2026 Golden Pasties

Nominate your favorite NYBF performers for the awards that suit them the best! Nominations will be accepted until September Sept 21st. The top three nominees in each category will go on to compete for the cherished Golden Pastie Award! Official Voting on NYBF finalists is Sept 22nd- Oct 5th!

Nominations

The Hottest Freshman

For the most dynamic newbie performer on the scene.

Breath of Fresh Air Award

For the performer whose presence backstage puts everyone at ease

The Edger Award

For the performer most likely to tease, and tease, and tease, and tease...

The Golden Show-er Award

For the performer most likely to make me pee my pants

Hand of God(dess) Award

For the performer most likely to turn a glove peel into a spiritual experience

Community Gardener Award

For the performer who is always nurturing the community

Incognito Award

For that one performer who you'd never recognize out of costume, makeup or drag

The Judy Garland Award

For the performer who gets wasted before a performance but doesn't miss a beat onstage

The Odyssey Award

For the performer most likely to take the audience on an epic journey

The Risque-y Business Award

For the performer most likely to go full frontal

She-3P-OH! Award

For the performer most likely to secretly be a robot

The Sexspiration Award

For the performer most likely to make you go home and fuck your partner

The Striptease Storyteller Award

For the performer who puts the best narratives to their nudity

Topsy Curvy Award

For the performer most likely to make a sexy song goofy, or a goofy song sexy

Twirling Dervish Award

For the best tassel twirler

Under My Wing Award

For the performer most likely to mentor an emerging act

Nominee Pics

Alyssa Kitt (Brooklyn via Austrailia)	Andrea Flow (Jersey City)	Artina Darkly (Brooklyn)	Betty Brash & Queensiñera (Brooklyn)
Betty Brash (Brooklyn)	Broody Valentino (Brooklyn)	Chance Hazard (Seattle)	Cheeky Lane (NYC)
Chrissy Bunz (Whitney Point, NY)	Corvette Le Face (Brooklyn)	DJ Fresh Prince of Darkness (NYC)	DJ Momotaro (NYC)
Dandy Dillinger (NYC)	Darling Toby (Brooklyn)	David Bishop "The Bishop of Burlesque" (NYC)	Dominant Jeane (NYC)
Dylan Mary Jane (NYC)	Esmé (Brooklyn)	Felicia Oh (NYC)	Fifi DuBouis (NYC)
Filthy Mari Chino (NYC)	Ghula Mortisse (Whitney Point, NY)	Ghula Mortisse and Chrissy Bunz (Whitney Point, NY)	Ilyroyale (Las Vegas)
Jack King Goff (West Coast USAGAY)	Jo Weldon (NYC)	Jo Weldon and Jonny Porkpie (NYC)	Jonny Porkpie (NYC)
Kitten & Lou (NOLA/NYC)	Kitten LaRue (NOLA/NYC)	Lady Drew Blood (Seattle)	Lady Mabuhay (NYC)
Lou Henry Hoover (NOLA/NYC)	Lucy Bohème (Colorado Springs, CO)	Maggie McMuffin & Humanette (Bronx)	Margo Mayhem (NYC)
Maria Topcat (Philly)	Midnight Mayhem (NYC)	Minnie Tonka (Brooklyn)	Miss Frankie Eleanor (NYC)
Mizzaddy (Brooklyn)	Nathalie Sonnenschine (Warsaw, Poland)	Onyx Noir (Harlem)	Queensiñera (Brooklyn)
Queerly Femmetastic (Astoria)	Rebel Vital (Ashville, NC)	Rosie Tulips (NYC)	Rosie Tulips and Dandy Dillinger (NYC)
Rusty Hammer (Boston)	Samson Night (NYC)	Seedy Edie (Brooklyn)	Shrimp Cocktail (Ohio)
Sir Richard Castle (NYC)	Storm Marrero (NYC)	Stormy Leather (NYC)	The Brides of Burlesque (Brooklyn)
The Great Wilfredo	Tigger! (NYC)	Tila Von Twirl (Chicago)	Topher Bousquet (NYC)
UmA Shadow (Las Vegas - Japan)	Unhinged Rose (Brooklyn)	Velma Vouge (West Yorkshire, UK)	Veronica Viper (NYC)
Yala Royce (Miamisburg, OH)