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My look today,

I just want to go something very casual.

Just going to the store and get some milk,

nothing too flashy.

(cameras flashing)

You know, I know some girls go over the top,

but I just want to keep it very demure.

(upbeat music playing)

Hi, I'm Maddy Morphosis,

I am 26 years old and I am from Fayetteville, Arkansas.

The name Maddy Morphosis

is just a play on the word metamorphosis,

which is in my opinion,

like the epitome of what drag is.

The drag in Arkansas was really amazing.

There is like so much diversity

and different like styles of drag.

It is very like pageant centric though,

where obviously I'm not much of a pageant queen (laughs).

The only downside is that it's

in the middle of nowhere.

I had to travel like three hours for a bookings

for 40 dollars and three drink tickets.

So this is definitely the biggest gig I've had so far.

I do a lot of like pop culture stuff,

just to kind of take things that I see

that I like outside of drag and just make them drag.

Anything that I like or I'm interested in,

I just find a way to make it drag.

And that is Maddy Morphosis.

I am the very first cisgendered straight drag queen

on RuPaul's drag race.

I really, I broke that glass ceiling.

Yeah.

It's finally time for straight white men

to have their piece of the pie. Right?

While I am straight,

I don't consider myself a straight drag queen.

I'm just a drag queen who happens to be straight.

My sexuality doesn't like define the drag that I do,

it doesn't impact that.

It's just a facet of who I am,

outside of drag.

Honestly whenever I started doing drag,

it was like 2017,

and I thought,

I'm sure there's like a lot of

straight drag Queens out there.

And as I started doing it, you know,

I've met bisexual drag Queens, pansexual, non-binary.

But I realized like there are no other

straight drag Queens doing this.

Hopefully like the random cisgender straight guys

watching drag race with their girlfriends,

can realize that it's okay to be yourself,

embrace your femininity.

It doesn't change who you are.

Doesn't define who you are.

Just calm down. It's not that serious.

I used to go to a lot of drag shows with friends,

and I always told myself I would never do that.

But then it was like the first time I saw,

a cut camping comedy queen come into town,

and I was just like,

holy (beep) you could do that too?

Like, I didn't know that,

that looks like fun.

The rest is history. Here I be.

Obviously like being a straight drag queen,

you start getting a couple of sideways glances.

But for the most part,

everyone has really like embraced me,

and supporting me doing drag.

And I just like,

I love the scene, the fable drag scene.

Everyone there is my family,

and I just, I love them all so much (laughs).

I feel like my being on the show

is definitely something that RuPaul's drag race

hasn't seen before.

It's definitely something different.

And I think my being on the show

can really tap into a lot of the guys watching at home,

like this just straight guys.

And really just like,

projecting to them that gender

is completely arbitrary.

Just be yourself.

Like all the guys out there that are just

dressing up, trying to be like super masculine,

they're doing drag too without even realizing it.

Just live your life. Be you (laughs).

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All right. Meet the Queen's Maddy, ABC marker.

When it comes to my drag,

honestly I am very competitive.

But for the most part

I'm just competitive with myself.

Always trying to like improve up on myself

and try to be better than I was

the last time I stepped out.

If another queen tries to come from me,

honestly when it comes to conflict,

I'm very much just turn the other cheek,

not worrying about it.

But if they press it,

then I get a little testy (laughs).

Coming to this competition,

my biggest goal was just to get here,

but now that I'm here,

I'm leaving with the crown.

Honestly the thing I'm the most nervous about,

in this challenge is some of the design challenges.

I can whip up an outfit

and really piece something together.

But making like a whole outfit from scratch,

in a day,

is not something I'm a 100 percent excited about.

(laughs).

Being on the show and like being here

is honestly the most amazing opportunity

I could ever ask for.

I feel very privileged and very lucky

to be here.

And this is like,

honestly a chance for me to

experience so much more in life

and see more of the world.

And hopefully, take home the crown

and pay off my college loans.

And I am America's next drag superstar.

Because on top of being beautiful, funny,

creative, talented,

I'm also something RuPaul's drag race has not seen yet.

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