CHELSEA PEARL DRAG QUEEN OBITUARY SERIES

We sadly lost Chelsea in October of 2021. Errr, but it could have been Georgia Peach’s captivating Southern debutante spins in her electric orange and hot pink dress or Caress’s Tina Turner-like leg power that turned a hat into a performance piece all its own. Nina West has 733,000 followers on Instagram as of October 2020.Chelsea Pearl was an entertainer living in the Lexington, Kentucky area but she had traveled all over the country performing at various venues. It was really when Candi Stratton dropped her cotton-candy pink robe and revealed the angel hiding underneath. That money has been used to provide safe spaces for queer youth at the Kaleidoscope Youth Center and support Make-a-Wish efforts for the children of LGBTQIA families.

The Nina West Foundation has raised over $2 million to support varied causes in Columbus, Ohio, and beyond. West deserves plenty of recognition for her charity work. You’re amazing, and I’m sad, but I’m excited for you.” “And I’m just really looking forward to watching you grow.

“Just know how important you are to the bigger picture, and I’m so proud of you and your fundamental kindness and goodness,” the New York congresswoman told West in a video aired on Drag Race. She placed sixth overall but won the title of Miss Congeniality, as well as high praise from Rep. This fundraiser and drag performer with 18 years of experience went out during her Season 11 'Snatch Game' appearance, with great impersonations of both Harvey Fierstein and Jo Anne Worley. Gia Gunn has 635,000 followers on Instagram as of October 2020.

CHELSEA PEARL DRAG QUEEN OBITUARY SERIES

Gunn also appears in the documentary series Follow Me about her life as a trans drag queen. She is the runner-up on Season 2 of The Switch Drag Race, the Chilean version of the show. Gunn, also from The Haus of Edwards drag family, finished in 10th place in Season 6, and in eighth place in All Stars 4. “Because of Drag Race, I was able to dive into my self-discovery and really discover my trans-ness,” Gunn told ET that year. Later that year, Season 6 queen Gia Gunn made history when she returned for All Stars 4 as a post-transition trans contestant. RuPaul has since apologized for those comments. In March 2018, RuPaul told The Guardian that the show would “probably not” cast someone who has transitioned, arguing that “drag loses its sense of danger and its sense of irony once it’s not men doing it.” Though RuPaul’s Drag Race has made itself known for inclusiveness when it comes to ethnicities and body types, its record on trans inclusiveness and representation has drawn controversy. These are the 50 most popular RuPaul's Drag Race contestants as of October 2020, as ranked by their number of Instagram followers. And thanks to the power of social media - and Instagram in particular - the star power of these talented queens continues to grow long after the Drag Race cameras stop rolling.Īfter introducing us to so many talented queens, the question remains: Who, among all of Mama Ru's girls, has the charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent to be the most popular drag superstar on the internet? RuPaul’s Drag Race has been a springboard to greater fame for hundreds of drag performers from Alyssa Edwards (who launched her own Netflix original, Dancing Queen) to Shangela (we love our McDonalds spokes-queen). But the show would be nothing without Ru’s girls - the incredibly talented drag performers, sourced from around the globe, who put together stunning looks every week and participate in dramatic lip sync battles. Drag pageantry is a developed form of pageantry for female impersonators, drag queens, and trans women, styled after traditional beauty pageants or contests. Much of the series’ success is credited to drag legend RuPaul Andre Charles, who hosts the show, and show producer and judge Michelle Visage. The show has also spawned a number of spinoffs, including RuPaul’s Drag U, RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race, Canada’s Drag Race, and most recently, Drag Race Holland. Since its premiere on Logo in 2009, RuPaul’s Drag Race, now airing on VH1, has become a pop culture phenomenon with a huge online following and big-name celebrity fans.

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