There's a lot of different factors that come together to make a great diva. Clothes, attitude, looks, tunes, ability to reduce a group of gays to a quivering wreck...

The greatest Divas are invariably but african american women but there notable exceptions (Prince, Bette Midler, Dolly Parton...)

Who are your favorite Divas and why? Why is there such a paucity of good modern Divas?