AjaĪja was often criticized by the judges and her peers for her makeup, though she was gifted with a sewing machine. Though Yvie injured herself during a choreography challenge, she was able to finish the competition. Many think Couleé was robbed of the crown after the Drag Race producers introduced a lip sync battle to decide the winner instead of going off points accumulated. Though devastated by two runner-up finishes on Drag Race, Raven went on to earn an Emmy nomination for makeup work on later episodes of the show. Her lip sync against Carmen Carrera to the song “Straight Up,” by Paula Abdul, is considered one of the most memorable in Drag Race history. Her drag name was inspired by Naomi Campbell and Biggie Smalls, and she’s the first queen to win two makeover challenges. Monique has been outspoken about racism in the gay and drag communities. Monét is the only Miss Congeniality to win a season of Drag Race.
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Miz Cracker is the only contestant to win the makeover challenge but not advance to the finale. The first trans woman to originate a principal role on Broadway. Kameron is the fourth queen to enter the competition with the surname Michaels. Jujubee never won a Drag Race main challenge. Jiggly derives her first name from the Pokémon Jigglypuff. Ginger MinjĪfter Drag Race, Ginger landed a role in the Netflix film Dumplin’, which features a young, plus-size beauty-queen contestant. Gia was the first queen to be eliminated twice in Snatch Game. Originally from Toronto, Brooke Lynn was the first Canadian contestant to appear on the show.Īt 41, Chad became the oldest winner in the shows’ herstory.
In episode six of All Stars 3, after winning a lip sync competition, BenDeLaCreme made the surprising choice to eliminate herself, calling it “the easiest decision” she’d made all season. The cash prize has since been upped to $100,000. Some even looked dead.īebe took home $20,000 for winning the first season of Drag Race. Asia O’HaraĪsia was the first queen to use live animals in a lip sync, but in a fabulous fail, the butterflies that were supposed to fly out of her top fell to Earth. I think of my legacy as what I continue to do every day, which is go to work.”
“My grandfather was a farmer in Paris, Texas,” she has said. In other words, she’s a queen with the mind of a mogul: In 2014, she started Say What Entertainment, a management company for drag performers. Oh, and her podcast, Shangela, dropped last month. She also guest-starred on Community and Glee, shilled for McDonald’s and Orbitz, collaborated with Ariana Grande on her song “NASA,” and is working on a deal to stream her “Shangela Is Shook” tour as a comedy special. Halleloo! In the past year alone, Shangela, who never won Drag Race (mitigating fact: She’d done drag for only five months prior), toured 184 cities, made a big splash in A Star Is Born, and hosted the GLAAD Awards (earning a standing ovation from Beyoncé). Her book, Blame It on Bianca Del Rio: The Expert on Nothing With an Opinion on Everything, came out last year along with her coconut-oil-based makeup remover.ĭrag Race: Season 2 twelfth place season 3 sixth place.
She’ll be performing at the U.K.’s 12,500-seat Wembley Arena* for her “It’s Jester Joke” tour (which she’ll take to Carnegie Hall this fall), has nearly 2 million Instagram followers, is currently starring in the West End musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, made two Hurricane Bianca movies and a Logo comedy special, and landed a Starbucks ad with Adore. Since then, the insult comic, self-proclaimed “Clown in a Gown,” and first Latinx Drag Race winner has created a level of global drag stardom not seen since, well, Mama Ru herself. The queen of all Drag Race queens and the most successful alum, Bianca appeared on the show five years ago (and was so dominant that she reached the finale without having to lip-sync for her life). Alex Jung, Charlotte Klein, Genevieve Koski, Brian Moylan, Matthew Schneier, Matthew Silver, and Carl Swanson Reporters and judges: Mano Agapion, Rebecca Alter, Joel Kim Booster, Maria Elena Fernandez, Molly Fitzpatrick, Chris Heller, E. Who else has amassed true cultural capital? Who can bring home north of $1 million annually, or get cast in a Hollywood blockbuster? Here, after talking to talent agents, managers and club bookers, as well as studying social-media influence, career longevity, and each queen’s “charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent,” we rank America’s top-100 Drag Race superstars.
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