Drag queen in the making

Glenda Bender's beautiful nails.
Glenda Bender's beautiful nails.
Doug Jacques (Sweetie Darling) shows off his nail painting talents.
Doug Jacques (Sweetie Darling) shows off his nail painting talents.
Nick Cameron (Shazza) gets his tights on.
Nick Cameron (Shazza) gets his tights on.
James Beech (Glenda Bender) helps Martin Langford (Amanda Fiddle) with his bra.
James Beech (Glenda Bender) helps Martin Langford (Amanda Fiddle) with his bra.
Martin Langford (Amanda Fiddle) getting dressed.
Martin Langford (Amanda Fiddle) getting dressed.
James Beech (Glenda Bender) gets his size 9 heels taped on to his size 15 feet.
James Beech (Glenda Bender) gets his size 9 heels taped on to his size 15 feet.

Street shoes were traded for stilletos, and "extreme" make-up was the look of the day on Sunday, when eight lads were transformed into drag queens, for the American Express Queenstown Winter Festival drag race. Queenstown Times reporter James Beech (Glenda Bender) shows us hows it's done. Photos are by Emily Adamson, and are available for purchase at Otago Images.

 

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