US EditionMaxi Shield RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under Star Dies as Tributes Paid
Maxi Shield, a beloved Sydney drag performer and Drag Race Down Under star, lost her battle with cancer after five months of treatment including chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
- Entertainment Weekly confirmed Monday that RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under season one queen Maxi Shield has died, while Universal Sydney and Wigs By Vanity announced her passing and shared tributes.
- Hospitalised during a Fringe show, Maxi Shield's swollen gland pressed throat blood vessels; doctors diagnosed cancer the following month, and she received chemotherapy and radiotherapy until January.
- Her resume includes performing at the Sydney Olympics closing ceremony and opened the Gay Games, and she returned earlier this month with a February 5 Oxford Street gig, after finishing radiation.
- Fellow Drag Race alumni and friends paid tribute online, with Dillon Shaw saying the community was 'shocked and deeply saddened' by Maxi Shield's passing, and Kita Mean calling her 'the kindest queen.'
- As a mentor and icon, she positioned the scene for Sydney's drag community, with Mardi Gras expected to feel more solemn without her and the community carrying her spirit.
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Maxi Shield Dies: ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under’ Star Was 51
Maxi Shield, a Sydney-based star of Australia’s RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under, died over the weekend six months after announcing a throat cancer diagnosis. She was 51. Shield, who offstage also used her birth name Kristopher Elliot, chronicled the cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment on Instagram. Her passing, which some reports indicate occurred on Saturday, […]
'Drag Race Down Under' star Maxi Shield has died
Drag Race Down Under star Maxi Shield has died at age 51.The season one Australian drag queen’s death was announced in a social post by Universal Sydney, one of the city’s premier LGBTQ+ nightclubs, where Maxi regularly performed.“We are shocked and deeply saddened by the news of our beloved Maxi Shield’s passing,” the post reads.Alongside a photo of Maxi was a caption written by the venue’s licensee, Dillon Shaw, that called her an "iconic pres…
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NY Daily News‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ queen Maxi Shield dead at 51
Maxi Shield, widely recognized for competing on “ RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under,” has died at 51.
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