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Sahara Davenport Born Antoine Ashley December 17 1984 – October 1 2012 Was An American Drag Queen And Reality Television Personality And Classically-Trained Dancer. He Was Best Known As A Contestant On The Second Season Of RuPaul's Drag Race. Early Career A Native Of Dallas Davenport Began His Drag Career While Attending Southern Methodist University.
After Earning A Bachelor Of Fine Arts In Dance He Relocated To New York City Where He Began Performing Regularly At Many Gay Bars And Nightclubs Throughout The City. Davenport Has Been Seen On Television On A&E Network's 15 Films About Madonna Voom HD's Magnificent Obsessions And On ABC's Daytime Soap Opera One Life To Live. He Was Featured In The Pilot Of Judge Karen As An Angry Beyoncé Impersonator Who Sues The Paparazzi. Davenport Made His Art Film Debut In Kalup Linzy's Video-Performance Piece "Melody Set Me Free " Which Was Shown At The Whitney Museum Of American Art. He Also Appeared In The Music Videos "Girl Problems" By The Group Girl Problems And "Gettin' Over You" By David Guetta And Chris Willis. In Antoine's Own Words... I Was 4 Years Old And Living In The Projects Of Aiken South Carolina When Michael Jackson Moon Walked Across The Stage In His Legendary Motown 25 Performance. This Performance And This Man Changed My Life. I Spent The Rest Of My Childhood Imitating Him And Any Other Dancer I Would See On Television. I Was Obsessed With Michael Jackson. I Was Even More Obsessed With Dance And Was Not Afraid To Test Or Demonstrate My Abilities At Any Family Church Or School Function. Ten Years Later My Family Moved To Gaithersburg MD. Although I Moved To A New City I Was Still Up To The Same Old Tricks Kicking And Spinning A La Michael . One Night After Competing In A High School Talent Show I Met Bonnie Slawson. She Explained To Me That She Owned A Studio In Town And Offered To Train Me For Free. This Was An Extraordinary Offer. It Was Rare That Someone From My Socioeconomic Background Was Presented With Such An Offer. Extra-Curricular Activities Such As Classical Dance Training Were Usually Out Of The Budget Thus Being Out Of The Question. After Meeting My Mother And Discussing My Raw Talent And Potential I Became A Scholarship Student At Motion Mania Dance Center. Edit RuPaul's Drag Race Davenport Joined The Cast Of The Second Season Of RuPaul's Drag Race In 2010. He Was Pegged As "The Dancer" When In The First Episode He Had To "lipsynch For Your Life" Against His Former College Classmate Shangela Laquifa Wadley.In The Second Episode Davenport Became A Team Leader When He And Pandora Boxx Won The Mini Challenge. Sahara Won The Second Episode Elimination Challenge By Leading His Team To Earn The Most Money By Pole Dancing And Selling Cherry Pie Gift Certificates On The Streets Of Los Angeles.In The Fourth Episode Davenport Gave A Humorous Impersonation Of Whitney Houston In The Snatch Game Challenge. 8 In The Wedding Dress Episode He Was In The Bottom Two Again But Remained Safe Because Of His Lipsynch Performance To Martha Wash's "Carry On".Sahara Was Eliminated In The Sixth Episode For Not Conveying Enough Of A "rock 'n' Roll" Attitude And Being Too Much Of A Lady. Music In 2011 Davenport Released His Second Single "Go Off." A Remix EP Was Later Released On January 31 2012 And Featured A Remix By Manny Lehman. "Go Off" Debuted At At Number Fifty On The Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs Before Peaking At Number Thirty Five.The Music Video For "Go Off" Features Cameos By Drag Race Contestants Manila Luzon And Jiggly Caliente. Personal Life Prior To His Death Davenport Resided In New York City With His Boyfriend Karl Westerberg Manila Luzon Who Was A Contestant And Runner-Up On The Third Season Of RuPaul's Drag Race. Davenport Died From Heart Failure At Johns Hopkins Hospital In Baltimore On October 1 2012. read less