Justin Dwayne Lee Johnson (born January 16, 1980), best known by the stage name Alyssa Edwards, is an American drag performer, choreographer, and businessperson. Edwards was known for competing in drag pageantry (notably Miss Gay America 2010) before rising to international attention as a contestant on the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, becoming a fan favorite during and after her time on the show. Edwards subsequently appeared on the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars and starred in her own web series, Alyssa's Secret. She won the first ever season of RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars, making her the first queen to be inducted into the "Newly Constructed International Pavilion At the Drag Race Hall of Fame".

Johnson lives in Mesquite, Texas, where he owns and operates a dance studio, Beyond Belief Dance Company. Johnson and his dance studio are the centerpieces of a docuseries, Dancing Queen, produced by RuPaul and World of Wonder that premiered on October 5, 2018, on Netflix.

Justin Dwayne Lee Johnson was born on January 16, 1980, to Jimmy Harold Johnson and Sherrie Ann Laye in Mesquite, Texas. He was one of seven children in the working-class family, and has described his mother as "the wind beneath (his) wings" and his father as "very, very masculine." Growing up, Justin's sisters were cheerleaders, and he often found himself wishing he could join in on their practices. Described as a shy and creative child with no interest in sports, he enjoyed watching The Wizard of Oz and dancing and singing tunes such as Rod Stewart’s "Forever Young" in his front yard, to the discouragement of his father. Justin was supported by his openly gay Uncle Bobby, who supplied him with a role as an extra in a local production of Brigadoon and financed his enrollment in an all-boys jazz dance class at the Joy Sharp School of Dance in Mesquite, and was only allowed to attend when his father was informed that the son of a local baseball coach attended the class as well. Johnson’s parents divorced around the time he was in high school, when he attended West Mesquite High School and volunteered as an instructor and choreographer for the local peewee drill team. After high school, he attended Ranger College before transferring to the University of North Texas, where he was briefly a part of the college cheer squad and came out as gay.

While attending University of North Texas, Johnson became involved in Dallas's drag community after friends took him to the Rose Room at Village Station in Oak Lawn, Dallas, where he saw his first drag show. He soon became a regular at the venue before entering an amateur drag competition, where he performed in drag for the first time. Drawing on the makeup skills his sisters had taught him, he slicked back his platinum blond hair "like Annie Lennox". When the emcee asked for a stage name, he chose "Alyssa" after actress Alyssa Milano, whose television work he had enjoyed as a child. His drag surname, "Edwards", was later given to him by his mentor and drag mother, Laken Edwards.

During this period, Edwards also founded the Haus of Edwards, a drag family that mentors and supports performers. He became drag mother to several future RuPaul's Drag Race contestants, including Shangela, Laganja Estranja, Gia Gunn, Vivienne Pinay, and Plastique Tiara.

Beginning in the mid-2000s, Edwards competed in drag pageantry across the United States. In 2005, he won Miss Gay Texas America and, over the following several years, competed in regional and national pageants, placing as a finalist or alternate in several editions of Miss Gay America while also winning titles including Miss Gay USofA, Miss Texas Continental, and All American Goddess.

In 2009, Edwards won Miss Gay America 2010. He also appeared in the documentary Pageant, which followed contestants preparing for the 34th Miss Gay America pageant in 2006.

Less than a year later, on December 9, 2010, the Miss Gay America organization stripped Edwards of the title, citing business dealings that conflicted with the organization's rules for titleholders. First alternate Coco Montrese replaced Edwards as the winner of Miss Gay America. Edwards was also stripped of his All American Goddess title later that year.