Plastique Tiara is the stage name of Duc Nguyen Tran, a Vietnamese-American drag performer, dancer, and model who competed on

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of '' RuPaul's Drag Race'' and

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of '' RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars''.

Early life

Duc Tran Nguyen was born in

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, and raised in Vietnam. She is a first-generation American immigrant, relocating to the United States at age 11.

Career

Tran is a drag performer, dancer, and model who competed as Plastique Tiara on

of '' RuPaul's Drag Race''. She impersonated Lovely Mimi for the Snatch Game challenge and won the " Farm to Runway" design challenge, placing eighth overall. She was eliminated from the competition in the ninth episode, after placing in the bottom two of an acting challenge and losing a lip sync against

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to "

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" (2006) by

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. After the show, she joined the

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tour and the rotating cast of ''

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'' In 2019, she released the

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song "Irresistible", which received a

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. Brendan Wetmore of ''

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'' magazine described the video as "a beautiful and expensive dreamlike look into the luxury of being Plastique; beautiful men dance at her command while she whips her silky locks back and forth, her body covered in a jeweled garment". In 2021, Plastique Tiara and ''Drag Race'' contestant Kim Chi collaborated on a

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collection. Plastique Tiara is among the most-followed drag queens on

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. She joined the platform in August 2019, and had 11.2 million followers, as of January 2023. She had 2.1 million Instagram followers, as of October 2021. She joined OnlyFans in 2020. On April 23, 2024, Plastique was announced as one of the eight contestants competing on the ninth season of '' RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars''.

Personal life

Tran is based in Los Angeles. Previously, he was based in Dallas, until 2019. He is

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. Plastique Tiara has been described as a "drag daughter" of ''Drag Race'' contestant

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, and

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Discography

Singles

* "Irresistible" (2019)

Filmography

Television

* '' RuPaul's Drag Race'' (

) * '' RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 9''

Music videos

* "Irresistible" (2019) * "Em Nên Yêu Cô Ta" (with Orange) (2024)

References

External links

* {{RuPaul's Drag Race Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century American LGBT people 21st-century American people American drag queens American LGBT entertainers American queer people Drag performers from Dallas People from Ho Chi Minh City People from Los Angeles Vietnamese queer people RuPaul's Drag Race contestants Vietnamese emigrants to the United States Vietnamese LGBT entertainers