I just discovered her! Comments say she has covered this before; but you fail to acknowledge there was no social media 3 or 4 decades ago. This is for us newbies. Incredible!
Who in the hell would thumbs down this video , don’t they know she is legend .. unhappy people will always hate other people who are happy in there lives .. anyways .. you go MS . Dens Cass we love you .. paint girl paint !
Yess!!! Perfume completes the look, finishes any outfit. My 97yo grandma wears Lair du Temps to this day lol She sprays it all over her clothes, its so strong and loud and a bit tacky, just like her lmao
I HAVE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS SINCE I WAS 16 AND I AM 60 NOW, AND HANDS DOWN IF YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE VISUAL, MENTAL, AND AUDIBLE ANGLE OF THIS PERFORMANCE...ONE OF THE GREATEST PERFORMANCES IN A PAGEANT HISTORY. ONE MUST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT HOW MANY TIMES DENA HAD TO PERFORM THIS TO GET IT CORRECT, AND THEN ADD IN NERVES WHILE PERFORMING LIVE...MY GOD. BEST TALENT
The fact she spent the whole performance doing her makeup and was still able to perform so natural and keep us invested shows something She is a god given talent to the world!!!! A wonderful performer!!!!
Thedraglover I think she should do it again and if she make it to finals like be more dramatic and just a little bit more props . But omg I really really really love this . This is iconic . Like this should go in the hall of frame of great RAW talent.
She must have seen the Late Paris Dupree do this in NYC 89-93. This was her signature act. I saw her do it @Sallly'sll,The Anvil and Edelweis respectively.
I have seen this song performed many times throughout the years. Some get IN drag and some get OUT of drag on stage. Any way it is done, it is always touching and popular with the crowd.
I've said this many times....Nobody like Legendary Florida's Own Miss Gloria Klein doing "This is my Life" and specially at Miss National 97 performance with the Mannequins! This particular performance was great though.
She's wonderful, brava!!!!! Watching, I gave thought to trump, early in the morning with his making up his phenomenal mess on his head while tweeting...lol.
A true lady. A Touch of Class from beginning to end. Meticulous lip-syncing skills. Had I not known better I would have thought she was singing live. Bravo this is drag.
Oh gosh. This really takes me back to the mid-late 00s LIVING for those nights in Studio where Dena would perform. Such an amazing performer! She always chooses music I love. She can dance the house DOWN. Love Dena so much!!!
When she put that eye lash on with nails right on beat and gave a side eye directly to the camera I died and came back to life
That is serious genius. Dena is THE performer.
@Jackson Tremaine Round 2:09
she glue he eye shut
hahaha same
Same Same SAME
Now that is a lipsync! Her timing was perfect! Each lash...the lipstick when the singing stopped...it was just brilliant!
This is better than anything I have seen on RuPaul's drag race!!!!!!!! Go Dena!!!!!!
Some of the best drag queens in the world you will never see on Drag Race... And they don't need it!
edro51188 so very true
@Marcelo u
Sorry that was a mistake
Sure Jan...
This is exquisite, absolutely fabulous.
I just discovered her! Comments say she has covered this before; but you fail to acknowledge there was no social media 3 or 4 decades ago. This is for us newbies. Incredible!
Magic! That on cue lash left me breathless. The costume and lip synch finale was perfection.
Dena Cass is a true GODDESS and DIVA !!!
That was iconic !!
Bravo! Absolutely lovely 😊💕💕💕👏👏👏
Amazing
Who in the hell would thumbs down this video , don’t they know she is legend .. unhappy people will always hate other people who are happy in there lives .. anyways .. you go MS . Dens Cass we love you .. paint girl paint !
DENA IS A TRUE LEGEND
Dena is amazing
Very iconic!
Incredible!
LEGENDARYYYYY MUVAHHHH
Impressive makeup skills! Especially the brows.
Goddess, legend, diva!!
what an icon!
Yeassss queen
AMAZING ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I absolutely love this video! Does anyone know what the version of this song is called?
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Thank you so much honey xx
This is HIGH drag
Anyone have the link to audio? Every time I search the song it's not the right version
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Epic
Fucking work bitch! Soooo good! A beautiful angel!
her placing that lash perfectly and then posing right on time to the music; that is what we call a "cultural reset"
This is DRAG!!! No splits no dramatic tear away of wigs or costumes. Just subtle reveals and dramatic lip syncing 🙌🏻👏🏻
Yes!!!!
Certainly drag at its best
High DRAG
A true performer is able to take something simple and turn it into something extraordinary. Dena, giiiiirrrrrlll you did that.
I love how she's putting perfume at the end - true lady!
I think that's why the crowd went up
Yess!!! Perfume completes the look, finishes any outfit.
My 97yo grandma wears Lair du Temps to this day lol She sprays it all over her clothes, its so strong and loud and a bit tacky, just like her lmao
@@src3360 you're grandma sounds like a legend 💜
this remains one of my favorite drag performances of all time. this is what drag and femininity is all about.
Thanks for showing this to me, Willam.
Me too dude 🌈👏
I HAVE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS SINCE I WAS 16 AND I AM 60 NOW, AND HANDS DOWN IF YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE VISUAL, MENTAL, AND AUDIBLE ANGLE OF THIS PERFORMANCE...ONE OF THE GREATEST PERFORMANCES IN A PAGEANT HISTORY. ONE MUST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT HOW MANY TIMES DENA HAD TO PERFORM THIS TO GET IT CORRECT, AND THEN ADD IN NERVES WHILE PERFORMING LIVE...MY GOD. BEST TALENT
I cannot believe she got those lashes on so effortlessly with those nails!! That's true magic.
I can't believe she even opened the package with those!
I can’t even put on lashes without nails 😂. Shit I can’t put them on period
Her right lash was never on right. It was drooping the whole number.
@@DavidLee-gn3ui 😶🙄
@@DavidLee-gn3ui yet she still turned the party.
Perfection
she glued her eye shut
@@BilliePosters lol
yeah
@@BilliePosters shut up!!
The fact that she never missed a single word while drawing on the perfect brows won me over! Yassssss!!!!
Wigs across the world were snatched!
......and snatched tight!!
Tore my lace front to pieces!
@@TheDragLover Absolutely!
My wig flew to mars
Baby when she put on that one eyelash and looked up like “you see it bitch” I wanted to shout, my god 🙌🏾🙌🏾👏🏿👏🏿. She ATE this
Fenomenal
The fact she spent the whole performance doing her makeup and was still able to perform so natural and keep us invested shows something
She is a god given talent to the world!!!! A wonderful performer!!!!
This brings back so many memories when I was a teenager I would sneak in the bar and watch her get ready trying to learn!
WOW JOSH YOU SAW THIS ON A NIGHTLY BASIS I AM SO ENVIOUS MY FRIEND X
Lucky you. It must be wonderful to have such lovely memories of your younger days. Cherish them. They are so important to our well-being. ✌🇨🇦❤❤🥰
THE GREATEST DRAG PERFORMANCE EVER! FIGHT ME IF YOU DISAGREE!!
I really hope that nobody tries to recreate it and fck it up. I want this to be IT periodt.
this is the epitomy of a certain kind of o.g. drag, the terrific dignity of those old school queens, their proud defiance of all the norms! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I agree. Old school drag before drag was cool. The best!
Just watched this for like the 38th time..it makes me happy..I've seen Dame Shirley in concert..now I'm dying to see Dena on stage..
I’ve seen Dena so many times, and I’m so lucky.
@@llcooljay520 YOU SURE ARE MY FRIEND
This was one of my favorite moments of the entire pagaent !
Did she win or where did she finish?
I agree most of the the prelims we're kind of boring this was good
But applying makeup as part of the performance though . Pure genius 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💋
I stood up and clapped even after watching the video. I can tell I'm going to watch this a few more times.. Go Dena!
I KNOW ONE THING. SHE BETTER HAD BEST TALENT AND WON!!!!! OR IM COMING UP THERE MYSELF. Lol
Jb Ced she did not :( but shes amazing
This talent did win best preliminary talent. She also made top 5 but did not win the contest. Lorna Vando did.
Thedraglover 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 . Ok at least she got those two then . 😘
Yess. She didn't use this talent for the finals. She made the top 10 and then used a Christmas theme talent for the finals.
Thedraglover I think she should do it again and if she make it to finals like be more dramatic and just a little bit more props . But omg I really really really love this . This is iconic . Like this should go in the hall of frame of great RAW talent.
I never tire of watching this. So creative. This is HER LIFE.
i am obsessed with this performance tbh !! perfect in every way!!
She did all that with a nail honey! 5 minute face WHO?!
whoever thumb down this video sucks at life.
I've worked with Dena over the years. I've seen queens take off their face on stage, but never put one on. Love her.
I’m a little sad, Erica, that’s what I remember when I listen to this song.
I just keep coming back.... she is PERFECTION!!!! 💓💓💜💜
Everytime I come back to watch this the chills start instantly.
back again. 💕🥹
I just live my entire life watching this performance. It never gets old and always lifts your spirits.
Watching this again because this shit is amazing!!
I could watch this over and over, Fabulous!
...this is me...this is MY LIFE. You go GurL!
The concept of how drag queen prepares was outstanding. Bravo.
This performance brought me to drag church it was spiritual to me and this song is helping me through hard times
Damn! I was not trying to cry tonight. This was so AWESOME! LOVE,LOVE,LOVE!
Babeeeeeee.... I'm D. E. A. D... WOKE IT. THEN BROKE DA BUILDING UP...
Great job! She was exactly on time with the playback music & she did a great make up.
I WAS there to witness her talent I scream and stand up and clap in end of talent
Omg her timing was perfect
Fabulous 💖
One of the most fabulous queens in the industry. A living drag legend ♥️
@thedraglover Can you please post Fontasia Lamour opening and Kitty Litter prelim night talent
Go to my About page, and send me a private email.
Thedraglover who won continental plus
Cheyenne Valentino
Xavier - were you able to access the clip? Check my response to your private message.
I didnt get a response or maybe i dont know how to check it
This is amazing! Dena reminds me of Martha Wash when she's all done up! I wonder if she ever performed "Give It To You" or "Carry On"?
This will never fail to impress me....Pros do it like this
Woops! I almost forgot to watch this today
Talk about getting ready for the party at the party. Walked right off stage knowing they was ready ready okkkk
She must have seen the Late Paris Dupree do this in NYC 89-93. This was her signature act. I saw her do it @Sallly'sll,The Anvil and Edelweis respectively.
If she can do this in 5 minutes, while doing a number, then you got no excuse taking an hour and a half with minimal distractions.
thank you briawna for showing me this treasure!
I have seen this song performed many times throughout the years. Some get IN drag and some get OUT of drag on stage. Any way it is done, it is always touching and popular with the crowd.
Miss thing was giving cosmo queen makeup tutorial LIVE 😍
I've said this many times....Nobody like Legendary Florida's Own Miss Gloria Klein doing "This is my Life" and specially at Miss National 97 performance with the Mannequins! This particular performance was great though.
The Perfect Song Choice, the Voice Matches and Excellent Lip Syncing 👑
This is what you call a performance - a show - an artist at work! Wondrous - Divine - Expressive - 10s across the board!!!!
Past and future drag queens take note
that is aa tuff number to do and she nailed it perfectly. luckly she had extended it a bit but anyway bravo to you dena 10+ to ya girl you rock
What I think I look like when getting ready.
She's wonderful, brava!!!!! Watching, I gave thought to trump, early in the morning with his making up his phenomenal mess on his head while tweeting...lol.
Yessssssssssss ma'am
Simply Breathtaking! Fabulous performance!
Briawna sent me!
Who's Briawna?
Riley Gatta (Eden) Sent me!
Briawna Banana - she's mentioned this performance on Shot with Soju Recap of RPDR
Ohhh. Thanks so much. Did she actually mention thedraglover channel? Sure would be great if she did! Thanks again!
the BEST I love her she got the Josephine Baker look
The lyrics to this song is something I need to remind myself this my life to hell with the haters ❤️
I don’t have words for this level of magnificence. Drag really is a high art form.
She’s amazing live..seen her at the Speakeasy a couple times
Best drag performance. EVAH!!! Second would be her 12 Days of Christmas.
She hit the girls with something fresh for her talent 🙂
A true lady. A Touch of Class from beginning to end. Meticulous lip-syncing skills. Had I not known better I would have thought she was singing live. Bravo this is drag.
Such an Iconic performance
This is BEYOND....FLAWLESS😍😍😍😍👌👌👌!!!!
Drag excellence
Oh gosh. This really takes me back to the mid-late 00s LIVING for those nights in Studio where Dena would perform. Such an amazing performer! She always chooses music I love. She can dance the house DOWN. Love Dena so much!!!
I’m sure she practiced this endlessly, but with this final product you’d never know! It feel like we just got a camera back stage, flawless!