Can You Identify the RuPaul's Drag Race Queen From an Image?

By: Olivia Cantor
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Can You Identify the RuPaul's Drag Race Queen From an Image?
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Are you ready to sashay your way through this quiz on RuPaul's Drag Race Queens? Test your knowledge and see if you can identify the queens from this iconic show just by looking at an image. From humble beginnings on Logo TV to mainstream success on VH1, RuPaul has brought drag queen culture into the spotlight for all to see. Get ready to strut your stuff and prove you're a true Drag Queen Race aficionado!

With over a hundred drag queens gracing our screens over the years, it's time to put your skills to the test. From glamorous looks to fierce performances, these drag queens have left a lasting impact on pop culture and the LGBT community. Can you match the drag queen to the image and show off your Drag Queen Race knowledge? Get ready to gag over the stunning transformations and iconic moments from the show!

Don't miss your chance to show off your Drag Queen Race expertise with this fun and fabulous quiz. Whether you're a dedicated fan or just getting started, this quiz is sure to entertain and challenge you. So grab your heels, strike a pose, and let's see if you can spot your favorite drag queens from RuPaul's Drag Race!

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Bianca Del Rio
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This winner was the first ever Hispanic queen to win the race. Do you know la señorita?
Alexis Mateo
Tyra Sanchez
Bianca del Rio
Nina Bo'Nina Brown
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Ever since becoming the Season 6 winner of the show, Bianca Del Rio has been displaying her wit and talent in many platforms. She has been touring the world doing stand-up acts, and she has also made films on Netflix like "Hurricane Bianca."

Alyssa Edwards
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She went from being a "RuPaul's Drag Race" queen to Netflix's "Dancing Queen!" Name this queen!
Kameron Michaels
Alexis Michelle
Farrah Moan
Alyssa Edwards
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Alyssa Edwards is touted as one of the most successful queens to come out of RuPaul's show, as she garnered more success even if she didn't take the crown as winner. Fans love her web series called "Alyssa's Secret."

Manila Luzon
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Her two names sound like she's from the Philippines! Who is this fab queen?
Coco Montrese
Vivienne Pinay
Laganja Estranja
Manila Luzon
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Many were upset when Manila Luzon didn't come out as the winner on Season 3, but being the runner-up never stopped this queen from soaring to superstardom. She honors her part-Filipino heritage by adopting her mother's birthplace for her name. A toy company even made a doll that looks like her.

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Katya Zamolodchikova
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This queen used to carry "Zamolodchikova" as her drag queen last name, but she dropped it and became known by one name only. What's that name?
Eureka
Ongina
Katya
Tatianna
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Katya won Miss Congeniality in Season 7, and she also appeared on the "All Stars" Season 2 run where she came out as the runner-up. Together with Trixie Mattel, Katya started a popular YouTube series called "UNHhhh," which was later halted to give way to the funny duo's new show on Viceland.

Trixie Mattel
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Country music and drag queens go together, too, as she can attest! What's the name of this multi-talented performer?
Mariah
Gia Gunn
Trixie Mattel
Sahara Davenport
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Trixie Mattel has already released not just one, but two country-music albums to her name. The first was released in 2017 and entitled "Two Birds," and the 2018 release was called "One Stone." Yep, she writes her own songs, girl!

Sasha Velour
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She's the queen who mostly performs bald-headed to pay tribute to her mom who succumbed to cancer. What's her name, sis?
Sasha Velour
Stacey Layne Matthews
Jaidynn Diore Fierce
Blair St. Clair
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Season 9 winner Sasha Velour might be a beauty onstage, but offstage, her background is as impressive as her stage persona. She was once a Fulbright Scholar and holds a BA in Modern Literature and an MFA degree in Cartooning. When not in drag persona, Sasha identifies as genderqueer.

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Raja
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Asian-Americans represent! Thanks to her, there's this kind of diversity in the show. What's her name?
Yara Sofia
Mimi Imfurst
Raja
Lineysha Sparx
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Raja holds the distinction of being the very first winner in the series who is of Asian-American descent, since her dad is of Indonesian descent. She worked as the head make-up artist on "America's Next Top Model" before competing in "Drag Race."

Sharon Needles
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This drag queen made the zombie look quite glam and fashionable on the show! What's her name?
Morgan McMichaels
Mayhem Miller
Sharon Needles
Robbie Turner
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Sharon Needles a drag artists that was born in Iowa but currently resides in Pennsylvania, where she was actually honored by the city of Pittsburgh when they named June 12, 2012 as "Sharon Needles Day." She was the winner of Season 4 and has three music albums to her name.

Alaska
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She started with a thunder-inducing last name, but went "mononymous" later on. Can you guess that name?
Alaska
Milan
Phoenix
Akashia
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A mononymous person is someone popularly and/or professionally known just by one name, without using a second name or dropping the last name, just like Alaska. She was the runner-up of Season 5, but she went on to become the winner in season 2 of the spin-off show "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars."

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Jinkx Monsoon
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This RuPaul's Season 5 winner wasn't shy to admit that she suffers from narcolepsy. Who's this courageous queen?
Delta Work
Nina Flowers
Tempest DuJour
Jinkx Monsoon
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If you have the neurological disorder narcolepsy, that means you sometimes fall asleep uncontrollably, any given time. Jinkx Monsoon revealed that she suffers from it, and she sometimes got bullied because of it. But hey, she still turned out to be the winner, so sashay, shantay, sleep!

Courtney Act
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There's a certified Australian on the list, and it's this Vegemite-lovin' queen! Can you name her, mate?
Courtney Act
Lineysha Sparx
Mrs. Kasha Davis
April Carrion
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Originally from Queensland, Courtney Act is also the top winner of the 2018 "Celebrity Big Brother" in the U.K. She also appeared in the first season of "Australian Idol" in 2003, and in doing so, she became one of the earliest openly out member of the LGBT community to join a talent-focused reality TV show.

Adore Delano
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With 1.7 million followers on Instagram—and rising—she's the top-ranking Ru queen on that social media platform! What's her name?
DiDa Ritz
Serena Chacha
Tammie Brown
Adore Delano
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This lovely queen is actually a great musical artist aside from being a fierce drag queen performer. As Danny Noriega, he was a contestant in the 2008 season of "American Idol" and reached the semi-finals stage. But as drag performer Adore Delano, she released various EDM albums and songs.

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Carmen Carrera
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She's the drag queen who later came out and identified herself as transgender! Do you know her?
Mystique Summers Madison
Monica Beverly Hillz
Carmen Carrera
Madame LaQueer
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Carmen Carrera has had an illustrious career since being a contestant in Season 3. She is an active AIDS-awareness advocate and an out-and-proud trans advocate who's not afraid to call out instances of transphobia and trans-misogyny in the media, even if it's done by RuPaul.

Willam Belli
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This queen doesn't use a drag artists name and was also disqualified from the show. Can you name this queen?
Willam
Dusty Ray Bottoms
Jasmine Masters
Jade Jolie
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Prior to joining the show in Season 4, Willam Belli—or Willam, to "Drag Race" fans—was already been performing as an actor, appearing in various television shows like "Criminal Minds" and "CSI." Willam even had a recurring role in "Nip/Tuck." Willam also appeared in the film "A Star is Born."

Shangela
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If you saw "A Star is Born," she was the emcee in the drag queen bar where Lady Gaga's character sang! Can you name her?
Vivacious
Shangela
Kelly Mantle
Sonique
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Halleloo! It's Shangela, the queen who graced Season 2, Season 3 and also Season 3 of the "All Stars" show. Even if she didn't take home any titles, her personality still shone, and her various talents were recognized by many, making her one of the most successful queens to come out of the series.

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Kim Chi
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She's the first contestant of Korean descent. What's her name?
Kim Chi
Asia O'Hara
Kimora Blac
Yuhua Hamasaki
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With around 1.7 million Instagram followers to date, Kim Chi is actually one of the top 3 most-followed "RuPaul's Drag Race" contestant on this platform. She created her own line of make-up products when she teamed up with Sugarpill Cosmetics, like the Kim Chi Pressed Eyeshadow.

Detox
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This Southern California drag queen was already regally recognized in that area even before joining the show in Season 5. Bow down and say her name!
Detox
The Princess
Jaymes Mansfield
Dax ExclamationPoint
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Detox won so many Mini-Challenges in a single season of the show, and no one has beaten that record yet. She brings out her vibrant personality in different media endeavors, like when she appeared in the music videos with Rihanna, Ke$ha and Lady Gaga, too.

BenDeLaCreme
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She was the memorable Snatch Game winner who dressed up as British thespian Maggie Smith! Name this fab queen!
India Ferrah
Charlie Hides
BenDeLaCreme
Lashaun Beyond
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BenDeLaCreme was voted as the Season 6 Miss Congeniality title holder. She was also included in Season 3 of "All Stars," but she was eliminated, which actually upset many fans and even started a social-media campaign to bring her back. She now has nearly 840,000 followers on Instagram!

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Violet Chachki
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Another runway was graced by this queen, specifically the one during Milan Fashion Week for the Moschino brand. Who is la bella regina?
Violet Chachki
Honey Mahogany
Magnolia Crawford
Kandy Ho
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This pretty queen is Violet Chachki, winner of Season 7, and she is of Ecuadorian descent. She calls Atlanta, Georgia home whenever she's not away for her various engagements, like performing as a burlesque dancer. In 2017, she also became a brand ambassador for Betty Page Lingerie.

Peppermint
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This LGBT advocate became the first openly out transgender woman to join the show. What's her sweet name?
Peppermint
Honey Mahogany
Kalorie Karbdashian Williams
Kandy Ho
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Other trans contestants have come out after they joined the show, but it was Peppermint who came out prior to joining the show, so that makes her unique in that sense. She's also the first openly out trans woman to play a major role on a Broadway musical when she appeared in "Head Over Heels."

Victoria Parker
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They also called her "Porkchop." Name that queen!
Victoria Parker
Sasha Belle
Naysha Lopez
Alisa Summers
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Even if she holds the distinction of being the very first contestant to be eliminated, ever, in the history of the show, Victoria Parker still became one of the most successful queens of the series. Prior to joining, though, she'd already won many titles in various pageants all over the U.S.

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Chad Michaels
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Obviously, she's the Cher impersonator queen! Can you name her, though?
Vivienne Pinay
Venus D'Lite
Penny Tration
Chad Michaels
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Being a Cher impersonator and a RuPaul Drag Queen to boot certainly made things spicier for Chad Michaels. She got the chance to appear in TV shows like "2 Broke Girls" and "Jane The Virgin." She was the runner-up in Season 4 and was the "All Stars" Season 1 winner.

Jujubee
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This crowd favorite is a queen with Laotian heritage, plus she also speaks Thai! What's the gal's name?
India Ferrah
Sonique
Jujubee
The Princess
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Jujubee was a great fan favorite during Season 2. Her latest TV engagement will be for TLC in a new show called "Drag Me Down The Aisle," a reality TV series where drag queens will help upcoming brides solve some of their pre-wedding dilemmas. Jujubee will be joined on the show by three other past Ru queens.

Miss Fame
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True to her name, this queen has around 1 million IG followers! Who is she?
The Princess
Miss Fame
Laila McQueen
Tempest DuJour
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Miss Fame definitely got a lot of fame after she appeared as a Season 7 contestant. For one, she became part of the IMG Paris model company in 2016. She also became a L'Oreal Paris model and appeared in Vogue Germany, and she prefers to do more fashion modeling work rather than performing in clubs.

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Bob the Drag Queen
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This very vocal LGBT activist was the Season 8 winner. What's her name?
Mystique Summers Madison
Nicole Paige Brooks
Bob the Drag Queen
Madame LaQueer
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Bob the Drag Queen remains unforgettable for being the only contestant, so far, to have done two celebrity impersonations at the same time in Snatch Game. She was very memorable as Crazy Eyes, Uzo Aduba's character in "Orange is the New Black," and as Carol Channing later on.

Miz Cracker
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Could you tell that this fabulous queen is also a karate black belter? Guess who!
Dusty Ray Bottoms
Jade Jolie
Mayhem Miller
Miz Cracker
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Aside from performing hilarious numbers in front of an audience, Miz Cracker also shines when she's not in front of a crowd. She does that by being a writer, specifically a columnist for "Slate" magazine. She was even honored by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalist's Association for it in 2016.

Pearl
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She's a precious stone, indeed, and also the producer of an EDM music album. What's her name?
Jade Jolie
Lineysha Sparx
Pearl
Eureka
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Pearl, the Season 7 runner-up, went on to have much more success than her stint on the show. Aside from producing music albums, she's the very first RuPaul queen to have her own perfume line: It's called Flazéda, and it's made by Los Angeles-based perfume company Xyrena.

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Latrice Royale
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This openly proud plus-size queen is also a proud supporter of marriage equality. Who's this gutsy queen?
Ongina
Nina Flowers
Ginger Minj
Latrice Royale
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Latrice Royale, Season 4's Miss Congeniality title holder, is actually an ordained minister who can perform wedding ceremonies. Outside of drag, Latrice is known as Timothy Wilcots; he married his longtime partner and executive personal assistant, Christopher Hamblin, in 2018.

Monét X Change
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Her website describes her as "unapologetically black." Who's this Season 10 Miss Congeniality recipient?
Stacy Layne Matthews
Monique Heart
Naomi Smalls
Monét X Change
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"Diva" might very well apply to Monét X Change, and (SPOILER ALERT) not just because she tied with Trinity the Tuck to win the 4th season of All-Stars: She is also classically trained to sing opera! She studied opera performance and music education in Westminster Choir College, but she started her classical-singing training as early as high school.

Raven
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She's actually an Emmy-nominated make-up artist! Who is this talented queen?
Asia O'Hara
Raven
Trinity Taylor
Charlie Hides
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Raven was the Season 2 and the "All Stars" Season 1 runner-up as well. But this talented queen came back to work in the show as a make-up artist starting Season 9. It was her work in Season 10 that got an Emmy nomination in the Outstanding Makeup for a Multi-Camera Series or Special category.

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Vanessa Vanjie Mateo
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You could call her the "viral queen," since her "sashay away" antics have gone viral as memes! Who is this queen?
Vanessa Vanjie Mateo
Pandora Boxx
Acid Betty
Sahara Davenport
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Vanessa Vanjie Mateo, the Season 10 (and 11) contestant, made "being eliminated in style" her own brand. As she was exiting, she uttered the now-iconic "Miss Vanjie, Miss Vanjie, Miss Vaaaaaaanjie," which cracked up the judges, went viral and became a popular meme.

Shea Couleé
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Her famous quote is "I didn't come to play, I came to slay." Who is this fierce queen?
Trinity K. Bonet
Shea Couleé
Jessica Wild
Jiggy Caliente
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Chicago-born queen Shea Couleé was a contestant during Season 9, where she impersonated Naomi Campbell to a T in the Snatch Game portion. A proud gay-identifying person, she did a video recording for Billboard Pride where she introduced an LGBT hero in celebration of Pride Month.

Phi Phi O'Hara
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She's the runner-up of Season 4, as well as the identified "villain" who told another contestant to "go back to Party City." Who's she?
Chi Chi DeVayne
Phi Phi O'Hara
The Vixen
Gia Gunn
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Phi Phi O'Hara is the unforgettable drama queen the other contestants had nasty exchanges with in Season 4. Outside of being a drag performer, this queen goes by his real name of Jaremi Carey, a gay-identified singer who has released songs under both his real name and drag name.

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Aja
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This genderqueer-identifying queen appeared in Season 9 and "All Stars" Season 3. Can you name this queen?
Aja
Mariah
Trinity Taylor
Blair St. Clair
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The New York-based queen, Aja, is one of the youngest contestants ever to join the show. In 2018, H&M launched a Pride Out Loud campaign in support of LGBT Pride Month, and Aja was included as the face of that advocacy-brand marketing campaign.

Naomi Smalls
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According to her website, she's the "supermodel-obsessed alter ego" of her non-drag persona. What's her name?
Trinity K. Bonet
Shannel
Jessica Wild
Naomi Smalls
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Naomi Smalls is the California native who ended up as the Season 8 runner-up, but she's been such a winner in many of her endeavors after the show. In 2018, Cosmopolitan magazine let her interview Cardi B, where the drag queen dressed just like Cardi B did in her "Bodak Yellow" video.

Milk
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This queen was once a competitive figure skater. Drink up that name and spill it out for us!
Milk
Thorgy Thor
Max
Ivy Winters
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Season 6 contestant Milk, a New York native, was indeed a champion skater who was even part of the 2009 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, using his real name of Daniel Donigan. He became the New York City merchandising manager of Marc Jacobs when he joined the company in 2009.

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Valentina
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She's of Mexican descent and has appeared in Vogue Mexico and Elle Mexico. "Hello, it's me, ___!"
Nina Flowers
Valentina
Jiggy Caliente
Naysha Lopez
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Valentina, a Season 9 contestant, was the recipient of the Miss Congeniality title after that season. She recently played the major role of HIV+ Angel Dumott Shunard, the drummer-drag artist who falls in love with Tom Collins, in the equally iconic musical live version of "Rent" ("Rent: Live").

BeBe Zahara Benet
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A lovely queen born in the Central African nation of Cameroon, she now calls Minneapolis her home. Who is this queen?
Kenya Michaels
Cynthia Lee Fontaine
Monique Heart
BeBe Zahara Benet
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BeBe Zahara Benet holds the distinction of being the very first winner of "RuPaul's Drag Race" back in Season 1 (2009). She has released several singles and also works as a live-events producer. She launched her own event-planning agency back in 2016.

Roxxxy Andrews
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This Puerto Rican-Cuban beauty is from Orlando, Florida. What's her name?
Roxxxy Andrews
Eureka
Joslyn Fox
Pandora Boxx
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Season 5 runner-up Roxxxy Andrews was actually inside Orlando's Pulse nightclub when the deadly shooting happened in 2016, since she's performed there for years. Fellow Ru queen Kenya Michaels was there, too. Roxxxy got a tattoo to honor her friends and the others who died in that tragedy.

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Aquaria
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She made waves and became the winner of Season 10. What's her very liquid name?
Acid Betty
Darienne Lake
Milk
Aquaria
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Aquaria is of Italian descent, and her real name is Giovanni Palandrani. Born in Pennsylvania, Aquaria currently calls New York home. In her website, she declares that she is someone who's like "between Lady Gaga and Madonna," and Aquarius is indeed her sign.

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