6/20/2023 0 Comments Soju drag queen black belt![]() ![]() Like her drag mother, Season 5’s Coco Montrese, I think it’s safe to expect Kahanna Montrese to absolutely slay when it comes to lip syncing against the Season 11 cast. The real question that remains is how the sudden rush of exposure from Season 10 will serve her now that she’s back in the competition. ![]() (She’s also a trained dancer and makeup artist.) And she’s even released her own song (“I’m Vanjie”) since her run last season. This drag daughter of Season 3 finalist Alexis Mateo is known for turning amazing looks and absolutely killing her performances. Like Shangela and Eureka before her, “Miss Vanjie” is strutting back into the competition after becoming a viral sensation and constant topic of conversation during Season 10, despite being eliminated first. 8. Vanessa Vanjie MateoĪ returning queen always gets a good amount of buzz, but when the queen is one who has become a part of the lexicon like Vanessa Vanjie Mateo, you know she’s returning with a splash. Either way, viewers will be watching Brooke Lynn Hytes closely. While Hytes may try a similar tactic, she could also let her fellow competitors know who they’re dealing with from the beginning. Fellow southern sister Kameron was a quiet contender, showing what she was made of when it truly mattered, which propelled her to the final four. Citing Annie Lennox and Cher as her influences, she merges eye-popping looks with unique fashions ( her Instagram is truly a sight to behold). Statuesque in drag and still smoldering when out, this Nashville stunner started drag to have a career that kept her in control of both her life and her art. Like Season 10’s Kameron Michaels, Brooke Lynn Hytes is poised to be the “thirst trap” of Season 11. It’ll be interesting to see how she takes those numerous talents and makes use of them during the competition. ![]() A Southern queen who now calls Chicago home, Silky Nutmeg Ganache has competed in well over 100 pageants (yes, 100), so she’s well-versed in drag competition and how to play the game. She’s also a queen of innumerable talents, with a music degree and talent with a piano. Silky Nutmeg Ganache is sure to set a whole new set of standards when she hits the Werk Room with the rest of the Season 11 cast. The drag of Stacy Layne Matthews, Eureka O’Hara and Latrice Royale has served as a template for many girls of subsequent seasons to follow. 6. Silky Nutmeg Ganacheĭrag Race has always been a place where the “big girls” can find a place to play. Starting at the Fashion Institute of Technology and ending up as a drag performer, Scarlet Envy may be able to tap into that New York energy that several other winners from the drag mecca of NYC have been able to do in seasons past. ![]() Like Season 9 winner (and fellow Brooklyn sister) Sasha Velour, Scarlet Envy believes “gender is a construct” and plays with its confines consistently throughout her performances. Photo by Kenneth Llambellis for Abracadabraīrooklyn, New York’s Scarlet Envy is, as she calls herself, the “cheapest lady with the highest priced wig.” This East Coast enchantress gives you Old Hollywood realness, but all while keeping with her own unique drag style. It remains to be seen whether Mercedes Iman Diamond’s pageant chops will carry her through the competition as well. Notoriously, pageant queens have done fairly well in this competition, with previous queens like Trinity Taylor and Eureka O’Hara going all the way to the end. This Minneapolis queen is a longtime pageant winner, with wins like Miss Gay ’90s and second alternate to Miss Minnesota Continental under her belt. With Muslim and African influences popping up throughout her numbers, Mercedes Iman Diamond is truly a performer like no other. (Dida Ritz, Vivacious and Mystique Summers among them this past year.) With a pedigree that includes being the drag mother of Season 10 Miss Congeniality Monét X Change and the drag niece of both the dearly departed Sahara Davenport and Kennedy Davenport, we’ll have to wait and see whether Honey is the sweetest Davenport to hit the Werk Room yet. She’s the current Miss Paradise and a former Miss’d America, with a weekly show at Paradise in Asbury Park on Friday nights, “A Taste of Honey,” that has been wowing crowds with electric performances, eye-popping fashions, and even some Drag Race queen cameos. Starting in Dallas and now residing in Houston, this Lone Star lady has a great deal to live up to based on her family’s previous performances, but something tells us if anyone can do it, it’s A’keria Chanel Davenport. This Texas stunner comes from a long line of girls from the Lone Star State who have shown us what they can do, including her drag aunt, Season 7 and All Stars 3 stunner Kennedy Davenport. She’s part of the Davenport drag legacy, and like her family members before her, is known as the quintessential pageant girl. ![]()
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