Fans of RuPaul's Drag Race recall Alyssa Edwards from season five in 2014. The one time Miss Gay America was a fan favorite but was eliminated and took fifth place overall that season. Later, Edwards returned to Drag Race: All Stars in 2016 and placed fifth overall again.

Since then, Edwards — legal name Justin Johnson — has focused on a web series called Alyssa's Secrets, some drag performing and running a dance studio for kids in Mesquite, Texas. The studio, called Beyond Belief Dance Studio, is the focus of the new docu-series Dancing Queen that features Edwards. So ... who is Alyssa Edwards?

Read on to find out more.

1. Texas born

Born Justin Johnson, Edwards was one of seven children in a Texas family. While his father signed Justin up for sports, an injury kept the young player on the sidelines, watching the cheerleaders and dance team instead of the football field. Later, an uncle got Justin involved in a local theatre production where it became clear that dance was his gift. Once Justin started taking classes, he was completely committed. He tells Esquire he, " would stay after and watch the other classes, and I would kind of do the choreography on the side. And then I would go home and I would make up my own dances with my sisters. That's kind of where it all began."

2. Drag inspiration

Justin saw a drag show for the first time in a gay bar at 19. "It was very camp-y and I found that I was very intrigued [by] it," Alyssa told Esquire . Shortly afterwards, there was an opportunity to try out performing in drag and the then-unnamed Alyssa jumped at the chance, saying, "I was like, Oh, I'm gonna do this! I'm gonna so do this!"

3. Drag name

When Alyssa took the stage the first time, the MC asked for a stage name, something that hadn't occurred to the performer yet. "I said, 'Oh! I grew up watching Who's The Boss!' and I said, 'I'm gonna be Alyssa.'"

4. Pageant Queen

Edwards performed extensively for years and was a frequent competitor in drag pageants. A documentary called Pageant deals with the 34th Miss Gay American Pageant, which Edwards won, though ultimately, she was stripped of her title because of conflicts of interest.

5. Drag Race

Edwards joined the cast of Drag Race in 2012 and was immediately a fan favorite on the show. Despite the audience support, Edwards was eliminated. In 2016, she got a second chance by appearing on the second season of Drag Race: All Stars, where she finished in fifth place.

6. Teacher

Edwards says her real passion is Beyond Belief Dance Studio. She runs owns and runs the studio as Justin Johnson, though the Edwards persona shows up there as well. The studio is wildly successful, with the dancers from the studio appearing on America's Got Talent in 2008.

7. Dancing Queen

Now, Netflix is releasing a docuseries about the studio. Edwards tells Entertainment Weekly, "This is a docuseries, so this isn’t a produced reality. What you see is what was really going on. I’ve been around the world, and I think have experienced the Alyssa Edwards journey. You guys have a good idea of who and what Alyssa Edwards is and about. But there’s a man behind the magic and the mask, who has another life and world that’s just as important. The combination of the two makes this series special. This is a triumphant story, and hopefully, it inspires another little Justin somewhere in the world."

8. Antics

In addition to the work of mentoring dancers, audiences will get to see Edwards go on dates, officiate a wedding, all while running a successful business and being a role model for kids. Edwards says, "We need shows like this on TV right now… especially today!"

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Rebekah Kuschmider has been writing about celebrities, pop culture, entertainment, and politics since 2010. Her work has been seen at Ravishly, Babble, Scary Mommy, The Mid, Redbook online, and The Broad Side. She is the creator of the blog Stay at Home Pundit and she is a cohost of the weekly podcast The More Perfect Union.