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Dakota Schiffer was doing better than expected.
For someone who considered herself a fashion queen, it wasnt a good omen.
How are you doing today after watching your elimination?Very overwhelmed.
The response has been incredible Im just so grateful for all the love.
I dont think I would change a thing looking back on it now.
I nailed family resemblance.
It was hilarious that she looked so young in my drag.
To have the repetitive comment is fine, I agree with them.
I went, I promise, if you keep me, theres a massive change coming.
I never got a chance to apply that, and that sucks.
OrMichelle Visages Drag Race,in my case.
Yeah, Im curious.
I had my redemption, and I was the first queen to win two challenges.
That is something Ill always be proud of.
I know it was an attempt to push me, and Im happy to try different makeup styles.
This is what I look like, and Im painting whats there, and I cant change that.
The U.K. specifically isnt used to my kind of drag aesthetic.
Theyre not typical, but they are drag queens drag queens.
Being the guinea pig for trans women onDrag Race U.K.has been difficult.
Its a little difficult to feel like you have to justify yourself just because you paint a certain way.
Every runway look I wore was a fashion reference fromVogueor some catalog from the 1960s.
Im never, ever going to wear that.
Im proud I found an audience that appreciates my work.
Im glad its being received positively now, and Im glad I didnt let it change who I was.
It would have been disingenuous to represent my drag in any way other than how it was on television.
I always knew I was gonna do him.
Not me making something as silly as Snatch Game into a philosophical discussion!
Cheddar would be very proud.
I dont even think of it really, and I think thats great.
The trans media landscape in the U.K. is so vicious and nasty.
I used that intimidation factor to motivate me.
We dont get enough of that.
The self-confidence journey is happening.
Im glad I never wavered.
I always just assume the worst, which certainly hindered me in some aspects.
Its funny how I prepared for the worst and theres barely been that kind of backlash.
Hopefully its just onward, upward, and the TERFs can go read Judith ButlersGender Troubleand educate themselves.
