RuPaul Charles RuPaul Andre Charles (born November 17, 1960; stylized as RuPaul) is an American drag queen, television personality, actor, musician, and model. Best known for producing, hosting, and judging the reality competition series ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' ...

is an American

drag queen A drag queen is a person, usually male, who uses drag clothing and makeup to imitate and often exaggerate female gender signifiers and gender roles for entertainment purposes. Historically, drag queens have usually been gay men, and part of ...

, actor, model, singer, songwriter, and television personality. He is considered to be the most famous drag queen ever, and in 2017 he was included in the annual ''Time'' 100 list of the most influential people in the world. Since 2009, he has produced and hosted the reality competition series ''

RuPaul's Drag Race ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' is an American reality competition television series, the first in the ''Drag Race'' franchise, produced by World of Wonder for Logo TV (season 1–8), WOW Presents Plus, VH1 (season 9–14) and, beginning with the f ...

'' and its various spin-offs, such as ''All Stars'', ''Untucked'' and '' Drag Race UK''. ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' was met with critical acclaim and was praised for "creat ngan entertainingly voyeuristic glimpse into the performance art world of drag queens". It has earned Charles twelve Primetime Emmy Awards, making him the person with the most wins in the category of Outstanding Host for a Competition Program and the most-awarded person of color in the show's history, one

Critics' Choice Television Award The Critics' Choice Television Awards are accolades that are presented annually by the Critics Choice Association (CCA). They were established in 2011, and the first ceremony was held on June 20, 2011, and streamed live on VH1.com. The fourt ...

, and four

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. ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK'' was nominated for two

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, while ''

Canada's Drag Race ''Canada's Drag Race'' is a Canadian reality competition television series based on the American series ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' and is the Canadian edition of the ''Drag Race'' franchise, produced by Blue Ant Studios. In a similar format to th ...

'' won several

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, with Charles being the recipient of two Best Reality/Competition Series awards as one of the executive producers of the show. In 2022, he won the

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for producing the

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show ''

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''. Charles had already achieved international fame as a drag queen with the release of his single " Supermodel (You Better Work)", from the album '' Supermodel of the World'' (1993), for which he received two ''Billboard'' Music Awards and an

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nomination. He was also honored with the GLAAD Vito Russo Award in 1999, presented to an openly LGBT media professional who has made a significant difference in promoting equality for the LGBT community, and in 2018 he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the television industry, making him the first drag queen to be given such an award.

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