Ivy Winters
American Drag Performer
Ivy Winters (born October 5, 1986) is the stage name of Dustin Winters, an American drag performer, singer and actor. She is best known for competing on the fifth season of the reality-show RuPaul's Drag Race, later winning the Miss Congeniality title.
Biography
Winters was born to Tricia Winters in Greenville, Michigan, and raised in Fenwick, Michigan. Before Drag Race, Winters worked as a circus performer for eight and a half years in New York, where he learned how to juggle, walk on stilts and breathe fire. He started doing drag at 18. He was a costume designer for Lady Bunny and season three contestant Manila Luzon. He came out as gay to his parents at his freshman year of high school. His sister came out as a lesbian a year later. His brother came out the following year.
Career
Winters was announced as one of the fourteen contestants for the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race on January 28, 2013.
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