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Maxi Shield
Shield in 2023
Born
Kristopher Elliot

(1974-06-01)1 June 1974
Ballina, New South Wales, Australia
Died21 February 2026(2026-02-21) (aged 51)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
TelevisionRuPaul's Drag Race Down Under (season 1)
Websitemaxidragqueen.com

Kristopher Elliot (1 June 1974 – 21 February 2026), known professionally as Maxi Shield, was an Australian drag performer who competed on the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under.

Early life

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Kristopher Elliot was born in Ballina, New South Wales on 1 June 1974.[1][2][3][4]

Career

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Maxi Shield at RuPaul's DragCon LA in May 2022

Maxi Shield performed at the 2000 Olympic Games closing ceremony and opened the Gay Games in 2002. She competed on the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under.[5][6][7] She impersonated Magda Szubanski during the Snatch Game challenge.[8] Maxi Shield was eliminated from the competition after placing in the bottom two of the make-over challenge, then losing a lip-sync battle against Scarlet Adams.[9][10] She appeared at RuPaul's DragCon UK on numerous occasions after competing on Drag Race.[11]

In 2020, Maxi Shield and fellow Drag Race contestant Hannah Conda attempted to set a new world record for the largest Drag Queen Story Time event at Oxtravaganza.[12][13] In 2023, Maxi Shield played Maxine Fowler in the film The Winner Takes It All.[14][15][16]

Personal life and death

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Elliot was based in Sydney[17][18] and was an Oxford Street Safety Ambassador for the City of Sydney.[19][20]

In 2017, Maxi Shield starred in a HIV prevention video campaign run by ACON titled "This HIV Testing Week, Testing Doesn't Have To Be A Drag"[21]. Maxi was selected by ACON for this role due to her being "tremendously talented" and highly recognisable by members of the Sydney LGBTQIA+ community, as well as her status as a community leader and her role as Oxford Street Safety Ambassador[22]. In 2022, Maxi Shield participated in the "We're Better Than That" campaign to prevent domestic violence, having experienced it as a child[23][24].

In September 2025, Elliot announced that he had been diagnosed with throat cancer, for which he began receiving treatment.[25] He died five months after being diagnosed, on 21 February 2026, at the age of 51.[26]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role
2005 Going Down Under[citation needed] Transvestite
2023 The Winner Takes It All[citation needed] Maxine Fowler

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2005 All Saints Drag Queen Episode: "Outside Looking In"
2018 You Can't Ask That Herself Episode: "Drag"
2021 RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under (season 1) Herself (contestant) 6th place
2022 Bring Back My Girls Herself Episode: "RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under Season 1"
2023 Tongue Thai'd Herself Episode: "Maxi Shield at Crispy Pork Gang"
2024 Drag Race Down Under (season 4) Herself (special guest) Episode: "The Rhys Roast"

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "MEET RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE DOWN UNDER QUEEN- MAXI SHIELD". Star Observer. 19 April 2021. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Maxi Shield". watch.plex.tv. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
  3. ^ Manibog, Rebekah (23 February 2026). "Maxi Shield, Sydney LGBTQIA+ Icon And Drag Race Down Under Star, Dies Age 51". PEDESTRIAN.TV. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
  4. ^ Ring, Ellie (23 February 2026). "Drag Race star Maxi Shield has passed away just five months after cancer diagnosis". Reality Shrine. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
  5. ^ "Exclusive: Drag Race Down Under star Maxi Shield spills the T on her Madonna collab and that iconic stunt". GAY TIMES. 8 June 2021. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  6. ^ Dunn, Billie Schwab (8 June 2021). "Drag Race Down Under's Maxi Shield on importance of uplifting Indigenous voices". Metro. Archived from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Maxi Shield On Being A Plus-Sized Older Queen & Listening To Indigenous Voices". Star Observer. 7 June 2021. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Here's who the Drag Race Down Under queens will impersonate on Snatch Game". GAY TIMES. 7 May 2021. Archived from the original on 14 August 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  9. ^ Murray, Tim (6 June 2021). "RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under Recap: Making Over Rugby Players". ScreenRant. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  10. ^ James, Michael (7 June 2021). "Drag Race Video Rucap: Maxi Shield 'I was my toughest competition'". QNews. Archived from the original on 14 August 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  11. ^ Garrison, Mark (28 February 2023). "Drag Race Down Under Star Maxi Shield Reveals Her Favourite Things About Queer Sydney". Star Observer. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  12. ^ "Drag Queen Story Time – A World Record in the offing". Star Observer. 20 February 2020. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  13. ^ "Sequins and lessons as drag queen storytime taken to Sydney streets". SBS News. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  14. ^ Hirst, Jordan (25 January 2023). "Drag star Maxi Shield's new movie is a campy, raunchy comedy". QNews. Archived from the original on 26 January 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  15. ^ "Drag Cinema with Maxi Shield and "The Winner Takes It All" Director James Demitri". Out Takes. 5 February 2023. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  16. ^ Hirst, Jordan (14 February 2023). "Maxi Shield serves big John Waters energy in raunchy comedy". QNews. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  17. ^ Taylor, Andrew (23 April 2016). "Drag queen Maxi Shield upholds Anzac Day tradition of two-up". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  18. ^ Maher, Alannah (12 April 2023). "Superstar drag queen Maxi Shield is making her stand-up debut at Sydney Comedy Festival". Time Out Sydney. Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  19. ^ "COUNCIL Meeting No 1463" (PDF). City of Sydney. 29 October 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  20. ^ "Sydney plans homophobia-free zones". Reuters. 24 August 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  21. ^ "HIV Testing: Maxi Shield visits a[TEST]". YouTube. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  22. ^ "Latest News". ACON. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  23. ^ Power, Julie (3 March 2022). "Maxi Shield: A voice with cut through on domestic violence". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  24. ^ Hirst, Jordan (3 March 2022). "Drag star Maxi Shield reveals she's a domestic violence survivor". QNews. Archived from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  25. ^ Wells, Callum (3 September 2025). "Drag Race Down Under star Maxi Shield announces cancer diagnosis as she undergoes treatment". Attitude. Archived from the original on 3 September 2025. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  26. ^ Wratten, Marcus (23 February 2026). "Drag Race Down Under star Maxi Shield dies five months after cancer diagnosis". PinkNews. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
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