Well I am fully (or at least almost fully) recovered from my night of magic, madness and glitter that was Alternative Miss Limerick! After arriving 30 minutes late for rehearsals, after a very stupid incident in which we stopped at a red light in a Limerick City junction, to then realise that there actually were no traffic lights there and getting stuck behind a bazillion cars, Jason (currently Mr. Gay Cork 2009/2010) just pulled it outta the hat to fly around every car or veichle he came near! Poor Konrad & Andy the other two dancers and our choreographer Graham were in stitches at how the routines were being rehearsed while in the car….not by Jason though, no…he was driving….*shifty eyes*
Anyway, arrived, learned where I was standing for swim wear, what was expected for day wear and evening wear and then just went for some healthy low fat Big Mac’s on O’Connell Street. When the contestants arrived I was very nervous (I felt like vomiting in the car on the way up!) and luckily I had Mike & Evan from the AML crew to calm the nerves….and a few After Shock shots!
I had an absolute ball backstage with the other contestants, (Roger Bait, Amy Tramp, Pearl Star, Terry Tightarse, Heidi Hotlips, Dingo Squiz, Amanda Cummings & Claudia Shipwrecker). Anyway first round came and my dancers were in place, my make up was spot on and my outfit….was yes, the wrong size (that teaches me for shopping without trying) but it was brilliantly kept closed, and so off I went backstage…Evan was so nice he took photos of us all which helped me because I wasn’t sure how Limerick would take to someone from Cork coming to try take the crown to represent them. But luckily Evan did brilliantly and I was fine. Backstage I hugged all my dancers, told them I loved them all and that no matter what happens, we’re gonna be great!
And then it started….”bad boys, bad boys, bad boys, bad boys….” and I knew it was us! Out we went for daywear, hands clenched and beads of sweat already seeping from my recently drawn on brow. Our choregraphy was spot on. I didn’t think it’d be that good, but my God….that was when I peaked…which is a bad thing, evening wear is there for that.
After the song rushing back to the dressing room, Andy in toe, helping me with changes I ran as quickly as possible to throw on my D&G baby pink bikini, and my black and gold shawl…clipping my wig ponytail back in a clip. Andy advised me, “NO, you’ll look good with it tied back!”. And I did…all thanks to my friend!! Anyway! Running down the stairs for swim wear I was told into a room to get more pics taken! Evan is such a camera happy queen, I loved it! Then running out backstage I sauntered onto the stage…shaking this time…my backing dancers helped me relax the first round, now I was alone. After Panti asking some very quick fire questions I left and ran upstairs to the dressing room…Andy as usual on hand!
After slipping into my €10 evening wear dress (from Stitch’n'Switch; Chambers Bar Charity Clothes Shop) I legged it up backstage with my silk dressing gown on to cover me…and voila…”I don’t give a fuck nomore….if people think I am a whore….” ETC…. haha.
Queue music beat getting faster….and dancer #1, then, dancer #2, then dancer #3….and before we knew it….OVER!
We had about 10-15minutes to wait for the judges decision which I was so happy it was living legend Cecilia Holman Lee as well as Noel Sutton (AMI) and Brian Merriman (MGI) among the 5 judges.
When we were all on stage I remember thinking, Heidi Hotlips has it in the bag, her final performance…and her outfit, AMAZING! I hadn’t even thought of a 1st, 2nd or 3rd position.
Once they presented Panti with a bouquet of flowers I heard her say there is a 1st place and 2nd place…so I started humming to myself to calm myself because this is every young queens dream to be in an Alternative Miss and share a stage with Panti…Mike Shinnors stood beside me and kissed me and said “well done” I was so chuffed, the first Alternative Miss I’d ever seen was Sheila Fits winning AMC back when I was 18. So back to the story, Noel Sutton passed the envelope to Panti and Mike held my hand and I kept thinking “WOW, I’m in Dolans on stage at an Alternative Miss!! And before I knew it my number 6 was called out and the name “Daisy Dripps” was named 2nd place. I stared for a minute at the crowd until Mike squeezed my hand and I clicked, “OMG…it’s me!” I was sooo happy to be a runner up that night.
Heidi Hotlips became AML 2009/2010. I was so thrilled for Heidi, she put a huge amount of work into it! AMAZING!
Now you may think, “Daisy, you stupid bitch, you came 2nd….you didn’t win!” but I was thinking, “JESUS FUCKING CHRIST….THE JUDGES THOUGHT I WAS GOOD, FUCKING HELL!! OMG OMG OMG OMG!!! AHHHH!!!!”.
And I was delighted to be Limerick’s Princess! Why?-because, I have been doing drag since May 2009 (5 mths)…and I have achieved ALOT I think in those 5 mths!!
Open Cork Pride in Rubys Nightclub with Zsa Zsa La Whore, apart of The Double D’s who have worked in Galway Pride…done shows in Limerick and Cork also…and now…came 2nd in an Alternative Miss competition!
FUCK THAT! I AM THRILLED!!
(pics to follow…along with more competition and events I’m gonna do!)
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