Drag Queens and crowns
Jennifer Bell
Issue date: 10/7/09 Section: Entertainment
On Sept. 11 at Captain Dix Rainbow Valley Resort in Wisconsin Dells, three contestants took the stage to prove they had what it took to wear the title of Miss Captain Dix 2009.
Openly gay owner, Gary Lee Hanson, has owned the Rainbow Valley Resort for seven years. This is his second year opening up his business to host a pageant for Drag Queen and Transgender contestants.
Competing for the crown and the top two prizes were Jennifer Williams, a 46-year-old health care occupational therapist, Crashona Davenport, a 24-yearold aspiring hairstylist who hails from Reedsburg and Jazmalyn Deterick, a 30-year-old business owner and entrepreneur from Portage.
The contestants were competing in three separate categories: interview, evening gown and talent. The judging panel consisted of two performers, Dixie Normous and Victoria, along with Robert, a veteran pageant judge. Interviews started pre-show in a small backroom where contestants faced a rapid firing of questions.
Jennifer Williams, a survivor of heart surgery, proclaims to be "doing the things I want." After 25 years of performing she considers herself a seasoned vet who prefers drag to be "fun, the way it was originally intended." Expressing to the panel, "life is too short, I know for a fact, we sisters should work together. We can't be catty and backstab each other."
Crashona Davenport entered the room wide eyed and brand new to the pageant experience, and doing the best to keep her composure sits in her seat readying herself for questioning. "I'm pretty new," she said.Her promise to the judges is to "do the best I can, work the floor I guess." If Davenport could change one thing about herself, it would be her temper and if she were a shoe? "Gucci, because I love it."
Jazmalyn Deterick entered the room with the confidence of 10 years experience in the business behind her. Deterick is a pre-op transsexual and has never held a pageant title before. She is a fan of the old school style of drag queen performing and plans to bring "great costumes and theatrics to the table."
Openly gay owner, Gary Lee Hanson, has owned the Rainbow Valley Resort for seven years. This is his second year opening up his business to host a pageant for Drag Queen and Transgender contestants.
Competing for the crown and the top two prizes were Jennifer Williams, a 46-year-old health care occupational therapist, Crashona Davenport, a 24-yearold aspiring hairstylist who hails from Reedsburg and Jazmalyn Deterick, a 30-year-old business owner and entrepreneur from Portage.
The contestants were competing in three separate categories: interview, evening gown and talent. The judging panel consisted of two performers, Dixie Normous and Victoria, along with Robert, a veteran pageant judge. Interviews started pre-show in a small backroom where contestants faced a rapid firing of questions.
Jennifer Williams, a survivor of heart surgery, proclaims to be "doing the things I want." After 25 years of performing she considers herself a seasoned vet who prefers drag to be "fun, the way it was originally intended." Expressing to the panel, "life is too short, I know for a fact, we sisters should work together. We can't be catty and backstab each other."
Crashona Davenport entered the room wide eyed and brand new to the pageant experience, and doing the best to keep her composure sits in her seat readying herself for questioning. "I'm pretty new," she said.Her promise to the judges is to "do the best I can, work the floor I guess." If Davenport could change one thing about herself, it would be her temper and if she were a shoe? "Gucci, because I love it."
Jazmalyn Deterick entered the room with the confidence of 10 years experience in the business behind her. Deterick is a pre-op transsexual and has never held a pageant title before. She is a fan of the old school style of drag queen performing and plans to bring "great costumes and theatrics to the table."
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