Saturday's Miss'd America Pageant, held at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, featured Carson Kressley, Martha Wash, and Miss'd America 2012 Sabel Scities.
Erika Schiff performs with the Miss'd America Dancers.
ATLANTIC CITY — The 2012 Miss'd America Pageant drew a large crowd to Boardwalk Hall's ballroom on Saturday night, Jan. 21. The show, produced by Mark A. Dahl, featured 14 drag queens (men dressed as women) competing to become the new Miss'd America.
Following the pageant, an after party was held at Resorts Casino Hotel's gay-themed Pro Bar. Caesars Entertainment held its 4th annual OUT in AC weekend, featuring a slew of gay-themed events at its local properties.
The pageant, which started as a spoof on the Miss America Pageant in the early 1990s, has been an annual event over the past few years, with larger crowds, special guests and numerous contestants from all over the country.
Last year's Miss'd America Kitty Hiccups, who dazzled the crowd near the end of the pageant with her spectacular singing voice (unfortunately, a good portion of the contestants this year lip-synced) crowned Sabel Scities (of New York) the winner of this year's pageant, which was hosted by TV personality and Allentown, Pa., native Carson Kressley and featured performances by Martha Wash (from the Weather Girls) and Erika Schiff.
Here is video from the pageant; below the video are assorted photos from the pageant. Check back for more photos soon:
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Definition of a drag queen? A man who likes to eat, drink, and be Mary! It may sound funny to some and it’s easy to crack a joke here and there, but until you get to an event such as this past weekend’s Miss’d America Pageant, you cannot imagine the talent, sincerity, and camaraderie that fills the room.
So last week, there was Hitchen, head to toe decked out as “Knockers Johnson,” filming the opening skit for this year’s pageant on the beach. Other characters were Lucy Luckyano and Ally Capone, possibly the first time some of America’s most famous gangsters ....
The show was created in the early 1990s by former Atlantic City Councilman John Schultz and his partner, Gary Hill, and held at their old Studio Six nightclub, once considered the epicenter for gay life in Atlantic City.
Turns out, 'Believe' is a bridge of understanding and acceptance too — between worlds that might otherwise not meet.
ATLANTIC CITY — Caesars Entertainment has again assembled a weekend full of fun events focused on Atlantic City’s gay community. It starts Friday night, Sept. 23, with a four-course dinner party at House of Blues’ Foundation Room featuring the Hearty Boys — a gay couple who host a cooking show on the Food Network — and several other segments served up in a festive atmosphere and hosted by famed Las Vegas drag queen Frank Marino. This is the third annual OUT In AC event put on by Caesars Entertainment (an organization that regularly receives high commendation from the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index), and one of many GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender) events to materialize on the Atlantic...
And, thank God we joined you as one, and not apart. Think of how dull this world would be without our creative energy. It would be the light bulb hanging on a wire from the ceiling, without the decorative fixture — or the lamp without the lamp shade.
J. Edgar Hoover, perhaps one of the most powerful politicians in Washington, sometimes considered more powerful than the presidents he served under including Roosevelt, Kennedy and Nixon, was also rumored to be a cross-dresser with numerous stories having emerged about Hoover dressed in drag in New York City, usually in red dresses he called "Mary."
“It’s pageantry at its finest. The biggest difference [this year is] we will have world-class entertainment.”
“I’m very much looking forward to visiting Atlantic City,” says de Medici, who will also be in attendance during Saturday night’s post party at the Pro Bar at Resorts.
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1. Anonymous said... on Jan 23, 2012 at 03:44PM
“Love, Love, Love the pageant photos........are there more???? and will they be up for a while??? Thank your photographer 5 stars”