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This is Vicky Lee welcoming you to London's Premier TG Nightspots WayOut- Twelve years old in 2005 Copyright © 2005 WayOut Publishing Co Ltd |
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History of how it all Started . . . The experience of winning the event so totally changed Steffans life that he longed to recreate it for others to experience. In 1993 Steffan
and Vicky Lee were running Bolts at the Hippodrome Leicester Square and
had a free hand to arrange what ever entertainment or events they could
dream up to fill the Sunday night promotion. The girls that entered the 93/94 contest were great maybe about 15 of them and the winner was Misha who had recently started working at Madam Jo Jos. Steffan and
Vicky finished with Bolts at the Hippodrome 14 weeks after it started
they had enormous fun despite the hard work pulling each show together
and have a host of good stories from these nights. Steffan and Vicky never did get paid by Bolts for all their work over those 14 weeks but what they learnt through the experience was the foundation for The WayOut Club. Despite no longer having the Hippodrome to play with Steffan was determined to turn the competition into an annual event. In 95 The WayOut Club was big enough to host the event and by then was being held monthly at Circa in Berkley Square (as well as every Saturday in Goodge Street). Miss Karla was the winner of this the second competition. (No it was not a fix). It was in this competition that Jezebel first came on the scene and went on to work with Vicky Lee as The Vampettes. (Often with Steffan as the third Vampette). Jezebel went onto solo success and now lives in Brighton and has just returned to drag after a short break. The winners
have all moved on. Previous winners of this title are: The contest continued to be an annual event at The WayOut Club through venue changes and is now one of the busiest night of the year. For the years
2000 & 2001 the contest was generously sponsored with over £2000 worth
of prizes including £200 cash as just part of the first winners prize
package. Winners won products or services none worth less than £100. Contest
dedicated to the memory of In October 2000 the contest was dedicated to the memory of Ron Storme who for nearly 18 years provided parties for the tranny community It is very appropriate to dedicate the Alternative Miss London Contest to Ron as Steffan first created this competition 9 years ago to re-create a 'Night of a thousand Frocks' at London's Hippodrome back in 1986. This original event was a very special night for Steffan as he won the competition on this his very first night out in Drag. This was also the first time that he met Ron Storme as Ron was one of the organisers and judges of the original 1986 'Night of a thousand Frocks' event. Steffan said "I want to send Ron all our love and wish him a safe journey on his trip to the Drag Heaven in the sky, He was one of the people who I for one have always admirered and I count him amoungst my heros - now we will remember him every year". The WayOut Club looks forward to the contest growing bigger and better - who knows one day it may return to the stage of the Hippodrome . |
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