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PURCHASE YOUR PRESALE TICKETS @ LE' CHIC SALON (1529 19TH ST) MY STAGE NAME IS ALYSSA NICOLE WHITNEY (GILBERT) 26 LATINO FROM BAKERSFIELD,CA. THE FIRST DRAG SHOW THAT I EVER SEEN WAS IN MCALLEN,TX (THE VALLEY). I STARTED DOING SHOWS WHEN I WAS 18 YEARS OLD IN SAN ANTONIO,TX. MY FIRST STAGE NAME WAS "ALYSSA AVIANCE", BUT SHORTLY AFTER THAT I CHANGED IT TO ALYSSA NICOLE WHITNEY AND BECAME "ALEXIS NICOLE WHITNEYs" FIRST DRAG DAUGHTER AND BEST FRIEND. I STARTED KNOWING NOTHING ABOUT DRAG SHOWS JUST THE LITTLE THAT I SAW. I HAD A LOT OF HELP FROM CLOSE FRIENDS LIKE LEANDRA LANG THAT WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO PAINT MY FACE, ALEXIS THAT LENT ME HER COSTUMS AND OTHER THINGS, ALL MY WHITNEY FAMILY THAT SHOWED ME DIFFERENT THINGS, LAYLA LARUE THAT ALWAYS GAVE ME MOTIVATION TO START PAINTING MYSELF(I LIVE FOR HER STYLE),ERICA ANDREWS THAT INVITED ME WHEN I FIRST GOT TO SAN ANTONIO TO EAT WITH HER AND THE SAINT CREW(THANK YOU ERICA),SHARI FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE TO CHEER ME ON AND PROTECT ME(THANK YOU SHARI), AND TO EVERYONE ELSE THANK YOU. I REALY MISS EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU. MY FIRST COMPETITION WAS AT THE BONHAM EXCHANGE (I WON) AND THEN THE NEXT NIGHT I WENT TO COMPETTE FOR THE WEEK AT THE SAINT (I WON). I WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT WINNING BOTH NIGHTS. MY FIRST BIG COMPETITION WAS MISS FIESTA METROPLEX 2000 (I WON THERE ALSO). AFTER THAT MISS MCALLEN USofA WAS AROUND THE CORNER AND I TALKED TO ALEXIS ABOUT COMPETTING FOR IT AND SHE SAID LET GO. SO WE DID, WHERE I GOT 2 RUNNER UP AND BEST EVENING GOWN (I WAS HAPPY)AND MY LAST COMPETITION BRFORE I MOVED BACK HOME TO CALIFORNIA WAS FOR MISS ALAMO CITY USofA 2000 (WHERE I GOT 2 RUNNER UP AS WHILE, BEST EVENING GOWN, AND MISS CONGINUALITY). I MOVED BACK TO CALIFORNIA IN JULY 2000. I GOT INTRODUCED TO FRANCOS NIGHT CLUB IN CASTROVILLE,CA. I STARTED PERFORMING THERE ON SATURDAY NIGHTS BUT IT WASNT THE SAME. A COUPLE MONTHS LATER MY GRANDFATHER PAST AWAY AND I DECIDE TO STOP DOING SHOWS. I WAS WORKING WITH THE MONTEREY COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENT AT THAT TIME AND GOT INTRODUCED TO ONE OF LAYLA LARUEs COUSINS (ELIZABETH MARTINEZ) AND SHE TOLD ME ABOUT ONE OF HER COUSINs THAT LIVED IN TEXAS AND WAS BERLY CROWNED MISS TEXAS. SO I PUT TWO AND TWO TOGETHER AND ASKED HER IF SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT LAYLA LARUE(SHE SAID YES).THAT GOT ME MOTIVATED ONCE AGAIN TO START DOING SHOWS. SO OF COURSE I DID. WHILE ALL THAT WAS GOING ON I MET A GUY NAMED JOSE AT A HANG OUT PLACE IN SALINAS,CA. ON FEBURARY 13TH 2001 AND SPENT ALL NIGHT LONG TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS, AS SOON AS WE KNEW IT DAY LIGHT WAS COMING OUT (THE 14TH OF FEBURARY) AND I STILL NEEDED TO DRIVE BACK HOME (30 MINUTES AWAY) AND GET TO WORK BEFORE 8A.M. WOW WHAT A NIGHT THAT WAS. BUT IT WAS ALL WORTH IT BECAUSE WE ARE STILL TOGETHER TILL THIS DAY. BACK TO ALYSSA "LOL". I COMPETTED LAST YEAR IN NOVEMBER FOR MISS SIN CITY USofA(I DIDNT DO GOOD AT ALL)BUT IT WAS A EXPERIENCE FOR ME BECAUSE I HADENT COMPETTED IN 4 OR 5 YEARS. IM GOING TO TRY FOR MISS SIN CITY USofA AGAIN THIS YEAR IN NOVEMBER. THIS TIME IM GOING TO BE READY.