In a cosy dressing room tucked into a nook of Sydney’s Carriageworks, eight drag queens are in a flurry preparing for their last bid to take home the crown of all crowns: the first ever Miss First Nation Supreme Queen.
Amid the contouring, the gluing of eyelashes and the securing of wigs, the sass flies among the competitors thick and fast. “Pomara, please tell me again about how you were on RuPaul’s,” yells Trinity Max, who is of Māori and Cook Islands heritage. “Oh, shut up!” shoots back Pomara Fifth, a Kamilaroi queen – and RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under season two contestant.
