Q&A session with Victoria Sexton
Here in Colorado, Victoria Sexton is one of the biggest names in drag queen history. He performs nearly every night, sometimes multiple times during that night. He has revolutionized the drag queen industry and has a lot of insight into what it takes to survive into today's drag queen culture. He answered a couple questions that have been on everyone's mind since day one.
Why did you get into drag?
The first time I ever did drag was senior year of high school. It was another year and a half before I started going out to clubs in drag, and I found that I loved what I did. It made me happy as a creative person and then I decided to start performing. Do you do solo performances? Group performances?
I love when I get to do solo performances, which I do at most of my shows. At drag nation, we always have dancers and choreography. I love to do new stunt work; I've done pole dancing, aerial hoop, hula hoop, and acrobatics. What does drag mean to you? It isn't just a hobby for me. It's my career and I do drag about 5 times a week, if not more. It's so much fun to be beautiful and have tons of people wanting to know who you are and take pictures and what not. |
How long does it take you to get ready for a show?
It takes me between 45 minutes to 2 hours to get fully made up and dressed for a show depending on what look I'm going for. Why do you do drag? As a full time professional makeup artist and stylist, I do drag to challenge myself creatively and artistically because drag is about what you want it to be about. I never ever thought I would make a living by being a female impersonator, but I am so glad that I have found this. |
Are you a big name/celebrity on the drag scene in Colorado?
I am a very humble person, but if you ask anyone else who the top three queens in Denver are, you would probably hear my name come out of most people's mouth.
I am a very humble person, but if you ask anyone else who the top three queens in Denver are, you would probably hear my name come out of most people's mouth.