Drag is about much more than just the fanfare and costumes — it is also about self-realisation and affirmation.
The oiled-up Tyler William strutting the stage of Athlone’s iconic Joseph Stone Auditorium in neon green and bright blue swimwear is whiplash-inducingly different from the person I interviewed less than an hour earlier.
The pair eventually relocated to Cape Town because, he says, “with Skyler being a drag queen in Durban, she wasn’t really feeling herself there. The community was accepting but it was an old community. We came to Cape Town and our lives have been better. Everyone accepts you for who you are.” Paris is one of those who have crossed the urban landscape to enter this year’s Ms Cape Town Pride competition. From Mamre, a town “about an hour and a half away from Cape Town, when there’s no traffic”, the 22-year-old says that since entering pageants she has gained acceptance among those in her community.“In Mamre, people know [I drag]. They are really excited. As ek loop, dan sê die mense, ‘Hello Paris’. Hulle noem nie vir my op my regte naam nie. So, ja ...
“I was too young and stupidly in love to enter the contests,” he laughs. “My boyfriends then were very jealous. You know mos how men can get.” For Garth Arnolds, having fun is first and foremost on his list of things to do as a Mr Cape Town Pride entrant. This being his second foray into the world of pageantry, after clinching last year’s Mr Gay Pioneer, held in Bellville South, Arnolds adds: “I don’t care about [what] people think a winner should look like. I am a winner already — within myself.”
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