Oh, Hello. You’re a Big Drag Queen.
- Pollo Del Mar
I was tweeting about RuPauls’s Drag Race last night because I had just started season 2 of the series. I was surprised when I received a reply from a stranger with huge orange hair and really colourful make-up. Actually, my heart probably skipped a beat from the shock. A drag queen had messaged me. Woah.
Don’t get me wrong. I love drag queens. I actually have a good friend that’s a drag queen. I was just caught off guard when she tweeted me because there aren’t very many drag queens in The Philippines. A lot of she-males, yes. Drag queens, no. You can also throw in a few boys in dresses that lipsynch to women’s songs, but I don’t consider them drag queens ’cause I’d probably do a better job if someone would just do my make-up and find me a dress size 10 (okay maybe a 12 LOL) outfit with size 11 heels.
Getting back to the queen. Her name is Pollo Del Mar, a drag queen out of San Fo. She is a GLOSS magazine journalist and SF Bay Times Columnist. She’s friends with people that I loved on RuPaul’s Drag Race like Juju, Pandora Boxx and Ongina. We exchanged a few words and I think she’s hilarious. I could be biased though because she’s a Glamazon (She’s 6′ tall without the heels) which is something I can relate to in a country where the average height of the men is around 5’4″.
You can follow Pollo Del Mar via twitter:
CHINKCHILLA 