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49th Miss Gay Missouri America💗 #ARoyaleLife
Akasha Royale is an entertainer out of St. Louis, Missouri but has also called Columbia, Missouri home.
Miss Gay Missouri America 2023
Prelim to Miss Gay America
Miss Gay St. Louis America 2023
Prelim to Miss Gay Missouri America
“Shawn Stokes performs as Akasha Royale and is a show director at Rehab Bar & Grill in the Grove neighborhood. Stokes is among the performers who have testified, in drag, against anti-drag bills before a House committee in Jefferson City.”
“People who’ve been to a drag show or a storytime or Pride have felt safe there,” Stokes says. “You don’t see drag storytelling turn into some rumpus room. You see us competing in pageants or raising funds.”
“As Akasha Royale, Stokes has participated in hundreds of fundraisers. But he is most deeply invested in Extreme Makeover Drag Takeover, which benefits the Human Rights Campaign and has won multiple fundraising awards.”