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Every single thing we know about makeup today we owe to the art of drag. For decades, the makeup artistry vanguard toiled away on the fringes of the mainstream, usually late after sunset, in the dressing room of a bar you wouldnât walk into by accident. Until 2009, when
RuPaulâs Drag Race turned the feminine performance into.a reality competition. The show, now in its 13th year and umpteenth season, put its performers on the world stage, inspiring a new generation of queens. The queen of queens: Chicago-based
Shea CouleeÌ, who snatched her own crown last year. I love manipulating [my] face, CouleeÌ tells