The platinum anniversary competition used the Bridgerton Casting to find the star dancer, who will portray the young Princess Elizabeth to an estimated audience of one billion in the British Commonwealth.
The organizers said they especially hope to play the role of a colored woman as a representative of modern Britain and the Queen’s position as a global role model.
Janice Ho, 22, from Singapore, will open the “Celebrate” section of the competition, dancing at the Mall as Princess Elizabeth on the verge of becoming queen.
Interacting with a dragon doll the size of a double-decker bus, she will portray the princess who resigns herself to her strength and responsibility before a grand finale in front of Buckingham Palace.
The competition section will include many other “carnival queens”, from dancing pineapples to a royal wedding rethought through a Bollywood lens, as well as a drag queen named Cheddar the Magnificent.
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