Then to be in the fashion bible that Vogue is was so cool to me and the write up was so good. Going on the stage and having the work revered in that regard really meant a lot.
That is something that I am all about, helping others and doing what I can. That look didn’t take me that long, I actually had a lot of extra time to help out the other girls and to offer my skill set to that challenge and to help the other girls out. I felt like some magic had flown through me that day when I created it. Was that completely and totally surreal to craft a garment for the challenge and end up in the pages of the premier fashion bible? MC: You created a garment on the show during a challenge out of a sleeping bag and ended up in the pages of Vogue Magazine. If you can’t find enjoyment through all of the things that you are doing with your art, your might be doing something wrong. It is about learning the work and figuring out who you are through the crazy confines of the show. It doesn’t land in the cards always, but it really was just so special.Ī post shared by ????? One thing that people loved the most about you is that you truly loved getting out there and really performing in a lip sync for your life, which many of us had not seen in a performer before. I left on such a beautiful note because that song and that performance are everything. It proves to me that I am doing something right. I’ll take the lip sync assassin title, it means a lot. To be put against some of the most beloved lip syncers of all time and to be able to come out on top…whoa it is so cool. It is really cool that I was able to stay as long as I did. For the work to be revered in that regard, it really means a lot. Being in a position where you are asked to lip sync for your life, for me it is so important and you are asking me to do what I do best to share the stories and to share an experience and to take people out of this world for just a couple of minutes. One of my happy places and a place that I feel safe is on that stage. UQ: At the end of the day, I am a storyteller. What was it like becoming such a force in your cast?
Identifying as the wacky, wavy inflatable-arm-tube queen, Utica is hoping to take the world by storm with her own form of goofy, pop-art drag,” according to her show bio.MC: You have emerged as much more than a wacky comedy queen and evolved into a true lip sync assassin on the show, sending home performers like Tina Burner. Now, as a contender on Drag Race, “Utica Queen is ready to wiggle her way straight to the crown. Her day job as a costume technician enhanced her ability to transform herself through apparel and props. In 2017, after graduating, Utica Queen hit the local drag scene with a bang, performing regular gigs. She developed her performance style by doing amateur shows and consulting with veteran drag queens.
“I basically went to school to become a drag queen and it’s awesome,” she told. This all set the stage for her current career. Utica Queen began dabbling in drag as a kindergartner, later joining a teen improv troupe and attending Hamline University in Saint Paul to study theater production and fine art. We don’t even have a school or a gas station, but we do have four bars.
In a 2019 interview with, she described her namesake town, which is a couple of hours from the state capital, Saint Paul. While her name refers to the “beautiful little farm town” (via StarTribune) where she grew up in Minnesota, Utica Queen’s persona is anything but country. Utica Queen has been prepping to be a drag queen from a very young age
But what else sets Utica Queen apart from these queens? Keep reading to get the full scoop.
In the past, Minnesotans have fared pretty well in the competition, including Season 1 winner BeBe Zahara Benet, plus other strong showings from Manila Luzon, Max Malanaphy, and Mercedes Iman Diamond, according to. “Sparkle, glam, and a hint of underground art kid - that’s what makes Utica a Queen,” she writes on her website. The Minneapolis resident is hoping this artful aesthetic, a departure from the ultra-femme look of many other contestants, will win her the $100,000 prize and the title of America’s Next Drag Superstar on Season 13 of the VH1 reality show, which premiered in early January 2021 and promises a new twist. The art school background of Utica Queen, the stage persona of current RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant Ethan Mundt, is obvious the moment you set eyes on her elaborate costumes, inspired by everything from Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz and Renaissance art to the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland.