Vogue Evolution appeared on the season finale of MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew after being eliminated in week five of the competition. The group was selected by show’s judge Lil Mama to perform with Artistry in Motion and We Are Heroes to “Girls On the Dance Floor” by East Movement.

After the finale, Vogue Evolution caught up with Pacific Rim Video and shared their favorite moments from the show. In an exclusive, the beautiful Leiomy revealed the group is working on a couple of things, including a talk show as well as her plans to explore her passion of modeling. She will walk her first fashion in California next month (October).

Check out the group’s performance plus interviews after the jump… Read the rest of this entry »

First it was for her insensitive comments to Leiomy of Vogue Evolution, now for her ridiculous stunt at the end of the VMAs, Lil Mama is saying she’s sorry. In case you missed it, Bow Wow Lil Mama ran up on stage at the end of Jay-Z and Alicia Keys performance of “Empire State of Mind,” and even struck a pose with the two. There was just one little problem. SHE WASN’T SUPPOSED TO BE THERE. What made it even more embarrassing to her was the fact neither artist acknowledged her presence on stage. Jay-Z even had a shoo fly look on his face.

Anyhow, Monday afternoon Lil Mama released a statement to MTV News via her manager saying, Read the rest of this entry »

America’s Best Dance Crew judge Lil Mama issued an apology to Vogue Evolution group member Leiomy and the LGBT community in a statement released by GLAAD for her comments made on Sunday’s (August 30) show.

Lil Mama stated, Read the rest of this entry »

Last night’s episode of America’s Best Dance Crew included a major pause moment after Lil Mama’s critique of Vogue Evolution and specifically transgender group member Leiomy.

Prior to the group’s performance, it was revealed Vogue Evolution had a hard week with Leiomy repeatedly missing dance practice and then walking out before dress rehearsal. After the performance, Lil Mama kicked off the critiques calling the performance good not excellent. Apparently linking it to Leiomy’s behavior, Lil Mama chose to direct a bit of “advice” to Leiomy when she told her, Read the rest of this entry »

If you caught the season opener of America’s Best Dance Crew last night (August 9) on MTV, then you got a taste of Vogue Evolution, the gay/transgender dance crew competing for this season’s title of America’s Best Dance Crew. Vogue Evolution is an award-winning dance crew hailing from New York City’s underground ballroom scene. The crew, made up of Dashaun Williams, Devon Webster, Malechi Williams, Jorel Rios and Lelomy Maldonado - four gay bois and one transgender female – gave a crowd roaring performance fusing vogue elements with hip hop dance.

All the crews brought an impressive display of diversity and technique, but once Vogue Evolution hit the television screen, it was Read the rest of this entry »