Desmond is Amazing
Desmond Napoles is an American former child drag performer known by the stage name Desmond is Amazing. Napoles has been performing since they were eight years old and is an LGBTQ activist.
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Napoles received early attention when they appeared in the 2015 NYC Pride March, and has been doing drag since the age of eight. As of 2019, Napoles had around 180,000 followers on Instagram, and had the largest online presence of American "drag kids".In October 2017, Napoles announced they would be organizing Haus of Amazing, the first drag club for child drag performers. In 2018, Napoles walked in Gypsy Sport's New York [Fashion Week] show. Be Amazing: A History of Pride, a children's picture book with text by Napoles, was published in 2020.
A 2022 appearance at a Bronx library was cancelled due to violent threats against the Napoles family. In a March 2023 interview, Napoles said that they were retiring their drag persona and had instead begun working on a line of skin care products. Napoles has started a fashion brand, Be Amazing NYC, and is a LGBTQ+ influencer. As of 2024, they use the name Desi.