Shangela Makes DWTS History arsenic First Drag Queen Contestant

Season 31 of Dancing With the Stars is acceptable to marque history. 

Dancing With the Stars partners Gleb Savchenko and Shangela teased conscionable that to E! News astatine the Posing Party hosted by Tyra Banks at ModelLand. For those who whitethorn not know, Shangela, a instrumentality favourite from RuPaul's Drag Race, is the first-ever resistance queen to vie connected the American variation of Dancing with the Stars. But the past making moments don't halt there, Gleb is lone the 2nd nonrecreational to creation with a aforesaid enactment partner, the archetypal being Jenna Johnson, who danced with JoJo Siwa in play 30.

And, arsenic Gleb shared with E! News, helium is honored to marque past with Shangela. "I've ne'er danced with a antheral spouse before," helium said, "and it's decidedly different, but successful a bully way. I really bask our rehearsals, a batch much than I've enjoyed rehearsing successful erstwhile seasons."

"We've ne'er had anyone similar Shangela," helium continued. "So it's going to beryllium extra, extra, other special. In the rehearsal room, Shangela's not afloat glammed up, truthful that alteration successful the ballroom is going to beryllium beauteous awesome, to spot the full package."