Meet Vancie

Vancie Vega, a transgender entertainer who’s been in show business since she was 15, has had a long and unconventional history as a performer. Former beauty queen, former Miss Texas, and former Miss Continental Elite, she honed her unique impersonator talent in Las Vegas as the first Madonna impersonator and is now highly coveted for her incredible Dolly Parton impersonation. 

Vancie found her escape from a disruptive home life in drag. Spending years as a child performing plays for her family and, like many other performers, aching to be on stage, she has built a three-decades long career based on passion and drive. But as much as drag may have saved her, she considers herself more an actor than a drag queen.

For Vancie, performing brings joy to people. A basic, simple truth that makes what she does so important. But as drag becomes more mainstream, she describes what makes drag so important now as well.