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title: Proud to Be a Drag
date: 2023-04-14T05:30:00-04:00
author: University of Maryland
canonical_url: "https://today.umd.edu/proud-to-be-a-drag"
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# Proud to Be a Drag

*April 14, 2023* — by [Sala Levin ’10](/author/sala-levin-10)


> Alum Miss Toto Emcees SEE’s Spring Drag Show Tonight

*Miss Toto 1920x1080 — Miss Toto '14 will emcee Student Entertainment Events' annual Spring Drag Show, featuring "RuPaul's Drag Race" contestant Kornbread Jeté, tonight at the Adele H. Stamp Student Union. In a time when drag shows have come under fire, the event is a moment to be "happy and joyous," said Miss Toto.*

When Rock Evans ’14 was growing up in Cumberland, Md., Ursula, the conniving, octopus-y sea witch from “The Little Mermaid,” was a regular visitor to their family home. Then a young child, Evans thought Ursula made pit stops at everyone’s house, like a husky-voiced, purple-skinned version of Santa Claus.

“As I got older, I was putting the pieces together, and I’m like, ‘Oh, that wasn’t really Ursula, because that’s not possible,’” said Evans.

Interacting with Ursula, in reality a drag queen who was friendly with Evans’ mother, was the beginning of a journey that took Rock down a winding path from aspiring marine scientist to Miss Toto, the drag persona under which Evans now performs.

Tonight, Miss Toto will again emcee Student Entertainment Events’ (SEE) annual Spring Drag Show, featuring Kornbread Jeté, who appeared on the television reality competition “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” and local drag queens Sirène Noir Sidora Jackson and Angelle Zhané.


*Miss Toto performs in drag show*



**Sidebar note:**

April is Pride Month at the University of Maryland, with a 2023 theme of “Love Me Tender, Love Me Queer.” For a full listing of campus events, visit the Stamp Student Union [website](https://stamp.umd.edu/mica/mica/student_involvement_areas/lgbtq_student_involvement_advocacy/pride_month).





**Topics:** [People](https://today.umd.edu/tags/people)


**Tags:** [LGBTQ](https://today.umd.edu/topic/lgbtq), [Student Experience](https://today.umd.edu/topic/student-experience)


**Units:** [Division of Student Affairs](https://today.umd.edu/topic/division-student-affairs), [Student Entertainment Events (SEE)](https://today.umd.edu/topic/student-entertainment-events-see)