Miss West Virginia Zodiac 2009 Pageant

Roger, Martina and the Trax family will be hosting the Miss West Virginia Zodiac 2009 Pageant on Sunday January 18, 2009 at 504 Washinton St. W., Charleston, WV and would like to invite everyone to come out and support the contestants as they compete to win Miss Zodiac 2009. The pageant will start around 10pm and it is sure to be a fun time for all.

Martina and Coko (Miss Zodiac 2008)

Martina Dezarea’s Pride Benefit at the Polo

Martina Dezarea

We would like to invite everyone to come out to The Polo Club at 1037 7th Ave
Huntington, WV on Friday February 6, 2009.

The fun will get started at 10:30pm with Martina and friends to help raise money for Rainbow Pride of West Virginia. Lets all come out and support our community and West Virginia Pride.

Celebration of Diversity At Asbury United Methodist Church

Asbury United Methodist Church

Asbury would like to invite everyone to join them at:

Asbury United Methodist Church

501 Elizabeth Street, Charleston, WV 25311

On Friday January 30, 2009 for the celebration of diversity community event and dinner prior to the event.

The evening will begin at 5:00pm for Dinner and 6:30pm for the Show.

This evening will be filled with gospel drag, dancers, singers, and all types of divers performances.

Please come and join Asbury as they celebrate diversity in our community.

Miss Gay WV United States Pageant 2009-2010

During my interview with Michael Egnor of B & E Productions we discussed the newly formed pageant of Miss WV United States. The Miss United States pageant was first started by Tim Clark of Roanoke, VA with encouragement of his friends in 2004. Michael said that Miss Gay United States is proud to announce the coronation of its newly crowned Queen, Ashley Adams. United States Pageantry is owned and operated by Ties Inc, based out of Roanoke Virginia. United States Pageantry consists of three divisions: Mr United States, Miss United States and Mr United States MI (Male Impersonators). All three national contests are held at “The Park” in Roanoke VA. Mr United States is held in the month of October followed by Miss United States in November and ending with Mr United States MI in December. Miss Gay United States is a true female impersonation pageant, aimed exclusively for those “ALL BOY” female impersonators/entertainers. No augmentation or enhancements are allowed below the neck, thus making this one of the premier systems for those boys who look so lovely as girls. The categories for Miss Gay West Virginia United States are Leather Presentation (Non-Judged), Male Interview, Evening Gown, Talent and Runway Fashion. Detailed descriptions of these categories will appear in our blog. Going into its sixth year of existence, Miss United States is rich in prestige and experience with its former and current titleholders. Former Miss Gay United States include Coti Collins, Neely O’Hara, Jessica Jade and Melissa Lane. Our current titleholder is Ashley Adams.

But the following categories are the actual categories of the Miss Gay United States Pageant.

MALE INTERVIEW (150 points/judge)

 The interview must be in male attire.  This is the time for the judges to meet the contestant on a personal level and learn of his goals and objectives. It is divided into three sub-categories:

·Overall Appearance (50 points/judge)

·Personality (50 points/judge)

·Communication and Answer Content (50 points/judge).

 RUNWAY FASHION (100 points/judge)

 This category is a “clothing and modeling” category.  The outfit can be of any style suitable for the contestant and must be comprised of the colors red, white or blue or any combination of the three (red & white, white only, etc).  Any color may be used as an accent color but accent colors cannot exceed 10% of the total outfit.   We are looking for an edgy and creative fashion that could be seen on the runways of the top fashion shows.  Think “Project Runway” or “America’s Next Top Model” when creating your Runway Fashion.   No commentaries are required from the contestant.  This is solely a runway modeling category divided into two sub-categories:.

·Presentation – how well you model on the stage (50 points/judge)

·Creativity/Overall Impression (50 points/judge).

 EVENING GOWN (150 points/judge)

 ANY TYPE of full-length evening gown is acceptable.   Judges score on three sub-categories:

·Styling and Fit – focus is on gown design and condition and whether it compliments the Contestant (50 points/judge)

·Presentation – focus is on the Contestant’s modeling technique, poise, smile, personality, stage presence, etc (50 points/judge)

·Overall Appearance – focus is on accessories, make-up, hair style, etc.  This sub-category will represent the most elegant portion of the contest (50 points/judge).

 TALENT (300 points/judge)

 Remember your time limits of 7 minutes for the talent presentation and 3 minutes for set-up/take down of props.  No fire, no water, no glitter and no harmful items that may result in injury to other contestants or the audience may be used.  If you have a questionable prop – ASK!  This category is divided into four sub-categories:

·Costuming and Set Design  (50 points/judge)

·Choreography and Stage Presence (dancers included) – (75 points/judge)

·Quality (Lip Sync, Live Vocal, Dancing Ability, etc) – (100 points/judge).

·Entertainment Value as determined by the Individual Judge (usually, but not always seen in the audience response) – (75 points/judge)

 *ON STAGE QUESTION & ANSWER (25 points/judge) – At Nationals Only – Final Night

A list of questions to be asked on final night will be provided to the Contestant prior to final night so that the Contestant is aware of what he may be asked.  The Contestant, on final night, will randomly select one envelope containing his question from a group of envelopes held by the Emcee.  This is a judged and scored category for the top Contestants on final night of Nationals.  Overall score for this category is based upon: 

·Communication and Answer Content

·Stage Presence 

Contestant Rules & Regulations

 Contestant Rules and Regulations for all Preliminaries

and Miss Gay United States (FFI)

1. Must be at least the age of 18.

2. No hormones, breast implants, or silicone below the neck is allowed.

3. Talent time is limited to 7 minutes: prop set up or take down time is limited to 3 minutes. No fire, water, glitter, or harmful items may be used that could result in injury to other contestants or the audience.

4. Pageant fees are due before participation will be allowed in the contest.

5. See Category Information, Schedule of Events, and Fee links for the specific contest you are interested in.

Michael would like to welcome all contestants that would like to be part of the pageant and can be contacted at www.myspace.com/MissWVUS or e-mail MissWVUS@Yahoo.com

How To Get Information Featured In It’s A Drag

Friends and family of the drag queen and king community. If you would like to be featured, have a pageant featured, or would like for someone to be featured in “Where Are They NOW”, please send information and pictures to mila.rich@yahoo.com and I would be happy to prepare a post for your review. I would also ask that if you would like a pageant to be reviewed or a person interviewed that you please contact me at the e-mail spoke of previously.

With many thanks and love for the art that is drag.

Mila Rich

Where Are They NOW????????????

Jocelyn Rae, Akasha, Dominique

On Thanksgiving night at TRAX night club in Charleston, WV Miss Dominique Moore was back for a premier performance. She has been a performer since 1998 and currently holds no titles but has been 1st runner up for many pageants. She currently resides in Raleigh, NC where she has been for 4 years. She has been performing at Legends and the Metro on and off during the time that she has been in Raleigh, NC. She was visiting Charleston, WV for Thanksgiving and since she has always had a love for entertaining and for Charleston, she spoke with TRAX night club about performing for her Charleston audience. TRAX obliged her and the performance was one of true beauty, grace, and illusion. I would like to thank Dominique for her time and her openness to share where she has been with us and for the opportunity to catch up.

Dominique Moore

Other entertainers for the night were Akasha and Jocelyn Rae.

Akasha

 

Jocelyn Rae

Welcome to The Rainbow Report

Welcome to The Rainbow Report!

This is a new project for Rainbow Pride and we are excited for the opportunity to inform, educate and entertain the GLBT community of West Virginia and its allies. We are starting out slow and we are hoping to grow with more reporters. Right now our site is in real time. This means as we post articles they are viewable to you the reader!

Three reporters and the Chairman of Rainbow Pride of West Virginia make up the editorial board of The Rainbow Report. They are:

Charlie Rouse, Chairman of Rainbow Pride. He will be chiming in every week with his opinion and political news and events relevant to the West Virginia GLBT Community.

Dave web designer and blogger will be writing about online action for the GLBT community and on events of interest to the local community. David also works to design our parent site http://pridewv.org.

Caroline Starr, local lady about town, activist, mom, and sister in pride will be covering our Charleston Beat section and Lez B Friends. The Charleston Beat will focus on local events and be the society page for GLBT Charleston. Lez B Friends will focus on issues and information to the Lesbian Community of West Virginia.

Jeremy Elswick, A.K.A. Milla Rich, will be covering the state drag circuit. Our resident friend and diva will provide a colorful review of female impersonation in West Virginia.

Do you have a talent for writing? Would you like to submit a weekly, monthly or quarterly article to The Rainbow Report?

We are currently looking for people to write about the following regions and/ or topics:

Morgantown Beat

Wheeling Beat

Parkersburg Beat

Beckley, Bluefield and Southern WV

Central West Virginia (Fairmont, Clarksburg)

Eastern Panhandle (Charlestown, Martinsburg, Harpers Ferry)

If you would like to write for us or have an idea for a recurring article send us a email at rainbowpridewva@yahoo.com.

Miss West Virginia Continental Plus 2009

Host & Emcee :
MISS CONTINENTAL PLUS 2007
MISS TAJMA HALL

Honoring :
MISS WEST VIRGINIA
CONTINENTAL PLUS 2008
MISS BRIANNA NICOLE CARTIER

&
MISS CONTINENTAL PLUS 2008
MERCEDES

&
MISS CONTINENTAL PLUS 2005
MISS VICTORIA PARKER

&
MISS SHINING STAR CONTINENTAL PLUS 2008
MISS CHELSEA PEARL

&

Stonewall Host Cast – Miss Kentucky Continental

Miss Olivia Knowles

Also Featuring A Very Special Guest :
MISS CONTINENTAL
TULSI

Contestants had to be male — at least 225lb — 21yrs or more in order to compete in the competition.

Contestants from all over West Virginia and North America are eligible to compete in 5 categories:

- Group Discussion Interview
- White Presentation (Non Judged)
- Swimsuit
- Talent
- Evening Gown
- On Stage Question

Winner and 1st Alt from the pageant will go on to represent West Virginia at the National Miss Continental Plus Pageant in Chicago, Illinois April, 2009.

Contestant for the evening pagent were as follows:

1. Tanjlia Armani – Miami, FL

2. Daphine Douglas – Atlanta, GA

3.Roxxy Andrews – Orlando, FL

4. Bianca Baker – Yager, WV

5. Adriana Fuentes – Lexington, KY

The judges for the evenings pagent were as follows:

TANJLIA ARMANI - MIAMI, FL

BIANCA BAKER - YAGER, WV

ROXXXY ANDREWS - ORLANDO, FL

DAPHINE DOUGLAS - ATLANTA, GA

ADRIANA FUENTES - LEXINGTON, KY

Congratulations to Miss Roxxy Andrews on a well deserved victory as well as to the other beautiful ladies that graced the Stonewall stage for his pagent.

I would also like to thank the owners of the Stonewall for hosting this event.

1. ANTHONY (BRIDGET) CHARLESTON,WV

2. TULSI – (MISS CONTINENTAL) TORONTO CANADA

3. PRISCILLA DEVINE – (HEAD JUDGE) HUNTINGTON, WV
4. VICTORIA PARKER – (FORMER MISS CONTINENTAL PLUS) RALEIGH, NC
5. BOBBY PAULEY – CHARLESTON, WV

The Stonewall was looking its best on Friday during the Miss WV Continental Plus Pageant, with fresh flowers and dinning tables with white linens. The contestants where full of passion and love for the art and craft that is drag competition. Five contestants showed up for this wonderful competition, however only one could be crowned Miss WV Continental Plus 2009. The following contestant and outfits where just a glimpse into the event of the night, where the first alternate was Adriana Fuentes, second alternate was Tanjlia Armani and Miss Roxxy Andrews became our newly crowned Miss WV Continental Plus.

Miss Huntington 2008-2009Ms Sara Dazie

As a new rising star in the Huntington area, we would like to congratulate Miss Sara Dazie on her win in the Miss Huntington pageant at the Polo Club.  With a true showing of class and elegance she became a winner. We are certain to see wonderful things from her in the future.