An estimated 50,000 attendees and 150 drag queens showed up to celebrate the drag art form. - NBCOUT
RuPaul’s DragCon made a splashy return to Los Angeles this weekend, bringing high camp, glamor and gag-worthy experiences to the thousands who attended the three-day convention.
“The sense of coming back is really great,” World of Wonder Co-Founder Fenton Bailey told NBC News. “Everyone was just really excited to come back and be able to do it in person again. So the energy has mainly been excitement and anticipation. And then of course, it’s always the variant dance, because you don’t quite know where it’s going to be at. But that aside, I think people were just ready to get back together in person.
“I’ve done multiple DragCons before being on the show,” Kandy Muse, who appeared on season 13 of"DragRace," said at the event. “But being on the other side now — having people come to my booth telling me stories on how I have inspired them and just seeing all my fans — really is incredible and rewarding.”
“It’s so weird being in a different country and people knowing who you are,” she said. “In England, it’s like Baga, Baga, Baga! But here, it’s like, 'Oh wow, I’m international now!' But yeah, it’s been incredible. Everyone’s so lovely, inviting and welcoming. It’s been a ball.”When asked about the difference between British and American “Drag Race” fans, Baga Chipz said, with a laugh, that British fans are “drunker” and “have worse teeth.
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