It’s important to always look to the positive side of things and focus on the people you love and the people that love you. It’s not like were all $100 bills, in the end not everybody is going to love you. You can’t do anything about things like that. It’s just cool!ĭ: Have you had any haters on social media? If so, how do you go about dealing with them?ĪC: I don’t think I’ve experienced too much hate online…usually if I see a snotty comment I’ll just ignore it. I really like to keep people guessing and experiment with different things: fun makeup, fun hair, fun costumes. I really don’t rely on just being fishy or pretty, because I do want to add more substance to what I do, and I put a lot of thought into each look that I put out. One look that a lot of people loved, which was shown on the Drag Race reunion special-the “black and white” one with the green hair and makeup-was very popular because many of the fans could not even recognize you! Do you like to surprise people with your looks?ĪC: Yeah, definitely. Through expressing myself, and becoming anything I want to be, I feel free.ĭ: You definitely have a lot of versatility in your style. I am a very visual person, however, it was more the conceptual part that I fell in love with. However they kept asking and asking so eventually I was just like, ‘we’ll see how this goes!’ and I think it’s gone pretty well so far!ĭ: It absolutely has! So would you say the visual and illusionary aspect of drag that brought you into it?ĪC: Not so much the visual aspect alone. After that, people kept asking me to do it more and I said no at first. I ended up winning, which was really fun and unexpected. I decided to document in a series of art projects-drawing, photography, sculptures, videos-I only wanted to do for the project itself, without doing it again. But then I entered art school and through art school, I was exposed to it more and fell in love, not with the drag queens but with the conceptual aspect of it, being able to not only transcend my own gender but also transform into anything I wanted to be: boy, girl, or anything in-between. I fell in love with it and decided to enter a little pageant being held on the other side of the island. Not sure if you realized this, however you were the recipient of Dragaholic’s “Cutest Boy” award for Drag Race Season 6!ĭ: What got you started with drag? Was there a particular queen or experience that prompted you to take it up?ĪC: It’s so funny because when I first heard about drag I didn’t really want to do it…even though people said I look feminine or whatever. Related: Morgan McMichaels Reveals How to Make RuPaul’s All Stars Season 2 Happen The Road to All Stars Season 2 Interview: April Carrionĭragaholic: Thank you again for speaking with me today. Don’t forget to check back each week for new interviews in this series we’ve got a lot of amazing interviews that we can’t wait to share with you! The Road to All Stars Season 2: Full Interview List RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 6 contestant, fan-favorite and the signature Puerto Rican queen of the season April Carrion was able to talk with us about her background, life since leaving the show and her All Stars Season 2 ambitions. We’re kiki-ing with glamazons, dolls, fishy foes and maybe even a few shady apes. For our new “ Road to All Stars Season 2? series, Dragaholic is getting reacquainted with some Drag Race fan favorites who have a serious shot at a coveted spot in the RuPaul’s All Stars Drag Race Season 2 cast.
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