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JULIE TOMORROW --- MGM 1974
THE BEGINNING OF FEMALE IMPERSONATION IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI WAS BROUGHT ABOUT IN 1973. AT THAT TIME, THE PAGEANT WAS NOT CALLED "MISS GAY MISSOURI" AND WAS NOT SANCTIONED BY THE OFFICIAL MISS GAY AMERICA SYSTEM UNTIL THE FOLLOWING YEAR. THE PAGEANT AT THAT TIME WAS TITLED "THE MANDRAKE BALL AND CONSISTED ONLY OF A TALENT NUMBER AND WALK-ON GOWN COMPETITION. OUT OF A LARGE NUMBER OF CONTESTANTS, JULIE TOMORROW WAS CROWNED MISS MANDRAKE AND LATER, MISS GAY MISSOURI 1974.

CANDY JAMES --- MGM 1975
ALSO KNOWN AS JAMES MASSIE, CANDY CAPTURED THE MISS GAY MISSOURI PAGEANT EARLY ON, BUT HIS COMPETITIVE SPIRIT HAS NEVER DIED DOWN. CANDY WENT ON TO BECOME MISS ILLINOIS, MISS MIDWEST, AND MIDWEST ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR 1991. "THAT SWEET THING" CANDY IS A NAME SYNONYMOUS WITH FRIVOLITY, FUN, AND FASHION. CANDY'S CREATIVITY AND TALENT HAS NOT ONLY BENEFITED HIMSELF, BUT ALSO MANY OTHER ASPIRING STARS AND WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED TITLE HOLDERS MISSOURI HAS EVER PRODUCED. CANDY KEEPS PORTRAYING THE ART FORM AS THE FOREMOST RESPECTED MISS GAY MISSOURI. ALWAYS CREATING AND RECREATING. SHE IS MISSOURI'S OWN, CELEBRATING 29 YEARS, SHE IS STILL THE MIDWEST'S SWEET THING. THE DIVA CANDY JAMES.

LENA --- MGM 1976
LENA WAS THE THIRD MISS GAY MISSOURI CHOSEN AND ALSO SET A PRECEDENT FOR BEING THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE IMPERSONATOR CHOSEN AS OUR STATE'S TITLE HOLDER. LENA'S CAREER AS A FEMALE IMPERSONATOR WAS SHORT LIVED AND WAS GIVEN UP FOR A SUBSTANTIAL CAREER IN BUSINESS, WHICH RELOCATED LENA TO CHICAGO IN THE EARLY 80'S WHICH IS WHERE SHE CURRENTLY RESIDES.

DUSTY MICHAELS --- MGM 1977
DUSTY ASTOUNDED THE CROWD IN 1977 WITH HIS INTERPRETATION OF ROXY HART'S PERFORMANCE FROM THE PLAY, "CHICAGO." DUSTY PROVED HIMSELF AS A TRUE PROFESSIONAL IN THE ART OF FEMALE IMPERSONATION. DUSTY NOW WORKS AND RESIDES IN ALTON, ILLINOIS.

BOBBIE HOLLIDAY --- MGM 1978
A CAREER THAT SPANNED 20 YEARS! BORN STEVEN DALE REINER IN TEXAS, BOBBIE MOVED TO ST. LOUIS AND HIS PROFESSION SOON STARTED. A STAR PRACTICALLY OVERNIGHT, BOBBIE THEN MOVED TO ATLANTA WHERE IT WAS EVIDENT THAT HIS LIFE WOULD CHANGE FOREVER UPON HIS DECISION TO HAVE A COMPLETE SEX CHANGE. BEFORE BOBBIE'S ALTERATIONS BEGAN, HE ACHIEVED MANY TITLES INCLUDING, MISS ST. LOUIS, MISS TRI-STATE, AND WAS CHOSEN A TOP TEN FINALIST AT MISS GAY AMERICA NUMEROUS TIMES. BOBBIE THEN WENT ON WITH HIS LIFE AND LEGALLY BECAME JENNIFER NORTH. JENNIFER PASSED AWAY IN 1990 DUE TO COMPLICATIONS OF AIDS AND WILL BE GREATLY MISSED, BUT TO US, HER MEMORY LIVES ON AS BOBBIE HOLLIDAY, MISS GAY MISSOURI 1978.

CHRISTI COLE --- MGM 1979
ALSO KNOWN AS TERRY PARNELL, CHRISTI DEDICATED MANY YEARS OF HIS LIFE TO THE ART OF FEMALE IMPERSONATION, GIVING OF HIMSELF TO HELP OTHERS AND WAS A WONDERFUL TEACHER TO MANY. CHRISTI WAS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR AND BEST LOVED MISS MISSOURI'S EVER. SOME OF HIS ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDE MISS ST. LOUIS AND MISS ILLINOIS. IN 1988 CHRISTI WAS GRANTED A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPURTUNITY, AND THAT WAS TO BECOME A PARENT. HE THEN ADOPTED A LOVELY NEWBORN DAUGHTER, ALEXANDRIA. HE AND BEST FRIEND/LIFE MATE LISA DEDICATED MUCH TIME TO RAISING ALEX. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, TERRY WAS DIAGNOSED HIV POSITIVE AND LIFE AS HE KNEW IT CHANGED DRASTICALLY. BEING THE FIGHTER THAT HE ALWAYS WAS, HE HELD ON TO SEE HIS LOVELY DAUGHTER TURN THREE, BUT COMPLICATIONS PREVENTED HIM FROM GOING ON. WE LOST TERRY IN 1992 AND WILL MISS HIM GREATLY. TO LISA AND ALEX, GOOD LUCK AND BEST WISHES ALWAYS, AND KNOW THAT WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER TERRY PARNELL AND CHRISTI COLE. SHE NOW HOLDS FOR US THE EVENING GOWN AWARD FOR THE NEW MISS GAY MISSOURI. THE CHRISTI COLE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN COUTURE.

GENEVIEVE RYDER --- MGM 1980
RICHARD GILCHRIST WAS CROWNED AT THE GATEWAY HOTEL IN FRONT OF A SELLOUT CROWD AND WENT TO MISS GAY AMERICA THAT YEAR IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN. IT WAS THERE THAT HE WAS CHOSEN 1ST RUNNER UP TO MISS GAY AMERICA. SINCE UP TO THAT POINT HE HAD ONLY ACHIEVED ONE TITLE, MISS GAY MISSOURI, IT WAS QUITE A TESTAMENT TO HIS TALENT TO ACHIEVE AN HONOR THIS HIGH. OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS LATER INCLUDED MISS TRI-STATE. IN 1984, GENEVIEVE GAVE UP HIS COMPETITIVE CAREER AND RELOCATED TO BOSTON.

GEORGIA BROWN --- MGM 1981
GEORGIA BROWN WAS A PERFORMING ARTS MAJOR AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY WHO BECAME CHOREOGRAPHER OF "THE RIVER QUEENS" IN 1978 AND BEGAN FEMALE IMPERSONATION IN 1979. BETTER KNOWN AS JAMES HARRINGTON IN THEATRICAL CIRCLES, WHERE HIS STAGE CREDITS INCLUDE "GRAND HOTEL," "A CHORUS LINE," AND PERFORMING IN VEGAS REVUES WHICH INCLUDEED A THREE MONTH GIG IN MINIKAMI, JAPAN. HE IS NOW KNOWN "BOTH WAYS" AFTER A 1995 TOUR IN THE TONY WINNING MUSICAL "LA CAGE AUX FOLLES." A MOST ENJOYABLE AND MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE IN THAT HE MET THE PLAYWRIGHT, HARVEY FIRESTEIN. JAMES CONTRACTED WITH "LES PLUMES, INC." TO PERFORM IN FLORIDA AS LENA HORNE, TINA TURNER, AND JOSEPHINE BAKER (HIS PERSONAL FAVORITE). "HELLO ST. LOUIS, THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME."

VANESSA VINCENT --- MGM 1982
ALSO KNOWN AS DANIEL FLIER. MADE IN 1956, CROWNED MISS GAY MISSOURI IN 1982 AT THE PLANTATION DINNER THEATER. FLIER, A NATIVE ST. LOUISAN, HAS BEEN A HOUSHOLD NAME IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR DECADES. HAIR DRESSER BY DAY, AND TIRELESS CHAMPION FOR CHARITIES BY NIGHT. HIS PORTFOLIO OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE THE FOUNDING OF "ST. LOUIS EFFORT FOR AIDS" AND ALSO THE COORDINATION OF COUNTLESS FUNDRAISERS. AFTER A FOUR YEAR RUN AS CO-OWNER AND CO-PROMOTER OF THE MISS GAY MISSOURI PAGEANT, FLIER HAS RETIRED. HE TAKES WITH HIM OVER TWO DECADES OF MEMORIES AND THE GRATIFICATION OF HELPING MAKE A DIFFERENCE. TODAY FLIER STILL WORKS IN THE HAIR BIZ AND IS TAKING SOME OF HIS NEWLY FREED TIME TO DEDICATE TO A NEW HOUSE, A NEW DOG, AND YES.....A NEW MAN. HOWEVER, FLIER DOSEN'T INTEND TO FULLY RETIRE HIS HEELS JUST YET! VANESSA STILL PERFORMS OCCASIONALLY FOR SPECIAL EVENTS AND FUNDRAISERS. DANIEL WISHES TUMARA MAHORNING (JOIE) THE BEST OF LUCK AS THE NEW OWNER AND PROMOTER OF MISS GAY MISSOURI.

VICKI VINCENT --- MGM 1983
VICKI, GIVEN NAME ROGER PIATT, BECAME MISS GAY MISSOURI ON THE GOLDENROD SHOWBOAT AND WAS THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY WINNER. VICKI WENT ON TO BECOME MISS MIDWEST, MISS HEART OF AMERICA, AND MUCH MORE. DURING HIS YEAR AS MISS MISSOURI, HE WENT ON TO MISS GAY AMERICA AND PLACED IN THE TOP TEN. ROGER'S CAREER IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT DID NOT PREVENT HIM FROM COMPETING. HOWEVER, VICKI SOON BECAME KNOWN AS A "PAGEANT" QUEEN WHICH PAID OFF IN SUBSEQUENT AS HE WAS A TOPTEN FINALIST AT MISS GAY AMERICA NUMEROUS TIMES AND AFTER ONLY SIX ATTEMPTS, ACHIEVED HIS GREATEST HONOR. IN 1989 HE WAS THE FIRST MISSOURI RESIDENT TO EVER BE CROWNED MISS GAY AMERICA. UPON RETURN FROM THE COMPETITION IN DALLAS, TEXAS, VICKI'S LIFE CHANGED OVERNIGHT. HE TRAVELLED THE COUNTRY REPRESENTING MISSOURI FEMALE IMPERSONATION AND THE PRIDE OF ALL GAY PEOPLE. VICKI WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE A GUEST ON "THE SALLY JESSE RAPHAEL SHOW" AND HAS A DOCUMENTARY WRITTEN ABOUT HIS LIFE. EVEN THOUGH VICKI RETIRED FROM FEMALE IMPERSONATION IN DECEMBER OF 2003 (AFTER 25 YEARS), SHE WILL ALWAYS BE A PART OF THE MISS GAY MISSOURI FAMILY. SHE IS ST. LOUIS' OWN MISS GAY AMERICA, VICKI VINCENT.

Past Winners of Miss Gay Missouri

MELINDA RYDER --- MGM 1984
MELINDA'S FEMALE IMPERSONATION CAREER BEGAN HERE IN ST.LOUIS IN 1975. HIS FIRST EXPERIENCE SEEING FEMALE IMPERSONATION WAS DONNA DRAG AND THE RIVVER QUEENS AT THE RED BULL. BRUCE (MELINDA) FIRST BEGAN PERFORMING AT THE SUBTERRANEAN SHOW LOUNGE AT THE RED BULL, WHERE HE WON HIS FIRST TITLE, VALENTINE SWEETHEART QUEEN. A SHORT TIME LATER SHE WON THE"MOST PROMISING NEW ENTERTAINER" AWARD IN ST. LOUIS. HE WAS CROWNED MISS GAY MIDWEST IN 1979, MISS GAY KANSAS IN 1982 AND THE ULTIMATE TITLE OF HIS CAREER, MISS GAY MISSOURI IN 1984. HE WENT ON TO BECOME SECOND RUNNER UP TO THE MISS GAY AMERICA PAGEANT UNDER NAOMI SIMMS AND FRITZ CAPONE. BRUCE HAS LIVED IN KANSAS CITY FOR THE PAST 26 YEARS, AND SAYS, "I'M VERY BLESSED TO HAVE HAD THE LUXURY OF MY ENTIRE FAMILY'S LOVE AND SUPPORT THROUGHOUT MY FEMALE IMPERSONATION CAREER. I AM TWICE BLESSED THAT GOD SENT ME A MAN NAMED KIRK NELSON TO SHARE MY LIFE AND LOVE. HE'S MY LOVER AND BEST FRIEND. I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE YEARS TOGETHER AS WE CELEBRATE OUR 22ND YEAR. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK GOD THAT I WAS THERE TO CELEBRATE MGM'S 30TH YEAR, AND MISS VERY MUCH ALL OF THOSE GOOD FRIENDS WE'VE LOST, WHO COULD NOT BE THERE.

DAN CURRY --- MGM 1985
DAN WAS CROWNED IN KANSAS CITY AT THE HOWARD JOHNSON HOTEL. DAN WENT ON TO THE MISS GAY AMERICA PAGEANT AND WAS SELECTED AS A TOP TEN FINALIST DOING HIS ASTOUNDING ILLUSION OF JUDY GARLAND WHICH GAINED HIM GREAT FAME. DAN'S INDIVIDUALISM TRULY SET HIM ASIDE FROM THE REST, WITH HIS UNIQUE PERSONALITY AND CHARISMA. DAN'S LIFE BECAME COMPLETE WHEN HE RELINQUISHED HIS TITLE AND MARRIED HIS FEMALE COMPANION, CHRIS. AS OF NOW, DAN LIVES IN KANSAS CITY WITH HIS FAMILY AND KEEPS BUSY WITH HIS OWN WORKS OF ART.

ZSA ZSA PRINCIPLE --- MGM 1986
ERIC ROSS WAS CROWNED AT THE CASA LOMA BALLROOM IN ST.LOUIS AND HIS HIGH ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF PATTI LABELLE GRANTED HIM TOP HONORS. ZSA ZSA AND HIS MISS MISSOURI TITLE TRAVELED THE STATE EXTENSIVELY, SETTING STAGES EVERYWHERE ABLAZE WITH HIS ENERGY. HIS LIGHTHEARTED PERSONA MADE HIM VERY LOVABLE TO ALL HE MET. ZSA ZSA WAS SELECTED THE BEST NON-FINALIST CONTESTANT AND WON THE LADY BARBARA AWARD AT MISS GAY AMERICA THAT YEAR. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, ILLNESS SLOWLY CONSUMED ZSA ZSA'S ENERGY. HE MANAGED TO HANG ON TILL 1990, WHEN WE LOST A DEFINATE ASSET TO OUR FAMILY. HE WILL MAINTAIN A SPECIAL PLACE IN ALL OUR HEARTSFOREVER. EVERY YEAR AT THIS TIME, HIS SPIRIT VISITS US AND GIVES US THE HIGH ENERGY WE NEED TO PUT THE SHOW TOGETHER.

MONA DESMOND --- MGM 1987
MONA DESMOND, ALSO KNOWN AS JEFF NOBLE SAYS, "MAX, BRING THE CAR AROUND." AFTER A LONG HIATUS, MISS MONA DESMOND MAKES HER TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO THE STAGE AMIDST PAPARAZZI AND PANDEMONIUM. "I'M READY FOR MY CLOSEUP, MR DEMILLE." AFTER JEFF WON THE TITLE OF MISS GAY MISSOURI 1987, HE DISCOVERED THAT, FOR PERSONAL REASONS, HE WAS UNABLE TO COMPLETE HIS REIGN. THEREFORE, 1ST ALTERNATE CHARITY CASE, GRACIOUSLY STEPPED IN TO TAKE THE TITLE AND CARRY THE NAME OF MISS GAY MISSOURI THROUGH THE REST OF THE YEAR IN NUMEROUS PRELIMINARIES AND PERSONAL APPEARANCES. MONA CURRENTLY SHOWCASES ONE OF THE LARGEST FUND RAISERS FOR BREAST CANCER KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE STATE AS "HAIRBALL." SHE HAS RAISED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR THE RESEARCH OF BREAST CANCER AND BREAST CANCER AWARENESS. A TRUE QUEEN, BUT TWISTED AT HEART - MONA! THE DIVA!

CHARITY CASE --- MGM 1987
CHARITY BEGAN HER CAREER NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO IN KANSAS CITY, WHERE SHE WON "KANSAS CITY DISCOVERY 1983." THIS GAVE CHARITY THE DRIVE TO PURSUE THE ART OF FEMALE IMPERSONATION. IN ADDITION TO THE MISS GAY MISSOURI TITLE, CHARITY HAS ALSO CAPTURED THE CROWNS OF MICC GAY MIDWEST, MISS GAY ILLINOIS, MISS HEART OF AMERICA, AND MISS GAY SOUTHWEST, ALL IN THE MISS GAY AMERICA SYSTEM. SHE HAS ALSO COMPETED IN PAGEANTS IN THE MISS USofA SYSTEM, CAPTURING THE TITLES OF MISS CENTRAL STATES USofA AND MISS MID-STATES USofA. CHARITY THEN WENT ON TO COMPETE IN THE "ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR" PAGEANT SYSTEM. SHE WAS THE FIRST MISS MISSOURI E.O.Y. AND WAS ALSO MISS MIDWEST E.O.Y. ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, CHARITY HAS PLACED IN THE TOP TEN OF THE MISS GAY AMERICA PAGEANT SEVERAL TIMES, AS WELL AS BEING THIRD RUNNER UP AND WINNING THE LADY BARBARA AWARD HER FIRST YEAR. SHE HAS ALSO PLACED IN THE TOP TEN OF THE MISS USofA PAGEANT AND WAS FIRST ALTERNATE TO NATIONAL E.O.Y. TWO YEARS IN A ROW. CURRENTLY, CHARITY RESIDES IN DALLAS TEXAS. AFTER SEVERAL DEDICATED ATTEMPTS TO BECOME MISS GAY AMERICA, CHARITY MADE HISTORY AS THE FIRST (FULL FIGURED) FEMALE IMPERSONATOR TO BE CROWNED MISS GAY AMERICA IN 2000. CHARITY COMTINUES TO TRAVEL THE COUNTRY AS AN ENTERTAINER AND A "SYMBOL OF EXCELLENCE."

KIM ALEXIS --- MGM 1988
ALSO KNOWN AS JIM DILLARD. KIM TRAVELED TO ST. LOUIS FROM KANSAS CITY AND CAPTURED THE TITLE TO BECOME THE 15TH MISS GAY MISSOURI. KIM'S TALENT AS A HAIRDRESSER AND MAKEUP ARTIST HELPED INSPIRE HIS BEAUTY AND COMPETITIVE EDGE. KIM'S EFFORTS TO HELP AND PROMOTE EVERYONE HE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH LET EVERYONE KNOW HOW SWEET AND GENUINE HE REALLY WAS. HE UPHELD HIS TITLE TO THE UTMOST. AFTER RELINQUISHING HIS TITLE, KIM RELOCATED TO OMAHA NEBRASKA AND BECAME MISS HEART OF AMERICA THE FOLLOWING YEAR. PROBLEMS IN KIM'S PERSONAL LIFE BEGAN TO ARISE AND DEPRESSION SOON CONSUMED KIM. JIM DILLARD TOOK HIS OWN LIFE IN 1991, PUZZLING EVERYONE. WE ALL KNOW THAT EVERYONE'S CHOICES IN LIFE AND DEATH ARE THEIR OWN AND SHOULD BE RESPECTED AS SUCH. WE ALL MISS KIM GREATLY. HE WAS A FANTASTIC INDIVIDUAL THAT CREATED THE FINEST FACE THROUGH MAKEUP AND LOVE. SHE WAS MISSOURI'S TRUE BEAUTIFUL CREATION AND A TRUE FRIEND TO EVERYONE. WE LOST A TRUE FRIEND IN KIMMY.

KATHY KLEIN --- MGM1989
DEXTOR JOHNSON, AKA KATHY KLEIN WAS CROWNED MISS GAY MISSOURI IN THE SHELDON BALLROOM 15 YEARS AGO. KATHY CLIMBED THE LADDER OF SUCCESS VERY RAPIDLY DUE TO HER HIGH ENERGY PERFORMANCES. IN ALMOST EVERY PAGEANT KATHY ENTERED, SHE WON THE TALENT COMPETITION. THROUGHOUT HER YEARS AS A PAGEANT CONTESTANT, KATHY SENT ELECTRICITY THROUGH THE AUDIENCE. SHE WON THE TALENT AWARD FOR EVERY MISS GAY AMERICA PAGEANT SHE ATTENDED. KATHY NOW RESIDES IN THE STATE OF IOWA. HER EXPLOSIVE ENERGY AND DANCING TALENTS WILL LONG BE REMEMBERED BY HER MANY FANS AND SUPPORTERS.....KATHY KLEIN......MISS GAY MISSOURI 1989.

SHAYLA SIMPSON --- MGM1990
SHAYLA WAS BORN HERMAN JENKINS III, JUNE 26, 1966 IN ST. LOUIS. HE BEGAN HIS FEMALE IMPERSONATION CAREER IN 1981. HERMAN ENTERED THE MISS GAY MISSOURI PAGEANT AS "SHAYLA SIMPSON" FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 1988 AND RECEIVED THE DEBUT AWARD AND 4TH RUNNER UP. AFTER THREE MORE ATTEMPTS FOR THE TITLE, SHAYLA WAS CROWNED IN 1990. THAT YEAR SHAYLA WON THE OVER-ALL TALENT PRELIMINARY AWARD WITH A SOUL-SHATTERIND RENDITION OF "HOME" BY STEPHANIE MILLS. SHAYLA WENT ON TO CAPTURE NUMEROUS OTHER TITLES TO INCLUDE NATIONAL ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR IN 1993, AND MISSOURI CONTINENTAL PLUS IN 1998. SHAYLA'S IMPECCABLE TALENT AS A FEMALE IMPERSONATOR IS RECOGNIZED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. SHAYLA--"THE FABULOUS, FULL FIGURED AND FLAWLESS" PASSED FROM LIFE IN APRIL 2002. THE MGM FAMILY SALUTES THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF SUCH A TALENTED HUMAN BEING! WE LOVE YOU SHAYLA!

DIETA PEPSI --- MGM 1991
ORIGINALLY FROM KANSAS CITY, AND NOW A ST. LOUIS RESIDENT, DIETA WENT AGAINST IMMEDIATE OPPOSITION. BUT WITH HER STRONG AMBITION, ROSE ABOVE TO PROVE THAT A QUEEN WITH A FUNNY NAME COULD EXCEL AND ACHIEVE GREATNESS. DIETA'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE BEING THE ONLY ENTERTAINER FROM ST. LOUIS TO PLACE IN THE TOP FIVE IN THREE NATIONAL PAGEANTS IN ONE YEAR. DIETA WAS A PERRENIAL CONTESTANT AT MISS GAY AMERICA, WHERE SHE HAS PLACED IN THE TOP FIVE ON NUMERUOS OCCASIONS. DIETA CAN BEST BE REMEMBERED FOR HER RESPONSE AT MISS GAY AMERICA 1994 DURING ON-STAGE INTERVIEW. SHE ARTICULATELY REPLIED...."I SHOULD NOT BE JUDGED BY THE SIZE OF MY BODY, BUT THE SIZE OF MY HEART." DIETA IS STILL A NATION-WIDE FAVORITE AND CONTINUES TO ENTERTAIN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. SHE CAN BE SEEN IN HER ILLUSION OF DIETA PEPSI AT THE SPOT BAR IN ST. LOUIS MISSOURI EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT IN HER OWN SHOW, OR PERFORMING AT VARIOUS OTHER LOCATIONS IN ST LOUIS.

TUMARA MAHORNING --- MGM 1992
TUMARA WAS BORN AND RAISED IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. JOIE HOLD DEGREES IN FINE ARTS, WITH AN EMPHASIS IN COSTUMING AND DIRECTING AND A MINOR DEGREE IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SPEECH PATHOLOGY. HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THEATER SINCE HE WAS A CHILD, ALWAYS MAKING BELIEVE AND ACTING. JOIE HAS PERFORMED WITH SUCH PEOPLE AS KATHLEEN TURNER, TESS HARPER, SAM HARRIS, AND THE MUSICAL GROUP ALABAMA. HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE ART OF FEMALE IMPERSONATION FOR 20 YEARS AND HAS CAPTURED NUMEROUS TITLES AND AWARDS. BEING THE THIRD MISS GAY MISSOURI TO EVER FINISH IN THE TOP FIVE AS THIRD ALTERNATE TO LESLIE RAGE, MISS GAY AMERICA 1993. TUMARA, THEN BELIEVING IN THE DREAM OF WANTING TO BE REMEMBERED NATIONALLY, ENTERED AND WON ON HIS FIRST TRY THE NATIONAL PAGEANT "MISS CONTINENTAL PLUS" IN 2000. TODAY TUMARA RUNS AN INTERIOR DESIGN BUSINESS IN ST. LOUIS AND CAN BE SEEN PERFOMING REGULARLY AT THE GREY FOX PUB ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS. SHE IS THE CURRENT OWNER AND PROMOTER OF THE MISS GAY MISSOURI PAGEANT ASSOCIATION. SHE IS KNOWN TO ALL AS A DEDICATED SOUL TO THE CRAFT, AND AS THE "SHOWGIRL OF THE MIDWEST."

CEE CEE BELLE --- MGM 1993
CEE CEE BELLE (AKA DAVID CRAIG CHERRY) WAS CROWNED IN 1993AS THE 20TH MISS GAY MISSOURI, AFTER COMPETING ONLY TWO YEARS IN THE PAGEANT. CEE CEE CAPTURED THE CROWN OF MISS MISSOURI GAY PRIDE, WINNING OVERALL TALENT WITH HER RENDITION OF "VOGUE." CRAIG IS ALSO KNOWN AS AN ACCOMPLISHED KEYBOARD PLAYER AND HAS PERFORMED AS A VOCALIST IN CHRISTIAN ROCK BANDS, NOT ONLY AS A SOLOIST, BUT AS A SONGWRITER AS WELL. GRAIG HAS BEEN EMPLOYED AT THE LAWRENCE WELK DINNER THEATER IN BRANSON, MAKING FRIENDS WITH THE LENNON SISTERS, JOANNE CASTLE AND TOM NETHERTON. CEE CEE HAS ALSO BEEN SHOW DIRECTOR OF THE GALLERY, AS WELL AS AN ILLUSIONIST AT XANADU IN SPRINGFIELD, MO. SHE IS ONE OF ONLY THREE OF THE 30. MISS GAY SPRINGFIELD'S TO EVER CAPTURE THE TITLE OF MISS GAY MISSOURI. HE CURRENTLY RESIDES IN DENVER COLORADO, WHERE HE OWNS HIS OWN BUSINESS, A HAIR SALON FOR ALL.

MISS VOGUE --- MGM 1994
STRIKE A POSE......THERE'S NOTHING TO IT.....VOGUE, VOGUE, VOGUE!!!! RONALD DARIUS MCDANIEL MADE THAT NAME INTO A HOUSEHOLD FAVORITE. EXOTIC BEAUTY, TALENT, POISE, AND CREATIVITY ARE JUST A FEW TERMS THAT DESCRIBE MISS VOGUE. MISS VOGUE HAD BEEN A "SYMBOL OF EXCELLENCE" EVEN BEFORE BEING CROWNED MGM IN 1994. BREAKING GROUND IN HAIR-DESIGN, MAKE-UP AND COSTUMES. VOGUE WAS QUOTED AS SAYING, "TASHA KOHL(FORMER MISS GAY AMERICA) WAS HER IDOL AND INSPIRATION." WINNING OVER 30 TITLES, MISS VOGUE IS OFTEN IMMITATED, BUT NEVER DUPLICATED. OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD, MISS VOGUE'S LEGACY HAS BEEN LONG APPRECIATED BY PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS, VOGUE PASSED AWAY ON NOVEMBER 21, 2002. THE MISS GAY MISSOURI FAMILY SALUTES THE TALENTS AND CREATIVITY OF THE "ONE AND ONLY" MISS VOGUE!! WE LOVE YOU!!

VICKI VALENTINO --- MGM 1995
NEVER AT A LOSS FOR WORDS, IN ANY SITUATION. VICKI POSSESSES AN UNCANNY ABILITY TO BRING DELIGHT, LAUGHTER AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO ALL. SINCE AND BEFORE BEING CROWNED MISS GAY MISSOURI, VICKI'S ULTIMATE DESIRE WAS TO WEAR THE CROWN. AFTER FIVE YEARS OF VYING FOR THE TITLE, HER DREAM BECAME REALITY. VICKI HAS CELEBRATED OVER TWENTY YEARS AS A FEMALE IMPERSONATOR. USING HER COMMUNICATION ABILITY TO BRING AWARENESS TO SUCH CAUSES AS HIV/AIDS AND FOLLOWING YOUR DREAMS. VICKI IS PROFESSIONALLY EMPLOYED AND HOLDS A DEGREE IN ENGLISH AND MASS COMMUNICATION. VICKI ENJOYS BEING A PART OF THE GAY COMMUNITY OF ST. LOUIS AND IS WILLING TO HELP WHENEVER AND WHEREVER NEEDED. WINNING NUMEROUS LOCAL, STATE, AND REGIONAL TITLES, VICKI IS MOST PROUD OF THE MISS GAY AMERICA DISCIPLINE. VICKI CREDITS FORMER MGM'S SHAYLA SIMPSON AND MISS VOGUE FOR WANTING TO SEE THE BEST IN HIM. MOST RECENTLY VICKI HELD THE TITLE OF MISS MISSOURI CONTINENTAL 2002. VICKI HAS BEEN THE PROUD PROMOTER OF THE MISS DEBUT PAGEANT - AN OFFICIAL PRELIM TO MISS GAY MISSOURI - FOR THE PAST 9 YEARS. VICKI BELIEVES, "IF YOU GIVE WHAT YOU ALWAYS GIVE....YOU WILL GET WHAT YOU ALWAYS GOT....."

LORETTA MARTIN --- MGM 1996
GROWING UP IN A RELIGIOUSLY FUNDAMENTALIST HOME, SINGING WAS PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE FOR J.L. AT TEN YEARS OLD, HE BEGAN LEADING SONGS BEFORE HIS SMALL CHURCH CONGREGATION, BEING GROOMED TO BECOME A PREACHER. IN HIS TEEN YEARS, HE STARRED IN HIGH SCHOOL MUSICALS AND SANG LEAD IN "GARAGE BANDS." INTO ADULTHOOD, HE GOT MARRIED, HAD TWINS AND SANG COUNTRY AND GOSPEL MUSIC WITH HIS BROTHER AND (THEN) WIFE AS "THE HILLS," DOING COMIC IMPRESSIONS OF LORETTA LYNN AND WILLIE NELSON. IRONICALLY, IT WAS A LORETTA LYNN IMPERSONATION THAT LED TO THE BIRTH OF "MISS LORETTA" ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT OF 1994. ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF LATER, HE PLACED FIRST ALTERNATE TO MISS KANSAS CITY GAY PRIDE, AND WON HIS FIRST TITLE, "MISS MOONSHADOW." LATER THAT YEAR, LORETTA WON MISS GAY MISSOURI 1996. LORETTA IS PROUD TO BE A KANSAS CITY PARTICIPANT IN THE ART FORM OF FEMALE IMPERSONATION AND HAS THIS ADVICE TO SHARE WITH OTHER ARTISTS: "LETS BRING HONOR TO THE ART FORM, STAY FOCUSED ON WHAT IS REAL, WORK HARD TO IMPROVE, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, LETS NOT DESTROY OURSELVES OR OTHERS IN THE PROCESS." LORETTA WAS THE FIRST MGM TO EVER WIN HER FIRST TIME ENTERING WITH SUCH "LIVE" EXTRAORDINARY TALENT.

KRISTA VERSACE --- MGM 1997
RANDY WAYNE DESHAWN BRYANT WAS BORN IN THE SMALL TOWN OF CAHOKIA, ILLINOIS. A GRADUATE FROM CAHOKIA HIGH SCHOOL, HE BAGAN WORKING IMMEDIATELY AFTER GRADUATION AS A DATA ENTRY OPERATOR FOR THE MILITARY. AFTER FIVE YEARS IN THAT OCCUPATION, HE BEGAN TO PURSUE A CAREER IN THE ART OF FEMALE IMPERSONATION. KRISTA IS A FORMER MISS CENTRAL MISSOURI, MISS GAY PRIDE, AND AFTER THREE HARD YEARS, CAPTURED THE DISTINGUISHED TITLE OF MISS GAY MISSOURI IN 1997. KRISTA HOLD A COSMETOLOGY LISCENSE AND CONTINUES TO MARKET HER "GLAMOROUS" STYLE. KRISTA IS A FORMER MISS MISSOURI CONTINENTAL AND MISS ILLINOIS CONTINENTAL, AND MOST RECENTLY CAPTURED THE TITLE OF MISS TRI STATES CONTINENTAL. SHE WAS ALSO PRIVILAGED WITH THE OPPURTUNITY TO MAKE TOP TEN AT THE NATIONAL PAGEANT "MISS CONTINENTAL" IN CHICAGO ILLINOIS. KRISTA CONTINUES TO PERFORM REGULARLY AT THE COMPLEX NIGHTCLUB IN ST LOUIS ON SUNDAY NIGHTS AND IS THE CURRENT SHOW DIRECTOR ON THURSDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS AT NOVAKS BAR IN ST LOUIS. KRISTA VERSACE.....MISS GAY MISSOURI 1997.

ALEXIS PRINCIPLE --- MGM 1998
ALEXIS BEGAN HER FEMALE IMPERSONATION CAREER ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO. SINCE THAT TIME, ALEXIS HAS ACHIEVED MUCH SUCCESS. WINNING HER FIRST PAGEANT (MISS FANNIE BALL) IN 1987 CAPTURED HER INTO THE "LIMELIGHT." ALEXIS SOON CHOSE TO MOVE TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO ENHANCE HER ART OF FEMALE IMPERSONATION. SHE RESIDED THERE FOR NEARLY 6 YEARS, WINNING "EVERY" TITLE THE STATE HAD TO OFFER. THE NAME "ALEXIS PRINCIPLE" IS HONORED THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. ALEXIS IS AN ACCOMPLISHED SEAMSTRESS, MAKE UP ARTIST AND HAIR-DESIGNER. HER REIGN AS MISS GAY MISSOURI WAS APPRECIATED THROUGHOUT THE STATE. SHE IS ONE OF ONLY A FEW MISS GAY MISSOURI'S THEAT MISSOURIANS WANTED TO REIGN ANOTHER YEAR. ALEXIS IS CURRENTLY IN THE PURSUIT OF THE COVETED TITLE OF MISS MISSOURI CONTINENTAL. ALEXIS HAS EARNED THE "RESPECT" OF NATIONAL TITLEHOLDERS AND PROMOTERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. THE "ALL-NEW" ALEXIS CAN BE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS, MAINLY AT THE COMPLEX NIGHTCLUB ON TUESDAYS AND SUNDAYS, AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. ALEXIS PRINCIPLE.....MISS GAY MISSOURI 1998

CHINA COLLINS --- MGM 1999
LENAIL WILHITE, AKA CHINA COLLINS IS A TRUE SUCCESS STORY. AFTER COMPETING FOR THE TITLE OF MISS GAY MISSOURI FOR FIVE YEARS, SHE WAS CROWNED IN FRONT OF A SELL-OUT CROWD AT THE SHELDON THEATER IN ST LOUIS. HER CHARISMA AND DEDICATION TO THE ART OF FEMALE IMPERSONATIONIS UNSURPASSED. CHINA HAS AQUAINTED HERSELF WITH "ACCOMPLISHED" FEMALE IMPERSONATORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. CHINA'S HUMBLE SPIRIT IS THE ESSENCE OF HER PERSONALITY. CHINA CREDITS MANY ENTERTAINERS AS HER INSPIRATION TO SUCCEED IN THE ART OF FEMALE IMPERSONATION. SHE ESPECIALLY HONORS THE CAREER OF KANSAS CITY'S OWN MELINDA RYDER - MISS GAY MISSOURI 1984. CHINA TRAVELS EXTENSIVELY TO PROMOTE AND PARTICIPATE IN ALL FORMS OF FEMALE IMPERSONATION. SHE LOVES TO SHOP! CHINA MOST RECENTLY CAPTURED THE TITLE OF MISSOURI ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR. WITH A LOVING AND SUPPORTIVE COMPANION OF OVER 10 YEARS (CURLEY GREER) SHE RESIDES IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI. MS. COLLINS.....OUR "FINEST CHINA!"

LEXSUS CHANEY --- MGM 2000
WINNING HER FIRST TITLE (BEAUTY AND BEAST) AT CLUB CABARET IN KANSAS CITY NEARLY 10 YEARS AGO, LEXSUS CHANEY WAS BORN. LEXSUS BECAME INTERESTED IN THE ART FORM TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN HER LIFE. SHE USED HER FEMALE IMPERSONATION TO EXPRESS HER PAIN, HAPPINESS, AND TO RECAPTURE MEMORIES OF THOSE SHE LOVED THROUGH THE SONGS THAT SHE LOVED. LEXSUS HAS AND STILL USES HER TALENTS TO PROMOTE VARIOUS CAUSES, INCLUDING HIV/AIDS. LEXSUS HAS COMPETED ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL SEVERAL TIMES AND WAS HONORED AS THIRD ALTERNATE AT MISS USofA AT LARGE. IN HER HOME TOWN OF KANSAS CITY, LEXSUS WAS CROWNED MISS GAY MISSOURI 2000. SHE WENT ON TO MAKE HISTORY BY BECOMING THE ONLY MISS GAY MISSOURI TO WIN "OVERALL" TALENT AT MISS GAY AMERICA. SHE WAS ALSO ONE OF THE FEW MGM'S TO MAKE THE TOP TEN AT MISS GAY AMERICA. RESIDING IN KANSAS CITY, LEXSUS CONTINUES TO PERFORM THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THE LOVELY.......... LEXSUS CHANEY, MISS GAY MISSOURI FOR 2000.

INEDA COCHTAEL --- MGM 2001
QUOTED AS SAYING, "BEING MISS GAY MISSOURI HAS BEEN THE MOST AMAZING YEAR OF MY LIFE. IT HAS TAKEN ME DOWN A PATH TO WHICH AT ONE POINT WAS JUST A DREAM. ONE OF THE MOST FULFILLING MOMENTS TO ME HAS BEEN TRAVELING ACROSS THE STATE OF MISSOURI AND HAVING THE OPPURTUNITY TO MEET ALL THE PROMOTERS AND THE WONDERFUL PRELIMINARY CONTESTANTS. THEY TREATED ME LIKE A CELEBRITY AND MADE ME FEEL ALL SPECIAL AND WELCOME." INEDA'S QUIET DEMEANOR IS NOT OVER-SHADOWED BY HER HUMBLE SPIRIT AND DEDICATION. HER REIGN AS MISS GAY MISSOURI GAVE HER A NEW DIRESTION IN LIFE. "ATTENDING THE MISS GAY AMERICA PAGEANT WAS A WONDERFUL OPPURTUNITY AND LEARNING EXPERIENCE." INEDA WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE "LADY BARBARA" AWARD WHICH IS AN AWARD VOTED ON BY THE FORMER MISS GAY AMERICAS. SHE NOW RESIDES IN ANOTHER STATE WITH HER COMPANION. INEDA COCHTAEL, MISS GAY MISSOURI 2001......

ERICA LEIGH FOSTER --- MGM 2002
OUR 29TH MISS GAY MISSOURI, JOHN GILSTRAP, WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SENECA MISOURI. AFTER RECIEVING AN ASSOCIATES DEGREE IN FINE ARTS AND MINUS ONE YEAR OF A BACHELORS IN MUSIC EDUCATION, HE MOVED TO ST. LOUIS TO PERFORM WITH A PRODUCTION COMPANY AT SIX FLAGS ST. LOUIS AND MADE ST. LOUIS HIS NEW HOME. JOHN HAS PERFORMED AS A SINGER/DANCER FOR SUMMER STOCK THEATER IN OKLAHOMA, SIX FLAGS ST. LOUIS FOR 4 SEASONS, AND TH SHOJI TABUCHI THEATER IN BRANSON, MO. JOHN WAS CHOSEN IN 2001 OUT OF 500 CONTESTANTS TO BE THE LEAD VOCALIST TO OPEN 6 NEW BRANSON VENUES. IN 2000, HE DECIDED TO START A CAREER IN FEMALE IMPERSONATION AND ERICA LEIGH FOSTER WAS BORN. SHORTLY AFTER, ERICA WON THE TITLE OF MISS GAY MISSOURI AFTER ONLY 10 SHORT MONTHS OF PERFORMING. ERICA WENT ON TO MISS GAY AMERICA AND RECIEVED THE "LADY BARBARA AWARD" VOTED ON BY THE FORMER MISS GAY AMERICAS. ERICA HAS TRAVELLED ALL OVER THE STATE OF MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS PERFORMING AND IS THE CURRENT REIGNING MISS MISSOURI CONTINENTAL 2004. ERICA IS BEST KNOWN AS THE "COUNTRY GIRL" WITH HER RENDITION OF "ROCKY TOP." ERICA IS CURRENTLY THE SHOW DIRECTOR AT BUBBY AND SISSY'S NIGHTCLUB IN ALTON ILLINOIS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS... KNOWN TO EVERYONE AS "THE MOUTH OF THE MIDWEST" ERICA LEIGH FOSTER, MISS GAY MISSOURI 2002.

ALI KAT --- MGM 2003
KNOWN AS THE "CHINA DOLL," ALI KAT HAD THE DISTINCT HONOR OF BEING CROWNED THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY MISS GAY MISSOURI. HOLDING THE TITLES OF MISS GAY SPRINGFIELD, MISS GAY COLUMBIA, AND MISS GAY MIDTOWN, BROUGHT ALI BACK TO THE MISS GAY MISSOURI PAGEANT THREE TIMES TO FINALLY CAPTURE THE COVETED TITLE. LOVING COSTUMES AND COSTUME DESIGN, JERMY OATES (THE MAN BEHIND THE WOMAN), WAS CONSTANTLY CHANGING UP HIS WARDROBE AND HELPING MANY OTHERS ALONG THE WAY TO MAKE EACH PERFORMANCE JUST A LITTLE BETTER THAN THE LAST ACCORDING TO ALI "ONE OF THE GREATEST JOYS OF BEING MISS GAY MISSOURI, IS BEING ABLE TO TRAVELTHE STATE, PROMOTING THE PAGEANT AND ALL THAT IT STANDS FOR, ALONG WITH MEETING GREAT PERFORMERS AND PROMOTERS." ALI KAT WILL FOREVER BE REMEMBERED AS THE PORCELAIN SKINNED GODDESS, THE 30TH MISS GAY MISSOURI , MISS GAY MISSOURI 2003.

ATHEENA VOCE' --- MGM 2004
IN NOVEMBER 1998... ATHEENA VOCE' (AKA JEFF THOMPSON) BEGAN HER JOURNEY OF CAPTURING THE TITLE OF MISS GAY MISSOURI. ON HER SIXTH ATTEMPT HER DREAM BECAME REALITY WHEN SHE WAS CROWNED THE 32ND MISS GAY MISSOURI AT THE CLARION HOTEL IN SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI. THE MEMORIES THAT WERE CREATED THAT YEAR ARE STILL CARRIED CLOSELY TO HER HEART. ATHEENA RESIDES IN COLUMBIA MISSOURI WHERE SHE CAN BE SEEN REGULARLY AT THE SOCO CLUB. ATHEENA REMAINS QUITE INVOLVED IN PAGEANTRY.... SHE IS CO-PROMOTER OF THE MISS CITY OF COLUMBIA PAGEANT... A PRELIMINARY TO MISS GAY MISSOURI. AFTER TAKING A SMALL BREAK FROM COMPETING, ATHEENA HAS TAKEN A FEW MUCH NEEDED VACATIONS AND HAS HAD TIME TO PREPARE TO CONTINUE ON WITH HER QUEST FOR THE TITLE OF MISS GAY AMERICA. JEFF IS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AS A TAILOR AT DOWTOWN ALTERATIONS IN COLUMBIA WHERE HE HAS BEEN IMPROVING HIS SEWING SKILLS FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS. MOST RECENTLY ATHEENA WAS GIVEN THE HONOR OF BEING ASKED BACK TO MISS GAY MISSOURI 2007 AS HEAD JUDGE.... AND HAS BEEN BACK EVERY YEAR SINCE HER WIN TO HELP OUT IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. DEDICATED AND DEVOTED IS WHAT WE CALL HER... ATHEENA VOCE' - MISS GAY MISSOURI 2004

SASHA NICOLE --- MGM 2005

VICTORIA DePAULA --- MGM 2006
CARL GLORIOSO (AKA VICTORIA DEPAULA) BRINGS TO THE ART OF FEMALE IMPERSONATION A SENSE OF GLAMOUR, PROFESSIONALISM, AND SOPHISTICATION. CARL'S EXPERIENCES IN THE ART OF FEMALE INPERSONATION, DANCE, VOCAL MUSIC, AND PROFESSIONAL THEATRE HAVE ESTABLISHED HIM AS A "TRIPLE THREAT". AS A YOUNG CHILD CARL BEGAN HIS TRAINING AT ISBEN DANCE THEATRE WHICH CONTINUED THROUGHOUT HIS TEEN YEARS AT PASEO ACADEMY OF FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS WHERE HE MAJORED IN DANCE AND CONTINUED HIS PROFESSIONAL TRAINING. DURING THIS TIME CARL ALSO CONTINUED HIS STUDIES AT WESTPORT BALLET COMPANY OF KANSAS CITY. AS A SEASONED PERFORMER CARL PERFORMED IN VARIOUS VENUES THROUGHOUT KANSAS CITY AND WENT ON TO BRANSON MISSOURI AS A FEATURED DANCER FOR BOBBY VINTON. REALIZING HIS ABILITIES AS AN ENTERTAINER, CARL BEGAN SEARCHING FOR THE ONE OUTLET THAT WOULD ALLOW HIM THE FREEDOM TO EXPRESS HIMSELF AND UTILIZE HIS MANY TALENTS. THUS VICTORIA DEPAULA WAS CONCIEVED, REHEARSED, AND POLISHED TO AN ART OF PERFECTION. ONE OF VICTORIA'S FIRST APPEARANCES WAS AS A FEATURED PERFORMER IN THE ALANZ THEATRE PRODUCTION OF LA CAGE AUX FOLLES. VICTORIA THEN BEGAN COMPETING IN PAGEANTS AND HAS A LENGTHY LIST OF TITLES. SHE HAD ALREADY MADE THE TOP TEN AT MISS GAY AMERICA BEFORE SHE EVEN COMPETED AT MISS GAY MISSOURI. VICTORIA FIRST COMPETED AT MISS GAY MISSOURI IN 2003 AND THEN TOOK A BREAK AND CAME BACK FOR HER SECOND ATTEMPT AND WON IN 2006. AS MISS GAY MISSOURI SHE WENT ON TO FINISH IN THE TOP FIVE AT MISS GAY AMERICA. CARL CREDITS HIS LOVING AND SUPPORTIVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR HIS SUCCESS. INSPIRED BY HIS MOTHER AND POP ICON PAULA ABDUL... (THAT'S WHERE THE "PAULA" IN DePAULA COMES FROM) VICTORIA HAS AND CONTINUES TO MOTIVATE AND INSPIRE OTHERS TO ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS AND TO PROMOTE PROFESSIONALISM IN THE REALM OF ENTERTAINMENT. CARL PERFORMS REGULARLY AT MISSY B'S CABARET IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI AND ALSO PERFORMS OFFSTAGE AS A PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED AND LISCENSED COSMOTOLOGIST AS WELL AS BEING A CO-OWNER OF LAWNS TO C LANDSCAPING COMPANY IN KANSAS CITY.

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