Bringing Gay Ski Week to a close was Sydney's top drag DJ
Miss Kitty Glitter - also known as Ozan Cobacioglu. Photo
by Emily Adamson.
The glamorous lifestyle of a top drag queen is still a
lot of hard work but Gay Ski Week DJ Miss Kitty Glitter would
not have it any other way.
The man behind the diva, Ozan Cobacioglu, said he was lucky
to have won a talent quest which catapulted him from unknown
to the top of the Sydney drag scene.
He had decided to make a career from drag but the win was
critical in getting steady amounts of work in the beginning.
"I won that and I have been busy ever since," Mr Cobacioglu
said.
"Most drag queens have to do a lot of freebies until they get
known."
The secret to the success of Miss Kitty Glitter has been that
Mr Cobacioglu doesn't perpetuate some of the stereotypes of
drag.
Yes, there is the makeup, the wigs and the personality as
colourful as the sparkly clothes, but Miss Kitty Glitter is a
thoroughly modern woman.
"I avoid the old drag standards in my show."
Banter with the audience is touchy-feely rather than bitchy,
as well.
"I don't like to pick on people," Mr Cobacioglu said.
"A lot of drag queens have traditionally singled out people
with their jokes, but it's never funny if you are that
person."
Mr Cobacioglu credits his good fortune to be invited to
Queenstown with having a second selling point.
"Mike [Sandford - Gay Ski Week organiser] usually has a drag
queen and a DJ.
"With me, he got both."
The progression from drag queen to DJ may yet lead to Miss
Kitty Glitter treading the path of celebrated drag artist Ru
Paul.
"I would love to record my own tracks next year."
The lifestyle is demanding, but Mr Cobacioglu said it all
comes down to taking care of himself.
"Unlike a lot of drag queens, I don't drink, or do drugs
either," he said.
The amount of makeup "shovelled on" each night takes enough
of a toll on his skin.
The name Miss Kitty Glitter came from his star sign - Leo
-and does carry a double entendre.
"I did think of Kitty Litter - drag queens are a little
trashy. But they are `glamorous' too.
"The g popped in there and I think `Glitter' is much more
appropriate."
His first name idea drew on his Turkish heritage, but again
was not quite right.
"I thought of Danna Kebab, but then thought, `No, I'm not
going to go there'."
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