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Fag Hag of the Year: Ginger Miller can assure you that this festival will be Monday which was just a few days So Ambush went on the road to Worst Drag Performance of the a huge hit. So make your reservations away. I went on the audition and they Baton Rouge for the contest. I rode up Year: Corynne DeVille and spend the weekend in Lake Charles picked me. with Jeff Mallon, Barry Rutherford and Social Climbing Award of Excel- being proud. For more information on TL: Tell me about the show, were Ben Warshaw. Both Barry and Jeff lence: Deja Déjà-Vu' the event, go to there people you connected with more? were part of Maybelline’s group talent Most Monogamous Couple: Rip www.lakecharlespride.com. For in- CM: The show was fun and very number. The ride up was uneventful and Marsha Naquin-Delain formation on sponsorship or donations, intense. But I guess I interacted more except for an interesting stop at a gas Gayest Straight Man: Tami Tarmac contact [email protected] or Adam with Rami, Christian and Ricky be- station filled to the brim of rednecks Scandal of the Year: JohnPaul’s Manuel at 337.884.0816. cause we were roommates. But I ready to party on a Saturday night. We Most Passed Around Party Bot- related more with Sweet P because we loaded up on vodka, mixers and ciga- tom: Bobby Fisher Interview: Chris March were the oldest people in the group. rettes and were on our way quickly. Bartender in Need of a Career f you are a fan of the reality TL: You designed a dress for part Cajun Cove is located right off of Col- Change: Bobby Fisher television show Project Run- time local Jennifer Coolidge for a New lege Drive in a suburbia area and I was Nelliest Gay Man: Persana Shoul- way, Bravo has a treat for you Orleans event; tell me about your ex- sorry to hear that the pageant was their ders I perience. swan song; they have since shuttered this upcoming fall season. Season Sissiest Leather Man: Cathy Fox four finalist and standout personality CM: It is in one of the crazier their doors. I hope the wonderful bar- Butchest Bull Dyke: Jo Divelbess Chris March will be starring in the new episodes. I got this call from Jennifer tender Vanessa gets picked up some- And the most coveted awards Bravo show Mad Fashion which pre- Coolidge on Thursday to design a dress where soon, she was amazing. Hottest Mess and Douchebag of the mieres on Tuesday, October 4 at 9pm she was wearing for the Orpheus Pa- The show began with fifteen con- Year went to yours truly Tony Leggio. Central. You will follow Chris and his rade she was riding in on Monday testants and then was quickly whittled Bitches! Elizabeth and I also pre- eccentric crew as they create designer afternoon. I had to get it to her right down to ten. New Orleans own Tami sented the B.E.L.T. Life of the Party one-of-a-kind outfits for their high pro- away, so we were off to New Orleans Tarmac and Mercedes Ellis Loreal were award to the lovely Josie Mae Cotton file clientele. Tensions rise as March and scrambled to get it done. I abso- in the top ten also. The group numbers (the fabric of your life) who deserves it pushes the boundaries of fashion and lutely love her mansion in the Garden were just spectacular and I would love greatly. This special award will be challenges his clients’ comfort zones. District. But I would have walked over to give a shout out to Dextaci who gave given out to an individual in the audi- Chris March is a couture fashion broken glass to do that job. It was quite a performance with her gospel ence who we feel embodies the true and theatrical costume designer and tremendous and we loved every mo- choir to the Wynona Judd version of I meaning of this honor, just a person owner of Chris March Design. He ment of it, although we were exhausted Want To Know What Love Is. Tami that people want to be around, the so worked for ten years at Beach Blanket when it was all done, and even though Tarmac’s Burlesque tribute was out- called life of the party. Babylon, America’s longest running she invited us to the ball that night, we standing as was Maybelline’s Le Jazz I would like to thank everyone who show creating their signature outra- were unfortunately unable to go, be- Hot rendition. attended this year and stay tuned for geous hats and wigs. After moving to cause we had to be back in New York The atmosphere was lively and it next year when we will have different New York in 2001, Chris’ career gained to continue shooting. was so much fun meeting up with my categories and oh so many more ways momentum after his stint on Project TL: Who are some of the people new friends I recently met in Lake to be depreciated. Runway. Aside from his work appear- we will see on your show? Charles and Baton Rouge. Also con- ing in Broadway shows and Cirque Du CM: In addition to Jennifer, you will gratulations should go out to Athena Lake Charles Pride Soleil, he has designed for some of the see us design model Chrissy Teigen’s Campbell as the first alternate in the ake Charles Pride festival is world’s biggest celebrities such as gown for the MET Costume Gala, which pageant. So now we have our two almost here. After the over- Madonna, Prince, Beyonce, and Meryl is one of the city’s premier fashion finalists on their way to the Miss Gay whelming success of the first Streep. Recently I had the chance to events. Right now I am so excited America Pageant October 12 – 16 in L because I have the chance to design Columbus, Ohio. Good luck ladies, we ever LCPF in September 2009, with visit with Chris by phone about his new well over 1,000 visitors and partici- show. an outfit for Lady Gaga. When you get are all rooting for you. pants, and then the continued success TL: How did the show Mad Fash- a call like that, you just have to drop of the 2nd Annual Lake Charles Pride ion come about? everything for it. But that happens all Tony’s Tidbits Festival: United in Spirit in Septem- CM: Actually the producer called the time with celebrities, you get a frantic phone call and you produce the of Gay Wisdom ber 2010 where they doubled their at- me out of the blue and asked me if I ecently my cousin Angie tendance, the board of LCPF is hoping would be interested in doing the show. outfit. Very rarely do I meet up with them in person. and her husband Carlos to continue developing community re- Of course, I jumped at the chance; it had a lovely barbecue at lationships with the 2011 festival. The was definitely a great fit. TL: What do viewers have to look R forward to when they tune in for Mad their new house with the family and I theme for the 3rd annual festival is: TL: How did you come to be on got to finally meet our newest member, Free to Be: ______. You fill in your Project Runway? Fashion? CM: There is nothing quite like it their son Daniel who is nine months own identity. CM: I had no intention of being on old. He was just the most beautiful The main event will take place the show. I was doing a fashion show on television. It is very exciting and fun and terribly outrageous. There is not a child with a mop top of curly brown hair, from 1-6:30pm on October 1st at the that had some of my work in it. Tim big eyes full of amazement and a pre- Lake Charles Civic Center. LCPF is a lot of crazy drama, just a fun group of people in a hectic atmosphere. I mean cious little smile. Having a chance to celebration for the gay, lesbian, bi- play with him, feed him and rock him in sexual and transgendered (GLBT) how many people can say they have to make a dress out of 200 bras. It will be my arms was the coolest thing I had community as well as their friends, done all year; and trust me I have done family, and supporters in Southwest lots of fun, so I hope everyone tunes in to see us. some pretty fun things this year. But Louisiana. The event is centered on an there is something about children, and all-inclusive, family-oriented day in the Who says An Old Dog babies in particular, that fills you with park.