Belting it out to Cher's If I Could Turn Back Time, Craig Edgerton's black leather jacket, cheeky suspenders and ringlet wig won the judges over, crowning him the ultimate drag queen on Saturday night.
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Orange's newest drag champion faced off with four other local residents at The Hotel Canobolas, each lip sync battling one another in front of a crowd of 200 people - all in the name of charity.
"It was just a really great night and everyone involved did a fantastic job," the hotel's general manager and drag contestant, Carmel Wilkins said.
"The night has raised more than $20,000 for Beyond Blue."
The city's mayor, Jason Hamling and member for Orange, Phil Donato were seated front and centre at the Blues Can Be a Real Drag fundraiser, where gender conformity remained a non-existent concept.
Central West's notorious drag queen. Betty Confetti provided endless laughs as the evening's emcee, with the host's role said to have audience-goers "in absolute stitches."
Following the flying success of the weekend charity bash, all proceeds will now be directed to support one of Australia's leading mental health support organisations.
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Em Gobourg is a Cabonne-based journo with the CWD. Outside of people and business yarns, she's usually wearing Tradie boots or found on a rugby paddock. Want to get in touch? Flick an email to emily.gobourg@austcommunitymedia.com.au
Em Gobourg is a Cabonne-based journo with the CWD. Outside of people and business yarns, she's usually wearing Tradie boots or found on a rugby paddock. Want to get in touch? Flick an email to emily.gobourg@austcommunitymedia.com.au
