Tatianna

Tatianna
Biographical Information
Drag Name	Tatianna
Date of Birth	December 1, 1988
Age	35
Season Information
Season	Season 2 All Stars 2
Place	Season 2 – 4th All Stars 2 – 6th
Eliminated	Season 2 – Episode 9 All Stars 2 – Episodes 2 & 6
Sent home by	Season 2 – Jujubee All Stars 2 – Alaska
Challenge Wins	Season 2 – 1 All Stars 2 – 2

Tatianna is the stage name of Joey Santolini, an American drag performer, hair stylist, make-up artist and performing artist from Falls Church, Virginia. He is best known for being a contestant on Season 2 of RuPaul's Drag Race.

Tatianna was revealed to be a contestant for the second season of RuPaul's All Stars Drag Race, where he was eliminated on episode 2. Due to a twist that occurred on episode 5, Tatianna returned to the competition alongside previously-eliminated queen; Alyssa Edwards.

She was eventually eliminated by Alaska in episode 6. Her elimination caused an uproar among fans and she is widely regarded as one of the breakout stars of All Stars 2.

About

Tatianna was known as one of the most controversial queens of Season 2 and was often complimented as the "prettiest" or "fishiest" of her season.

Tatianna was also often looked down on by her competitors in Season 2, especially Raven, for being one of the youngest queens and even the prettiest of the season.

Tatianna served glamour and fish, but was criticized for not having fashion-forward outfits and extravagant performances. However, she was highly praised and won the Snatch Game challenge for her Britney Spears performance. Other queens don't think she deserved the win.

Elimination

Tatianna was eliminated on the ninth episode on Drag Race, "The Diva Awards".

The challenge was to come up with a lip-sync number to kick off the Diva Awards and create three distinct looks for the runway that represent the Diva Awards...

• Look 1 - "Teen Diva Awards" – where the queens had to create a fashion-foward outfit that represents a teenager superstar. - This was Tatianna's best look according to the judges.
• Look 2 - "Diva DC Press Awards" – where the queens had to serve some "executive realness" looks – Tatianna chose a Sarah Palin-type look.
• Look 3 - "Diva Hollywood Extravaganza Awards" – Where the queens had to create a fashion-foward outfit to wear on the Red Carpet in Hollywood. A part of the challenge was to be interviewed by "The Freak Show's" James st. James in their hollywood outfits and how they feel to be in Hollywood.

According to the judges, most of Tatianna's looks were half-baked and did not stand out from her competitors, especially from Raven and Tyra Sanchez.

So Jujubee and Tatianna both fell into the bottom two and had to lip-sync for their lives to "Something He Can Feel" by Aretha Franklin. Tatianna unfortunately did not give the right feel to the song in the lip-sync and was outshined by Jujubee's energy during the performance, so Tatianna was sent home.

Drag Name Origin

Joey was one day browsing through his CD collections and found the artist "Tatyana Ali". Joey thought it was cute and stuck with "Tatianna" ever since.

Entrance

All Stars 2

"Thank you."

Season 2

"*waves and smiles*"

Memorable Quotes

Season 2

• "Thank you!"
• "...Choices."
• "Hey!"
• "I'm sweet in the streets and you know, a freak in the sheets."
• "I'll forgive but I won't forget the comments Sonique said, especially where she said "I'm not a threat". Well I am a threat now, because, I won, and you got sent home."
• "Um, I don't think you're seeing that Tyra is a complete bitch." -Then fixes the bangs of her wig
• "She has this Diva Attitude, like she's America's Sweetheart, but she's not." - In reference to Tyra
• "You know you really shouldn't play the victim. It doesn't suit you, you don't do it well." To Tyra on the main stage.
• "And I don't like you. Are you happy? I don't like you." - To Tyra
• "Shut the **** up!" - To Tyra for obnoxiously singing while the girls were working on their wedding gowns
• "Your outside is gorgeous Raven, but your insides are dark and nasty. And I don't like you."
• "NO, I am not the Rebecca Glasscock of the second season."
• "Think that I'm a door mat, think it, and when you find out a little bit more down the road, THINK WHAT YOU WANT!" - To Morgan McMichaels and Sonique
• "Why are you talking?!"

All-Stars 2

• "Stupid bitch" - On her ad for her Tatianna's Tea Set
• "Choices" - Reading her competitors
• "See me with them hands" - Tatianna's Spoken Word on the All Stars Talent Show
• "Because what you see, isn’t always the truth" - Tatianna's Spoken Word on the All Stars Talent Show
• "Because baby boy, I got all the same parts that you do" - Tatianna's Spoken Word on the All Stars Talent Show
• “What’s up, Hookers” - “Season 2 All Stars 2nd entrance”
• "We all make choices, but that was a choice....." - Tatianna on Coco Montrese's Dancing Performance on the All Stars Talent Show

Trivia

• Before gaining a full career in drag, Joey worked as a hair stylist.
• She started dressing in drag at the age of 14, and would go to school in drag on big occasions, such as Halloween and Homecoming.
• She was suspended multiple times throughout school for beating up her bullies.
• Tatianna is 6'5" in heels.
• She is often assumed to be Latino, despite being of mixed Black and Italian descent.
• She lives and performs in the Washington D.C. area, and is a castmember at Town Dance Boutique along with drag queens Ba'Naka and Shi Queeta Lee.
• Her favorite diva is Britney Spears.
• Her favorite type of men are Latino men.
• She has thought about transitioning in the past, but decided against it.
• Her favorite colors are purple, black, and blue.
• She is the first queen to be eliminated a total of 3 times within both the regular series and All Stars series. Second queen to accomplish this was Alyssa Edwards.
• She is the first queen to win the Snatch Game and later be eliminated from it.
• In late May, 2017, Tatianna's phone number was leaked by Tyra Sanchez on her Instagram. As a result, Tatianna posted Tyra's number on her Instagram account as revenge for leaking her number.
• In the After Elimination video on LogoTV's Youtube, Tatianna's outfit is shown for the 'Baddest Bitches of Herstory' challenge on All Stars 2.

Social Media

1. Tatianna's Facebook
2. Tatianna's Twitter
3. Tatianna's Instagram