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Welcome to Sam Star's World
About Sam
Sam Star is the name of the entertainer created by Sam Purkey of Leeds, Alabama. Born in 2000, Sam began acting in theatre on the local and regional level including Red Mountain Theatre and Virginia Samford Theatre in Birmingham. He was also a member of his school’s cheer squad in high school.
After graduation, Sam started watching makeup tutorials online and soon after he began to perform locally. He won many local competitions including Audrina’s Diamond Hunt and Clash of Drags during those formative years.
In 2020, Sam competed in the online drag competition “Love For The Arts” produced by Trinity The Tuck from Rupaul’s Drag Race. While competing, Trinity saw promise in Sam’s future and quickly after that competition, Sam became one of Trinity’s drag daughters. Trinity then gave Sam the tagline “The Supermodel of The South”, a tagline Trinity had used when she lived in Birmingham.
Sam became a cast member of The DREAMCAST at Al’s on 7th in Birmingham in 2020 where he appears twice a week and hosts karaoke on occasion. He was also featured in the award-winning documentary “Queens of Birmingham” available on the Very Local app.
In 2022, Sam captured the title of Miss Glamorous Newcomer 2022. During the reign, Sam traveled all over the US promoting the Glamorous Pageantry System.
In the spring of 2023, Sam competed in his first preliminary in the Entertainer Of the Year system and was crowned Palmetto State Entertainer Of the Year. Sam also competed in the National Entertainer Of the Year pageant in Louisville, Kentucky in 2023 and was awarded best final night creative evening wear and overall 4th place out of more than 40 contestants.
Later that fall, Sam was crowned Miss Apollo Birmingham 2024 and ultimately Miss National Apollo 2024.
In 2024, Sam was chosen to compete in Season 17 of Rupaul’s Drag Race.
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