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NOTE: Not to be confused with Drag Pop Star (Miss Fan Favorite), title exclusive to the second season of Drag Race Thailand.

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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.

Title Holders[]

Drag Race Franchise[]

See: 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 Philippines

See: Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs The World

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".

Prizes[]

Season Prizes
1
  • $1,500
  • A three day, two night trip at the Paris Eiffel Tower Experience in Las Vegas
2
  • Tickets to see Cher live in concert
  • A three day, two night trip to Las Vegas with airfare
3
  • A trip for 2 to Grand Lucayan Resort in Grand Bahama Island
4
  • A round trip, first class flight with hotel accommodations anywhere in the US
5
  • A six night trip for 2 at any Hilton Hotel or Resort with airfare
6
  • $2,500 gift card from Overstock.com
7
  • $5,000
8
9
10 N/A[2]
11
  • $10,000
12
13
14
15

Season Prizes
1 N/A
2
  • Photoshoot with Fritz Kok

Season Prizes
1
  • 3,000€
  • Sewing Kit
  • Being part of crowning the winner

Season Prizes
1 N/A
2
  • $1,000 gift certificate from Wigs and Grace
  • $2,000 worth of jewels from Amped Accessories

Season Prizes
1
  • ₱40,000
2

Season Prizes
1
  • $18,000 MXN

Controversies[]

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Valentina being crowned by the predecessor Cynthia Lee Fontaine.

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.

Placements[]

Contestant Photo Original Season Place Returning Season Place
 RuPaul's Drag Race
 Nina Flowers  NinaFlowersS1CastMug  Season 1 2nd  All Stars 1 9th/10th
 Pandora Boxx  PandoraBoxxS2CastMug  Season 2 5th  All Stars 1 11th/12th
 All Stars 6 6th
 Yara Sofia  YaraSofiaS3CastMug  Season 3 4th  All Stars 1 5th/6th
 All Stars 6 10th
 Latrice Royale  LatriceRoyaleS4CastMug  Season 4 4th  All Stars 1 7th/8th
 All Stars 4 5th
 Ivy Winters  IvyWintersS5CastMug  Season 5 7th N/A
 BenDeLaCreme  BenDeLaCremeS6CastMug  Season 6 5th  All Stars 3 6th
 Katya  KatyaS7CastMug  Season 7 5th  All Stars 2 2nd/3rd
 Cynthia Lee Fontaine  CynthiaLeeFontaineS8CastMug  Season 8 10th  Season 9 10th
 Valentina  ValentinaS9CastMug  Season 9 7th  All Stars 4 7th
 Monét X Change  MonétXChangeS10CastMug  Season 10 6th  All Stars 4 1st
All Stars 7 2nd
 Nina West  NinaWestS11CastMug  Season 11 6th N/A
 Heidi N Closet  HeidiNClosetS12CastMug  Season 12 6th  All Stars 8 8th
 LaLa Ri  LaLaRiS13CastMug  Season 13 10th  All Stars 8 5th
 Kornbread "The Snack" Jeté  KornbreadJetéS14CastMug  Season 14 12th N/A
 Malaysia Babydoll Foxx  MalaysiaBabydollFoxxS15CastMug  Season 15 8th N/A
 The Switch Drag Race
 Jessica Parker  JessicaParkerTSDR1CastMug  Season 1 10th N/A
 Drag Race Thailand
 B Ella  BEllaDRT1CastMug  Season 1 4th N/A
 Maya B'Haro  MayaB'HaroDRT2CastMug  Season 2 11th N/A
 Canada's Drag Race
 Suki Doll  SukiDollCDR2CastMug  Season 2 9th N/A
 Vivian Vanderpuss  VivianVanderpussCDR3CastMug  Season 3 5th N/A
 Kitten Kaboodle  KittenKaboodleCDR4CastMug  Season 4 7th/8th N/A
 Drag Race Holland
 Ma'Ma Queen  Ma'MaQueenDRH1CastMug  Season 1 3rd/4th N/A
 Tabitha  TabithaDRH2CastMug  Season 2 5th N/A
 Drag Race España
 Pupi Poisson  PupiPoissonDRE1CastMug  Season 1 4th España
All Stars 1
5th
 Samantha Ballentines  SamanthaBallentinesDRE2CastMug  Season 2 10th España
All Stars 1
TBA
(Miss Con.)
María Edilia MariaEdiliaDRES3CastMug Season 3 13th N/A
 Drag Race Italia
 Luquisha Lubamba  LuquishaLubambaDRI1CastMug  Season 1 4th N/A
 Nehellenia  NehelleniaDRI2CastMug  Season 2 2nd/3rd N/A
 Silvana Della Magliana  SilvanaDellaMaglianaDRIT3CastMug  Season 3 3rd/4th N/A
 Drag Race France
 Elips  ElipsDRF1CastMug  Season 1 6th N/A
 Moon  MoonDRFR2CastMug  Season 2 7th N/A
 Drag Race Philippines
 Lady Morgana  LadyMorganaDRP1CastMug  Season 1 8th N/A
 Hana Beshie  HanaBeshieDRPH2CastMug  Season 2 5th/6th N/A
Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs The World
 Anita Wigl'it  AnitaWigl'itCAvsTWCastMug  Season 1 7th N/A
Drag Race Belgique
 Valenciaga  ValenciagaDRBE1CastMug  Season 1 6th N/A
Drag Race México
 Lady Kero  LadyKeroDRMX1CastMug  Season 1 5th N/A
Drag Race Brasil
Aquarela AquarelaDRBR1CastMug Season 1 9th N/A
Drag Race Germany
Victoria Shakespears VictoriaShakespearsDRGR1CastMug Season 1 6th N/A
Drag Race España: All Stars
Samantha Ballentines SamanthaBallentinesESAS1CastMug Season 1 TBA N/A

Congratulatory Images[]

Trivia[]

Other Contestants[]

Other contestants that came close to the title on their respective seasons include:

References[]

  1. (IT‘Drag Race Italia’ arriva su Discovery+ con Mac Cosmetics, Wella e Santero | Brand News — November 15, 2021
  2. Post by monetxchange | Twitter — September 29, 2019
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