PS: Tell us about the materialization of Fauxnique.
F: Fauxnique evolved over the course of my performing drag. I was performing consistently throughout 2002 as a drag queen under a different persona. Then, my friend saw a store called Fauxnique, and gave me that name.
In 2003, my friends convinced me to do the Miss Trannyshack pageant, which is open to men and women. It was this really popular event, and about 1,000 people attend it. So I entered as Fauxnique, who was a prima ballerina refugee from "Fauxqueenistan." And I won the pageant! From then on I was [officially] Fauxnique. I made history as the first biological female to win a drag pageant. The attention, that audience, and doing Fauxnique there, really helped me to build and hone my performance.
![PS: Tell us about the materialization of Fauxnique.
F: Fauxnique evolved over the course of my performing drag. I was performing consistently throughout 2002 as a drag queen under a different persona. Then, my friend saw a store called Fauxnique, and gave me that name.
In 2003, my friends convinced me to do the Miss Trannyshack pageant, which is open to men and women. It was this really popular event, and about 1,000 people attend it. So I entered as Fauxnique, who was a prima ballerina refugee from "Fauxqueenistan." And I won the pageant! From then on I was [officially] Fauxnique. I made history as the first biological female to win a drag pageant. The attention, that audience, and doing Fauxnique there, really helped me to build and hone my performance.](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/wFBqxZyWoFTrYCEVD4i0MEfi8e4/fit-in/1024x1024/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2014/10/06/120/n/1922153/987045bd8338466a_WEB_fauxniqueCVN08/i/PS-Tell-us-about-materialization-Fauxnique.jpg "PS: Tell us about the materialization of Fauxnique.
F: Fauxnique evolved over the course of my performing drag. I was performing consistently throughout 2002 as a drag queen under a different persona. Then, my friend saw a store called Fauxnique, and gave me that name.
In 2003, my friends convinced me to do the Miss Trannyshack pageant, which is open to men and women. It was this really popular event, and about 1,000 people attend it. So I entered as Fauxnique, who was a prima ballerina refugee from \"Fauxqueenistan.\" And I won the pageant! From then on I was [officially] Fauxnique. I made history as the first biological female to win a drag pageant. The attention, that audience, and doing Fauxnique there, really helped me to build and hone my performance.")
