Drag queen goes viral after using a twink stunt double during NYC show - Queerty

Sierra La Puerta, a drag performer in New York City, has gone viral with footage from a recent show at queer bar ICON in Astoria.

In it, she switches places with a twinky lookalike on stage during her routine. They perform the more daring dance moves (death drops, etc.).

In an accompanying caption, La Puerta said, “Normalize hiring twinks doing your dance breaks for you 😘”

She tagged fellow drag performer Spice Diamond as her double.

Watch below.

The clip has been shared thousands of times on Instagram and has also now racked up over 1million views on X in less than 24 hours.

Normalize twink stunt doubles!!!! https://t.co/NaX4tlxs50
— Sierra La Puerta | NYC (@SierraLPNYC) November 10, 2026

It received widespread praise as an example of drag performance at its best.

Some said it reminded them of a famous clip from The Golden Girls when Rose (played by Betty White) participated in a dance contest. A professional, dressed as the character, was used for the more challenging moves.

@SierraLPNYC “Drag is inherently s*xual and harmful to our children” meanwhile it’s just Rose at the dance competition: https://t.co/DfttkJw0QH
— That Random Guy (@BotanicaPapi) November 11, 2026

Coincidentally enough, Sierra La Puerta has played Rose in a drag troupe called The Golden Gays… so maybe that was the inspiration?

“Definitely a mix between Roses’s dance routine and Silky Nutmeg Ganache on Canada’s Drag Race,” La Puerta told Queerty. “Both of those did the gag in different ways: one with the gag of someone who is a trained dancer, and the other with the body double being drastically different. A mix of those really sold the performance and the gag.”

Beginnings

La Puerta performed at ICON on Sunday night in the grand finale of Pantheon Season 5. Unfortunately, despite this now-viral routine, she did not win. Huge congratulations to another local performer, Tiffany Piffany, for grabbing the crown that evening.

“I started drag during the pandemic,” La Puerta told Queerty. “I’d make videos for Tik Tok and gained a small following for comedy skits specifically about Tr*mp supporters.

“I made my stage debut in 2022, transitioning from a chopped bedroom queen to a chopped NYC queen. After that, I dabbled in drag for the next four years not really working on myself. Everyone who saw my face during that era is eligible for financial compensation.”

She decided to step up over the past year, meeting new people and reacquainting herself with drag artists she’d lost touch with.

“I’m happy I picked this year to wake Sierra up, because it really felt like this was the time.”

Mx. Rockbar

As for this viral routine, La Puerta said, “This was the first time using Spice, or anyone, as a body double. The idea of having a dance body double had been in my head for a while after getting cast in Pantheon, Queens’ biggest drag competition. Originally, I wanted someone who looked exactly like me. My drag mom, Vampy Von Thickems. Same shape, same vibe, only difference is she can stretch, kick, split, and dip like crazy.

“Sadly she was unavailable,” La Puerta continued. “But then the idea came to get someone who was comically a different size than me. That’s where Spice came into the picture. She was sadly eliminated from Pantheon a few weeks earlier and I had always said I wanted her in the finale with me. So when she said yes, I was thrilled!”

La Puerta may have missed out on winning the Pantheon final, but new fans can catch her competing in the finale of the Mx. Rockbar contest next Monday (Nov. 16) at Rockbar in New York.