{"id":1974156,"date":"2023-07-15T19:29:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T23:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/drag-queens-compete-for-top-prize-in-nicaragua-pageant\/"},"modified":"2023-07-15T19:30:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T23:30:37","slug":"drag-queens-compete-for-top-prize-in-nicaragua-pageant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/drag-queens-compete-for-top-prize-in-nicaragua-pageant\/","title":{"rendered":"Drag queens vie for top prize in Nicaraguan pageant."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdrag-queens-compete-for-top-prize-in-nicaragua-pageant%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1974156&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h2>Central American Drag Queens Compete for Crown in Nicaragua<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>In a packed bar in Nicaragua\u2019s capital, Managua, on Friday night, more than 1,000 people gathered to see a group of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/drag-queens-compete-for-top-prize-in-nicaragua-pageant\/\" title=\"Drag queens vie for top prize in Nicaraguan pageant.\">drag queens battle<\/a> it out to snatch the crown for best performance while representing several Central American countries. <\/p>\n<p>The Mix Imperial Central American Tropical Drag Royale provided a stage for drag performers in a region where LGBT people often face discrimination and economic hardship. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a form of catharsis,\u201d said Alexa Evangelista, a drag queen from El Salvador and one of the night\u2019s performers, who lip-synched and danced for the adoring crowd. <\/p>\n<p>A jury of the three finalists from the Royale\u2019s first edition in 2019 crowned the winner, taking in to account the audience\u2019s support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis type of platform gives visibility to queer artists that we don\u2019t have in our countries in Central America, where we lack institutional and government support,\u201d Evangelista said.<\/p>\n<p>Drag queen Peppe Pig said the pageant gave her the opportunity to travel outside her home country of Guatemala, and that drag has helped her meet new friends and her current partner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDrag has really opened so many doors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nicaraguan drag queen Akeyra Davenport took home the night\u2019s crown in her first competition after 11 years as a drag artist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt gives me the initiative to keep moving forward, to continue pursuing one of many dreams that have left me behind,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Maynor Valenzuela in Managua; 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