Both are on their way to compete for the title of Miss Gay America 2026 in Little Rock, Arkansas.

“I also would like to do some outreach, since this is an election year, to get the vote out. Dessie Love-Blake, the Galveston-based female illusionist, was crowned as the national pageant winner.

Love-Blake represented Miss Gay MidWest America, a pageant where she clenched the top spot in November 2023 to earn her berth at the national competition held in Little Rock, Arkansas.

It’s been a winning combination that has allowed the couple to enhance their goal of raising charitable dollars through the art of female illusion.

With that community-minded spirit, Love-Blake has started contemplating the future and how she wants to use her status for philanthropy and place-building.

“I would like to use the title to raise money and do a lot of fundraising.

Your passion and dedication is evident to all.

Once there, she rose to the top of the judges’ score sheets to cement her place as the nation’s best drag superstar. They are a team: he creates costumes and she serves as the front-facing end of the brand. “Once I won Miss Gay Texas, the title was such a demanding job for me that I had to make the jump and leave my full-time job,” she says. I have been responding to emails, chats, texts, Facebook messages, and Instagram messages ever since.”

The blur might continue for a few more weeks, as expected following all the hoopla and hurrahs surrounding any national title winner.

My platform is going to be The Trevor Project,” Love-Blake says. This former real-estate agent and radiology physics teacher’s entrance into drag has an unexpected origin story.

“I started performing drag in June 2011,” she says. Thank you to promoter, Michael Benanzer for creating a magical event!