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Femme Queen Friday tribute

In the fall of 1995 at the House of Mizrahi Hell Raiser Ball in NYC – a new entity had entered the realm of FQ face. She wasn’t new to ballroom; however, that night she’d won femme queen “new face” and persisted on to become one of thee staples for femme queen carta (Meechie Lanvin, 2016). She had a distinctive performance & way of sellage, ushering into the scene with a creative flare … and not to mention, skin like butter. She is dark and lovely personified – ladies and gentlemen I reintroduce to you the Iconic Cheyenne Aphrodite Allure.

Recreating Janet Jackson’s “Rope Burn”, Blahnik Ball 2002 (walkers present: Reneé Karan, Shanice Ebony).

“The night the lights went out in Georgia.” Mother vs. Mother — Cheyenne Allure & Raquel Balenciaga. Photos by Robert Allure

FQ carta at the YMCA, Brooklyn — 1997-98. Shot by Icon Luna Khan

FQ face bring it in ALL RED in Atlanta (circa 1999) — Mother Cheyenne Allure and Mother Raquel Balenciaga (source: ballroom in focus, arts and culture).

(image source: ballroom in focus, google arts and culture.)

Cheyenne (Aphrodite) Allure in the S&M effect, FQ face at the Jourdan Ball 1997. (video source: for the girls, YouTube).

Prior to this night at the Latex Ball, Cheyenne had dared walked against her Mother – the Unforgettable Danielle Princess Revlon – at the infamous Clubhouse (1997) and almost beat her for carta (Derek Torres-Pruitt, 2021). Subsequently, she then won against Danielle at the Latex ball, alongside competing with other hard hitters of fem queen carta. Shot taken at the Latex Ball, NYC (circa 1997).

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Slé members, past and present, at West Ball III, Casula Power house 2022. Overall Mother Adri Juicy Slé pierced through taking home Fem Queen Performance alongside Sofina Juicy Slé. Leo Juicy Slé consistently setting the bar high for trans men [categories] in ballroom; grand prize trans man sex siren. A memorable night for the familiya, taking home Grand Supreme House.

Judged by the Iconic Founding Queen Motha Meeka Alpha Omega, Legendary Asia 007 and Legendary Buffy West.

Shot by Tyra Juicy

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The Can I Live Ball was the house of Slés first official ball, carving a milestone for the tradition of ballrooms birthing in Australia. In 2018 three of our pioneering sisters had to defend themselves against an attack in western Sydney. In honour of their experience and in honour of the lives they continue to live, The House Of Slé created the Can I Live ball. An ode to survival and an act of refusal. The ball was held at the Red Rattler theatre in Marrickville.

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Father Eliam JuicySlé Oricci walking performance in NYC, OTA at Three Dollar Bill 8.28.23

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The inception of FQ performance as a category in Ballroom Australia, with thee Icon Kevin JZ Prodigy as the voice to conjure spirit.

Godmotha Kilia (Slé) 007 vs. Princess Akashi Silky. Sissy Ball 2020 curated by the Legendary Founding Mother Bhenji Juicy-Slé.

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Godmotha Kilia 007, remains as one of the pillars to the foundation of Juicy Slé (2015). She has stapled herself as one of the adorned jewels of Ballroom Australia, endeared as our scene's "Godmother." Kilia has moulded herself to be an admirable performer; all-around femme queen; walking the categories Face, Sex Siren, Runway, Realness, Commentator and Performance.

A home for all my girls. Shot by Founding Mother Bhenji Juicy-Slé 2018.

Face with Lip Sync, Return of the House of Juicy Sle's Muva Ball at the herstorical Addison Road Community Centre, Marrickville 2023. Shot by Tyra Juicy-Slé.

The West Ball II by Jamaica Moana 007 & Father Xander Silky West. Backstage, the Casula Powerhouse 2021. Shot by Tyra Juicy-Slé.

Later in her ballroom career, Kilia continued a tradition honed through kinship in curating the major annual Sissy Ball (2022 - ) tradition founded by her sister and predecessor, Legendary Founding Mother Bhenji Juicy-Sle. Allowing Kilia to set alight a flame in this new batch and breed of awareness, of ballroom in Australia. Shot by Tyra Juicy-Slé (2023).

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Kilia 007, founding member in Slé’s history and godmother of ballroom Australia. BTS at her Essence Ball 2021 at the Red Rattler theatre (shot by Tyra Juicy Slè)

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Slé (past and present) at the Slé Homecoming Winter Ball circa 2019, captured by Vana Juicy Slé

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Overall Founding Muva Bhenji after West Ball II, Casula Powerhouse, 2021

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Xuelas time in ballroom has woven her as an impossible beauty and mind into Oceania’s ballroom herstory. Her words echo across oceans and continue to define the house of Juicy Slé’s origins. Winning eight+ grand prizes in the past five years, she is now Xuela 007, though she will always be one of the original fem queens honoured in our history. This thread is dedicated to her, an archive of her essence.

FF FACE, Homecoming Winter ball, 2019 (Shot By Vana Banks Juicy Slé)

TEAM SEX SIREN with fellow original member Devon, Sissy Ball, 2020

OTA FACE, Sissy Ball, 2020

OTA FACE, Adri Slés (Now Muva Adri Juicy Slè) Vogue Night, 2022 (Shot by Tyra Slé)

OTA FACE, Sissy Ball, 2023 (Shot By Star Amerasu)

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Sofina Juicy Slé, 28/7/2023, Shot by Vana Banks after training

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Vana Juicy Slé, 28/7/2019, celebrating a sisters birthday. Scanned from Vana’s personal archives