page_title: Miss Foozie
section_title: Publications
hierarchical_section_title: Miss Foozie / Publications
caption_attribution_description: Miss Foozie appears at the Boystown Halloween Parade in Chicago.&#91;1&#93;
context_page_description: Lucy Foozie, better known as simply Miss Foozie, is a character from Chicago. Today, Miss Foozie is not a "drag queen". She is a "personality." Time Out Chicago calls her a "drag hostess and entertainer", and Chicago Free Press has consistently awarded her The Pressie for "best female impersonator". Since 2008, Miss Foozie has served as Community Ambassador for ChicagoPride.com.
  In 1997, Miss Foozie was "born" at her portrayer's 37th birthday party. Since then, her career has included parades, four films, and live performances throughout the United States. Her influence extends internationally as publications featuring her are available in both the United States and Canada.
context_section_description: On March 20, 2002, Miss Foozie appeared on the cover of Nightspots, an extensive, four-color glossy of Chicago's vibrant LGBT nightlife scene, published by Windy City Media Group, which also publishes Windy City Times, the city's oldest Gay newspaper. Artwork of her appeared on the cover on May 1, 2005, and she appeared on the cover again in April 2007. In November 2002, she appeared on the cover of BoystownChicago, and she appeared on the cover again in 2005 as "Chicago's Most Loved Host".
  For North Halsted Market Days in 2003, Chicago artist Lee Kay created a characture of her in the window of Boystown adult shop Batteries Not Included. BOI Magazine, a free magazine established in January 2000 distributed in bulk in the Chicago area, featured Kay's photo & artwork on the cover. In June 2004, she appeared on the cover of Chicago magazine Crusin'. In June 2005, she advertised beads in print ad for Gay Mart in Chicago.
  In March 2007, she appeared in Time Out Chicago, and her photo ran alongside a question she answered in a Gay & Lesbian article for their October 15–21, 2009 issue titled "Virgin territory"; Jason A. Heidemann asked some of their favorite LGBT Chicagoans to "reveal their first same-sex shag.": "My first time was all about who is the top and who is the bottom. That took five minutes."
  In April 2007, she appeared on the cover of Gay Chicago Magazine and again on October 29, 2009 as the Queen of Hearts for her then-upcoming role as hostess and emcee for the parade. Photographer Ashley Allen photographed her front and center with the other characters of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Alice, Mad Hatter, March Hare, and Cheshire Cat.
  In April 2007, she appeared in a straight periodical, wig and all, for Chicago magazine's special report "Money in Chicago 2007". The section entitled "Who Makes What" featured other Chicagoans from a variety of professions from many walks of life with salaries from $200,000 to $0, where she revealed her own to be $23,500.
  In June 2007, she was on the front page of Metromix published by the Chicago Tribune for that year's pride parade, and she was featured in the "Summer Festivals" gallery in the Chicago section for Market Days of that year.
  On August 24, 2007, Photographer Mia Algotti featured "Miss Foozie of Cocktail [(a Boystown bar)] encouraging the crowd to try their hand at the dunking booth during North Halsted Market Days Saturday afternoon." The photo showed her in front of a dunk tank seating a twink in Skyline, which was a publication of Pioneer Press, a division of Sun-Times Media Group. Dave Ouano photographed her for the August 2007 cover of Chicago Free Press' Freetime section. She made the cover of HOTT Magazine, distributed in Gay Friendly establishments throughout Southeastern and Western Michigan, Sarnia and Windsor, Ontario, Northern Ohio, Indiana and Chicago, for their November 12–25, 2009 issue.
caption: Miss Foozie emcees the 12th Annual Triangle Neighbors' Northalsted Halloween Parade in Boystown in 2008.[10][11][12][13]
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