{"id":52504,"date":"2018-04-30T11:00:14","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T11:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heyqween.tv\/?p=52504"},"modified":"2018-04-30T11:00:14","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T11:00:14","slug":"jaymes-mansfield-drag-puppetry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jurus.net\/heyqweentv\/jaymes-mansfield-drag-puppetry\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaymes Mansfield on Drag and Puppetry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/heyqween.tv\/jaymes-mansfield-drag-puppetry\/jaymes_1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-52505\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-52505\" src=\"http:\/\/heyqween.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/JAYMES_1-790x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jurus.net\/heyqweentv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/JAYMES_1-790x1024.jpg 790w, https:\/\/jurus.net\/heyqweentv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/JAYMES_1-600x778.jpg 600w, https:\/\/jurus.net\/heyqweentv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/JAYMES_1-370x480.jpg 370w, https:\/\/jurus.net\/heyqweentv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/JAYMES_1-scaled.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>By Matt Valdez<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While she may have been the first queen to sashay away on Season 9 of &#8220;RuPaul&#8217;s Drag Race,&#8221; <strong>Jaymes Mansfield<\/strong> left a huge impression on the Drag Race audience and continues to draw crowds with her own brand of campy drag!<\/p>\n<p>With a mix of comedy, beauty and of course puppetry, Jaymes has carved out a niche in the new drag phenomenon that she can still call her own.<\/p>\n<p>And while many queens, including &#8220;RuPaul&#8217;s Drag Race: All Stars&#8221; winner <strong>Trixie Mattel<\/strong>, have dabbled in puppetry, Jaymes has made it her brand.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/g6KQHO3HV4k\">WATCH: Jaymes Mansfield on Hey Qween! &#8211; Part 2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve loved puppets since I was a kid,&#8221; Jaymes explains during her <strong>Hey Qween!<\/strong> interview. &#8220;I loved &#8221; as well as <strong>Waylan Flowers and Madam<\/strong>, who was my biggest inspiration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I started puppetry, I realized I didn&#8217;t want to be in the background, I wanted to be in the foreground with the puppet,&#8221; she says.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I loved drag queens like <strong>Varla Jean Merman<\/strong> and <strong>Hedda Lettuce<\/strong>, so I decided I wanted to create a whole character and have the puppet be my sidekick!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And with that character Jaymes was able to find her way on to one of the hottest shows on television.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CexvxZfbnu4\">WATCH: Jaymes Mansfield on Hey Qween! &#8211; Part 3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Her time on the show may not have been long, but as she&#8217;ll tell you, it completely changed her life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I went from working in small bars, talent shows and burlesque show and then overnight I became kind of a superstar,&#8221; Jaymes reveals. &#8220;I get to travel the world! I was in England and Australia and just touring all over!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For more of Jaymes, be sure to watch parts 1, 2 and 3 of her interview!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch part 1 of Jaymes Mansfield&#8217;s interview below&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fd5HcMPATlw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>FOLLOW THE WRITER<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Instagram &amp; Twitter: @TheMattValdez<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>FOLLOW HEY QWEEN!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @HeyQweenTV<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Matt Valdez While she may have been the first queen to sashay away on Season 9 of &#8220;RuPaul&#8217;s Drag Race,&#8221; Jaymes Mansfield left a huge impression on the Drag Race audience and continues to draw crowds with her own brand of campy drag! 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