Jewels Sparkles called making it to the final two of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 17 “such a cool and surreal feeling.” “I have been a fan of the show for years and started doing drag and learned so much about myself through the show,” the newly-minted runner-up told Blavity’s Shadow and Act in an exit interview following the finale. “So finally getting to be on the show and not only be there, but [to] make [it] to the finals…and then like, for a few weeks, there was a chance that I could win it all….was the most surreal and bizarre feeling that I ever felt—rewarding and fulfilling and just a confirmation to me that like truly everyone does have a purpose in this world.” What inspired her journey into drag? “When you are shown your purpose and you feel that feeling inside, just follow it and go with it and trust it, because I did. I trusted it. And look where it got me, you know what I mean?” she continued. “I felt that in my spirit. I remember the first time I saw Drag Race ,...
