Can someone explain to me why girls do the 'showgirl' look?

[TsVanessa69]

My one and only experience with the pageant scene was back in November 2001 when I somehow got convined to enter a small one in Boston.

I was the only contestant to show up to the dressing room area as a girl, all the others came as boys and then got super glammed up. I got accused of actually being a real girl, as one of the other queens was like "You're a real girl- you can't enter this!".

There were like 3 things we had to do, a lip synch number, an evening gown competition, and some sort of Q & A. Whereas the other girls did these sorta dance-y lip synch numbers (one of them had these three buff back up dancers), I did a strip tease to Bjork's "It's Oh So Quiet"- which is about as left-field as you could possibly get.

I pretty much bombed on the Q&A and then my evening gown was something very simple and not-glittery that I bought at Filenes. Everyone else had these horrible glittery things that were supposed to be Chanel or something.. They seemed really out of style to me, but whatever.

I was about as square, straight girl and looked as "Audrey Hepburn" as one could get, which was obviously not what they were looking for, so wasn't even close to winning. Also, my costume for the lip synch number fell apart right before I went out on stage. Thus ends my one and only experience with the pageant scene...

I have a video of it somewhere. It's embarassing, but I've gotten over that. Hmm, maybe I'll put it up on youtube..

-Tara

I have always loved your costumes Tara , they are so creative, yet erotic at the same time.

[Tara Emory]

I have always loved your costumes Tara , they are so creative, yet erotic at the same time.

Thank you Vanessa! But I think it's pretty easy to see that most my work doesn't really fall into what people usually associate with the whole Drag Queen/pageant scene.. Showgirl?, maybe. Actually, I'd love to be a Vegas Showgirl!

-Tara

[felix volkbein]

I did a strip tease to Bjork's "It's Oh So Quiet"

How very cool! I'll bet Matthew Barney dug it.

[Tara Emory]

I did a strip tease to Bjork's "It's Oh So Quiet"

How very cool! I'll bet Matthew Barney dug it.

Yay! I just succesfully got a video uploaded to youtube!

Here it is:

[Trogdor]

I did a strip tease to Bjork's "It's Oh So Quiet"

How very cool! I'll bet Matthew Barney dug it.

Yay! I just succesfully got a video uploaded to youtube!

Here it is:

cute, Tara.

I think this would have made a nice Easter egg for one of your DVD's

[Tara Emory]

I did a strip tease to Bjork's "It's Oh So Quiet"

How very cool! I'll bet Matthew Barney dug it.

Yay! I just succesfully got a video uploaded to youtube!

Here it is:

cute, Tara.

I think this would have made a nice Easter egg for one of your DVD's

Yes it would have.. The only reason I wouldn't is that the song is copyrighted, and you can't just put something like that on a DVD and sell it.. Even worse so that it's on a "porn" DVD.

And also I sorta disavowed the performance. It's not me at my best, but since it's like 6 years ago I don't care any more.. Actually I thought I had taped over it/destroyed the tapes but I hadn't.

I'm also making some PG-13 teaser trailers for my DVDs for youtube- classifying them sorta with the burlesque stuff so maybe they don't realize they're ads for porn DVDs.

I got 2 more up:



This is all part of a huge video expansion marketing blitz that includes expanding my videos on my website (of which people have said it was lacking)

-Tara

[Trogdor]

I did a strip tease to Bjork's "It's Oh So Quiet"

How very cool! I'll bet Matthew Barney dug it.

Yay! I just succesfully got a video uploaded to youtube!

Here it is:

cute, Tara.

I think this would have made a nice Easter egg for one of your DVD's

Yes it would have.. The only reason I wouldn't is that the song is copyrighted, and you can't just put something like that on a DVD and sell it.. Even worse so that it's on a "porn" DVD.

And also I sorta disavowed the performance. It's not me at my best, but since it's like 6 years ago I don't care any more.. Actually I thought I had taped over it/destroyed the tapes but I hadn't.

I'm also making some PG-13 teaser trailers for my DVDs for youtube- classifying them sorta with the burlesque stuff so maybe they don't realize they're ads for porn DVDs.

I got 2 more up:



This is all part of a huge video expansion marketing blitz that includes expanding my videos on my website (of which people have said it was lacking)

-Tara

I gotta put aside some cash for your 3 other DVD's, since I bought #3 from you last year, which I enjoyed ( you made for a very hot Egyption Queen ) ....and thanks for autographing it, Tara!

I liked your birthday cake bit in #4 there, you look more stunning than usual in that one, and with my birthday coming up in less than a month, it would be awesome seeing you jumping out of my cake.
Though I'd probably jump in it

Hope your weekend goes well, Tara.

[TsVanessa69]

Hey simple answer, girls give a showgirl look when they are about to do a show!
Now I am doing a show, tomorrow, here in Chicago at Hamburger Marys on Clark and Balmoral with 4 other ts. So chicago guys can see stage make-up at its best!!! Showtime is 10:15pm. Drink specials too!

The show was fun, but we had MORE fun afterwards!!

[Trogdor]

Hey simple answer, girls give a showgirl look when they are about to do a show!
Now I am doing a show, tomorrow, here in Chicago at Hamburger Marys on Clark and Balmoral with 4 other ts. So chicago guys can see stage make-up at its best!!! Showtime is 10:15pm. Drink specials too!

The show was fun, but we had MORE fun afterwards!!

You look cute in blue

[Tara Emory]

I gotta put aside some cash for your 3 other DVD's, since I bought #3 from you last year, which I enjoyed ( you made for a very hot Egyption Queen ) ....and thanks for autographing it, Tara!

I liked your birthday cake bit in #4 there, you look more stunning than usual in that one, and with my birthday coming up in less than a month, it would be awesome seeing you jumping out of my cake.
Though I'd probably jump in it

Hope your weekend goes well, Tara.

One shoot that I'm going to do this year is a sort of "Magician's assistant", you know, the girl who's on the wheel while knives are thrown at her, sawed in half.. that kind of stuff..[/i]