I am Shangela, I'm a working girl professional who owns her truth.
Drag Race' is a lot like 'Game of Thrones.' There's a lot of different alliances, queens fight for the crown, they take the throne.
Live your passion, and live it to the fullest.
It's a real honor and dream come true for me to be part of something as awesome as NBC's 'Community,' working with such comic legends as John Goodman and Chevy Chase.
I have a lot of talent and sometimes, you know, when people see you're a drag queen they go, 'Oh, he's a drag queen. That's what he does.' But I'm always excited to... stretch the boundaries on how they see me.
I grew into who I always wanted to be as a drag entertainer and performer.
I started watching, growing, learning, and putting in extra effort to become the best queen I could.
It's a performer's worst nightmare: to hurt yourself on stage and not be able to remove yourself from the stage.
There's no union for drag queens.
I don't have any problem with drag being more mainstream... I enjoy the fact that we're moving toward a place where people are a lot more open.
I not only went back to the 'All Stars' gig for myself but also for my fans. I wanted them to see the story of even if you get knocked down, you get back up, you keep going and you can win.
It's harder to compete against queens you know, because you have that personal relationship with them already.
I needed to get attention a lot of times - I'm a performer, that's who I am.
When I started in 'Drag Race,' I didn't know anything about drag - my makeup was a mess, my hair was a mess, but I love what I was doing.
If you can find your passion in life, hold on to that. Go for it and don't be afraid to put in the work: things will work out for you.
We can't live in fear. There are going to be people who will disagree with us, but it's important for us to stand up and say what's right and what's wrong.
You can say a lot about Miley Cyrus, but at the end of the day, she is a professional.
I'm from a small country town and to now be moving around with some of the largest names in Hollywood is a dream come true.
On-stage I like to give people something that they will remember, something different but something electric.
I know what it feels like to be on the outside, a place that you don't belong, feeling like you're the only one of your kind.
