She got read for it in the puppet challenge "I buy the same dress in every color!"

You could very well be right, but you know more than I do. It is entirely possible that she knew about the edit - the queens who sashay away often get a great deal of exposure on the show, and being crowned a winner on the show is no guarantee of fame or popularity.

Every city has one like her- a 40-something camp drag bitch who will emcee anything from a drag show to a bingo night. They all have sharp tongues but end up being Drag Mothers

Adore realized that she had flaws - Courtney didn't

Darrienne was just plain nasty

That is a big difference between Courtney and Derrick (or Derriere, as I think of him) Courtney can SING and ACT. Derrick is just a very good imitator.

Courtney was firmly convinced of her own superiority.

Courtney was not a Drag Queen, she was an entertainer dressed as a woman. She never showed the exaggeration, the over the top quality that a good drag queen can draw on.

After Robbie took off that wig, waved it around, tossed it, then shook it and put it back on, IT LOOKED BETTER!

and you have to be good with an ad lib

The hairsyle and makeup accentuated Derrick's rather long strong jawline- girl should keep her head down a bit