Lily Armani!

In honor of Joan Rivers’s upcoming show at Benaroya Hall on February 29, we wanted to give away a pair of front-row tickets to the person who most closely resembled the Queen of Mean. Entrants were encouraged to be creative, but Seattle drag queen Lily Armani just blew away the competition with her impersonation (view the slideshow).

Lily writes:

Photo is of friends Ryan McCabe, myself, and Mike Rotman taken at the 2011 Oscar Party here in Seattle.

I’m a local Female Impersonator and Stand-up Comedian here in Seattle. I’ve been doing drag for a little over 10 years now. In addition to my original stand-up material, I have impersonated everyone from Dolly Parton to Tina Turner, but Miss Joan Molinsky-Rosenberg-Rivers is QUEEN!

My costumes have been pulled from inspirations of Joan’s looks and styles from her 40+ year career. I’ve worked public and private Oscar Parties, Charity Fundraisers, Baby showers, and Retirement parties.

Joan is living proof of what can be achieved in this great Nation of ours with intense passion, hard work, talent and perseverance. She has done it all, seen it all, and [lived] to tell it all—and does!

Congrats to Seattle’s own "piece of work."