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This is a list of contestants who have appeared on the American television show RuPaul's Drag Race. Since the series first aired in 2009, a total of 140 contestants have competed, with eleven drag queens — BeBe Zahara Benet, Tyra Sanchez, Raja, Sharon Needles, Jinkx Monsoon, Bianca Del Rio, Violet Chachki, Bob the Drag Queen, Sasha Velour, Aquaria and Yvie Oddly — being crowned "America's Next Drag Superstar".

In addition, the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars aired in 2012 featuring 12 returning contestants from the first four seasons. Chad Michaels, a runner-up in season 4, won. Alaska, a runner-up in season 5, won the second season in 2016. Trixie Mattel, from season 7, won the third season in 2018. Trinity the Tuck and Monet X Change tied as the winners of the fourth season in 2019, the first time that RuPaul has ever crowned two winners in one season.

Monica Beverly Hillz from season 5 confirmed in an interview that the show does not require contestants to identify as male and that transgender women can participate if they consider themselves drag artists.[1]

As of 2019, Shangela and Latrice Royale hold the record for the most season appearances as a competitor with 4 each. Shangela has competed in season 2, season 3, All Stars 3, and the Holi-slay Spectacular, while Latrice Royale has competed in season 4, All Stars 1, the Holi-slay Spectacular, and All Stars 4.

As of 2019, the first and only contestant to pass away is season 2 contestant Sahara Davenport, in October 2012 at age 27.[2] Davenport was in a long-term relationship with season 3 contestant Manila Luzon at the time.

Contestants

RuPaul's Drag Race

All information is accurate as of the time of filming.

Ongina from Season 1 was later featured on the spinoff series RuPaul's Drag U
Pandora Boxx from Season 2 won Miss Congeniality and also won Most Vivacious Professor on RuPaul's Drag U's first season
Raja was crowned the winner of season 3 in April 2011. She is the first Asian American winner and the first non-African American winner.
Willam Belli, from season 4, is the first, and only, contestant on the show to be disqualified for breaking the rules of the competition.
Alyssa Edwards competed on season 5 of the program and stars in her online web series Alyssa's Secret.
Adore Delano competed on season 6 of the program, finishing as joint runner-up to Bianca Del Rio with Courtney Act.
Yekaterina Petrovna Zamolodchikova, known mononymously as Katya on the show, was Miss Congeniality in the 7th season and now stars in The Trixie & Katya Show on Viceland with fellow Drag Race alumnus Trixie Mattel.
Kim Chi, a contestant on season 8, finished in the top 3 and was the first Korean-American participant on the show.[3]
Peppermint, a contestant on season 9, finished as the runner up and was the first queen who entered as a transgender woman on the show.
Monet X Change from Season 10 won Miss Congeniality and also went on to win the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.
Nina West competed on the eleventh season of the show
  Contestant returned to the competition after being eliminated during their season
  Contestant returned to the competition after being eliminated during a previous season
  Contestant was selected as Miss Congeniality during the season.
Contestant Age Hometown Outcome
Season 1
BeBe Zahara Benet 28 Minneapolis, Minnesota Winner
Nina Flowers 34 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Runner-up
Rebecca Glasscock 26 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 3rd
Shannel 26 Las Vegas, Nevada 4th
Ongina 26 Los Angeles, California 5th
Jade Sotomayor 32 Chicago, Illinois 6th
Akashia 32 Cleveland, Ohio 7th
Tammie Brown 28 Los Angeles, California 8th
Victoria "Porkchop" Parker 39 Raleigh, North Carolina 9th
Season 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, New York 7th
Morgan McMichaels 28 Mira Loma, California 8th
Sonique 26 Atlanta, Georgia 9th
Mystique Summers Madison 25 Chicago, Illinois 10th
Nicole Paige Brooks 36 Atlanta, Georgia 11th
Shangela 28 Paris, Texas 12th
Season 3
Raja 36 Los Angeles, California Winner
Manila Luzon 28 Cottage Grove, Minnesota Runner-up
Alexis Mateo 30 Saint Petersburg, Florida 3rd
Yara Sofia 26 Manatí, Puerto Rico 4th
Carmen Carrera 25 Elmwood Park, New Jersey 5th[a]
Shangela 29 Paris, Texas 6th
Delta Work 34 Norwalk, California 7th
Stacy Layne Matthews 25 Back Swamp, North Carolina 8th
Mariah[b] 29 Atlanta, Georgia 9th
India Ferrah 23 Dayton, Ohio 10th
Mimi Imfurst 27 New York, New York 11th
Phoenix 29 Atlanta, Georgia 12th
Venus D-Lite 26 Los Angeles, California 13th
Season 4
Sharon Needles 29 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Winner
Chad Michaels 40 San Diego, California Runner-up
Phi Phi O'Hara 25 Chicago, Illinois Runner-up
Latrice Royale 39 South Beach, Florida 4th
Kenya Michaels 21 Dorado, Puerto Rico 5th[c]
DiDa Ritz 25 Chicago, Illinois 6th
Willam 29 Los Angeles, California 7th[d]
Jiggly Caliente 30 Queens, New York 8th
Milan 36 Florence, South Carolina 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
Season 5
Jinkx Monsoon 24 Seattle, Washington Winner
Alaska[e] 27 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Runner-up
Roxxxy Andrews 28 Orlando, Florida Runner-up
Detox[f] 27 Los Angeles, California 4th
Coco Montrese 37 Las Vegas, Nevada 5th
Alyssa Edwards 32 Mesquite, Texas 6th
Ivy Winters 26 New York, New York 7th
Jade Jolie 25 Gainesville, Florida 8th
Lineysha Sparx 24 San Juan, Puerto Rico 9th
Vivienne Pinay 26 New York, New York 10th/11th
Honey Mahogany 29 San Francisco, California 10th/11th
Monica Beverly Hillz 27 Owensboro, Kentucky 12th
Serena ChaCha 21 Tallahassee, Florida 13th
Penny Tration 39 Cincinnati, Ohio 14th
Season 6
Bianca Del Rio 36 New Orleans, Louisiana Winner
Adore Delano 23 Azusa, California Runner-up
Courtney Act 31 West Hollywood, California Runner-up
Darienne Lake 41 Rochester, New York 4th
BenDeLaCreme 31 Seattle, Washington 5th
Joslyn Fox 26 Worcester, Massachusetts 6th
Trinity K. Bonet[g] 22 Atlanta, Georgia 7th
Laganja Estranja 24 Van Nuys, California 8th
Milk 25 New York, New York 9th
Gia Gunn 23 Chicago, Illinois 10th
April Carrión 24 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 11th
Vivacious 40 New York, New York 12th
Magnolia Crawford 27 Seattle, Washington 13th/14th
Kelly Mantle 37 Los Angeles, California 13th/14th[h]
Season 7
Violet Chachki 22 Atlanta, Georgia Winner
Ginger Minj 29 Orlando, Florida Runner-up
Pearl Liaison 23 Brooklyn, New York Runner-up
Kennedy Davenport 33 Dallas, Texas 4th
Katya Zamolodchikova 32 Boston, Massachusetts 5th[i]
Trixie Mattel 26 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 6th[j]
Miss Fame 29 New York, 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
Season 8
Bob the Drag Queen 29 Brooklyn, New York Winner
Kim Chi 27 Chicago, Illinois Runner-up
Naomi Smalls 21 Redlands, California Runner-up
Chi Chi DeVayne[k] 30 Shreveport, Louisiana 4th
Derrick Barry 32 Las Vegas, Nevada 5th
Thorgy Thor 31 Brooklyn, New York 6th
Robbie Turner 33 Seattle, Washington 7th
Acid Betty 37 Brooklyn, New York 8th
Naysha Lopez 31 Chicago, Illinois 9th[l]
Cynthia Lee Fontaine 34 Austin, Texas 10th
Dax ExclamationPoint 31 Savannah, Georgia 11th/12th
Laila McQueen 22 Gloucester, Massachusetts 11th/12th
Season 9
Sasha Velour 29 Brooklyn, New York Winner
Peppermint 37 New York, New York Runner-up
Shea Couleé 27 Chicago, Illinois 3rd/4th
Trinity Taylor 31 Orlando, Florida 3rd/4th
Alexis Michelle 33 New York, New York 5th
Nina Bo'nina Brown 34 Georgetown,South Carolina 6th
Valentina 25 Los Angeles, California 7th
Farrah Moan 23 Las Vegas, Nevada 8th
Aja 22 Brooklyn, New York 9th
Cynthia Lee Fontaine 34 Austin, Texas 10th
Eureka O'Hara 25 Johnson City, Tennessee 11th[m]
Charlie Hides 52 London, UK/ Boston, Massachusetts 12th
Kimora Blac 28 Las Vegas, Nevada 13th
Jaymes Mansfield 26 Madison, Wisconsin 14th
Season 10
Aquaria 21 Brooklyn, New York Winner
Eureka[n] 27 Johnson City, Tennessee Runner-up
Kameron Michaels 31 Nashville, Tennessee Runner-up
Asia O'Hara[o] 35 Dallas, Texas 4th
Miz Cracker 33 Harlem, New York 5th
Monét X Change 27 The Bronx, New York 6th
The Vixen 26 Chicago, Illinois 7th
Monique Heart 31 Kansas City, Missouri 8th
Blair St. Clair 22 Indianapolis, Indiana 9th
Mayhem Miller 35 Riverside, California 10th
Dusty Ray Bottoms 29 New York, New York 11th
Yuhua Hamasaki 27 New York, New York 12th
Kalorie Karbdashian Williams 27 Albuquerque, New Mexico 13th
Vanessa Vanjie Mateo 25 Tampa, Florida 14th
Season 11
Yvie Oddly 24 Denver, Colorado Winner
Brooke Lynn Hytes 32 Nashville, Tennessee Runner-up
A'keria Davenport 30 Dallas, Texas 3rd/4th
Silky Nutmeg Ganache 28 Chicago, Illinois 3rd/4th
Vanessa Vanjie Mateo 26 Los Angeles, California 5th
Nina West 39 Columbus, Ohio 6th
Shuga Cain 40 New York, New York 7th
Plastique Tiara 21 Dallas, Texas 8th
Ra'Jah O'Hara [p] 33 Dallas, Texas 9th
Scarlet Envy 26 New York, New York 10th
Ariel Versace 26 Cherry Hill, New Jersey 11th
Mercedes Iman Diamond 31 Minneapolis, Minnesota 12th
Honey Davenport 32 New York, New York 13th
Kahanna Montrese 25 Las Vegas, Nevada 14th
Soju 27 Chicago, Illinois 15th
  1. ^ Carmen Carrera originally placed 6th before being asked back to the competition.
  2. ^ Mariah Paris Balenciaga is simply referred to as Mariah during the season.
  3. ^ Kenya Michaels originally placed 9th before being asked back to the competition.
  4. ^ It was revealed during episode 14 that Willam was disqualified from the competition for breaching the contract agreement.
  5. ^ Alaska Thunderfuck 5000 is simply known as Alaska on the show.
  6. ^ Detox Icunt is simply known as Detox on the show.
  7. ^ Trinity Kardashian Bonet is known as Trinity K. Bonet on the show.
  8. ^ Kelly Mantle and Magnolia Crawford competed on separate episodes and therefore, both were the first to go home, but neither was in a higher place than the other.
  9. ^ Yekaterina Petrovna Zamolodchikova is simply known as Katya on the show.
  10. ^ Trixie Mattel originally placed 11th before winning entry back into the competition.
  11. ^ Chi Chi Kat DeVayne is simply known as Chi Chi DeVayne on the show.
  12. ^ Naysha Lopez originally placed 12th before being asked back to the competition due to the double elimination.
  13. ^ Eureka was removed from the competition due to the knee injury she sustained in the second episode.
  14. ^ Eureka O'Hara is simply known as Eureka on the show.
  15. ^ Asia T. O'Hara is simply known as Asia O’Hara on the show.
  16. ^ Ra'Jah Davenport O'Hara is simply known as Ra'Jah O'Hara on the show.

RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars

Chad Michaels was a runner-up from season 4 of RuPaul's Drag Race, but went on to win All Stars 1.
Trixie Mattel originally placed sixth in season 7, but went on to win All Stars 3 making her the first winner of an All Stars season to not be a runner-up on her original season.

Since 2012, World of Wonder has produced four seasons of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars, a spin-off series where past contestants return to compete for a spot in the Drag Race Hall of Fame. The first season premiered on October 22, 2012 on the Logo network and featured a new format in which the twelve contestants would be competing and eliminated as pairs until the final episode when one member of from both remaining pairs would have the chance to win the crown.

In 2015, it was announced that the series would return to Logo for a second season. Premiering on August 25, 2016, ten past contestants returned to compete and the show's format returned to one more similar to the main series; however, it was revealed that RuPaul would not be eliminating anyone and that the queen who won each main challenge would have to select a low-performing queen to send home.

As of 2018, only two contestants have competed in more than one season of All Stars. As a twist, “Team Latrila” from All Stars 1 — Manila Luzon (originally from season 3) and Latrice Royale (from season 4) — returned together to compete in All Stars 4 as individual contestants.

All information is accurate as of the time the season was filmed.

  Contestant returned to the competition after being eliminated.
Contestant Age Hometown Original season Original placement Outcome
Season 1
Chad Michaels 41 San Diego, California Season 4 Runner-up Winner
Raven 33 Riverside, California Season 2 Runner-up Runner-up
Jujubee 28 Boston, Massachusetts Season 2 3rd 3rd/4th
Shannel 32 Las Vegas, Nevada Season 1 4th 3rd/4th
Alexis Mateo 32 St. Petersburg, Florida Season 3 3rd 5th/6th
Yara Sofia 28 Manati, Puerto Rico Season 3 4th 5th/6th
Latrice Royale 40 South Beach, Florida Season 4 4th 7th/8th
Manila Luzon 30 New York, New York Season 3 Runner-up 7th/8th
Nina Flowers 37 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Season 1 Runner-up 9th/10th
Tammie Brown 32 Long Beach, California Season 1 8th 9th/10th
Mimi Imfurst 29 New York, New York Season 3 11th 11th/12th
Pandora Boxx 40 Rochester, New York Season 2 5th 11th/12th
Season 2
Alaska 30 Los Angeles, California Season 5 Runner-up Winner
Detox 30 Los Angeles, California Season 5 4th Runner-up
Katya 33 Boston, Massachusetts Season 7 5th Runner-up
Roxxxy Andrews 31 Orlando, Florida Season 5 Runner-up 4th
Alyssa Edwards 35 Dallas, Texas Season 5 6th 5th[a]
Tatianna 27 Washington, D.C. Season 2 4th 6th[b]
Phi Phi O'Hara 29 New York, New York Season 4 Runner-up 7th
Ginger Minj 31 Orlando, Florida Season 7 Runner-up 8th
Adore Delano 25 Azusa, California Season 6 Runner-up 9th[c]
Coco Montrese 41 Las Vegas, Nevada Season 5 5th 10th
Season 3
Trixie Mattel 28 Los Angeles, California Season 7 6th Winner
Kennedy Davenport 35 Dallas, Texas Season 7 4th Runner-up
BeBe Zahara Benet 36 Minneapolis, Minnesota Season 1 Winner 3rd/4th
Shangela 35 Los Angeles, California Season 2 12th 3rd/4th
Season 3 6th
Morgan McMichaels 36 Los Angeles, California Season 2 8th 5th[d]
BenDeLaCreme 35 Seattle, Washington Season 6 5th 6th[e]
Aja 23 Brooklyn, New York Season 9 9th 7th
Chi Chi DeVayne 32 Shreveport, Louisiana Season 8 4th 8th
Milk 29 New York, New York Season 6 9th 9th
Thorgy Thor 33 Brooklyn, New York Season 8 6th 10th
Season 4
Monét X Change 28 The Bronx, New York Season 10 6th Winner
Trinity the Tuck 33 Orlando, Florida Season 9 3rd/4th Winner
Monique Heart 32 Kansas City, Missouri Season 10 8th 3rd/4th
Naomi Smalls 24 Chicago, Illinois Season 8 Runner-up 3rd/4th
Latrice Royale 46 South Beach, Florida Season 4 4th 5th [f]
All Stars 1 7th/8th
Manila Luzon 37 Los Angeles, California Season 3 Runner-up 6th
All Stars 1 7th/8th
Valentina 27 Echo Park, California Season 9 7th 7th
Gia Gunn 28 Los Angeles, California Season 6 10th 8th
Farrah Moan 25 Los Angeles, California Season 9 8th 9th
Jasmine Masters 41 Los Angeles, California Season 7 12th 10th
  1. ^ Alyssa Edwards originally placed 6th before winning entry back into the competition.
  2. ^ Tatianna originally placed 8th before winning entry back into the competition.
  3. ^ Adore Delano quit the competition
  4. ^ Morgan McMichaels originally placed 10th before being chosen to return to the competition.
  5. ^ This contestant eliminated herself.
  6. ^ Latrice Royale originally placed 7th before being chosen to return to the competition.

RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-slay Spectacular

Mayhem Miller was a contestant on RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 10 and came 10th. She won the mini-challenge of the special.
Shangela became the first contestant to compete on 4 separate series of Drag Race.

RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-slay Spectacular was a holiday television special, which aired on VH1 on December 7, 2018.[4]

The drag queens that appeared are:[5]

Contestant Real name Original season Original placement Outcome
Eureka[a] David Huggard[6] Season 9 11th Place[b] Winner
Season 10 Runner-Up
Jasmine Masters Martell Robinson[7] Season 7 12th Place
Kim Chi Sang-Young Shin[8][9] Season 8 Runner-Up
Latrice Royale Timothy Wilcots Season 4 4th Place[c]
All Stars 1 7th/8th Place
Mayhem Miller Dequan Johnson[10] Season 10 10th Place
Shangela[d] D.J. Pierce Season 2 12th Place
Season 3 6th Place
All Stars 3 3rd/4th Place
Sonique Kylie Sonique Love[11] Season 2 9th Place
Trixie Mattel Brian Firkus Season 7 6th Place
All Stars 3 Winner
  1. ^ Eureka O'Hara is simply known as Eureka on the show.
  2. ^ Eureka was eliminated from Season 9 due to injury.
  3. ^ This contestant was voted as Miss Congeniality during her original season.
  4. ^ Shangela was known as Shangela Laquifa Wadley during season 2 and as Shangela on subsequent seasons.

RuPaul's Drag U

From 2010 to 2012, Logo aired a spin-off to Drag Race entitled RuPaul's Drag U. The series saw members of the public receive drag-inspired makeovers from selected memorable contestants from Drag Race. Following the completion of its third season, it was revealed that Drag U would not be returning. The contestants selected to return as "professors" were:

Professors on RuPaul's Drag U
Professors RuPaul's Drag Race
season 		Season
1 2 3
Raven Season 2 Main
Jujubee Season 2 Main
Shannel Season 1 Main
Morgan McMichaels Season 2 Main
Ongina Season 1 Main
Tammie Brown Season 1 Main
Nina Flowers Season 1 Main
Manila Luzon Season 3 Main
Pandora Boxx Season 2 Main
Mariah Season 3 Main
BeBe Zahara Benet Season 1 Main
Carmen Carrera Season 3 Main
Tyra Sanchez Season 2 Main
Latrice Royale Season 4 Main
Chad Michaels Season 4 Main
Raja Season 3 Main
Alexis Mateo Season 3 Main
Delta Work Season 3 Main
Sharon Needles Season 4 Main
Willam Season 4 Main

See also

References

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