NOTE: Not to be confused with Drag Pop Star (Miss Fan Favorite), title exclusive to the second season of Drag Race Thailand.
Miss Congeniality is the title awarded to the contestants who are regarded as the kindest, most helpful ones on their respective seasons. Prior to the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, the fans determined which contestant won the title, but has since been changed to the title being decided amongst the contestants themselves.
Originating from the first season of the original American series, the title was announced on the reunion special from the first three seasons which aired after the grand finale. From the fourth season onward, the grand finale and the reunion were combined, the crowning of the season's Miss Congeniality would take place right before the winner's crowning. The only exception being the ninth season as the current reigning Miss Congeniality at the time, Cynthia Lee Fontaine, had competed on the season and handed down the title at the reunion a week before the grand finale.
The tradition of the title has been continued across other series internationally where it is known as Mejor Compañera on The Switch Drag Race, Miss Simpatía on Drag Race España and Drag Race México, Miss Drag Simpatia on Drag Race Italia, Miss Sympathie on Drag Race France, Miss Simpatia on Drag Race Brasil, and Miss Darling on Drag Race Germany. The first season of Canada's Drag Race lacks an official recepient of the title but the tradition has since been adopted officially from the second season onward as well as on Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs The World. On the first season of Drag Race Italia, the title was assigned by hair products brand Wella Professionals Italia, one of the sponsors for the season.[1] The title is notably absent from every season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, RuPaul's Drag Race UK, RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under, and Drag Race Sverige which have all chosen to not continue the tradition.
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Drag Race Franchise[]
See: RuPaul's Drag Race
See: The Switch Drag Race
NOTE: On The Switch Drag Race, the title is referred to as "Mejor Compañera".
See: Drag Race Thailand
See: Canada's Drag Race
See: Drag Race Holland
See: Drag Race España
NOTE: On Drag Race España, the title is referred to as "Miss Simpatía".
See: Drag Race Italia
NOTE: On Drag Race Italia, the title was referred to as "Miss Drag Simpatia" for the first two seasons.
See: Drag Race France
NOTE: On Drag Race France, the title is referred to as "Miss Sympathie".
See: Drag Race Belgique
See: Drag Race México
NOTE: On Drag Race México, the title is referred to as "Miss Simpatía".
See: Drag Race Brasil
NOTE: On Drag Race Brasil, the title is referred to as "Miss Simpatia".
See: Drag Race Germany
NOTE: On Drag Race Germany, the title is referred to as "Miss Darling".
See: Drag Race España: All Stars
NOTE: On Drag Race España: All Stars, the title is referred to as "Miss Simpatía".
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Controversies[]
Season 9's Miss Congeniality, Valentina, was dubbed to be a 'fan-favorite', rather than congenial by the other season 9 girls, as they felt she played up the role to the camera, but was not actually congenial with the rest of the girls during, and after the filming of the season. This 'Miss Congeniality versus Fan-Favorite' controversy also brought up winners of previous seasons (mainly Pandora Boxx, BenDeLaCreme, and Katya) as even though they were congenial, the fans felt that other queens in their seasons were more congenial, but the winners were more beloved by the fans and they felt that the queens were eliminated too early. Valentina has since admitted on the popular web series 'Hey Qween', that she won the Miss Congeniality vote because her fans want her to 'win something' at that time, even claiming that Cynthia Lee Fontaine or Peppermint should have won the title instead.
This made fans want a fan-favorite and congeniality divide, where fan-favorite was voted for by the fans and Miss Congeniality was chosen by the queens on the season.
Season 10's voting also sparked controversy, as the voting had been hacked by robots, which resulted in The Vixen taking the lead with 18 million votes. The hacking was later resolved by the show, which, after the hacking, the Season 10 queens themselves voted. This also showed that the producers listened to the fans after last season's controversy and allowed the queens to choose their own "Miss Congeniality". The queens continued to choose Miss Congeniality after Season 10.
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Trivia[]
- The first Miss Congeniality of each series in the Drag Race franchise are...
- Nina Flowers on RuPaul's Drag Race,
- Additionally, she is also the...
- ...first ever Miss Congeniality.
- ...highest placing Miss Congeniality, placing second on the season she won the title.
- Additionally, she is also the...
- Jessica Parker on The Switch Drag Race,
- B Ella on Drag Race Thailand,
- Suki Doll on Canada's Drag Race,
- Ma'Ma Queen on Drag Race Holland,
- Additionally, she is the first to originally win the title unofficially and later have it be made official by passing down the title in the second season's finale.
- Pupi Poisson on Drag Race España,
- Luquisha Lubamba on Drag Race Italia,
- Elips on Drag Race France,
- Lady Morgana on Drag Race Philippines,
- Anita Wigl'it on Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs The World,
- Valenciaga on Drag Race Belgique,
- Lady Kero on Drag Race México,
- Aquarela on Drag Race Brasil,
- Victoria Shakespears on Drag Race Germany.
- Samantha Ballentines on Drag Race España: All Stars.
- Additionally, she is the first to win the title twice.
- Nina Flowers on RuPaul's Drag Race,
- Nina Flowers, Ma'Ma Queen, Luquisha Lubamba, Nehellenia, Silvana Della Magliana, and Samantha Ballentines are the only Miss Congenialities to win the title on the same season they were finalists in.
- Coincidentally, this means every Miss Congeniality of Drag Race Italia was also a finalist.
- Pandora Boxx and Yara Sofia are the only pair of Miss Congeniality to compete against each other twice (USA All Stars Seasons 1 and 6).
- Katya is the first returning Miss Congeniality to reach the finale in an All Stars season.
- Additionally, she is the most followed Miss Congeniality.
- Cynthia Lee Fontaine is the first Miss Congeniality to return to compete on the following season (USA Season 9) from her original one (US Season 8).
- Valentina and Monét X Change are the first Miss Congeniality pair to lip sync against each other (episode 2 of USA All Stars Season 4).
- Monét X Change is the first Miss Congeniality to...
- ...be voted on by fellow contestants.
- ...later win a season (USA All Stars Season 4).
- ...return as a Lip Sync Assassin on All Stars (USA All Stars Season 5).
- LaLa Ri is the first Miss Congeniality to also win the Golden Boot Award.
- Kornbread "The Snack" Jeté is the first Miss Congeniality to leave the competition due to an injury.
- Maria Edilia is the first Miss Congeniality to be eliminated first on the season she won the title (España Season 3).
- Additionally, this makes her the lowest placing Miss Congeniality, placing 13th overall.
- The Miss Congeniality and winner duos to have lip synced against each other are...
- Nina Flowers and BeBe Zahara Benet (US Season 1),
- Heidi N Closet and Jaida Essence Hall (US Season 12),
- Elips and Paloma (France Season 1),
- Nehellenia and La Diamond (Italia Season 2).
- Samantha Ballentines and Drag Sethlas (España AS 1)
- Albeit, Aura Eternal was a part of this lip sync as well.
- Moon is the first queen to be crowned Miss Congeniality after quitting the competition.
Other Contestants[]
Other contestants that came close to the title on their respective seasons include:
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