Drag from Behind The Looking Glass
Drag from Behind The Looking Glass
A Silent Queen Living In A Diva's World
The Queen Uma Introduction
The Process from behind The Looking Glass
The process of getting ready to perform in Drag Queen Uma starts with her Jewels, and she builds her persona around that.
Queen Uma starts her routine
By picking her favorite Jewels for performing, The Blue ones were her first
sparkle gift to herself for her very first
Drag Performance in a small town country dive bar, sawdust floor, and 8 half-drunk patrons who booed her off the small stage.
By picking her favorite Jewels for performing, The Blue ones were her first
sparkle gift to herself for her very first
Drag Performance in a small town country dive bar, sawdust floor, and 8 half-drunk patrons who booed her off the small stage.
Next, Queen Uma picks the wig she is using, which helps her decide what character she is performing as. Behind the scenes, she is a very quiet, curl up with a good book type of person, and Queen Uma is her alter ego persona.
Photograph: Niki Edwards
Queen Uma Picks out the first outfit for her early event she now can pick the perfect shoes and hat to match and start applying her makeup while telling us stories of her life, from family rejection, to deciding to come out as a Drag Queen on a cruise ship to the Bahamas, she put on her best Maryln Monroe Drag persona. She went out for the on-board talent show on Halloween, and she won the contest and found out she loved bringing out her inner Diva and performing for an audience. She was hooked and discovered and asked to perform at different venues, from small and private to local news cameos, to pride parades of an audience of 4000.
Then Uma goes home to a quiet space with a good book until the next show.
Queen Uma Picks out the first outfit for her early event she now can pick the perfect shoes and hat to match and start applying her makeup while telling us stories of her life, from family rejection, to deciding to come out as a Drag Queen on a cruise ship to the Bahamas, she put on her best Maryln Monroe Drag persona. She went out for the on-board talent show on Halloween, and she won the contest and found out she loved bringing out her inner Diva and performing for an audience. She was hooked and discovered and asked to perform at different venues, from small and private to local news cameos, to pride parades of an audience of 4000.
Then Uma goes home to a quiet space with a good book until the next show.
Uma put on her favorite shoes, which she bought in Paris on her European trip. The cutest shoes hurt the worst, she said that she performed in front of 3000 people at Pride for 4 hours in Frankfurt, only 1 time, never again. They are meant to BE put on and sit looking pretty only.
Uma asked me if I was ready for the transformation......
Uma talks about the Covid years and gets emotional as she lost a few family members and very close friends. She turned to making viral cooking videos, which let her get closer to her nieces as they watched her and learned to bake. Uma wishes her sister would tell her nieces about their Auntie so they could all play dress up together. Unfortunately, this is not the case. She misses having family close. Drag is her extended family, and she is accepted.
The stranger in the mirror
Queen Uma looks in the mirror and sees her alter ego wanting to get out, yet she has to hide the true her with her family to accept her, if only she could be seen
Uma tells me how drag has taught her to come out of her shell and step out of her comfort zone. Uma worked in St. Louis for 25 years in a factory doing hard labor and breaking her back as a man, hating life and wanting a change, so she moved to Lexington dressed up that one Halloween as Liza Minnelli, and she had so much fun there was no going back.
Queen Uma says, " If you can't be you, be bold and bright with whatever mask you wear, when the mask comes off, show what you can keep still, what you can't."
Queen Uma performs at many different venues, her favorite is the small quaint ones where she is praised and welcomed, now when years back they would not accept her. Uma does drag storytime at the local Lexington library and comes on the local news station for fundraising.
