ARE YOU HUNGRY? IT’S ALL YOU CAN EAT!
Serving Southern Drag with an extra side of Fierce & Fabulous.
Buff Faye, the Southern Size Queen, is a nationally recognized drag entertainer, entrepreneur, and community visionary who uses drag to bring joy, awareness, and visibility to the LGBTQ+ community. With big heart, big passion, and big hair—Buff proves that bigger is always better. Eat it up, baby!
As the founder of HireDragQueens.com and creator of Buff Faye’s Drag Queen Party Experiences & Events, she has turned her talent and charisma into a thriving business that celebrates inclusion and entertainment. Buff curates the fiercest drag talent for private parties, corporate events, and national collaborations, while her productions—especially the award-winning Buff Faye’s Drag Brunch & Diners—have become Charlotte institutions. Her shows are known for their sharp wit, campy humor, and show-stopping glamour, earning “Best of the Best” honors from multiple outlets, including Charlotte Magazine (2020) and Elevate Magazine (2022).
A seasoned performer and titleholder, Buff has been crowned National Entertainer of the Year (2019 & 2020), Miss Gay Southern America (2022), and North Carolina Entertainer of the Year, FI (2017), among others. She was also named Creative Loafing’s “Best of the Best” Drag Entertainer (2012) and Q-Notes’ Best of Charlotte Drag Queen. In 2025, she was honored as Charlotte’s Best Drag Performer in Queen City Nerve’s Best in the Nest Awards.
Buff’s creativity extends beyond the stage. For five years, she penned the popular Q-Notes Carolinas column “Dishing with Buff Faye,” and she now hosts the hit podcast Dishing with Buff Faye on the Queen City Podcast Network. The show was recognized as Best Local Podcast and ranked by Feedspot among the Top 20 Best Drag Queen Podcasts in the Nation.
In November 2025, Buff Faye will star in the new reality series Pageant Queens: The True Story Behind the Crown, showcasing the fierce artistry, sisterhood, and resilience of drag pageantry.
Outside of drag, Buff Faye is known as Shane Windmeyer—a nationally acclaimed speaker, educator, and best-selling author of six books, including The Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students and Out on Fraternity Row. His work has been featured on CNN, Good Morning America, MSNBC, and in TIME Magazine, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, OUT Magazine, and The Advocate.
Windmeyer holds a Master’s degree in Higher Education and Student Affairs from Indiana University and a Bachelor’s degree in Communications from Emporia State University.
