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Long-time Miami drag performer, Shelley Novak, honored the LGBT community in South Florida with the 25th Annual Shelley Novak Awards last Thursday at Kill Your Idol. The awards—a spoof of the Academy Awards—featured categories such as the best drag name (“Queef Latina”), the most glamorous (Miss Toto), and the best drag king, as well as several other categories. The South-Florida LGBT organization, The House of Lords, featured prominently at the event, winning the Lifetime Achievement Award. The event was also not without emotion, where the “father” of the House of Lords, Alexis Lords, dramatically relinquished his leadership of 25 years to Roger Lords. The complete list of winners is below.
THE 25TH ANNUAL SHELLEY NOVAK AWARDS – WINNERS
BEST DRAG NAME: Queef Latina
BEST COSTUMES: Andro Gin
BEST CLUB KID: Kunst
MOST GLAMOROUS: Miss Toto
BEST LATIN PERFORMER: Juleisy Y Karla
BEST MAKE UP: Persephone Von Lips
BEST NEW ARTIST: Candi Dixxx and Celia Booze (in a tie)
BEST FORT LAUDERDALE QUEEN: Amanda Austin
BEST DRAG VENUE: Flaming Classics
BEST PERFORMANCE/NIGHT: Elishay De Wishes “climbs a double decker bus”
BEST WIGS: Queef Latina
BEST DRAG KING: Andro Gin, Ded Cooter and King Femme (in a three-way tie)
LIFE-TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Helen Swan
HELEN SWAN: The House of Lords