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Maxi Shield

Maxi Shield
Maxi Shield at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2023
Born
Kristopher Elliot
TelevisionRuPaul's Drag Race Down Under (season 1)
Websitemaxidragqueen.com

Maxi Shield is the stage name of Kristopher Elliot,[1] an Australian drag performer who competed on the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under.

Career

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Maxi Shield in 2022

Maxi Shield performed at the 2000 Olympic Games closing ceremony and opened the Gay Games in 2002. She competed on the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under.[2][3][4] She impersonated Magda Szubanski during the Snatch Game challenge.[5] Maxi Shield was eliminated from the competition after placing in the bottom two of the make-over challenge, then losing a lip-sync battle against Scarlet Adams.[6][7] She has since appeared at RuPaul's DragCon UK.[8]

In 2020, Maxi Shield and fellow Drag Race contestant Hannah Conda attempted to set a new world record for the largest Drag Queen Story Time event at Oxtravaganza.[9][10]

Maxi Shield plays Maxine Fowler in the film The Winner Takes It All.[11][12][13]

Personal life

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Elliot is based in Sydney.[14][15]

Maxi Shield participated in the "We're Better Than That" campaign to prevent domestic violence, having experienced it as a child.[16][17]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role
2005 Going Down Under Transvestite
2023 The Winner Takes It All Maxine Fowler

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2005 All Saints Drag Queen Episode: "Outside Looking In"
2018 You Can't Ask That Herself Episode: "Drag"
2021 RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under (season 1) Herself (contestant) 6th place
2022 Bring Back My Girls Herself Episode: "RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under Season 1"
2023 Tongue Thai'd Herself Episode: "Maxi Shield at Crispy Pork Gang"

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "MEET RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE DOWN UNDER QUEEN- MAXI SHIELD". Star Observer. 2021-04-19. Archived from the original on 2022-06-28. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  2. ^ "Exclusive: Drag Race Down Under star Maxi Shield spills the T on her Madonna collab and that iconic stunt". GAY TIMES. 2021-06-08. Archived from the original on 2023-03-07. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  3. ^ Dunn, Billie Schwab (2021-06-08). "Drag Race Down Under's Maxi Shield on importance of uplifting Indigenous voices". Metro. Archived from the original on 2021-06-08. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  4. ^ "Maxi Shield On Being A Plus-Sized Older Queen & Listening To Indigenous Voices". Star Observer. 2021-06-07. Archived from the original on 2021-12-05. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  5. ^ "Here's who the Drag Race Down Under queens will impersonate on Snatch Game". GAY TIMES. 2021-05-07. Archived from the original on 2022-08-14. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  6. ^ Murray, Tim (2021-06-06). "RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under Recap: Making Over Rugby Players". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  7. ^ James, Michael (2021-06-07). "Drag Race Video Rucap: Maxi Shield 'I was my toughest competition'". QNews. Archived from the original on 2022-08-14. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  8. ^ Garrison, Mark (2023-02-28). "Drag Race Down Under Star Maxi Shield Reveals Her Favourite Things About Queer Sydney". Star Observer. Archived from the original on 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  9. ^ "Drag Queen Story Time - A World Record in the offing". Star Observer. 2020-02-20. Archived from the original on 2022-07-07. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  10. ^ "Sequins and lessons as drag queen storytime taken to Sydney streets". SBS News. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  11. ^ Hirst, Jordan (2023-01-25). "Drag star Maxi Shield's new movie is a campy, raunchy comedy". QNews. Archived from the original on 2023-01-26. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  12. ^ "Drag Cinema with Maxi Shield and "The Winner Takes It All" Director James Demitri". Out Takes. 2023-02-05. Archived from the original on 2023-03-26. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  13. ^ Hirst, Jordan (2023-02-14). "Maxi Shield serves big John Waters energy in raunchy comedy". QNews. Archived from the original on 2023-03-19. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  14. ^ Taylor, Andrew (2016-04-23). "Drag queen Maxi Shield upholds Anzac Day tradition of two-up". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2023-03-07. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  15. ^ Maher, Alannah (2023-04-12). "Superstar drag queen Maxi Shield is making her stand-up debut at Sydney Comedy Festival". Time Out Sydney. Archived from the original on 2023-04-13. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  16. ^ Power, Julie (2022-03-03). "Maxi Shield: A voice with cut through on domestic violence". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2023-03-07. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  17. ^ Hirst, Jordan (2022-03-03). "Drag star Maxi Shield reveals she's a domestic violence survivor". QNews. Archived from the original on 2022-03-23. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
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