
Roxxxy
“Is it just one earring?”
Angeria
Roxxxy Andrews look No.
2
“This was a meme.
This was the makeup that they wanted.
The very light, real eye.”
Roxxxy
“This is brown.”
Vanjie
“Who asked for that?”
Nina
“This is what they were saying, tone your makeup down to this.
This is one of the first dresses that I first started sewing, that I made.”
Vanjie
Roxxxy Andrews look No.
3
“This was me at the White House the other day.”
Roxxxy
“Roxxxy, don’t move, there’s somebody behind you.”
Nina
“Oh my God, that’s so scary.”
Jorgeous
“You see the titties sitting bitch, and a napkin because I was hot.”
Roxxxy
“A receipt.”
Nina
“Or a receipt, probably.”
Roxxxy
“Her blush needed to match her eyeshadow, too.”
Shannel
“It’s giving off the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me.”
Vanjie
Shannel look No.
1
Courtesy of Shannel
“Is that a peanut butter stain on that cheek?”
Jorgeous
“That’s insane.
I don’t even think I can read anything about it.
It still holds the test of time, honey.
It was so crazy that people were driving by and it created a controversy apparently with children.
The state actually took the billboard down.
Again, this is 16 years ago.”
Shannel
“I thought you were going to say it created car accidents.”
Nina West
Shannel look No.
2
“That was my very first time, at 15 years old, in drag.
I said, boo boo, I need to doElvira.
My mom took me to the little local costume store, and we bought the outfit and the wig.
I did my makeup.
That was almost 30 years ago, right there.”
Shannel
Vanessa Vanjie Mateo look No.
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Courtesy of Vanessa Vanjie Mateo
“What was you doing, mama?”
Angeria
“Bitch, the days you used to cover your whole eyelid with eyeliner.”
Jorgeous
“It’s a kiki.
I won one little pageant, Roxxxy was hosting it.
I’m still reigning it because they don’t have it no more.
Miss Southern Nights Newcomers, still current reigning!”
Vanjie
“After you won, they said, uh-uh, we can’t do this no more.”
Roxxxy
Vanessa Vanjie Mateo look No.
2
“You give meAlexis Mateo.
That is very much your mother tea, right there.”
Shannel
“You look like you was turning it.
Where you was?”
Angeria
“That was after I walked for the pageant.
I probably had one costume and kept wearing it after I won or before.
I think I painted myself.”
Vanjie
“You used topaint, and it was beautiful, though.”
