Drag queen designs platform heels for annual High Heel Race in DC

WASHINGTON ( DC News Now ) — Runners across the DMV are getting ready for the 37 ^th Annual 17 ^th Street High Heel Race .

The event brings out thousands of people to Washington D.C.’s Dupont Circle, celebrating the LGBTQ+ community while also supporting local businesses.

Drag queen Regina Jozet Adams joined DC News Now Monday ahead of the fun-filled night. Adams bedazzles shoes with stones.

She used her skills to modify a pair of heels for DC News Now’s Morning Anchor Cory James, who is participating in the race.

She said she spent more than 30 hours redesigning the platform heels that she wore two years ago during the 35 ^th Annual High Heel Race.

Adams – who says she is also known as the “Queen of Comedy,” told DC News Now that she started stoning shoes to get away with wearing fancy clothing and garments during performances.

“I actually had a pageant that I wanted to stone a pair for so that if my toe peaked out from the gown it was a nice pretty little thing,” she said.

The High Heel Race will start at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 29 on 17 ^th Street in Northwest D.C.

For more information about the race, click here .

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