When a Drag Queen Becomes a Bodybuilder

Although he’s new to the bodybuilding scene, Joey Kiening is a pro when it comes to competitions. Joey is better known to fans of drag as Natasha Douglas, winner of the 2016 Miss Continental Plus pageant for queens who weigh 225 pounds or more. Now after snatching the crown, Joey is dropping the wig and picking up the iron, setting his sights on winning bodybuilding contests like the NPC Illinois championship. Let’s Grow Big Together! A podcast that slays it at the gym and sashays it on the runway sweetie. In this series, we’re taking a look at the passion for muscle- how to build it and keep it, muscle gods and muscle worship, and how LGBT folks are connected to bodybuilding. I’m Fausto Fernos, and I’m Marc Felion- Today Natasha Douglass joins us out of drag as Joey Kiening to look at his new passion for bodybuilding. Are there any huge differences between bodybuilding competitions and drag queen pageants? Plus-- The world’s most famous drag queens who are also bodybuilders. And spotlight focus: smith machine hip thrusts. Thrust it!