Sam Star has made it from Leeds, Alabama, all the way to the bright lights of the RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 17 finale! Star told Blavity’s Shadow and Act how “incredible” it feels to be part of the top four, adding, “Not only to be able to have the opportunity is incredible, but to be able to represent Alabama , where I didn’t necessarily think I would ever have the opportunity.” “I’ve been doing drag for like five or six years now and of that whole time I was told, ‘You know Sam, you’re so talented, but you really need to get out of here because I don’t think anyone’s going to give you an opportunity coming from such a small place with not much queer support,'” she continued. “That really started to get in my head at a certain point, but I believed in myself and I said, ‘You know, if I was to get this opportunity I would want to represent my people and where I come from.’ So thank God that I didn’t move away and I was able to represent the beautiful people of Alabama.” What does...
