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List of RuPaul's Drag Race contestants

This article is about contestants from the main edition. For contestants from the all-star edition, see List of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars contestants.

RuPaul's Drag Race is an American reality competition television series where drag queen RuPaul as host and head judge in search of the "Next Drag Superstar" for the United States. The series first broadcast in 2009, and sixteen complete seasons have aired. During each season, drag performers apply and are progressively eliminated based on the critiques from the judges until only a few contenders remain. The selected finalists participate in a finale from which a winner is determined.

Since its seventeenth season, 228 contestants have competed. The sixteen winners of the series, in chronological order, are BeBe Zahara Benet, Tyra Sanchez, Raja Gemini, Sharon Needles, Jinkx Monsoon, Bianca Del Rio, Violet Chachki, Bob the Drag Queen, Sasha Velour, Aquaria, Yvie Oddly, Jaida Essence Hall, Symone, Willow Pill, Sasha Colby, and Nymphia Wind.

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Contestants

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Legend:

  Contestant won the season.
  Contestant returned to competition after being eliminated during the season.
  Contestant returned to competition after being eliminated in previous season.
  Contestant was voted Miss Congeniality of the season.
  Contestant was awarded the Golden Boot of the season.
  Contestant was voted Miss Congeniality and awarded the Golden Boot of the season.
  Contestant was declared Queen of She Done Already Done Had Herses after winning the final lip-sync in the LaLaPaRuza Smackdown.

† indicates that the contestant is deceased.

RuPaul's Drag Race contestants and their backgrounds[a]
Season Contestant Age City Outcome
1 BeBe Zahara Benet 28 Minneapolis, Minnesota Winner
Nina Flowers 34 Denver, Colorado Runner-up
Rebecca Glasscock 26 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 3rd
Shannel 29 Las Vegas, Nevada 4th
Ongina 26 Los Angeles, California 5th
Jade 25 Chicago, Illinois 6th
Akashia 24 Cleveland, Ohio 7th
Tammie Brown 28 Long Beach, California 8th
Victoria "Porkchop" Parker 39 Raleigh, North Carolina 9th
2 Tyra Sanchez 21 Orlando, Florida Winner
Raven 30 Riverside, California Runner-up
Jujubee 25 Boston, Massachusetts 3rd
Tatianna 21 Falls Church, Virginia 4th
Pandora Boxx 37 Rochester, New York 5th
Jessica Wild 29 San Juan, Puerto Rico 6th
Sahara Davenport† 25 New York City, New York 7th
Morgan McMichaels 28 Mira Loma, California 8th
Sonique[b] 26 Atlanta, Georgia 9th
Mystique Summers Madison 25 Bedford, Texas 10th
Nicole Paige Brooks 36 Atlanta, Georgia 11th
Shangela Laquifa Wadley[c] 28 Paris, Texas 12th
3 Raja 36 Los Angeles, California Winner
Manila Luzon 28 New York City, New York Runner-up
Alexis Mateo 30 St. Petersburg, Florida 3rd
Yara Sofia 26 Manatí, Puerto Rico 4th
Carmen Carrera 25 Elmwood Park, New Jersey 5th[d]
Shangela 29 Los Angeles, California 6th
Delta Work 34 Norwalk, California 7th
Stacy Layne Matthews 25 Back Swamp, North Carolina 8th
Mariah[e] 29 Atlanta, Georgia 9th
India Ferrah 23 Dayton, Ohio 10th
Mimi Imfurst 27 New York City, New York 11th
Phoenix 29 Atlanta, Georgia 12th
Venus D-Lite 26 Los Angeles, California 13th
4 Sharon Needles 29 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Winner
Chad Michaels 40 San Diego, California Runners-up
Phi Phi O'Hara 25 Chicago, Illinois
Latrice Royale 39 South Beach, Florida 4th
Kenya Michaels 21 Dorado, Puerto Rico 5th[f]
DiDa Ritz 25 Chicago, Illinois 6th
Willam 29 Los Angeles, California Disqualified[g]
Jiggly Caliente 30 New York City, New York 8th
Milan 36 New York City, New York 9th
Madame LaQueer 29 Carolina, Puerto Rico 10th
The Princess 32 Chicago, Illinois 11th
Lashauwn Beyond 21 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 12th
Alisa Summers 23 Tampa, Florida 13th
5 Jinkx Monsoon 24 Seattle, Washington Winner
Alaska 27 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Runners-up
Roxxxy Andrews 28 Orlando, Florida
Detox 27 Los Angeles, California 4th
Coco Montrese 37 Las Vegas, Nevada 5th
Alyssa Edwards 32 Mesquite, Texas 6th
Ivy Winters 26 New York City, New York 7th
Jade Jolie 25 Gainesville, Florida 8th
Lineysha Sparx 24 San Juan, Puerto Rico 9th
Honey Mahogany 29 San Francisco, California 10th
Vivienne Pinay 26 New York City, New York
Monica Beverly Hillz 27 Owensboro, Kentucky 12th
Serena ChaCha 21 Tallahassee, Florida 13th
Penny Tration 39 Cincinnati, Ohio 14th
6 Bianca Del Rio 37 New York City, New York Winner
Adore Delano 23 Azusa, California Runners-up
Courtney Act 31 West Hollywood, California
Darienne Lake 41 Rochester, New York 4th
BenDeLaCreme 31 Seattle, Washington 5th
Joslyn Fox 26 Worcester, Massachusetts 6th
Trinity K. Bonet 22 Atlanta, Georgia 7th
Laganja Estranja 24 Los Angeles, California 8th
Milk 25 New York City, New York 9th
Gia Gunn 23 Chicago, Illinois 10th
April Carrión 24 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 11th
Vivacious 40 New York City, New York 12th
Kelly Mantle 37 Los Angeles, California 13th
Magnolia Crawford 27 Seattle, Washington
7 Violet Chachki 22 Atlanta, Georgia Winner
Ginger Minj 29 Orlando, Florida Runners-up
Pearl 23 New York City, New York
Kennedy Davenport 33 Dallas, Texas 4th
Katya 32 Boston, Massachusetts 5th
Trixie Mattel 26 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 6th[h]
Miss Fame 29 New York City, New York 7th
Jaidynn Diore Fierce 25 Nashville, Tennessee 8th
Max 22 Hudson, Wisconsin 9th
Kandy Ho 28 Cayey, Puerto Rico 10th
Mrs. Kasha Davis 43 Rochester, New York 11th
Jasmine Masters 37 Los Angeles, California 12th
Sasha Belle 28 Iowa City, Iowa 13th
Tempest DuJour 46 Tucson, Arizona 14th
8 Bob the Drag Queen 29 New York City, New York Winner
Kim Chi 27 Chicago, Illinois Runners-up
Naomi Smalls 21 Redlands, California
Chi Chi DeVayne† 30 Shreveport, Louisiana 4th
Derrick Barry 32 Las Vegas, Nevada 5th
Thorgy Thor 31 New York City, New York 6th
Robbie Turner 33 Seattle, Washington 7th
Acid Betty 37 New York City, New York 8th
Naysha Lopez 31 Chicago, Illinois 9th[i]
Cynthia Lee Fontaine 34 Austin, Texas 10th
Dax ExclamationPoint 31 Savannah, Georgia 11th
Laila McQueen 22 Gloucester, Massachusetts
9 Sasha Velour 29 New York City, New York Winner
Peppermint 37 New York City, New York Runner-up
Shea Couleé 27 Chicago, Illinois 3rd
Trinity Taylor[j] 31 Orlando, Florida
Alexis Michelle 33 New York City, New York 5th
Nina Bo'nina Brown 34 Riverdale, Georgia 6th
Valentina 25 Echo Park, California 7th
Farrah Moan 23 Las Vegas, Nevada 8th
Aja 22 New York City, New York 9th
Cynthia Lee Fontaine 34 Austin, Texas 10th
Eureka[k] 25 Johnson City, Tennessee 11th[l]
Charlie Hides 52 London, United Kingdom 12th
Kimora Blac 28 Las Vegas, Nevada 13th
Jaymes Mansfield 26 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 14th
10 Aquaria 21 New York City, New York Winner
Eureka 27 Johnson City, Tennessee Runner-up
Kameron Michaels 31 Nashville, Tennessee Runner-up
Asia O'Hara 35 Dallas, Texas 4th
Miz Cracker 33 New York City, New York 5th
Monét X Change 27 New York City, New York 6th
The Vixen 26 Chicago, Illinois 7th
Monique Heart[m] 31 Kansas City, Missouri 8th
Blair St. Clair 22 Indianapolis, Indiana 9th
Mayhem Miller 35 Riverside, California 10th
Dusty Ray Bottoms 29 New York City, New York 11th
Yuhua Hamasaki 27 New York City, New York 12th
Kalorie Karbdashian-Williams 27 Albuquerque, New Mexico 13th
Vanessa Vanjie Mateo 25 Tampa, Florida 14th
11 Yvie Oddly 24 Denver, Colorado Winner
Brooke Lynn Hytes 32 Nashville, Tennessee Runner-up
A'keria C. Davenport 30 Dallas, Texas 3rd
Silky Nutmeg Ganache 28 Chicago, Illinois
Vanessa Vanjie Mateo 26 Los Angeles, California 5th
Nina West 39 Columbus, Ohio 6th
Shuga Cain 40 New York City, New York 7th
Plastique Tiara 21 Dallas, Texas 8th
Ra'Jah O'Hara 33 Dallas, Texas 9th
Scarlet Envy 26 New York City, New York 10th
Ariel Versace 26 Cherry Hill, New Jersey 11th
Mercedes Iman Diamond 31 Minneapolis, Minnesota 12th
Honey Davenport 32 New York City, New York 13th
Kahanna Montrese 25 Las Vegas, Nevada 14th
Soju 27 Chicago, Illinois 15th
12 Jaida Essence Hall 32 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Winner
Crystal Methyd 28 Springfield, Missouri Runners-up
Gigi Goode 21 Los Angeles, California
Sherry Pie 27 New York City, New York Disqualified[n]
Jackie Cox 34 New York City, New York 5th
Heidi N Closet 24 Ramseur, North Carolina 6th
Widow Von'Du 30 Kansas City, Missouri 7th
Jan 26 New York City, New York 8th
Brita 34 New York City, New York 9th
Aiden Zhane 29 Acworth, Georgia 10th
Nicky Doll 28 New York City, New York 11th
Rock M. Sakura 28 San Francisco, California 12th
Dahlia Sin 28 Los Angeles, California 13th
13 Symone 25 Los Angeles, California Winner
Kandy Muse 25 New York City, New York Runner-up
Gottmik 23 Los Angeles, California 3rd
Rosé 31 New York City, New York
Olivia Lux 26 New York City, New York 5th
Utica Queen 25 Utica, Minnesota 6th
Tina Burner 39 New York City, New York 7th
Denali 28 Chicago, Illinois 8th
Elliott with 2 Ts 26 Las Vegas, Nevada 9th
LaLa Ri 30 Atlanta, Georgia 10th
Tamisha Iman 49 Atlanta, Georgia 11th
Joey Jay 30 Phoenix, Arizona 12th
Kahmora Hall 28 Chicago, Illinois 13th
14 Willow Pill 26 Denver, Colorado Winner
Lady Camden 31 Sacramento, California Runner-up
Angeria Paris VanMicheals 27 Atlanta, Georgia 3rd
Bosco 28 Seattle, Washington 3rd
Daya Betty 25 Springfield, Missouri 3rd[o]
DeJa Skye 31 Fresno, California 6th
Jorgeous 21 Nashville, Tennessee
Jasmine Kennedie 22 New York City, New York 8th
Kerri Colby 24 Los Angeles, California 9th
Maddy Morphosis 26 Fayetteville, Arkansas 10th
Orion Story 25 Grand Rapids, Michigan 11th[p]
Kornbread "The Snack" Jeté 29 Los Angeles, California 12th[l]
Alyssa Hunter 26 Cataño, Puerto Rico 13th
June Jambalaya 29 Los Angeles, California 14th
15 Sasha Colby 37 Los Angeles, California Winner
Anetra 25 Las Vegas, Nevada Runner-up
Luxx Noir London 22 East Orange, New Jersey 3rd
Mistress Isabelle Brooks 24 Houston, Texas
Loosey LaDuca 32 Ansonia, Connecticut 5th
Salina EsTitties 31 Los Angeles, California 6th
Marcia Marcia Marcia 25 New York City, New York 7th
Malaysia Babydoll Foxx 32 Miami, Florida 8th
Spice 23 Los Angeles, California 9th
Jax 25 Darien, Connecticut 10th
Aura Mayari 30 Nashville, Tennessee 11th
Robin Fierce 26 Hartford, Connecticut 12th
Amethyst 27 West Hartford, Connecticut 13th
Sugar 23 Los Angeles, California 14th
Princess Poppy 26 San Francisco, California 15th
Irene Dubois 29 Seattle, Washington 16th
16 Nymphia Wind 27 New York City, New York Winner
Sapphira Cristál 34 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Runner-up
Plane Jane 24 Boston, Massachusetts 3rd
Q 26 Kansas City, Missouri 4th
Morphine Love Dion 25 Miami, Florida 5th
Dawn 24 New York City, New York 6th
Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige 34 Miami, Florida 7th
Plasma 24 New York City, New York 8th
Xunami Muse 33 New York City, New York 9th
Megami 33 New York City, New York 10th
Geneva Karr 30 Brownsville, Texas 11th
Amanda Tori Meating 26 Los Angeles, California 12th
Mirage 29 Las Vegas, Nevada 13th
Hershii LiqCour-Jeté 31 Los Angeles, California 14th
17 Acacia Forgot 28 Los Angeles, California TBA
Arrietty 28 Seattle, Washington
Crystal Envy 27 Asbury Park, New Jersey
Hormona Lisa 30 Chattanooga, Tennessee
Jewels Sparkles 23 Tampa, Florida
Joella 25 Los Angeles, California
Kori King TBA Boston, Massachusetts
Lana Ja'Rae 22 New York City, New York
Lexi Love TBA Louisville, Kentucky
Lucky Starzzz TBA Miami, Florida
Lydia B Kollins 23 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Onya Nurve TBA Cleveland, Ohio
Sam Star 24 Leeds, Alabama
Suzie Toot 24 Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Deaths

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ All ages, names, and cities are stated at time of filming.
  2. ^ Kylie Sonique Love is referred to as Sonique on season 2.
  3. ^ Shangela is referred to as Shangela Laquifa Wadley on season 2.
  4. ^ Carmen Carrera originally placed sixth before re-entering the competition.
  5. ^ Mariah Paris Balenciaga is referred to as Mariah on season 3.
  6. ^ Kenya Michaels originally placed eighth before re-entering the competition.
  7. ^ Willam was disqualified during filming due to breaching the contract agreement.[1]
  8. ^ Trixie Mattel originally placed eleventh before re-entering the competition.
  9. ^ Naysha Lopez originally placed twelfth before re-entering the competition.
  10. ^ Trinity the Tuck is referred to as Trinity Taylor on season 9.
  11. ^ Eureka O'Hara is referred to as Eureka on seasons 9 and 10.
  12. ^ a b The contestant was removed from the competition due to medical reasons.
  13. ^ Mo Heart is referred to as Monique Heart on season 10.
  14. ^ Sherry Pie was disqualified after filming due to catfishing allegations.[2]
  15. ^ Daya Betty originally placed thirteenth before re-entering the competition.
  16. ^ Orion Story originally placed thirteenth before re-entering the competition.

References

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  1. ^ Stransky, Tanner (May 1, 2012). "RuPaul's Drag Race: Willam explains disqualification". Entertainment Weekly. Dotdash Meredith. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  2. ^ Abad-Santos, Alex (March 7, 2020). "RuPaul's Drag Race contestant Sherry Pie is disqualified after admitting to sexual misconduct". Vox. Vox Media. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  3. ^ Anderson, Wayne (December 18, 2021). "An emotional memorial tribute to Sahara Davenport". HuffPost. BuzzFeed. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  4. ^ Nolfi, Joey (August 20, 2020). "RuPaul's Drag Race queen Chi Chi DeVayne dies at 34". Entertainment Weekly. Dotdash Meredith. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
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