Justin Trace Natvig, 31, prepares himself for a night of performance as Vivian Vaughn. Justin has been performing drag since 1998, but only started to take it seriously in 2008 when he enrolled at UNC. Drag is a personal escape from the many struggles he has encountered in his life. In 1992 his mother had two burst anurisms, then in 1997 Justin ran away from his father after he 'came out' to him. Between running away from home and his enrollment at UNC in 2008, a boyfriend of his shot himself, his best friend died in a car accident and one of his brothers died of a heroin overdose in Barcelona. "It has not been an easy journey," said Justin "I have had to overcome a lot."