By: Isaac Soria/Contributing Writer
So you think you can drag? Apparently, Lady Jane, Raveena Sapphire and Evelyn Lyn did as they competed against each other for a $500 cash prize at Trixie’s in Hollywood, Fla.

The “So You Think You Can Drag?” competition was hosted by the Beta Delta chapter Delta Lambda Phi, as a fundraiser for future events. These performers, Danny Aguilar (Jane), Rashad Subhan (Sapphire) and Yoel Moreno (Lyn), battled it out for eight weeks putting on amazing performances.
Last Monday, Nov. 16, the finals were held.

In the first round, Lady Jane performed first. She danced extremely well with her “pops,” “vogues,” and “drops.” Her outfit was a simple black top, short jean shorts, black heels and a long brown wig.

The second performer was Raveena Sapphire who lip-synched and belly danced to “Give It Up to Me” by Shakira. Raveena Sapphire wore a blonde wig and a black vest that exposed her black and tan bra along with black shorts and gold high heels. Evelyn Lyn performed “Rumors” by Lindsay Lohan and started off with a black coat which eventually came off. Her dance moves were stiff, but the crowd enjoyed it.

In the second round, Lady Jane did another mix of songs, but wore the same outfit, which brought down her standing in the view of drag judges Jonie Spirito, Kassandra Hylton and Miss Noel. Lady Jane still danced amazingly well.

Raveena Sapphire performed after with “What You Waiting For?” by Gwen Stefani, and wore an elaborate outfit of a mad hatter hat, and a blue and white Alice in Wonderland dress. Raveena Sapphire lip-synched every word in the song accurately and imitated the Gwen personality impressively as she stripped down to her pink bra and blue panties.

The third contestant, Evelyn Lyn still performed stiffly and with little to no personality. Thankfully, her co-star, Ky Lexy performed with lots of emotion, taking on an angry teenage rock-star girl character.

The crowd was still pleased with their performance and tipped the contestant and her co-star plenty.

In round three, the three contestants and Ky Lexy had to perform “Lady Marmalade” (the 2001 cover version), which apparently was a surprise to them because they all seemed completely confused.

Raveena Sapphire was quick on her feet, doing Mya’s part, and then after being directed by one of the professional drag queens, Evelyn Lyn did P!nk’s part, Lady Jane Kim’s, and Ky Lexy did Christina Aguilera’s part. Raveena Sapphire again performed well, and Evelyn Lyn showed a little bit more personality but was still stiff in her movements.
Lady Jane was filled with lots of energy and also took on the part of Li’l Kim accurately, and Ky Lexy also channeled Christina Aguilera well even though she started off a little perplexed. That was understandable, since it was her first time performing and in any event, she was not a contestant.

After “Marmalade” they performed “Hush, Hush” by the Pussycat Dolls for fun and professional drag queens hopped on stage to join in. Minutes afterward Gemni Stone announced Raveena Sapphire runner up, and Evelyn Lyn the winner because she got the most tips from the audience.

This was a poor way of choosing the winner in my view, because it turned the event into a popularity contest instead of a talent contest.

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