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Drag queen

Malayia Chanel Iman

Drag queen · Greensboro

Also recorded as MALAYA CHANEL · MALAYIA CHANEL · MALAYIA CHANEL IMAM · Malayia Chanel

Unclaimedunknown as of ADC-P-000407
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Malayia Chanel Iman is a drag queen from Greensboro, North Carolina. [www.wfdd.org] She won Miss Gay Latina, the Asheville pageant founded by Elio González in 2008, which she has called one of the biggest wins of her career. [www.wfdd.org] She counts ninety-nine pageant wins across her career, and describes her work as female drag impersonation. [www.wfdd.org] She is regarded in the community as a mother figure, and mentors performers she calls her children, of whom she counts twenty. [www.wfdd.org] She has said that being a Black drag queen meant working for recognition others were given, and that she has seen scores changed against her. [www.wfdd.org]

“He is working to ensure the success of whom he calls his 20 “children” — drag queens that are fairly new in the community or that he's taken under his wing as a mentor.” [www.wfdd.org]
“You do have to go a little bit above and beyond to get that respect that you deserve. There were many times where I would go do a pageant and actually, you know, everybody knew I would win and they would change the scores so that I would not win, and that happens a lot.” [www.wfdd.org]
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Titles & placements

27 on record
  • 01recognition
    Titleholder · Female impersonation

    Miss Gay North Carolina America 2025

    Dated

    Sourcemissgayamerica.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1

  • 02recognition
    Titleholder · Female impersonation

    Miss Gay Winter Elegance USofA 2009

    Dated
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    SourceOur Community Roots· captured · per ADC-VS-1

  • 03recognition
    Titleholder · Female impersonation

    Miss Gay Carolinas United States at Large 2021

    Dated
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    SourceOur Community Roots· captured · per ADC-VS-1

  • 04recognition
    Titleholder · Female impersonation

    Miss Pulse 2020

    Dated
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    SourceOur Community Roots· captured · per ADC-VS-1

  • 05recognition
    Titleholder · Female impersonation

    National Miss Don't H8 DIVA 2020

    Dated
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    SourceOur Community Roots· captured · per ADC-VS-1

  • 06recognition
    Titleholder · Female impersonation

    Miss Legends 2018

    Dated
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    SourceOur Community Roots· captured · per ADC-VS-1

  • 07recognition
    1st Alternate · Female impersonation

    Miss Gay Southeast USofA at Large 2018

    Dated
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    SourceOur Community Roots· captured · per ADC-VS-1

  • 08recognition
    Titleholder · edition

    National Don’t H8 Hall of Fame 2018

    Dated
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    SourceOur Community Roots· captured · per ADC-VS-1

  • 09recognition
    Titleholder · Female impersonation

    Miss Diva Universe 2017

    Dated
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    SourceOur Community Roots· captured · per ADC-VS-1

  • 10recognition
    Titleholder · edition

    International Mother of the Year 2017

    Dated
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    SourceOur Community Roots· captured · per ADC-VS-1

  • 11recognition
    Titleholder · Female impersonation

    Miss Gay North Carolina USofA at Large 2017

    Dated
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    SourceOur Community Roots· captured · per ADC-VS-1

  • 12recognition
    Titleholder · Female impersonation

    North Carolina Entertainer of the Year, F.I. 2012

    Dated
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    SourceOur Community Roots· captured · per ADC-VS-1

  • 13recognition
    Titleholder · Female impersonation

    Miss Don't H8 DIVA Olympia 2013

    Dated
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    SourceOur Community Roots· captured · per ADC-VS-1

  • 14recognition
    Titleholder · Female impersonation

    National Miss Diamond Glam 2013

    Dated
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    SourceOur Community Roots· captured · per ADC-VS-1

  • 15recognition
    Titleholder · Female impersonation

    Miss Club Odyssey 2009

    Dated
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    SourceOur Community Roots· captured · per ADC-VS-1

  • 16recognition
    Titleholder · Female impersonation

    Miss Holiday 2014

    Dated
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    SourceOur Community Roots· captured · per ADC-VS-1

  • 17recognition
    1st Alternate · Female impersonation

    National Miss Don't H8 DIVA 2014

    Dated
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    SourceOur Community Roots· captured · per ADC-VS-1

  • 18recognition
    Titleholder · edition

    Miss Charlotte Pride 2025

    Dated
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    SourceQnotesCarolinas· captured · per ADC-VS-1

  • 19recognition
    Titleholder · Female impersonation

    Miss Club Cabaret Diva 2014

    Dated
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    SourceOur Community Roots· captured · per ADC-VS-1

  • 20recognition
    Titleholder · Female impersonation

    Miss Pride Winston-Salem 2018

    Dated
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    SourcePride Winston-Salem· captured · per ADC-VS-1

  • 21recognition
    Titleholder · Female impersonation

    Miss Hide-a-Way 2015

    Dated
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    SourceOur Community Roots· captured · per ADC-VS-1

  • 22recognition
    Titleholder · Female impersonation

    Miss South 29 at Large 2015

    Dated
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    SourceOur Community Roots· captured · per ADC-VS-1

  • 23recognition
    Titleholder · Female impersonation

    Miss Charlotte Black Pride Sweetheart 2016

    Dated
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    SourceOur Community Roots· captured · per ADC-VS-1

  • 24recognition
    Titleholder · Female impersonation

    Miss Unlimited at Large 2016

    Dated
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    SourceOur Community Roots· captured · per ADC-VS-1

  • 25recognition
    Titleholder · Female impersonation

    Miss Hide-A-Way at Large 2017

    Dated
    —

    SourceOur Community Roots· captured · per ADC-VS-1

  • 26recognition
    Titleholder · Female impersonation

    Miss North Carolina Reina De Reina 2017

    Dated
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    SourceOur Community Roots· captured · per ADC-VS-1

  • 27recognition
    Titleholder · Female impersonation

    Miss Club Cabaret 2014

    Dated
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    SourceOur Community Roots· captured · per ADC-VS-1

Hosting & residencies

18 on record

Appearances

18 on record

House

1 on record

Drag lineage

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American Design Collective. “Malayia Chanel Iman.” ADC-P-000407, v22. Accessed 2026-08-12. americandesigncollective.com/p/000407-malayia-chanel-iman
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