Maxi Shield is the stage name of Kristopher Elliot,[1] an Australian drag performer who competed on the first seasonofRuPaul's Drag Race Down Under.
Maxi Shield
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Maxi Shield at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2023
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Born |
Kristopher Elliot
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Television | RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under (season 1) |
Website | maxidragqueen |
Maxi Shield performed at the 2000 Olympic Games closing ceremony and opened the Gay Games in 2002. She competed on the first seasonofRuPaul's Drag Race Down Under.[2][3][4] She impersonated Magda Szubanski during the Snatch Game challenge.[5] 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.[6][7] She has since appeared at RuPaul's DragCon UK.[8]
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.[9][10]
Maxi Shield plays Maxine Fowler in the film The Winner Takes It All.[11][12][13]
Elliot is based in Sydney.[14][15]
Maxi Shield participated in the "We're Better Than That" campaign to prevent domestic violence, having experienced it as a child.[16][17]
Year | Title | Role |
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2005 | Going Down Under | Transvestite |
2023 | The Winner Takes It All | Maxine Fowler |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2005 | All Saints | Drag Queen | Episode: "Outside Looking In" |
2018 | You Can't Ask That | Herself | Episode: "Drag" |
2021 | RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under (season 1) | Herself (contestant) | 6th place |
2022 | Bring Back My Girls | Herself | Episode: "RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under Season 1" |
2023 | Tongue Thai'd | Herself | Episode: "Maxi Shield at Crispy Pork Gang" |