Candy is a much-loved fixture on the Oxford Street scene. Firstly, as Showgirl and then Stonewall Hotel Entertainment and Marketing Manager for the last 13 years.
Candy has
graced the Sydney drag world for the last 21 years. She has worked on every
Sydney stage from her coming out party at Annie’s Bar to the Albury Hotel,
Midnight Shift, Arq, Home Nightclub, Newtown Hotel, Imperial Hotel, Gold Fish
Bowl and Stonewall.
Multi DIVA
award winner and host. Her first award was ‘Bitch of the Year’ in 2004 and put
her in good company with Sydney’s best drag compere’s.
Candy has
hosted 5 DIVA awards ceremonies as well as many community events, competitions
and fundraisers. Awarded the prestigious ‘Queen of Hearts’ three times for her
amazing moneymaking success.
She is part
of a very select group of queens known for giving ‘good mike’.
Candy is dearly
loved and respected amongst the Sydney working queens. She has, in the role of
Stonewall Entertainment Manager, nurtured and mentored creativity and
excellence in the drag shows that the hotel is famous for. In challenging times of lockouts and
declining stages, she has led the charge in presenting drag entertainment for
the fans.
Candy told
me. “Receiving the hall of fame, I feel very honoured and humbled. Drag for me
was never just a job it was a lifestyle. Drag is a magical world where we
entertain, socialise, be creative, become voices for our community and become a
family.”
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