RuPaul’s Drag Race has effectively become the biggest drag pageant in the world, as competitors from across the US and in their respective countries vie for the title of Drag Superstar. Season 15 frontrunner Sasha Colby is a former winner of Miss Continental, widely regarded as one of the most prestigious pageants on the planet. But Colby isn’t the only Continental winner to sashay onto the Drag Race stage.
Sasha Colby | Santiago Felipe/Getty Images Victoria ‘Porkchop’ Parker won Miss Continental Plus in 2003
Back in 2003, Victoria “Porkchop” Parker took home the crown at Miss Continental Plus, a separate pageant for plus-sized queens. When season 1 of RuPaul’s Drag Race premiered in 2009, Porkchop was the first queen ever eliminated from the show, earning her a hallowed place in the Drag Race universe.
Roxxxy Andrews won Miss Continental Plus in 2010
Roxxxy Andrews, another beloved Drag Race alum, also won Miss Continental Plus...
Sasha Colby | Santiago Felipe/Getty Images Victoria ‘Porkchop’ Parker won Miss Continental Plus in 2003
Back in 2003, Victoria “Porkchop” Parker took home the crown at Miss Continental Plus, a separate pageant for plus-sized queens. When season 1 of RuPaul’s Drag Race premiered in 2009, Porkchop was the first queen ever eliminated from the show, earning her a hallowed place in the Drag Race universe.
Roxxxy Andrews won Miss Continental Plus in 2010
Roxxxy Andrews, another beloved Drag Race alum, also won Miss Continental Plus...
- 3/24/2023
- by Chris Malone
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
“You always hope every show you do is a massive revolutionary force that changes people’s lives,” says RuPaul’s Drag Race producer Fenton Bailey, “but so rarely is that the case.” But by any metric, World of Wonder’s long-running reality show — in which ever more outrageous drag queens compete for the approval of its imperious host RuPaul — is exactly that show. Across all of its TV and digital properties, the franchise received 11 Emmy nominations this year, and if the main Drag Race competition show wins six, it will make it the fifth most Emmy-winning TV show in history. And that’s not all: After spawning 14 U.S. seasons since it first appeared in 2009, the show’s format has been exported to the UK, Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Holland, Thailand and the Philippines, with Belgium and Sweden to follow next year.
In this interview, Bailey and fellow producer Randy Barbato...
In this interview, Bailey and fellow producer Randy Barbato...
- 8/16/2022
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
In the six seasons of “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” so far, we’ve seen dozens of queens return to the main stage to claim the crown they previously couldn’t, resulting in seven freshly combed wigs now bearing the weight of their sparkling tiara. (See the winner’s list.) But earning a spot in the Drag Race Hall of Fame isn’t the only reason why a queen might return. Some came back from early seasons to remind the audience of their talent and others jumped right back into it in the hopes of earning redemption from the sins of their first season. Now, as we look forward to the casting for Season 7 of the VH1/Paramount+ spin-off, we speculate at the reasons why these queens from each of the show’s 13 seasons might walk into the Werk Room one more time, all of which have not yet made it back.
- 10/30/2021
- by John Benutty
- Gold Derby
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