“Drags started the whole thing. Back in Stonewall, it was a drag queen that stood up and defended the whole LGTB + Community. It took a fucking drag queen to stand up and yell “We have the right”.”
This is a first row seat level act where her personality will rise the show, no high stage is needed. A cozy cabaret is getting ready for another Puerto Vallarta drag show, a show that for sure is like no other.
This 2020 represents different decades, a year of parties, the year to pull out the best attires to highlight the second decade of drag with 20 particular clothing changes. After all, this is “her party”.
The story of a Drag Queen, a fortunate circumstance
By accident, Miss Butterfly’s career started 20 years ago in Montreal thanks to her best friend.
“One of my friends was studying to be a makeup artist in Montreal at College La Salle, and he needed a model to transform a man into a woman. He’s my best friend so I went up to the studio, he transformed me and I looked pretty good! So the following week we both decided we should dress up in Drag and go out to party in the clubs of Montreal. He did my makeup and then changed his mind so I went out by myself to party. I was dancing and having fun and at one point the manager of one of the clubs came up to me and said: “OMG! You’re so good, you’re so energetic, would you come and perform next week? I will pay you.” I was like “What? You will pay me for this? Are you kidding me? Ok, I’ll come, I’ll try it.” And this is how I started… One gig led to another.”
Her name, “Mis Butterfly”, has followed her from the beginning of her career 20 years ago. Since the start she knew what she wanted to represent and it has stuck for all this time.
“When I first started doing drag, I didn’t want people to put me in a category and this is how I came up with the name. A day butterfly can be very colorful, every color is possible, but they can also be very dark, like a moth, a night butterfly. When you see one fly, it’s impossible to tell if it is a male or female, and this is what I want to provoque.
I also believe the evolution of a butterfly is quite unique: starts as an egg, then a caterpillar, a cocoon, and then the expansion. All this is really involved in my life with who I am myself and I represent that in my show with a lot of small changes, it’s like I’m coming out of a cocoon everytime.”
The story of a Drag Queen, a fortunate circumstance
By accident, Miss Butterfly’s career started 20 years ago in Montreal thanks to her best friend.
“One of my friends was studying to be a makeup artist in Montreal at College La Salle, and he needed a model to transform a man into a woman. He’s my best friend so I went up to the studio, he transformed me and I looked pretty good! So the following week we both decided we should dress up in Drag and go out to party in the clubs of Montreal. He did my makeup and then changed his mind so I went out by myself to party. I was dancing and having fun and at one point the manager of one of the clubs came up to me and said: “OMG! You’re so good, you’re so energetic, would you come and perform next week? I will pay you.” I was like “What? You will pay me for this? Are you kidding me? Ok, I’ll come, I’ll try it.” And this is how I started… One gig led to another.”
Her name, “Mis Butterfly”, has followed her from the beginning of her career 20 years ago. Since the start she knew what she wanted to represent and it has stuck for all this time.
“When I first started doing drag, I didn’t want people to put me in a category and this is how I came up with the name. A day butterfly can be very colorful, every color is possible, but they can also be very dark, like a moth, a night butterfly. When you see one fly, it’s impossible to tell if it is a male or female, and this is what I want to provoque.
I also believe the evolution of a butterfly is quite unique: starts as an egg, then a caterpillar, a cocoon, and then the expansion. All this is really involved in my life with who I am myself and I represent that in my show with a lot of small changes, it’s like I’m coming out of a cocoon everytime.”
