Maxi Shield, the Australian drag performer who competed on the first series of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under, has died at the age of 51 after a battle with throat cancer. Her death was announced on ...

Performer appeared in closing ceremony of 2000 Sydney Olympic Games and was a mainstay of city’s drag scene Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app ...

Drag Race Down Under star Maxi Shield has died after a short battle with cancer. Shield was 51. Shield’s friend Dillian Shaw confirmed her death on Instagram. “We are shocked and deeply saddened by ...

The season one Australian drag queen’s death was announced in a social post by Universal Sydney, one of the city’s premier LGBTQ+ nightclubs, where Maxi regularly performed. “We are shocked and deeply ...

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 26: Drag Icon Maxi Shield poses against the cycle way construction site (along Mardi Gras parade route on Oxford st) on February 26, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. The Sydney ...

Australian drag performer Maxi Shield has died at 51 years old after a battle with cancer. She had been undergoing radiotherapy and chemotherapy since August of last year. Shield was a veteran of the ...

The drag world is in mourning following the death of the Australian performer Maxi Shield. Internationally, Maxi – the drag alter-ego of Kristopher Elliot – will be best known to RuPaul’s Drag Race ...

Beloved Sydney drag icon and Drag Race Down Under alum Kristopher Elliot — famously known as Maxi Shield — has died aged 51. The tragic news was confirmed by Dillon Shaw, of Sydney’s Universal, who ...

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