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RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16
The sixteenth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' premiered on January 5, 2024. The reality competition series, broadcast on MTV in the United States, showcases fourteen drag queens competing for the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar" and a cash prize of $200,000. This season introduced a LaLaPaRuZa Lip-Sync Smackdown competition for the eliminated queens that took place before the finale. Morphine Love Dion, who placed 5th in the main competition, won the smackdown and the title of ''Queen of She Done Already Done Had Herses''. The winner of season 16 was Nymphia Wind, the first ever East Asian winner, with Sapphira Cristál as the runner up and the series' first tied winner of Miss Congeniality, shared with Xunami Muse. Production In August 2023, the competition series and its companion series, ''RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked'', were officially renewed and would remain on MTV. ''RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars'' was also renewed for a ninth season by Paramount+. In November, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RuPaul
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'', he has received several accolades, including 12 Primetime Emmy Awards, three GLAAD Media Awards, a Critics' Choice Television Award, two ''Billboard'' Music Awards, and a Tony Award. He has been dubbed the "Queen of Drag". Born and raised in San Diego RuPaul later studied performing arts in Atlanta. He settled in New York City, where he became a popular fixture on the LGBT nightclub scene. He achieved international fame as a drag queen with the release of his debut single, " Supermodel (You Better Work)", which was included on his debut studio album '' Supermodel of the World'' (1993). He became a spokesperson for MAC Cosmetics in 1994, raising money for the Mac AIDS Fund and becoming the first drag queen to land a major cosmetic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yahoo!
Yahoo! (, styled yahoo''!'' in its logo) is an American web services provider. It is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California and operated by the namesake company Yahoo! Inc. (2017–present), Yahoo Inc., which is 90% owned by investment funds managed by Apollo Global Management and 10% by Verizon Communications. It provides a web portal, search engine Yahoo! Search, Yahoo Search, and related services, including My Yahoo!, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo! News, Yahoo News, Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo! Sports, Yahoo Sports and its advertising platform, Yahoo! Native. Yahoo was established by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994 and was one of the pioneers of the early Internet era in the 1990s. However, usage declined in the late 2000s as some services discontinued and it lost market share to Facebook and Google. History Founding In January 1994, Yang and Filo were electrical engineering graduate students at Stanford University, when they created a website named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geneva Karr
Geneva Karr (born 1992/1993) is a Mexican drag performer who competed on season 16 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Early life Geneva Karr was born in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. Career Geneva Karr is a drag performer who competed on season 16 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. She is the first Mexico-born contestant on the show, as well as the first to represent the Rio Grande Valley. Personal life Geneva Karr is based in Brownsville, Texas. Filmography * ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' ( season 16) * '' RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked'' * '' Whatcha Packin''' (2024) * ''Hey Qween! ''Hey Qween!'' is a talk show series on WOW Presents Plus, hosted by Jonny McGovern. Described as a "gay web series" and an LGBTQ talk show, ''Hey Qween!'' has featured many contestants from ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' as guests. ''Hey Qween!'' began a ...'' (2024) References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American people of Mexican descent Entertainers from Texas People from Browns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megami (drag Queen)
Megami, also known as Megami D.Vil, is the stage name of Jonathan Soto-Reyes (born April 21, 1989), an American drag queen and cosplayer best known for competing on season 16 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. She was born and raised in Sunset Park, Brooklyn and Staten Island, and is currently based in Brooklyn. Career Megami began performing in drag in 2016 when she won the cosplay lip-sync show ''GeekSync'' in New York. Her drag name is inspired both by the Japanese word for goddess and by the video game '' Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga''. ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' Megami was cast on the sixteenth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'', having applied to compete on the show five times. Megami first appeared in the season's second episode which premiered on January 12, 2024. Her talent show performance in this episode, in which she held up a banner stating "Protect Queer Art", subsequently became a meme in the ''Drag Race'' community; it was the subject of a parody by ''The Boulet B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plasma (drag Queen)
Plasma is the stage name of Taylor Ratliff (born November 6, 1998), an American drag performer, actor, and singer. Plasma is best known for competing on season 16 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Early life and education Ratliff grew up in a small rural town in northeast Texas. Through listening to artists like Julie Andrews, Judy Garland, and Barbara Streisand, and participating in junior high theatrical plays, Ratliff began to grow a love of theatre. Ratliff earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in musical theatre performance from the University of Oklahoma. Career After graduating, Plasma moved to New York City in June of 2021 to start a career in theatre before deciding to engage with the city's resurging drag scene. She started her New York City drag career at the Lady Liberty pageant hosted by ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' alum Brita Filter. Her drag is heavily inspired by the actresses of the Golden Age of Hollywood and seeks to unite vintage and modern American pop culture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige
Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige (born 1988/1989) is an American drag performer competing on season 16 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Personal life Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige is of Haitian heritage. She lived in Miami's Liberty City neighborhood, before relocating to Hollywood, Los Angeles. She is a drag daughter of season 7 contestant Kennedy Davenport. Filmography Television * ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' ( season 16) * '' RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked'' See also * List of people from Los Angeles * List of people from Miami The following is a list of notable people who were born or who live or formerly lived in the city of Miami, Florida. Artists and designers * Jorge Arango, architect * Hernan Bas, visual artist * Clandestine Culture, contemporary artist *Se ... References External links * Living people American drag queens American people of Haitian descent Entertainers from California Entertainers from Florida People from Hollywood, Los Angeles People from Miami Mhiya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn (drag Queen)
Dawn is the stage name of Gaven Kerr (born 1998), an American drag performer who competed on season 16 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Career Dawn is a drag performer who has described herself as an "ethereal elf goddess of Brooklyn". She competed on season 16 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. On the first episode (" Rate-A-Queen"), she lip-synced to an original track. The judges appreciated Dawn's "kookiness" and compared her to Lucille Ball. Tomás Mier of ''Rolling Stone'' called her "out of left field in ''all'' the right ways" and said she presented some of the premiere's best looks. Dawn was eliminated on the twelfth episode, " Bathroom Hunties", placing sixth overall. Personal life Dawn was born and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina, but is based in Brooklyn. She has said Sasha Velour is an inspiration and her favorite ''Drag Race'' winner. Dawn is also inspired by fashion designer Betsey Johnson. Dawn is a Taylor Swift fan, and "Toxic" by Britney Spears is among her favorite pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miami
Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a coastal metropolis and the county seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida, United States. With a population of 442,241 at the 2020 census, it is the second-most populous city in Florida and the eleventh-most populous city in the Southeastern United States. The Miami metropolitan area is the ninth largest in the U.S. with a population of 6.138 million in 2020. The city has the third-largest skyline in the U.S. with over 300 high-rises, 58 of which exceed . Miami is a major center and leader in finance, commerce, culture, arts, and international trade. Miami's metropolitan area is by far the largest urban economy in Florida and the 12th largest in the U.S., with a GDP of $344.9 billion as of 2017. According to a 2018 UBS study of 77 world cities, Miami is the second richest city in the U.S. and third richest globally in purchasing power. Miami is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City (abbreviated KC or KCMO) is the largest city in Missouri by population and area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 508,090 in 2020, making it the 36th most-populous city in the United States. It is the central city of the Kansas City metropolitan area, which straddles the Missouri–Kansas state line and has a population of 2,392,035. Most of the city lies within Jackson County, with portions spilling into Clay, Cass, and Platte counties. Kansas City was founded in the 1830s as a port on the Missouri River at its confluence with the Kansas River coming in from the west. On June 1, 1850, the town of Kansas was incorporated; shortly after came the establishment of the Kansas Territory. Confusion between the two ensued, and the name Kansas City was assigned to distinguish them soon after. Sitting on Missouri's western boundary with Kansas, with Downtown near the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers, the city encompasses about , making ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Q (drag Queen)
Q (born 1996/1997) is the stage name of Robert Severson, an American drag performer competing on season 16 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Career Q is competing on season 16 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Her looks are self-made, and she has created costumes for other ''Drag Race'' contestants. On the show, Q revealed that she is HIV positive. Personal life Severson is from Emporia, Kansas and resides in Kansas City, Missouri. He graduated from Emporia High School in 2014. He then began studying pharmacy at the University of Kansas graduating with a theatre arts degree, giving the graduation speech. Filmography Television * ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' ( season 16) * '' RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked'' See also * List of University of Kansas people The list of University of Kansas people includes notable alumni and faculty of the University of Kansas, whose main campus is located in the American city of Lawrence, Kansas. Alumni Nobel laureates * Frank Rowland (1956� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the capital city, state capital and List of municipalities in Massachusetts, most populous city of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th-List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the country. The city boundaries encompass an area of about and a population of 675,647 2020 U.S. Census, as of 2020. It is the seat of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Suffolk County (although the county government was disbanded on July 1, 1999). The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 4.8 million people in 2016 and ranking as the tenth-largest MSA in the country. A broader combined statistical area (CSA), generally corresponding to the commuting area and includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plane Jane
Plane Jane (born 1998/1999) is the stage name of Andrew Vladimir Dunayevskiy, an American drag performer who competed on season 16 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Early life Dunayevskiy is the child of Russian Jewish immigrants. Dunayevskiy was raised in Boston, and was a competitive ballroom dancer at a young age. Career Plane Jane is a drag performer. In Boston, she has been the resident host of a drag bingo series. Plane Jane competed on season 16 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'', placing third overall. Some media outlets said she seemed to occupy, and even embrace, the villain role. On the second episode, she won the talent show challenge with a performance of her debut single "Burger Finger", and earned immunity from a future elimination after beating Geneva Karr in a lip-sync contest. During the initial episodes of the season, Plane Jane was quickly seen as someone who offered unsolicited opinions and gave semi-condescending critiques in an effort to "assist" fellow contesta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
