i kept renting this video again and again in the 80s. a wonderful part of my growing up years.

My favourites were Rachel Wells, Michael Andrews, and Naomi Sims. They were giving me Joan Collins Dynasty realness. But all of them were beautiful and extremely brave.

I saw this pageant as a 12 year old boy. I was fascinated. Especially by Tasha Kohl. I never dreamed that a few short years later I would get the opportunity to meet, work with, or be friends with so many of the ladies in this competition. Charlie Summers(rip) and Sweet Savage (rip) did not make the finals in this pageant..but I worked for years with both of them. Freddie (savage) was actually the first drag queen I met in Dallas. She did me a great favor as a total stranger. I was 16. My bf at the time beat me up outside the bar and left me there. I had just moved to Texas and had no idea how to get home or even where home was. Freddie paid a cab driver friend take me to the city I lived in and drive me around until I recognized something. I seeked her out the next week to repay her kindness. She never let me. This was the person Sweet Savage was. It lead to several years of friendship..and a life time of adoration. I still think Tasha Kohl is the G.O.A.T. and is also such a kind and genuine person.

They are all WINNERS just outstanding class

Good lord these dresses are stunning and one of them was designed by Bob Mackie.

This is dope. All the guys descriptions on how they actually transform was so interesting. More than them actually wanting to be women I view this as a sport and entertainment lane of men going up in drag.

Such beautiful ladies ♥️💗 I’m fearful to wonder how many are no longer with us. I love watching these 80s and 90s drag and performance videos. All the different fashions, how they did their makeup and hair and how they perform, the songs they chose. The stages, the MC, the pomp and circumstances! It’s our history! But it is often bittersweet, when I research them I find that many are no longer with us. Such talent, taken before they should 🙏🏻🌈♥️🕊

Sooooooooooo beautiful, dresses/gowns are too.

Rachel Wells is gorgeous!

They was looking great and must have had some of the men there excited upon seeing them.

Jimi Dee was gorgeous! ❤️❤️❤️

Gorgeous reminds me of the Salleys Hideaway days in NYC.

The last one! Lovely face!

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!!!! I have been wanting to see this :)

They are stunning!!!

R.I.P. Lyle Waggoner.

A really good show and my vote goes to number 2 Rachel. She looks gorgeous in that dress.

Jocelyn looks like Blanche Devereaux off of the “Golden Girls”

Man their wigs are amazing

These were the queens In their days.

Tasha Kohl was such a nice person. I worked at Copa in Houston when he worked there.

I'd love to see this whole thing

Rachel's dress was beautiful.

Where was this? in Galveston Texas at the Moody Ciivic Center on the seawall?

Damn I was 4 at this time 😂😂😂😂 shit was going on before I was born lol damn

How I miss that camera lense. No HD, no wrinkles.

So easy to be natural in the 80s the big hair.

Look great

I remember Roxanne Russell (R.I.P.). He/she was probably the most famous out of all of them. She was in the movie 'Hollywood Vice Squad' with Carrie Fisher, and I think in the Renee Richard movie 'Second Serve' also.

Does anyone have this entire video of this?! Thank you

These ladies are fiercer than I will ever be. D:

Does anyone know if Jocelyn Summers is still with us? I had (may still have somewhere) this full show on VHS, and I loved Jocelyn's talent, which was a very unique take on Kim Carnes's "Bette Davis Eyes." I would love to be able to see it again.

Is the host Lyle Waggoner? Looks and sounds like him. I'm not used to the sunglasses though.

I could have fun with that country boy.

oh wow! was this shown on national tv?

WHERE DID THIS TAKE PLACE?????!????!

Are any of these contestants still alive???

Such a shame all the good men are taken

Do we know who won? Of course they're all winners!

would be interestiong to see straight f i compete and do it well to the point of fooling many

Didn't Bianca Del Rio look great?

Most of the dresses are awful. Guess it’s the 80’s

The sad part is today woman would be upset they can't perform as well 🤦

Its been over 25 years and I still miss Naomi Sims somthing awful. He was the sweetest and genuinely kind. I know she's up there in heaven doing what she loved more than anything entertaining people and making the smile.