Posts tagged Diva awards

DIVA Awards @ Paddington RSL. Monday 16 September 2019. Photographer: Ann-Marie Calilhanna.

“I was actually genuinely very surprised that I won Entertainer of the Year because I have won it before, I just thought I’ve had my time in the sun. I’m very humbled the showgirls thought I was deserving.”

Candy’s first drag award was for ‘Bitch of the Year’ in 2004.

This year the winners will be decided by a secret ballot of drag queens and showgirls, along with past award winners.

In a new series of monthly interviews, Star Observer will discover more about the entertainers and DJs from LGBTI communities around Australia. This month Troy Murphy caught up with DIVA award-winning drag queen Charisma Belle to discover what it takes to become one of the most recognisable faces of the scene in Sydney.

There were sequins, spills, and more sequins at the drag industry’s night of nights on Monday. The 2012 DIVA Awards opened with a scorching  hot …

It’s that time of year again when I’m off to be pulled, sucked, and stitched up by my surgeon in order to look half decent …

Drag queen Vanessa Wagner has been named as this year’s DIVA Awards Hall of Fame recipient. Starting her drag career early ‘90s, Wagner has a …

Well it’s been quite an eventful week hasn’t it. Big congratulations must go to the DT’s hotel in Melbourne who managed to raise over $10,000 …

**UPDATE** Carmen Rupe is to lie in state at the Te Wairua Rapu Church at 587 Elizabeth Street, Redfern tomorrow, Sunday and Monday from 1pm …