They say "versatile" means you can do anything. Well, what have we NOT seen Miss Dominique Foxx do?! Except, maybe a cartwheel!

She is the hip-swingingest head-shakingest show-energizing co-host of Omega, hostess at Nob Hill, regular cast member here there and everywhere, current Miss Bachelor's Mill and Cobalt and former Miss just about everything in town! She's an artist who loves performing, preferring it to hosting or being on the mike.

Like many other performing drag artists in this town, Dominique traces her start to Rascals and Sparkle Maharris. "The first time I saw Sparkle at Rascals, people were telling me that was a man! I didn't believe it at first." She went back and thought "if she could do it, I could do it", and she did. Now, six years later, Miss Foxx is known all over town -- and out of town for that matter.

She went down to the Bachelor's Mill at Sparkle's suggestion. The first time she ran for Miss Bachelor's Mill, Dominique says "I was horrible". But she kept trying. Quentin D Alexander took her in hand and helped her when she competed for Miss Gay International (one of her seven titles -- so far!). "I learned how to behave professionally, to choose clothes and do talent numbers". And, Miss Foxx started winning.

From Miss Vickii Voxx, her drag mother, she learned how to do hair. "I love how Vickii can be such a lady. I really like her style. She taught me how to act with the public." Among other strong influences Dominique counts Maxine Blue and Xavier Bloomingdale. From watching both artists, Dominique learned how to handle audiences. And all three artists gave her tips on painting. Among her drag sisters, she lists Monique Dupre, Onyx, and Terri Lee Ross.

But, strong as these influences may have been, Dominique has her own. She is firmly professional, strongly interpretive of the numbers she does, getting inside the story of song and dramatizing it with her body, perfectly happy to slide into raunchiness if it will entertain the fans, and obviously enjoying being there on stage.

Discovering her own style is an ongoing process for Dominique and that continuing evolution is part of what intrigues audiences. "Everything that is Dominique is Dominique, nothing is borrowed." Currently she is working on some Tina Turner numbers; especially The Bitch is Back which she'll be sharing with audiences soon.

Unlike Stevi and Vita and other artists who had theater and dance interests in school, Dominique came into drag art ready to learn from the ground up. What fans see is what she's learned in the past five or six years.

Dominique gets a lot of support from family. The first time she went to Rascals, and saw Sparkle, her Mom was with her. And Momma Foxx still supports her daughter. "My Mom loves it. She's with me every Monday (when Dominique co-hosts at Omega)".

Drag works its changes on the artists it keeps. For Dominique Foxx, "I feel when I dress up I'm more open and can speak to people. I'm willing to go out to people. Something about drag makes it easier to deal with people."

Miss Foxx has worked out of town in Rehoboth and Richmond and elsewhere. "Out of town people are totally different. There is more appreciation of drag performers. DC audiences are harder to work with. But when you connect it's very rewarding."

The DC drag scene has several separate circuits of performers. "Girls get on a circuit and get stuck. They need to break out. How are you going to learn your art, if you don't get out and see it." To her credit, Dominique makes the transition between these circuits. And she encourages others to reach out to other drag clubs too. As she says, "My mother taught me, don't knock it if you haven't tried it."

As for the future, "I can't predict it". Miss Foxx believes she'll stay with drag "as long as I can do drag and it doesn't conflict with my day job". Which we all hope will be for a good long time.

In 1999, the DC drag community's performers (160 of them) voted Dominique Foxx the most supportive member of the community!  Among fans she is best known for her show-stopping high-stepping portrayals of Tina Turner.  There is nothing quite like seeing Dominique dancing to Proud Mary.  She is a performer who just keeps on rolling, rolling ...