Alyssa Edwards Biography
Alyssa Edwards is the moniker of Justin Dwayne Lee Johnson, an American drag performer, choreographer, entrepreneur, comedian and dancer hailing from Texas. Johnson was Miss Gay America 2010 but had his title stripped away. She rose to national prominence on the fifth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, becoming a fan favorite during and after his time on the show. The drag queen owns and runs an award-winning studio, Beyond Belief Dance Company in Texas. Johnson and his dance studio are the centerpieces of a docuseries, Dancing Queen, produced by RuPaul and World of Wonder that premiered on October 5, 2018 on Netflix.
Age| Birthday| How Old is Alyssa Edwards?
The dancer was born on January 16, 1980 in Mesquite, Texas, U.S. and is 39 years old in 2019. His birth sign is Capricorn.
Stage Name
Johnson performs under the pseudonym Alyssa Edwards. He chose his name in homage to Alyssa Milano and to his drag mother Laken Edwards, a former drag queen
Family| Parents
Alyssa’s parents raised her along with her sister, Tabatha and other six siblings.
Alyssa Edwards Young
Alyssa’s father wanted his son to be a sports person and signed him up for sports, but later her uncle placed her in local theatre production from where she accumulated her passion for being a dancer. Back in a time when Alyssa was nineteen years old, she stepped in a gay club as she had a keen desire for becoming a drag performer. With the flow of time, she enrolled herself as a contestant of several beauty pageants and also won Miss Gay Texas in 2003-2004.
Networth
Alyssa Edwards, age 38, accumulates her net worth and fortune from her professional career as a dance teacher. She owns her studio, Beyond Belief Dance and teaches a full-time dance. As per PayScale, the base income of the dance teachers range between $22,383-$80,165 per year. Therefore, she might have bagged the thousands and thousands of wealth being in the height of her profession as a dance teacher.
Alyssa Edwards Relationship| Dating
Alyssa Edwards’ love life trails her relationship with a guy named Marco with whom she is reportedly dating since March 2014. She confirmed her relationship with Marco by posting a photo with him on Facebook in 2015 and captioning it “one year of love.
Miss Gay America
On December 9, 2010, Johnson was stripped of his 2010 Miss Gay America title for having business dealings in conflict with obligations to the Miss Gay America organization. First alternate Coco Montrese replaced Johnson as the winner of Miss Gay America. That same year, Johnson was also stripped of his title as All American Goddess.
Beyond Belief Dance Studio
The dancer runs a dance studio for kids in Mesquite, Texas called Beyond Belief Dance Studio. Additionally, the studio, is the focus of the new docu-series Dancing Queen. He runs the studio as Justin Johnson, though the Edwards persona shows up there as well. The studio is wildly successful, with the dancers from the studio appearing on America’s Got Talent in 2008.
Dancing Queen Docuseries
Due to the success of her dancing studio, Now, the media streaming house Netflix released a docuseries about the studio that premiered on October 5, 2018. “This is a docuseries, so this isn’t a produced reality. What you see is what was really going on.” She says in an interview. She stars in the show as the dancer, choreo and mentor.
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