How George Santos Lost Being Miss Gay Rio de Janeiro

Back in 2008 compulsive liar and New York Republican congressman George Santos wanted to be Miss Gay Rio de Janeiro according to drag artist Eula Rochard.

Insider:

The New York Republican, who has embraced ultra-conservative positions considered anti-LGBTQ, competed in the contest in 2008, said Rochard, who says she knew him in Brazil.

“But he lost,” Rochard said in Portuguese. “Because when I say ‘beauty pageant,’ what do you think? A skinny, tall woman with long hair. Super beautiful. And it’s the same for the gay ones.”

“The beauty pageant is for boys who dress like women,” she continued. “They are beautiful. The boys are beautiful. And he lost because he was fat.”

Reuters reported that Santos “aspired to be Miss Gay Rio de Janeiro.”

Rochard, who made headlines after circulating a photo she says is of Santos in a red dress, said Santos wasn’t a professional drag queen. But he would occasionally dress up.

She identified Santos dressed in drag in a video at about the 4:20 mark from the 2005 Niterói pride parade, where he tells a reporter about clubs where he performed drag shows.

Rochard said that was a lie because, at the time Santos wouldn’t have been able to afford such performances.

“When you work with this you spend a lot of money. Anthony wouldn’t do this,” she said, using an alias for Santos.

Though he bragged about his father being rich, his mother was a maid in Brazil, Rochard said.

was a big dreamer,” Rochard. “He wanted to get famous no matter what.”

Santos left Brazil in 2005 and returned in 2008 “with a lot of money,” Rochard said. “He got a bunch of expensive drag outfits made” and competed in the beauty pageant.

“These beauty pageants are very valued here in Brazil,” she said. “The gay ones. I don’t know how it is in the US but gay people here go crazy for them and order expensive outfits. It’s very expensive.”

Rochard, who met Santos when he was about 17 years old, said she used to catch Santos in “little white lies.”