King of Queens How Sutan Amrull found the guts and the heels to create Raja, win

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King of Queens
How Sutan Amrull found the guts and the heels to create Raja, winner of RuPaul's Drag Race

by Yusef Najafi
Published on July 21, 2011, 1:36am

http://www.metroweekly.com/feature/?ak=6445

On a Tuesday afternoon in Los Angeles, Sutan Amrull – better known by his drag persona, Raja – is late for an interview. But he's full of saving graces: apologetic, charming and funny.

Working calmly under pressure might be a talent the 37-year-old West Hollywood, Calif., resident developed working as a makeup artist for Pamela Anderson, Dita von Teese and Adam Lambert. Surely he's learned a few things performing as a drag queen for nearly two decades. And Amrull insists that when in drag, keeping it together is just as important as standing out.