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www.instagram.com<\/a><\/p>\n Miss Continental<\/a>, the most prestigious drag queen pageant in the world, takes place every year during Labor Day weekend \u2014 and the time has come for this star-making pageantry system to crown a new winner who’ll enter the Continental Court.<\/p>\n The Miss Continental 2026 edition will be held on two separate nights. First, a “Preliminary Competition” with 23 contestants on Sunday, August 31. Then, a “Final Night” competition for the qualifying finalists on Monday, September 1. The actual pageant takes place in Chicago, Illinois, but it’s worth noting that fans can watch the entire thing from home.<\/p>\n The Continental system has propelled winners like Candis Cayne, Jazell Barbie Royale, Mimi Marks, Tandi, Erica Andrews, Tandi Andrews, and Cherine Alexander \u2014 to name a few \u2014 into superstardom. This pageant system is also responsible for the legendary careers that queens like Sasha Colby<\/a>, Brooke Lynn Hytes, and Naysha Lopez had prior to even competing on RuPaul’s Drag Race<\/em>. Over the years, those three queens have credited Continental for taking their careers to new heights \u2014 which prepared them to level-up yet again after Drag Race<\/em>.<\/p>\n