IMsL Contestants

Cathy

Cathy is honored to be the collared slave of Master Malik for 6ish years and partner for 7. She and Master Malik have 10 acres named "Dream Acres". The door to their home is always open to those passing through their part of the country. She currently wears the title of South Central Leather Woman 2009 and her past titles are Ms Great Plains Olympus Leather 2006 and Southwest Slave 2008.

She has presented at Twisted Temptation (Wichita, KS), Banter and AHS at Camp Gaea (McClouth, Ks), RSVP (Baton Rouge, LA), Mayhem in May (Shreveport, LA), Spanksgiving (St. Louis, MO), GWNN (Austin, TX), Tyler BDSM (Tyler, TX), Pandemonium (Albuquerque, NM), Beyond Vanilla (Dallas, TX), Beyond Leather (Fort Lauderdale, FL.), Rio Grande Leather (Albuquerque, NM), OKCKink (OKC, OK), NLA-Houston (Houston, TX), GLLA (Indianapolis, IN), Pain on the Plains (Lincoln, NEB), South Plains (Dallas, TX), and Southwest Leather Conference (Phoenix, AZ), Black Beat (Baltimore, MD).

Cathy is the founder and an owner of The Alternative Lifestyles Food Pantry whose motto is "Taking Care of Our Own". She also is the co-owner and producer of the Mr. and Ms. Great Plains Olympus Leather Contest held annually at Tribal Fire in OKC, Ok, Xpressions Facility, Xpressions Annual Event with this year being number IV, one human donkey named "cabby" and a leather boy, Geoffrey. Cathy is honored to be the co-organizer for establishing NLA-Tulsa. Cathy is a member of NCSF and NLA-I. Her home groups are T.U.L.S.A. (Tulsa Uniform & Leather Seeking Association), Rough Riders, Tulsa Dungeon Society and Oklahoma Women of Leather all located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is also a member of RSVP in Baton Rouge, La., Twisted Temptations in Wichita, Ks., Dominion in OKC, Ok and Transending Leather Corp.

She has met people that touched her heart. She thanks them.

Cowboi Jen

Cowboi Jen was born and raised a Jersey girl, but has proudly made Philadelphia her home since 1987. She has been immersed in Philadelphia's Leather and kink community since 2000, and currently serves as Mid-Atlantic Leather Woman 2009.

She has many passions: riding her horse Quinn, competing in the Gay Rodeo circuit, her two deaf dogs, being a cancer survivor and activist, and of course the Leather community. She also has a huge Disney fetish and has been to Disney World every year since they opened in 1971.

Cowboi produced the first ever Philadelphia Leather Pride Night in November of 2009 and was the Founder of the first gay rodeo association to come to the Philly area called the Liberty Gay Rodeo Association and helped produce the first Liberty Stampede Rodeo in May 2008. She still serves on the boards of the Leather Heart Foundation, P-LPN and MAsT: Wilmington Delaware and travels to as many events as possible.

Cowboi has been a GDI for as long as she can remember. She does not belong to patch clubs but instead prefers to attend events that cross cultural as well as sexual orientation boundaries. She takes both pride and pleasure in being able to attend a MAsT meeting on Tuesday night, a munch on Thursday night, a men's leather or Bear event on Friday night and a women's play party sponsored by LSM or FIST on Saturday night.

Cowboi is an active member of NLA-I, LSM, LGRA, and MAsT: Wilmington Delaware. She is also an avid volunteer filling roles such as Head DM and Head of Security for a multitude of events and also teaches dungeon and event safety as well as Health Awareness Within Kink.

Donna, Lady of Light

Donna, Lady of Light, is recipient of a Lifetime membership in Club X, San Diego's largest pansexual leather/bdsm fetish group, for services rendered. She was Chair and primary fundraiser for the Leather Float in the 2008 San Diego GLBT Pride Parade. She has hosted fundraisers at her home and other venues for our Community, and has made appearances and spoken at other fundraisers. In 2008 and 2009 she sang in the chorus at Butchmann's Southwest Leather Conference at opening ceremonies and in Tribal Revival. As Ms San Diego Leather 2008 she supported and worked for our Community. She has served as judge at 2008 San Diego Knight of Leather, 2008 Mr Southern California Bear & Bear Cub, 2009 Mr. Bear San Diego, and 2010 Ms San Diego Leather. She has presented workshops in her local community, on topics ranging from bondage to temperament profiling. She has been a speaker on tax issues throughout the State of California during the 1990s, represented her professional community before the legislature for four years, and ran for Ca State Controller in 2006. She is earning her leathers from an established Leatherwoman who guides her in Old Guard history and tradition. Donna's leather journey is one of Spirit.

Genesis

Genesis is a lifestyle and professional submissive located in Los Angeles., but don't let the pretty face fool you because she has been known to do some pretty heavy Domme scenes. She has been an active member of the Los Angeles BDSM and Leather Communities since 2004 when she relocated from Oregon to pursue Her interest in BDSM.

Even before leaving for Los Angeles, she knew what she wanted and had already secured a job at one of L.A.'s leading BDSM Houses, The Chateau in North Hollywood California. Upon her arrival, she immediately began working as a professional submissive. Genesis knew she wanted to be a ProDomme, but also knew that the experience she would get working as a pro sub would help her when the time would come for her transition in becoming a ProDomme. By 2006, she was working as a pro switch at The Chateau.

In January 2006, Genesis decided that the time had come to move on and pursue her goal of being a ProDomme. She contacted Mistress Cyan, who she had met previously, and set up a meeting. Mistress Cyan became her Mentor and Sanctuary became her home dungeon. Genesis worked as a ProDomme until May 2009, and decided to return to what she felt was her calling and is happy as Mistress Cyan's personal sub, and sessions as a pro sub.

Genesis has presented classes and workshops at DomCon LA and DomCon Atlanta, as well as Ottawa Leather Pride, LA Pride, and Great Lakes Leather Alliance. She loves judging Leather Contests and has been a Judge for The Mr Sanctuary Leather Contest in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Genesis has just recently resurrected Gio's Leather Title Holder's Boot Camp with The L.A. Band of Brothers.

Lady Minx

Lady Minx hails from Dallas, TX an is the Gulf Coast Leather Woman 2009, Dallas Community Leather Woman 2009. She is a polyamorous femme dyke switch, has been involved in the leather community for 12 years. She has presented at the local TNG group and looks forward to presenting at events in the future.

A long time collector of vampire, and gay and lesbian stories, and who loves dancing, music and rough body play. Flags Red, Black, Hunter Green, Purple to just name a few.

She lives in Dallas with her partner Syr Evan ICBB 2009, their daughter and their 2 pets a cat and dogs, Diva (cat) and Gizmo (dog).

Miss Rae

Before becoming "Ms SouthEast LeatherFest 2009", in 1997 Miss Rae was in college and was called to be an activist and educator for LGBT issues. She learned a lot about following her conscience and her passion in the work she did with these organizations. After a LOT of erotic story writing, she found the missing piece to her life in 2002 and it was made out of leather.

When the vanilla lesbian social groups didn't offer what she was looking to find she co-founded Women Of Leather Florida (WOLF) in 2003 and has been successfully running it ever since. The WOLF pack grows each year in membership and Miss Rae is dedicated to quality programming for the monthly meetings. At the end of 2005, she met the submissive that would come to be her pet, property and love. She shares a home with chris in Ft. Lauderdale and a 12 pound Miniature Pinscher named Harley. Harley truly believes he is in charge.

Miss Rae is very active within her regional community and hopes to be able to win International Ms. Leather and expand her list of friends as she travels in and out of our country. She is no stranger to local and national fundraisers as a worker and producer.

Her love of canes led her to learn the art of cane making. She loves to teach people about caning from the erotic side to the sadistic side and "Caning" has become her favorite class to teach. Making canes is a great way to show her love for the fetish and she won't stop until there is a cane in every dungeon!

Mollena (Mo) Williams

Mollena (Mo) Williams, "Delicate, Trembling Flower of Submission" (c) is a NYC born and raised writer, actress, BDSM Educator and Executive Pervert. She has been openly perverted since 1996, and is proud to serve as Ms. San Francisco Leather 2009. A founding member of Crowded Fire Theater Company, she blogs on http://mollena.com. Mo is also author of the upcoming "Toybag Gude: Taboo Play" and the essay "BDSM and Playing with Race" which appears in the "Best Sex Writing 2010."

Mollena is a former officer for The Society of Janus and has enjoyed membership with Society of Janus, Exiles, The Eulenspiegel Society, Black Rose and Saint Louis Leather & Lace. Mollena has been published in the Society Of Janus Newsletter, The Eulenspiegel Society's magazine, Prometheus, as well as on ALT.COM and Bondage.com . She was interviewed for The Bottoming Book , ColorLines Magazine, the award winning documentary "Vice & Consent". and gets tied up in the instructional video, "Jay Wiseman Teaches Rope Bondage"

Mollena has been interviewed by Sharon Glassman for The Huffington Post as well as by Angela Plaid for Racialicious. Her blog, The Perverted Negress, has been a featured on Fleshbot (not Once but TWICE!) She chatted with Mistress Matisse for her column The Control Tower in The Stranger. Mollena also talked about her award winning BDSM-centric solo show, 69Stories: One Pervert's Tale by Michael Krasny for KQED radio...and boy howdy, the venerated Jane's Guide thinks The Perverted Negress' Blog is pretty rad!

Mo is excited, honored and thrilled to be a part of International Ms. Leather, happy to be in the presence of so many inspiring LeatherWomen, and humbled to be a part of the IMsL Class of 2010!

Morgaine

Morgaine was named Ms NJ Leather 2010 in October of last year. Two weeks later, she was in front of a college class speaking to students about Leathersex, BDSM and relationships and recognized how much she enjoys being in a classroom. That experience has led her to developing an educational series that will be geared for those interested in learning more about WIITWD (what it is that we do).

Since October, Morgaine has spent much of her time attending events and fundraisers from New York to Baltimore that have benefited the GLBTQ and Leather communities. She is honored to be a judge at the first ever Mr Rawhide NYC contest at NYC's oldest leather bar.

Morgaine's journey did not begin in Leather. She came to a crossroads in 1997 when she not only realized that she is gay but that she is damn kinky; though it was when she came to know Leather folk that she finally found her home. She realized then that she had always been a Leatherwoman; even before knowing about Leather.

She and her slave rebecca own a home at the Jersey shore. They live a 24/7 TPE relationship and have been together for 4 years (and going strong!). Together they have a bevy of children of the four-legged persuasion; two dogs, two cats, two kittens and one betta! Their family also includes the amazing friends that they have made since entering into the public scene about three years ago.

Morgaine is an energy worker; a Reiki Master/Teacher in the Usui tradition. She is a Spiritual being and finds solace in simple things.

Morgaine looks forward to an amazing IMsL experience, new friendships and hot fun!

IMsBB Contestants

Jayson DaBoi

Jayson DaBoi is a native New Mexican, and other than a brief 20-year stint in the military in Colorado, she has always called New Mexico home. Since she has returned home, she has been very active in her local community and working as a bootblack for the Rio Grande Leather contest for the last 5 years. She has also been involved with other community organizations, including Albuquerque Pride, where she received the MsTer Pride 2004 title, as she also performs as a drag king and impersonates Elton John.

Her heart and spirituality lie in working with leather, be it boots or a tightly laced corset, bringing the leather back to life. She currently holds the titles of New Mexico BootBlack 2009, and Ms. Rio Grande Leather 2010. She enjoys sharing her love of leather care with anyone willing to learn and has taught both one on one and in large groups. When not working her "normal" job, she can be found in a cigar bar or her living room, blacking boots, or out in the community raising funds for anyone who asks. Jayson is not afraid of a little, or even a lot, of hard work.

Luna

Luna has been slowly making her way south from New England to New York City to now calling Virginia home. She has been a part of the leather community for 16 years spanning 4 states active as a volunteer, board member, educator, 'cheerleader', and organizer.

Luna's first bootblacking lesson came from her father 18 years ago, but started training as a bootblack 6 years ago in NY thanks to NYC Bootblack Roundtable and Florida's Dungeon 901 Bootblack Track. Her training is steeped in gay leather thanks to her mentors with a flair that is all femme and all her own. She has been a fixture of events such as Folsom Street East and has been honored to share the stand with her fellow bootblacks at events like TES FEST, Floating World, M/s Conference and GMSMAs Leatherfest.

She currently holds no club/patch affiliations but has taken to seeing the community as her club thanks to all the people that she has met across the country through her past travels. She is currently active with NYC Fetish Tribe where she bootblacks and helps with sponsorships for the organizations larger events and has been a proud volunteer with Leather Pride Night in NYC for the last 7 years. As an educator over the last 8 years she has taught at events and for organizations on topics of bootblacking, rope bottoming, role play and dance for leather events to teach women confidence, sexiness and inner strength.

When she is not involved with the Leather community she is busy within her tribal bellydance community where she is a student and also helps organize workshops of nationally known dancers to her local community. She is grateful for everyone that has been supporting her especially her primary Chad, her girl Bonnie and her Sir Skully.