Miss Fire Island celebrates its 50th “Golden” Anniversary contest at the Ice Palace in Cherry Grove
By Jeannie
Photos
by James Belzer & Jerry Jakson
The costumes were as spectacular as ever, the contestants were
magnificent but the weather was iffy, the threat of rain in the late afternoon
looming overhead. In fact it all went well until the clouds came and they began
to rush through the closing crowning ceremonies causing some chaos in the
dressing rooms and onstage as all the contestants reappeared just when the
skies opened.
But it didn’t rain on their parade - here are the winners:
Miss FI Vita Summers
Ms. FI Donna Piranha
Entertainer of the Year Kendra H. Kinx
Miss FI All Star Yuhua Hamasaki
Crowning their successors were 2014 winners Brenda Dharling Miss
FI Whore D’Oeuvre, Ms. FI (also Homecoming Queen 2014) and
Jada Balenciaga Entertainer of the Year
The emcees Logan Hardcore, Porsche, Ariel Sinclair were in
celebratory gold; Special effects by DJs Chuck McTague and Richard Kennedy.
Other winners were:
Honey Davenport, the reigning Miss Cherry’s, now also Miss Cherry
Grove, Holly Dae, named Miss Ice Palace,
The runners-up to Miss FI; Lady Ivana, the new Ms. Cherry Grove
Leontyne Rice, the Most Popular, or audience favorite, who,
dressed as Turandot, sang “Nessun dorma,” from “Turandot,”
Zola, Judges’ Award
Lee Lee Heavenly, the Absolut Award singing and dancing “Proud
Mary, Monet X Change, the Coors Light Award.
Other contestants for Miss FI,
Alexia-Nycole Davenport, Champagne Bubbles, Victoria Falls, Sasha
Storm, Kara Sucia, veteran Grovite China, and Stefani Victoria Spears.
For the Entertainer Award, Saline Dijon, singing “River Deep, Mountain
High;”
Judy Darling, in green face as the Wicked Witch of the West
Billy Little as Wanda Sykes;
Carey Frost, doing “The Lion King,” with a live cat
Kashi Go’Lean, “Let’s Get Physical,” doing her exercise routine,
and distributed snacks;
Terra Grenade, a Madonna/Marilyn Monroe
Asiana Airline as a harem girl
Dirty Dixie Normous
Delfina, as Bette Midler “When a Man Loves a Woman;”
Schwa De Vivre, “Fabulous, Baby!”
Pearl, as Janis Joplin, “Piece of My Heart.”
Other contestants for Ms. FI
YaNeeda Dunes and Beach DeBree, (Homecoming Queens 2011 and 2010)
The contestants for Miss FI All Star
Stephanie Stone, Miss FI 2007
Nikki Starr, 2003;
Renée Flaming.2009
Crowning moment at end of event!
The requisite National Anthem
And the winners are…………
Miss Ice Palace
Entertainer of the Year
Vita summers miss f I
Beach deBree & Yaneeda Dune
Miss F I 2014
Miss Vita (Miss F I) perform the coronation
Jada Balenciaga Entertainer of year 2014 performs
Lee Lee Heavenly Miss Coors 2015
Honey Davenport - Miss Cherry Grove 2015
Zola
Leontyne Rice
Rita & China
Miss Cherry Grove
Miss Ice Palace
Ms Fire Island Donna
Porsche
Yuhua Hamasaki FI All Star 2015
Donna Piranha Ms. Fire Island 2015
Ariel performs…
And awards 10 years Broadway at Beach Brandon Cutrell
Ms CG Lady Ivana
Miss Ice Palace- Holly Day
Careful…nearly lost all those Queens in the Bay
Miss Fire Island Vita Summers
Miss Fire Island All Star
A proposal!!! You go, girl
Ms. Fire Island Donna Piranha
The Winners!!! Congrats, girls!
The rewards:
Miss FI $1,200 prize; Entertainer $800; Miss FI All Star $750; Ms.
FI $300; Miss Cherry Grove $500 and the rest: Ms. Cherry Grove, Miss Ice
Palace, the Judges Award $150 each, Most Popular $200, and the Sponsors’
favorites $100 apiece.
Considering how small are the monetary awards versus the cost of
the lavish costumes, travel expenses, room and board and so forth,
the wearing of the crown for a year and righteously earned life
long bragging rights are priceless.
Your Majesty ………………