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Mariah Paris Balenciaga
Mariah Paris Balenciaga, or simply known as Mariah, is the stage name of Elijah A. Kelly (born February 13, 1981), an American drag queen and television personality, best known for competing on the third season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' (2011) and the fifth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars'' (2020). Since appearing on the show, she has been featured in a number of web series produced by World of Wonder, such as ''Wait, What?'', ''Transformations'', and ''Fashion Photo RuView''. Balenciaga released her first single, "Mug 4 Dayz", on November 19, 2013. Early life Kelly was born on February 13, 1982 in Gainesville, Georgia. She later moved to Atlanta when she was 19, and started doing drag in the ballroom scene, becoming a founding member of the House of Balenciaga. She is biracial. Career Balenciaga was announced as one of thirteen contestants for the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race in 2011. She was eliminated in the sixth episode after losing a lip sync to " Loo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RuPaul's DragCon LA
RuPaul's DragCon LA is an annual expo of drag culture held in Los Angeles billed as a "convention that celebrates 'the art of drag, queer culture and self-expression for all'", which debuted in 2015. Its sister event is RuPaul's DragCon NYC started in 2017, and is considered the "world's largest celebration of drag culture." The event is an outgrowth of the internationally successful '' RuPaul's Drag Race'', which generated '' Drag Race Thailand'', ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK'', '' RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars,'' and Chile's '' The Switch Drag Race''. ''RuPaul's Drag Race and'' the DragCons come from World of Wonder Entertainment (WOW), a production company based in Los Angeles. At RuPaul's DragCon LA, past ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' contestants and other well-known drag artists meet with fans, take pictures, sign autographs, and sometimes perform or take part in a discussion panel, as well as sell merchandise. The discussion panels vary from more obvious topics like clothing, fashi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Looking For A New Love
"Looking for a New Love" is a song by American dance-pop singer Jody Watley. It was released in January 1987 as the first single from her eponymous debut album. The song became one of the biggest pop and R&B singles of 1987. Watley re-recorded and re-issued the song in various remixes in 2005. History The single hit number two for four consecutive weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in May 1987 and spent three weeks at number-one on the Billboard R&B chart. It is the only single between 1985 and 1990 in the United States to have spent four weeks in the runner-up position and not have reached number one. On the Hot 100, the single would get stuck behind Cutting Crew's "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" and U2's "With or Without You" for two weeks each, and during its run at the top of the then-Black Singles, Club Nouveau's Hot 100 number-one single " Lean on Me" was stuck behind "Looking for a New Love" for those same three weeks. It ranked number 16 on Billboard's year-end chart for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and unincorporated territory of the United States. It is located in the northeast Caribbean Sea, approximately southeast of Miami, Florida, between the Dominican Republic and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and includes the eponymous main island and several smaller islands, such as Mona, Culebra, and Vieques. It has roughly 3.2 million residents, and its capital and most populous city is San Juan. Spanish and English are the official languages of the executive branch of government, though Spanish predominates. Puerto Rico was settled by a succession of indigenous peoples beginning 2,000 to 4,000 years ago; these included the Ortoiroid, Saladoid, and Taíno. It was then colonized by Spain following the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1493. Puerto Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurricane Irma
Hurricane Irma was an extremely powerful Cape Verde hurricane that caused widespread destruction across its path in September 2017. Irma was the first Category 5 hurricane to strike the Leeward Islands on record, followed by Maria two weeks later. At the time, it was considered as the most powerful hurricane on record in the open Atlantic region, outside of the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico until it was surpassed by Hurricane Dorian two years later. It was also the third strongest Atlantic hurricane at landfall ever recorded, just behind the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane and Dorian. The ninth named storm, fourth hurricane, second major hurricane, and first Category 5 hurricane of the 2017 season, Irma caused widespread and catastrophic damage throughout its long lifetime, particularly in the northeastern Caribbean and the Florida Keys. It was also the most intense hurricane to strike the continental United States since Katrina in 2005, the first major hurri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phi Phi O'Hara
Jaremi Lee Carey (born Jeremy Lee Carey; October 10, 1985) is an American actor, streamer, singer, cosplay artist, and former drag performer who performed under the name Phi Phi O'Hara. In the O'Hara persona, Carey came to international attention as a runner-up on the 4th season of '' RuPaul's Drag Race'' and placing 7th on the second season of '' RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars''. Early life Carey was born to Rickey Lee Carey and Rhonda Lynn Malott (also said to be Maritza Cortes) on October 10, 1985 in San Antonio, Texas. His parents divorced when he was 17 years old. He is of Filipino and Portuguese descent. Carey went to school for graphic and web design. He is a certified optician. Career Carey as Phi Phi O'Hara was announced as one of the thirteen contestants for ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' season 4 on November 13, 2011. He achieved a runner-up position. In 2012, Carey was invited back as a contestant on '' All Stars 1'', but declined to participate in the competition due t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skin Wars
''Skin Wars'' is a body painting reality competition hosted by Rebecca Romijn that premiered on the American pay-television channel Game Show Network on August 6, 2014. Contestants on the series perform challenges containing body painting each episode. At the end of each episode, one contestant is eliminated and told "It's time to wash off your canvas." Production On September 12, 2013, GSN ordered eight episodes of the series, making it GSN's first television show devoted to body art. On February 4, 2014, GSN announced Rebecca Romijn as host of ''Skin Wars'', with RuPaul Charles, Craig Tracy and Robin Slonina serving as judges. The series premiered on GSN August 6, 2014. That same night, the network also began airing an online series entitled ''Skin Wars: The Naked Truth with Kandee Johnson'' airing immediately after ''Skin Wars'' on DOOR3, GSN's YouTube channel targeted toward 18- to 25-year-olds. The series features commentary from Johnson as well as highlights from that nig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimora Blac
Kimora Blac is the stage name of Von Nguyen, an American drag queen and television personality, best known for competing on the ninth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Early life Von Nguyen was born on December 15, 1988, in Wichita, Kansas. She is of Vietnamese heritage. Von Nguyen grew up in Elk Grove, California, then moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, where she resided when she was cast to appear on ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Her drag name comes from Kimora Lee Simmons and her favorite color black, with the "k" removed because "it added a twist". Career ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' She first did amateur drag when she was fifteen with ''Dragula'' contestant Melissa Befierce. She started doing professional drag when she was eighteen. She auditioned for ''Drag Race'' three different times. Kimora Blac was announced as one of fourteen contestants for the ninth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' on February 2, 2017. After being declared safe in episode one, she was placed in the bottom two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raven (drag Queen)
David Petruschin (born April 8, 1979), best known as Raven, is an American drag queen, make-up artist, and reality television personality from Riverside, California. Raven was a fixture in the South California nightclub scene before gaining international prominence for appearing in both the second season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' and the first season of '' All Stars''. Raven placed as the runner-up on both seasons. He also served as a "professor" during all three seasons of '' RuPaul's Drag U''. Petruschin has been RuPaul's makeup artist since ''Drag Race'''s ninth season and has since become a creative producer of both ''Drag Race'' and ''All Stars''. For his make-up work on the show, Petruschin received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Makeup for a Multi-Camera Series or Special (Non-Prosthetic) in 2020. Early life Petruschin was born to DeShawna and Jose Herrera Chacon (1935-2012) in Victorville, California as the first of five children. Being of Russian ancestry, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sutan Amrull
Sutan Ibrahim Karim Amrullah ; (born June 14, 1974), often shortened to Sutan Amrull, is an American drag performer and make-up artist who also uses the stage name Raja Gemini or simply Raja. He is best known for winning the third season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' and remains the only Asian American to win the show. Amrullah later returned to compete on the seventh season of '' RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars'', an all-winners season. Outside of drag, Amrullah is also known for his makeup artistry on the reality television show ''America's Next Top Model'' (cycles four through twelve). Amrullah's clients include Tyra Banks, Dita von Teese, Pamela Anderson, Paulina Porizkova, Iman, Iggy Azalea, RuPaul, and Twiggy. Since 2009, Amrullah has been make-up artist to singer Adam Lambert for print media, live U.S. appearances, and Lambert's international 2010 Glam Nation Tour. Amrullah currently co-host the podcast ''Very That'', alongside Delta Work. Early life Amrullah was born in B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RuPaul's Drag U
''RuPaul's Drag U'' (as in "Drag University") is an American reality television series that debuted July 19, 2010, on Logo TV. Its final episode aired in August 2012. It was hosted by RuPaul and a team of drag queen "professors". ''Drag U'' was a spin-off of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. RuPaul confirmed on May 8, 2013 via Twitter that the series had been cancelled. Format In each episode of ''RuPaul's Drag U'' three women are given drag makeover A makeover is a radical change in appearance. When the word is used to describe a change in human physical appearance, it may imply a change in clothing, haircut, or cosmetics. A personal makeover might also include weight loss, plastic surgery ...s and taught to access their "inner divas". Each of these faux queens is judged and evaluated on her "Drag Point Average" (DPA): Drag transformation, Performance and Attitude adjustment. The contestant with the highest DPA wins. RuPaul is the "President" of Drag U. Unlike in ''RuPaul's Drag Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RuPaul's Drag Race (season 11)
The eleventh season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' aired on VH1 from February 28, 2019, to May 30, 2019. The cast featured fourteen new queens and one returning queen, making it the largest cast of the series so far; the contestants were announced in a live stream hosted by season 10 winner Aquaria and Adam Rippon on January 24, 2019. The winner of the eleventh season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' was Yvie Oddly, with Brooke Lynn Hytes being the runner-up, and Nina West being Miss Congeniality. Season 10 contestant Vanessa Vanjie Mateo returned to the competition, placing 5th. At the time of release Season 11 featured the largest cast in the show's history to date, with fifteen queens competing. This was later outperformed by Season 15, with sixteen queens competing. Contestants ''Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.'' Notes: Contestant progress Lip syncs Legend: Guest judges Listed in chronological order: *Miley Cyrus, singer, actress * Bob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eureka O'Hara
Eureka, also known as Eureka O'Hara and Eureka!, is the stage name of Eureka D. Huggard (born August 26, 1990), an American drag queen and reality television personality. Eureka rose to prominence competing on the ninth and tenth seasons of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. They were removed from the ninth season of ''Drag Race'' due to a knee injury, becoming the first contestant in the history of the show to be sent home due to injury; they were then given an automatic berth to season 10, where they placed as runner-up. In 2021, Eureka competed on the sixth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars'', where they once more placed as a runner-up. Since 2020, Eureka has co-hosted '' We're Here'' on HBO alongside fellow ''Drag Race'' contestants Bob the Drag Queen and Shangela. The series has received acclaim from critics. Early life and education Huggard was born August 26, 1990, in Bristol, Tennessee, and started performing in drag at the club New Beginnings. They chose the drag name Eu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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