Queens By Category

Season 6: Magnolia Crawford: "Magnoooooolia Crawford!", Gia Gunn: "G-G-G Gia!", Bianca Del Rio "Blame it on Bianca Del Rio", Darienne Lake: "Dip into the waters of Darienne Lake"

Season 7: Kennedy Davenport: "Laguardia, Newark, Kennedy!"

Season 8: Robbie Turner: "Robbie Turnt-er", Bob The Drag Queen: "Bob The Drag Queen, not to be confused with Bob the [other profession]", Cynthia Lee Fontaine: "Santee Alley Fontaine"

Season 9: Nina Bo'nina Brown "Nina Bo'nina Brown [actress surname]", Cynthia Lee Fontaine: "Santee Alley Fontaine"

New York Queens

The following queens came from New York.

Season 2: Pandora Boxx (Rochester), Sahara Davenport (New York City)

Season 3: Manila Luzon and Mimi Imfurst (New York City)

Season 4: Jiggly Caliente (Queens), Milan (New York City)

Season 5: Ivy Winters and Vivienne Pinay (New York City)

Season 6: Bianca Del Rio, Milk and Vivacious (New York City), Darienne Lake (Rochester)

Season 7: Pearl (Brooklyn), Miss Fame (New York City), Mrs. Kasha Davis (Rochester)

Season 8: Acid Betty and Thorgy Thor (Brooklyn), Bob The Drag Queen (New York City)

Season 9: Aja and Sasha Velour (Brooklyn), Alexis Michelle and Peppermint (New York City)

"No Bottom Two" Queens

The following queens never placed in the bottom two.

Season 1: Nina Flowers

Season 2: Tyra Sanchez

Season 5: Alaska

Season 6: Bianca Del Rio, Courtney Act

Season 7: Violet Chachki

Season 8: Kim Chi

Season 9: Sasha Velour, Eureka

Plus Sized Queens

Queens who have been considered to be big girls.

Pun Queens

Queens whose names are puns.

Season 1: Ongina (his given name 'Ryan Ong' and 'vagina')

Season 2: Pandora Boxx (the term "Pandora's Box") , Jujubee (A Jujube is also a fruit known as a red date, Chinese date, Korean date, or an Indian date)

Season 3: Delta Work (the actress Delta Burke), Manila Luzon (Manila, the capital of the Phillipines, on the island of Luzon), Mimi Imfurst (the phrase "Me!, Me! I'm First!")

Season 4: Sharon Needles (the term "Sharin' Needles")

Season 5: Penny Tration (the word "penetration"), Alaska Thunderfuck (a strain of marijuana)

Season 6: BenDeLaCreme (his given name "Benjamin" and the french term "Creme De La Creme"), Courtney Act (the term "Caught in the Act", said with an Aussie accent), Darienne Lake (a New York amusement park), Laganja Estranja (a slang term for marijuana, "ganja")

Season 7: Ginger Minj (the British slang term for a red haired woman's vagina)

Season 8: Kim Chi ("Kimchi", a korean dish)

Season 9: Farrah Moan (Pheromone)

Real Name Queens

The following queens go by their real name.

Season 2: Sonique

Season 3: Alexis Mateo

Season 4: Chad Michaels, Willam Belli

Season 5: Ivy Winters (Dustin Winters)

Season 6: Kelly Mantle, April Carrion (Jason Carrion), BenDeLaCreme (Benjamin Putnam), Joslyn Fox (Patrick Joslyn), Gia Gunn

Season 7: Max (Max Malanaphy)

Season 8: Dax ExclamationPoint (Dax Martin), Derrick Barry

Season 9: Charlie Hides, Sasha Velour (Alexander "Sasha" Steinberg), Shea Couleé (Jaren Shea Merrell), Trinity Taylor (Ryan Taylor)

Record Holders

The following queens hold records.

Season 1:

BeBe Zahara Benet (The only winner to win a $20,000 cash prize / First "America's Next Drag Superstar")
Shannel (First queen to walk into the werkroom/First use of "sickening!")
Nina Flowers (First Miss Congeniality/First challenge winner/First queen on the runway)
Victoria Porkchop Parker (First queen to be eliminated)
Akashia (First lip sync winner)

Season 2:

Jujubee (The only contestant to place as a top 3 finalist without winning a single main challenge)
Tyra Sanchez (Youngest season winner ever to be crowned "America's Next Drag Superstar"/ The only season winner to win a $25,000 cash prize)
Tatianna (First "Snatch Game" winner)

Season 3:

Venus D-Lite and Delta Work (The only contestants ever to be cast on the show through an open call audition)
Raja (The first season winner of Asian decent / The only winner to win a $75,000 prize)
Shangela (Only queen to be in the bottom two of the first episode on two separate seasons/First death drop ever performed/First contestant to compete in two different seasons)
Carmen Carrera and Yara Sofia (First contestants to have a "Double Shantay")
Carmen Carrera (First contestant to return to the competition in the same season after being eliminated)

Season 4:

Sharon Needles (Most main challenge wins: 4 / First Caucasian to win)
Willam Belli (The first contestant to ever be disqualified from the show / The only contestant to be eliminated after winning the main challenge on the same episode)

All Stars 1:

Yara Sofia (The only contestant ever to press the "Shemergency" button)
Chad Michaels (The oldest "Winner"/ The first contestant to be inducted into the "Drag Race Hall of Fame")

Season 5:

Monica Beverly Hillz (The only openly transgender contestant to compete on the show while transitioning)
Detox (Most mini-challenge wins: 5)
Jade Jolie (Most consecutive "Safe" placings: of 4)
Jinkx Monsoon (Most consecutive "Best Queens of the Week" placings: 8)
Vivienne Pinay and Honey Mahogany (First contestants to be in a double elimination after a "Lip-Sync for Your Life")
Coco Montrese (The first contestant to lipsync 4 times)

Season 6:

Bianca Del Rio (The only contestant to never place in the "Bottom Queens" for the entire season / The oldest non-All-Stars winner to be crowned "America's Next Drag Superstar" at age 37/First Hispanic winner)
Darienne Lake (Most times placed in the "Worst Queens of the Week")
BenDeLaCreme and Darienne Lake (The only pair of queens to lipsync against each other more than once)

Season 7:

Miss Fame (The "Eliminated" queen to have lasted the longest before being eliminated after her 1st lip-sync, lasting a total of 9 weeks)
Trixie Mattel (First queen to return to her season and win a challenge in the same episode)
Max (Lowest placing queen to have won 2 challenges - 9th place)

Season 8:

Derrick Barry (100th queen to walk into the workroom)
Robbie Turner (Only queen to lip sync in roller skates)
Bob The Drag Queen (First Queen to play two celebrities in Snatch Game)

All Stars 2:

Roxxxy Andrews (First queen to ever win a "Lipsync for Your Legacy" and eliminate another queen / Only queen to be the first winner of a main challenge on two separate seasons / Most bottom placings)
Coco Montrese (First queen to ever be eliminated by the winner of a "Lipsync for Your Legacy".)
Adore Delano (First queen to ever quit the competition)
Alyssa Edwards (First queen to ever be part of a "Double Shantay" in two separate seasons)
Alaska (Highest cash prize winner in series herstory, winning a total of $130,000 in tips & the grand prize)
Tatianna (Only queen ever to have won the "Snatch Game" as well as having ended up in the Bottom 2 from the "Snatch Game" / Lowest cash prize winner in series history, winning $5,000/ First queen in series her story to be eliminated three times)

Season 9:

Charlie Hides (Oldest contestant ever to compete, at age 52)
Peppermint (First queen to enter the competition as an openly transgender woman)
Eureka (First queen sent home due to injury / First queen to receive open invitation to return to the next season)
Cynthia Lee Fontaine (First queen to finish in the same position on two non-All Stars seasons)
Nina Bo'nina Brown and Valentina (First queens to have their lip-sync paused)
Valentina (First queen to wear mask during a lip-sync)
Sasha Velour (First queen to win a "Sudden Death Lip-Sync for the Crown" / First queen to win "RuPaul's Drag Race" without the most main challenge wins/ First queen to wear a mask during a lip-sync and win)
Shea Couleé (First queen with 4 main challenge wins that didn't win her season)

Resting on Pretty

The following queens were read for "resting on pretty".

Season 3: Mariah Balenciaga, Carmen Carrera

Season 5: Vivienne Pinay

Season 6: Courtney Act

Season 7: Miss Fame

Season 8: Derrick Barry

Season 9: Farrah Moan

Runner-Ups

The following queens were the runner-ups of their season.

Season 1: Nina Flowers

Season 2: Raven

Season 3: Manila Luzon

Season 4: Chad Michaels, Phi Phi O'Hara

All Stars 1: Raven

Season 5: Alaska, Roxxxy Andrews

Season 6: Adore Delano, Courtney Act

Season 7: Ginger Minj, Pearl

Season 8: Kim Chi, Naomi Smalls

All Stars 2: Katya, Detox

Season 9: Trinity Taylor, Shea Couleé, Peppermint

Singers

Queens who were known for their advanced singing abilities.

Season 4: Willam

Season 5: Ivy Winters, Jinkx Monsoon

Season 6: Adore Delano, Courtney Act

Season 7: Ginger Minj, Trixie Mattel

Season 9: Charlie Hides, Alexis Michelle, Peppermint, Valentina

Snatch Game Winners

The following contestants won the Snatch Game of their season.

Season 2: Tatianna as Britney Spears

Season 3: Stacy Layne Matthews as Mo'Nique

Season 4: Chad Michaels as Cher

All Stars 1: RuPaul's Gaff-In: Team Yarlexis (Alexis Mateo as Shakira and Yara Sofia as Charo)

Season 5: Jinkx Monsoon as Little Edie

Season 6: BenDeLaCreme as Dame Maggie Smith

Season 7: Kennedy Davenport as Little Richard, Ginger Minj as Adele

Season 8: Bob The Drag Queen as Uzo Aduba and Carol Channing

All Stars 2: Katya as Björk, Alaska as Mae West

Season 9: Alexis Michelle as Liza Minnelli

Transgender Queens

The following queens came out as transgender.

Season 2: Sonique

Season 3: Carmen Carrera, Stacy Layne Matthews

Season 4: Jiggly Caliente, Kenya Michaels

Season 5: Monica Beverly Hillz

Season 6: Gia Gunn

Season 9: Peppermint

Genderqueer Queens

The following queens came out as genderfluid, non-binary, and/or another gender identity.

Season 3: Raja (two spirit)

Season 5: Jinkx Monsoon (non-binary)

Season 6: Adore Delano (non-binary), April Carrion (genderqueer), BenDeLaCreme (genderqueer), Courtney Act (genderqueer), Kelly Mantle (genderfluid), Laganja Estranja (genderfluid)

Season 7: Miss Fame (genderfluid), Violet Chachki (genderfluid)

Season 9: Aja (genderfluid), Eureka O’Hara (genderfluid), Sasha Velour (genderfluid)

Winners Circle

The following queens won their respective season.

Season 1: BeBe Zahara Benet

Season 2: Tyra Sanchez

Season 3: Raja

Season 4: Sharon Needles

All Stars 1: Chad Michaels

Season 5: Jinkx Monsoon

Season 6: Bianca Del Rio

Season 7: Violet Chachki

Season 8: Bob The Drag Queen

All Stars 2: Alaska

Season 9: Sasha Velour

Youngest Queens

The following queens were the youngest queens competing in their respective seasons.

Season 1: Akashia (24)

Season 2: Tatianna (21)

Season 3: India Ferrah (23)

Season 4: Kenya Michaels (21)

Season 5: Serena ChaCha (21)

Season 6: Trinity K. Bonet (22)

Season 7: Max (22)

Season 8: Naomi Smalls (21)

Season 9: Aja (22)

Oldest Queens

The following queens were the oldest queens (at the time of recording) competing in their respective seasons.

Season 1: Victoria Parker (39)

Season 2: Pandora Boxx (37)

Season 3: Raja (36)

Season 4: Chad Michaels (40)

Season 5: Penny Tration (39)

Season 6: Darienne Lake (41)

Season 7: Tempest DuJour (46)

Season 8: Acid Betty (37)

Season 9: Charlie Hides (52)

Villain Queens

The following queens were given a "Villain" edit during their appearance on the show.

Season 1: Rebecca Glasscock

Season 2: Tyra Sanchez, Raven

Season 3: Shangela

Season 4: Phi Phi O'Hara

Season 5: Roxxxy Andrews

Season 6: Darienne Lake

Season 7: Kennedy Davenport, Ginger Minj

Season 8: Derrick Barry, Acid Betty

All Stars 2: Phi Phi O'Hara

Season 9: Alexis Michelle

HIV Queens

The following queens have come out about having HIV/AIDS.

Season 1: Ongina

Season 6: Trinity K. Bonet

YouTube Queens

The following queens have appeared on YouTube series created by WOWpresents.

Dudes In Drag: Season 6: Kelly Mantle

DRAG QUEENS REACT: Season 1: Ongina, Bebe Zahara Benet and Tammie Brown. Season 2: Raven, Tyra Sanchez, Tatianna, Pandora Boxx, Nicole Paige Brooks, Morgan McMichaels and Mystique Summers. Season 3: Mariah Balenciaga, Delta Work, Raja and Manila Luzon. Season 4: Chad Michaels, Phi Phi O'Hara, Latrice Royale, Jiggly Caliente and Sharon Needles. Season 5: Jinkx Monsoon, Coco Montrese, Alaska, Detox and Alyssa Edwards. Season 6: Laganja Estranja, Milk, Bianca Del Rio and Gia Gunn. Season 7: Violet Chachki, Tempest DuJour, Mrs. Kasha Davis, Kennedy Davenport, Trixie Mattel, Ginger Minj, Katya and Jaidynn Diore Fierce. Season 8: Laila McQueen, Naysha Lopez, Naomi Smalls, Chi Chi DeVayne, Kim Chi, Cynthia Lee Fontaine and Bob The Drag Queen. Season 9: Eureka O’Hara

Dear Delta: Season 3: Delta Work

Rooftop Lipsync: Season 2: Morgan McMichaels, Nicole Paige Brooks and Mystique Summers. Season 3: Mariah Balenciaga. Season 6: Laganja Estranja and Gia Gunn. Season 7: Mrs. Kasha Davis and Jaidynn Diore Fierce

#AfterShow: Season 5: Alaska. Season 7: Trixie Mattel

I'm Not A Doctor: Season 7: Katya

UNHhhh:Season 7: Trixie Mattel and Katya. with Season 4: Willam. Season 6: Courtney Act. Season 7: Ms.Kasha Davis, Tempest Du Jour

Eat It! and Cher Tweets: Season 4: Chad Michaels

HOW TO MAKEUP: Season 3: Delta Work. Season 4: Jiggly Caliente. Season 5: Alaska and Detox. Season 7: Katya, Jaidynn Diore Fierce, Kennedy Davenport, Tempest DuJour and Mrs. Kasha Davis. Season 8: Laila McQueen and Naysha Lopez

RuPaul's Drag Race Countdowns!: Season 4: Latrice Royale. Season 7: Jaidynn Diore Fierce. Season 8: Kim Chi, Chi Chi DeVayne and Laila McQueen

Puff Puff Drag: Season 6: Laganja Estranja

M.U.G. Make Up Girls: Season 8: Kim Chi and Naomi Smalls. Season 3: Mariah Balenciaga

Let The Music Play: Season 3: Mimi Imfurst. Season 4: Sharon Needles. Season 5: Alaska. Season 6: Adore Delano

#DragQueenProblems: Season 5: Alaska. Season 8: Kim Chi

LegenDAIRY Looks: Season 6: Milk

Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce Big Ass Moments: Season 4: Latrice Royale

Girlfriend Intervention Recap: Season 2 and Season 3: Shangela

Living for the Lipsync: Season 2: Morgan McMichaels

Bro'Laska: Season 5: Alaska

Raja Drawja: Season 3: Raja with Season 1: Tammie Brown. Season 2: Raven. Season 3: Delta Work. Season 4: Chad Michaels and Willam Belli. Season 5: Alaska and Detox. Season 6: Milk

Really Queen?: Season 6: Bianca Del Rio

Ring My Bell: Season 1: Tammie Brown, Victoria Parker and Shannel. Season 2: Raven, Morgan McMichaels, Sonique, Shangela, Pandora Boxx and Tatianna. Season 3: Yara Sofia, Raja, Delta Work, Carmen Carrera, Manila Luzon, Shangela, Mimi Imfurst and Venus D-Lite. Season 4: Willam Belli, Latrice Royale, Chad Michaels, Sharon Needles, Madame LaQueer, Phi Phi O'Hara and Jiggly Caliente. Season 5: Alaska, Jinkx Monsoon, Roxxxy Andrews, Alyssa Edwards, Vivienne Pinay, Serena ChaCha, Detox and Coco Montrese. Season 6: BenDeLaCreme, Courtney Act, Adore Delano, Milk, April Carrión, Trinity K. Bonet, Gia Gunn and Darienne Lake. Season 7: Trixie Mattel, Katya, Tempest DuJour, Mrs. Kasha Davis and Jaidynn Diore Fierce. Season 8: Kim Chi and Laila McQueen

Alyssa's Secret: Season 5: Alyssa Edwards with Season 2 and Season 3: Shangela. Season 4: Latrice Royale. Season 5: Alaska and Vivienne Pinay. Season 6: Laganja Estranja, Gia Gunn and Bianca Del Rio

WOW Shopping Network: Season 1: Victoria Parker, Shannel, Tammie Brown, Bebe Zahara Benet and Ongina. Season 2: Morgan McMichaels. Season 3: Yara Sofia and Mimi Imfurst. Season 4: Chad Michaels and Phi Phi O'Hara. Season 5: Alyssa Edwards and Jade Jolie. Season 6: Vivacious and Kelly Mantle

RuPaul Drives...: Season 1: Victoria Parker. Season 3: Manila Luzon. Season 4: Sharon Needles and Chad Michaels. Season 5: Alyssa Edwards and Vivienne Pinay. Season 6: Vivacious

Pure Camp: Season 4: Sharon Needles and Season 5: Alaska

Horrorscope: Season 4: Sharon Needles

RuPaul's Drag Race Fashion Photo RuView: Season 3: Raja and/or Season 2: Raven with Season 2: Jujubee, Tatianna, Morgan McMichaels, Nicole Paige Brooks and Mystique Summers. Season 3: Manila Luzon, Delta Work and Mariah Balenciaga. Season 5: Alaska and Alyssa Edwards. Season 6: Gia Gunn. Season 7: Mrs. Kasha Davis, Trixie Mattel and Katya. Season 8: Kim Chi and Naomi Smalls.

Couple$/Bestie$/Bro$/$tranger$ For Ca$h: Season 1: Ongina. Season 2: Raven and Morgan McMichaels. Season 3: Yara Sofia, Delta Work and Raja. Season 4: Phi Phi O'Hara, Chad Michaels, Sharon Needles and Latrice Royale. Season 5: Alaska, Alyssa Edwards, Coco Montrese and Detox. Season 6: Laganja Estranja, Courtney Act, Gia Gunn, Milk. Season 7: Tempest DuJour, Trixie Mattel, Katya, Ginger Minj and Mrs. Kasha Davis. Season 8: Kim Chi and Naomi Smalls.

WOW Gameshow: Season 2: Jujubee and Raven and Season 3: Manila Luzon

James St James' Transformations: Season 1: Bebe Zahara Benet and Tammie Brown. Season 2: Raven and Morgan McMichaels. Season 3: Raja, Yara Sofia, Manila Luzon, Mimi Imfurst and Mariah Balenciaga. Season 4: Chad Michaels, Sharon Needles, Phi Phi O'Hara and Latrice Royale. Season 5: Jinkx Monsoon, Roxxxy Andrews, Alaska, Detox and Alyssa Edwards. Season 6: Vivacious, Milk, Bianca Del Rio, Laganja Estranja, BenDeLaCreme, Courtney Act and Gia Gunn. Season 7: Miss Fame, Trixie Mattel, Kennedy Davenport, Violet Chachki, Tempest DuJour, Katya, Ginger Minj and Mrs. Kasha Davis. Season 8: Bob The Drag Queen, Laila McQueen and Dax ExclamationPoint. Season 9: Shea Couleé and Nina Bo'nina Brown.

Queens Without Prizes

The following queens have not yet received the prize given for winning a challenge in the show.

Season 4: Phi Phi O'Hara (Ep. 7 prize: A cruise to the Bahamas courtesy of ALandCHUCK.travel and Ep. 10 prize: A trip for two to Las Vegas courtesy of ALandCHUCK.travel)

Season 6: Bianca Del Rio

Season 7: Max (Ep. 5 prize: Jewelry from Fierce Drag Jewels)

(Also, her original prize in episode 3 was a walk-on role on the series "Two Broke Girls")

Season 8: Kim Chi (Ep. 8 prize: $2500 gift card from Fabric Planet)

All Stars 2: Roxxxy Andrews (Ep. 1 prize: Jewelry from Fierce Drag Jewels and $10,000 cash tip)

Season 9: Nina Bo'nina Brown (Ep. 1 prize: 1 week getaway to The Grand Resort and Spa at Fort Lauderdale Beach.)

Queens Who Ruturned To The Race

The following queens came back to compete after getting eliminated.

Season 3: Shangela and Carmen Carrera

Season 4: Kenya Michaels

Season 7: Trixie Mattel

Season 8: Naysha Lopez

All Stars 2: Tatianna and Alyssa Edwards

Season 9: Cynthia Lee Fontaine

Season 10: Eureka

FANDOM

Alliance Queens

Cash Prize Winners

Multiple "Bottom" Queens

2 times on the Bottom

3 times on the Bottom

4 times on the Bottom

5 times on the Bottom

Consecutive Main Challenge Winners

Two Consecutive Main Challenges

Three Consecutive Main Challenges

Dancers

Dual Main Challenge Winners

Eliminated Queens

Eliminated after First Bottom

Eliminated after Winning

Eliminated while not being in the Bottom Two

Ethnic Groups

Asian Queens

Latino Queens

Fan Vote Winners

First "Bottom" Survivors

First Main Challenge Winner

First Two Main Challenge Winner

First To Be Eliminated

First To Enter Workroom

Impersonators

International Queens

Kai Kai Queens

Last To Enter Workroom

Miss Congenialities

Main Challenge Winners

Queens who only won one main challenge

Queens who won two main challenges

Queens who won three main challenges

Queens who won four main challenges

Mononymous Queens

Music Video Queens

Name Yodel Queens