Maxi Shield
{{Short description|Australian drag performer}}
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Maxi Shield is the stage name of Kristopher Elliot,{{Cite web |last= |date=2021-04-19 |title=MEET RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE DOWN UNDER QUEEN- MAXI SHIELD |url=https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/meet-rupauls-drag-race-down-under-queen-maxi-shield/202379 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Star Observer |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628144523/https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/meet-rupauls-drag-race-down-under-queen-maxi-shield/202379 |url-status=live }} an Australian drag performer who competed on the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under.
Career
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Maxi Shield performed at the 2000 Olympic Games closing ceremony and opened the Gay Games in 2002. She competed on the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under.{{Cite web |date=2021-06-08 |title=Exclusive: Drag Race Down Under star Maxi Shield spills the T on her Madonna collab and that iconic stunt |url=https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/exclusive-drag-race-down-under-star-maxi-shields-spills-the-t-on-her-madonna-collab-and-that-iconic-stunt/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=GAY TIMES |language=en-GB |archive-date=2023-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307225553/https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/exclusive-drag-race-down-under-star-maxi-shields-spills-the-t-on-her-madonna-collab-and-that-iconic-stunt/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Dunn |first=Billie Schwab |date=2021-06-08 |title=Drag Race Down Under's Maxi Shield on importance of uplifting Indigenous voices |url=https://metro.co.uk/2021/06/08/drag-race-down-unders-maxi-shield-on-uplifting-indigenous-voices-14738152/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Metro |language=en |archive-date=2021-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608172614/https://metro.co.uk/2021/06/08/drag-race-down-unders-maxi-shield-on-uplifting-indigenous-voices-14738152/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last= |date=2021-06-07 |title=Maxi Shield On Being A Plus-Sized Older Queen & Listening To Indigenous Voices |url=https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/maxi-shield-on-being-a-plus-sized-older-queen-listening-to-indigenous-voices/203593 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Star Observer |language=en-US |archive-date=2021-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205112412/https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/maxi-shield-on-being-a-plus-sized-older-queen-listening-to-indigenous-voices/203593 |url-status=live }} She impersonated Magda Szubanski during the Snatch Game challenge.{{Cite web |date=2021-05-07 |title=Here's who the Drag Race Down Under queens will impersonate on Snatch Game |url=https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/heres-who-the-drag-race-down-under-queens-will-impersonate-on-snatch-game/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=GAY TIMES |language=en-GB |archive-date=2022-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814064710/https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/heres-who-the-drag-race-down-under-queens-will-impersonate-on-snatch-game/ |url-status=live }} Maxi Shield was eliminated from the competition after placing in the bottom two of the make-over challenge, then losing a lip-sync battle against Scarlet Adams.{{Cite web |last=Murray |first=Tim |date=2021-06-06 |title=RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under Recap: Making Over Rugby Players |url=https://screenrant.com/rupauls-drag-race-down-under-rugby-maxi-shield/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=James |first=Michael |date=2021-06-07 |title=Drag Race Video Rucap: Maxi Shield 'I was my toughest competition' |url=https://qnews.com.au/drag-race-video-rucap-maxi-shield-i-was-my-toughest-competition/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=QNews |language=en-us |archive-date=2022-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814130602/https://qnews.com.au/drag-race-video-rucap-maxi-shield-i-was-my-toughest-competition/ |url-status=live }} She has since appeared at RuPaul's DragCon UK.{{Cite web |last=Garrison |first=Mark |date=2023-02-28 |title=Drag Race Down Under Star Maxi Shield Reveals Her Favourite Things About Queer Sydney |url=https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/celebrity-news/drag-race-down-under-star-maxi-shield-reveals-her-favourite-things-about-queer-sydney/222211 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Star Observer |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320072030/https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/celebrity-news/drag-race-down-under-star-maxi-shield-reveals-her-favourite-things-about-queer-sydney/222211 |url-status=live }}
In 2020, Maxi Shield and fellow Drag Race contestant Hannah Conda attempted to set a new world record for the largest Drag Queen Story Time event at Oxtravaganza.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2020-02-20 |title=Drag Queen Story Time - A World Record in the offing |url=https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/community-news/a-drag-queen-story-time-world-record-in-the-offing/192768 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Star Observer |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707080848/https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/community-news/a-drag-queen-story-time-world-record-in-the-offing/192768 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Sequins and lessons as drag queen storytime taken to Sydney streets |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/sequins-and-lessons-as-drag-queen-storytime-taken-to-sydney-streets/pd8z38yyc |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=SBS News |language=en}}
Maxi Shield plays Maxine Fowler in the film The Winner Takes It All.{{Cite web |last=Hirst |first=Jordan |date=2023-01-25 |title=Drag star Maxi Shield's new movie is a campy, raunchy comedy |url=https://qnews.com.au/drag-star-maxi-shields-new-movie-is-a-campy-raunchy-comedy/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=QNews |language=en-us |archive-date=2023-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126003100/https://qnews.com.au/drag-star-maxi-shields-new-movie-is-a-campy-raunchy-comedy/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-02-05 |title=Drag Cinema with Maxi Shield and "The Winner Takes It All" Director James Demitri |url=https://joy.org.au/outtakes/2023/02/06/drag-cinema-with-maxi-shield-and-the-winner-takes-it-all-director-james-demitri/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Out Takes |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-03-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326070626/https://joy.org.au/outtakes/2023/02/06/drag-cinema-with-maxi-shield-and-the-winner-takes-it-all-director-james-demitri/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Hirst |first=Jordan |date=2023-02-14 |title=Maxi Shield serves big John Waters energy in raunchy comedy |url=https://qnews.com.au/maxi-shield-serves-big-john-waters-energy-in-raunchy-comedy/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=QNews |language=en-us |archive-date=2023-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319155540/https://qnews.com.au/maxi-shield-serves-big-john-waters-energy-in-raunchy-comedy/ |url-status=live }}
Personal life
Elliot is based in Sydney.{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Andrew |date=2016-04-23 |title=Drag queen Maxi Shield upholds Anzac Day tradition of two-up |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/drag-queen-maxi-shield-upholds-anzac-day-tradition-of-twoup-20160422-gocgrx.html |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |archive-date=2023-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307225553/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/drag-queen-maxi-shield-upholds-anzac-day-tradition-of-twoup-20160422-gocgrx.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Maher |first=Alannah |date=2023-04-12 |title=Superstar drag queen Maxi Shield is making her stand-up debut at Sydney Comedy Festival |url=https://www.timeout.com/sydney/comedy/maxi-shield-the-whole-tit-and-kaboodle |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Time Out Sydney |language=en-AU |archive-date=2023-04-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413110317/https://www.timeout.com/sydney/comedy/maxi-shield-the-whole-tit-and-kaboodle |url-status=live }}
Maxi Shield participated in the "We're Better Than That" campaign to prevent domestic violence, having experienced it as a child.{{Cite web |last=Power |first=Julie |date=2022-03-03 |title=Maxi Shield: A voice with cut through on domestic violence |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/maxi-shield-a-voice-with-cut-through-on-domestic-violence-20220222-p59yqw.html |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |archive-date=2023-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307225549/https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/maxi-shield-a-voice-with-cut-through-on-domestic-violence-20220222-p59yqw.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Hirst |first=Jordan |date=2022-03-03 |title=Drag star Maxi Shield reveals she's a domestic violence survivor |url=https://qnews.com.au/maxi-shield-drag-queen-domestic-violence-survivor-campaign/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=QNews |language=en-us |archive-date=2022-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323231714/https://qnews.com.au/maxi-shield-drag-queen-domestic-violence-survivor-campaign/ |url-status=live }}
Filmography
=Film=
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! Title ! Role |
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| 2005
| Going Down Under | Transvestite |
| 2023
| The Winner Takes It All | Maxine Fowler |
=Television=
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| 2005
| Drag Queen | Episode: "Outside Looking In" |
| 2018
| Herself | Episode: "Drag" |
| 2021
| RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under (season 1) | Herself (contestant) | 6th place |
| 2022
| Herself | Episode: "RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under Season 1" |
| 2023
| Herself | Episode: "Maxi Shield at Crispy Pork Gang" |
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Maxi Shield}}
- {{Official website|https://maxidragqueen.com}}
{{Drag Race Down Under}}
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Category:Australian drag queens
Category:Drag Race Down Under contestants