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Female impersonation is a type of theatrical performance where a man dresses in women's clothing for the sole purpose of entertaining an audience. [1] While the term female impersonator is sometimes used interchangeably with drag queen, they are not the same.
AFAB queens at Trannyshack, 2008. An AFAB queen, diva queen or hyper queen [1] is a drag queen who is a woman, or a non-binary person who was assigned female at birth.These performers are generally indistinguishable from the more common male or transgender female drag queens in artistic style and techniques.
Drag pageantry is a developed form of pageantry for female impersonators, drag queens, and trans women, styled after traditional beauty pageants or contests for cisgender women. It has also evolved into a pageantry for male impersonators , drag kings and trans men .
This is a list of drag queens, sometimes known as female impersonators, drag performers, or drag artists. Rock M. Sakura Trixie Mattel Francis Leon Miss Shangay Lily John Epperson RuPaul Pabllo Vittar Zsa Zsa Shakespeer (1976)
The term female impersonator is sometimes used interchangeably with drag queen, although they are not the same. [2] For example, in 1972, Esther Newton described a female impersonator as a "professional drag queen". [9] She considered the term female impersonator to be the one that was (then) widely understood by heterosexual audiences. [9]
John Mac Lane Coronel (born November 29, 1994), better known by their stage name Taylor Sheesh, is a Filipino drag queen known for impersonating the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. Having opened for RuPaul's Drag Race contestants in the Philippines, Sheesh has been professionally impersonating Swift since 2017.
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Eschewing the term drag queen, which he hated, he billed himself as a male actress. Initially playing in small gay clubs, his fame spread. He took up residence in San Francisco, where his act became well known to Hollywood stars. As he toured, his costuming became more elaborate, initially adding small props, later full costume and makeup changes.