Athena Dion

Athena Dion is the stage name of Stavros Stavrakis (born July 25, 1986), an American drag performer who is a contestant on season 18 of RuPaul's Drag Race. Athena Dion has been a drag artist for 14 years. He describes his upbringing as "very family-oriented" with "strong Greek cultural roots" where "all expressions were not always celebrated."

Drag career Stavrakis' first exposure to drag was in the Robin Williams film The Birdcage. Stavrakis began their drag career after taking a position as a drag queen working the door at the Living Room nightclub in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He chose his stage name based on the Greek goddess Athena. Athena is the mother of the House of Dion, a drag house based in Florida. Morphine Love Dion and Plane Jane are her drag daughters, and both competed together on season 16 of RuPaul's Drag Race. Juicy Love Dion, who is competing against Athena on season 18 is the drag daughter of Morphine Love Dion, making her Athena's drag granddaughter. Dion was eliminated from the competition on episode 9, after lip-syncing against Juicy Love Dion. Athena also has a drag daughter named Miss Toto Clermont Dion who is based in Chicago.

Dion has competed in drag pageants, including Miami Beach Gay Pride, and Ultimate Miami Drag Queen.

Miss North Carolina Continental 2011 Miss Noche Latina 2013 Miss South Carolina Continental 2014 Miss Miami Beach Pride 2015 Ultimate Miami Drag Queen 2017 Miss Pride of Wynwood 2018 (Emeritus)

She hosts several drag brunches in Miami, including R House Brunch in Wynwood, Florida. She also works in venues such as the Palace Bar, Club Score, and Southern Nights.

In 2016, Dion auditioned on season 11 of America's Got Talent alongside drag artists Sasha Lords, Nicole Halliwell, Calypso Monroe, and Nicole Saphire as a Spice Girls impersonation act named "Spice Gurlz". Dion played Posh Spice.

In the summer of 2021, Dion hosted part of the Tel Aviv Pride celebration while touring Israel. Their first romantic relationship was with a drag queen, Vegas Dion, who ended up becoming his drag mother. Herself Documentary

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