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    Texas Drag Queen Shangela Inspires Infectious Confidence

    Jul 01, 2020 4 minutes
    Interviewed by Nick Yeager

    TEXAS-BORN DRAG QUEEN SHANGELA LAQUIFA WADLEY, also known as DJ Pierce, makes a splash in HBO’s docuseries We’re Here. Along with Bob the Drag Queen and Eureka O’Hara, the fierce Shangela travels to small towns to recruit local residents for one-night-only drag shows. The result is a modern marvel of queer television with LGBTQ youth, estranged parents, and supportive allies all in stunning drag.

    Shangela competed on three seasons of and has since proved herself a force in the entertainment business, touring worldwide and guest-starring on TV shows like and . In 2019, she became the first drag queen to walk the red carpet at. Now, she’s strutting into small-town squares in full makeup in , which has been renewed for a second season.

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