Taking center stage

[Natasha]

Taking center stage

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08297/921891-54.stm
10/23/2008

Kourtney Brown grimaced as she slowly pulled duct tape off her chest
in a dimly lit room at the Holiday Inn Pittsburgh North Hills. "This
is actually what we go through; this is all part of the life of being
a female impersonator," she said with a long sigh.

Kourtney is not her real name and she's not a woman at all, but a
42-year-old man from Sewickley. The duct tape adds some cleavage, just
one of the tricks learned over an 18-year career. Her partner, Bill
Ewing, was getting another dress ready as she changed outfits for the
16th annual Mr. and Miss Tri-State All-Star Pageant held Sunday for
the seventh consecutive year at the hotel in Ross.