[Article à lire dans le magazine têtu· de l’été, ou sur abonnement] The villages of France are full of talents: the proof with six drag queens of our terroirs. Jean-Pierre Pernaut would be so proud.
On adore Drag Race France. But once the “All Stars” season is over this summer, we will still want it! That’s good, the season lends itself to a Tour de France of our Queens, which bring their ecot to the national decentralization effort. Playing cheerfully with folklore and stereotypes associated with their corner of France, they have high the colors of their regions.
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- Eva Porée, Saucisse Draguette (Illustration Photo)
Rennes has her queen: Eva Porée. But the latter prefers the snoring and self-attributed titles of analgesic archduchess of Brittany, Daronne de Rennes, and “Milf” (and not “Mother”) of the House of Vilaine. On her own, she represents the whole Rennes subculture: “One foot at the tea room, one foot at the punk bar, therefore I have the ass on the class struggle. ” Magnetic and “a bit vamp”, Wearing waders or Louis XIV dresses, she holds supernatural with her warm and dark voice: “When people see me arriving, they think I’m going to read them the future … “
- Fürsy from Colmar, Knack Queen
Kougelhopf dress (this delicious brioche that is consumed in the east), butterfly knot headdress, a sauerkraut always on hand … Fürsy von Colmar knows where it comes from. His cabaret show Knack fatalecurrently on tour, tells her sad story: a fallen guidance, accused of having slept with a German in 1940, before sinking into a deep coma. La Queen gives pride of place to self -mockery, as when she crosses a curtain of sausages “In the manner of Britney in « Circus »“. And her humor is all the rage: when she performs on the small Alsatian scenes, the public, “At the average age of about 65” And unaccustomed to the Drags shows, is with angels. Because in addition to being funny, the artist values regional culture: Fürsy is a former Germanic first name. Mixed, it means indifferently “prince” or “princess”.
- Clarabelle Bottle Fund, northern queen
“My name is Kévin, my mother is Lille, my father of the mining basin of Lens and my grandmother speaks ch’timisummarizes Clarabelle Fund of Bottle, a member of the aptly named House of Jambon-Breurre. Pride is strong in the north, despite the clichés that weigh on us. “ The Drag therefore plays these stereotypes: fucking, outrageous and a little trashy, it dresses with “Memers’ dresses” and “Kekés attributes”all in an explosion of garish colors. And of course, she picked, Clarabelle Bottle fund; She also resumes with her delicious ch’ti accent to cut with a knife “The mushroom pancakes” by Olivia Ruiz, which she decorates with beer. Behind this kitsch character appears to be great tenderness: in the blink of an eye to her father, a great aficionado of the RC Lens, she plans to make a dress with scarves from the club. Blood and gold, the queen!
- Coco Ricard, ode to cagoles
Holder with frills, blue and yellow sequins reminiscent of pastis by the sea, Coco Ricard is “The plus drag Queen shit it” from France. She wants to pay tribute to these women “Perceived as stupid but which are in fact very courageous”. Young, when she dreamed in her mother’s hair salon, far from the atmosphere “Masculinist Kéké” surrounding, Coco already admired them: “They are exuberant, colorful and are not afraid to assume.” To play Coco is also to reconnect with this identity which she was ashamed when she arrived in Paris. “What attracted me to the Drag was the antithesis of the Parisian woman, cold, chic, in a little black dresssouligne la comedy queen. What is important as a cagole is to match your nails with your thong. “ Provoc, alluring, “Too Much” and so endearing, Coco Ricard wants to be an ambassador of this southern (Nice) that she loves so much, even in her wardrobe: tailors “Monegasque bourgeois way” And dresses are de rigorous.
- Vanus, goddess of the Périgord ass
Pure product of the Périgord terroir, “Freshly out of his hole”Vanus is a night performer and a girl from the Dordognaise campaign, “A glamorous character who is not afraid of ridicule”. But this pin-up is not just a physique, it is also an outstanding creator whose fairy fingers make vertiginous wigs and improbable accessories. Notice to gourmets, when the Miss faces when preparing a broth, it is she who constitutes the main ingredient! But back to our sheep: “I also have a show where I performed in cow on “Etienne” From Guesh Patti, and where I try to seduce the farmer with my udders! “ We are reassured. While waiting for the Drag scene to develop in its region, Vanus tours the bars of small villages, and is preparing to do that of the prides: excideuil, Périgueux (she was godmother in 2024), Angoulême or Bergerac, “If it takes place”. But more than a star of our terroirs, Vanus sees himself as “A big fish in the pond”.
- Athena Brest, Breizh strong
The war goddess Athena protected the current Greek capital, Athena Brest watches over that of Finistère. Main animator of the local scene within the Glory All and Court of Chimera collectives, she takes advantage of her eight years of Breton dance: “Few spectators have never made Festnoz!” Trans and lesbian, she wants to be the face of a “Gayton” flag, that is to say the Gwenn Ha of (the Breton flag with the famous black hermine spellings on a white background) put in the colors of the rainbow. Recently, in Nantes – in “Historical Brittany”she wants to specify-it is the head high that she wore a earthy Bigouden headdress in the colors of the Trans flag. After distributing pancakes to the public, she interpreted the Karantez vroa traditional song on a woman torn between her two lovers, allegory of Breton fate – and, often, gay.
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Illustration photo credit: Caterinafranci