List of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' contestants

This is a list of contestants who have appeared on the American television show RuPaul's Drag Race. Since the series first aired in 2009, a total of 126 contestants have competed, with ten drag queens — BeBe Zahara Benet, Tyra Sanchez, Raja, Sharon Needles, Jinkx Monsoon, Bianca Del Rio, Violet Chachki, Bob the Drag Queen, Sasha Velour, and Aquaria being crowned as "America's Next Drag Superstar".

In addition, the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars aired in 2012 featuring 12 returning contestants from the first four seasons. Chad Michaels, a runner-up in season four, won. Alaska, a runner-up in season 5 won the season 2 and Trixie Mattel from season 7 won the third season.

Contestants apply to be on the show, or attend casting calls, but the series has also recruited contestants via online casting. Season 1 contestant Nina Flowers, season 2 contestant Jessica Wild, season 5 contestant Penny Tration, and season 6 contestant Darienne Lake were all selected to participate by an audience vote via the show's official website. RuPaul and Santino Rice chose season 3 contestants Venus D-Lite and Delta Work at an open casting call in Hollywood. All contestants selected must be 21 years of age or older at the time of production. Monica Beverly Hillz from season 5 confirmed in an interview that the show does not require contestants to identify as male and that transgender women can participate if they consider themselves drag artists.^[1]

As of 2018, the first and only contestant to pass away is season 2 contestant Sahara Davenport, who died in October 2012 at age 27.^[2] Davenport was in a long-term relationship with season 3 contestant Manila Luzon at the time.

Contestants

RuPaul's Drag Race

All information is accurate as of the time of filming.

Ongina from Season 1 was later featured on the spinoff series RuPaul's Drag U

Pandora Boxx from Season 2 won Miss Congeniality and also won Most Vivacious Professor on RuPaul's Drag U's first season

Raja was crowned the winner of season 3 in April 2011. He is the first Asian American winner and the first non-African American winner.

Willam Belli, from season 4, is the first, and only, contestant on the show to be disqualified for breaking the rules of the competition.

Alyssa Edwards competed on season 5 of the program and stars in her online web series Alyssa's Secret.

Adore Delano competed on season 6 of the program, finishing as joint runner-up to Bianca Del Rio with Courtney Act.

Yekaterina Petrovna Zamolodchikova, known mononymously as Katya on the show, was Miss Congeniality in the 7th season and now stars in The Trixie & Katya Show on Viceland with fellow Drag Race alumnus Trixie Mattel.

Kim Chi, a contestant on season 8, finished in the top 3 and was the first Korean-American participant on the show.^[3]

Contestant returned to the competition after being eliminated during their season

Contestant returned to the competition after being eliminated during a previous season

Contestant was selected as Miss Congeniality during the season.

Contestant	Age	Hometown	Outcome
Season 1
BeBe Zahara Benet	28	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Winner
Nina Flowers	34	Bayamón, Puerto Rico	Runner-up
Rebecca Glasscock	26	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	3rd
Shannel	26	Las Vegas, Nevada	4th
Ongina	26	Los Angeles, California	5th
Jade Sotomayor	32	Chicago, Illinois	6th
Akashia	32	Cleveland, Ohio	7th
Tammie Brown	36	Los Angeles, California	8th
Victoria "Porkchop" Parker	39	Raleigh, North Carolina	9th
Season 2
Tyra Sanchez	21	Orlando, Florida	Winner
Raven	30	Riverside, California	Runner-up
Jujubee	25	Boston, Massachusetts	3rd
Tatianna	21	Falls Church, Virginia	4th
Pandora Boxx	37	Rochester, New York	5th
Jessica Wild	29	San Juan, Puerto Rico	6th
Sahara Davenport	25	New York, New York	7th
Morgan McMichaels	28	Mira Loma, California	8th
Sonique	26	Atlanta, Georgia	9th
Mystique Summers Madison	25	Chicago, Illinois	10th
Nicole Paige Brooks	36	Atlanta, Georgia	11th
Shangela	28	Paris, Texas	12th
Season 3
Raja	36	Los Angeles, California	Winner
Manila Luzon	28	Cottage Grove, Minnesota	Runner-up
Alexis Mateo	30	Saint Petersburg, Florida	3rd
Yara Sofia	26	Manatí, Puerto Rico	4th
Carmen Carrera	25	Elmwood Park, New Jersey	5th^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Shangela	29	Paris, Texas	6th
Delta Work	34	Norwalk, California	7th
Stacy Layne Matthews	25	Back Swamp, North Carolina	8th
Mariah^{[lower-alpha 2]}	29	Atlanta, Georgia	9th
India Ferrah	23	Dayton, Ohio	10th
Mimi Imfurst	27	New York, New York	11th
Phoenix	29	Atlanta, Georgia	12th
Venus D-Lite	26	Los Angeles, California	13th
Season 4
Sharon Needles	29	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Winner
Chad Michaels	40	San Diego, California	Runner-up
Phi Phi O'Hara	25	Chicago, Illinois	Runner-up
Latrice Royale	39	South Beach, Florida	4th
Kenya Michaels	21	Dorado, Puerto Rico	5th^{[lower-alpha 3]}
DiDa Ritz	25	Chicago, Illinois	6th
Willam	29	Los Angeles, California	7th^{[lower-alpha 4]}
Jiggly Caliente	30	Queens, New York	8th
Milan	36	Florence, South Carolina	9th
Madame LaQueer	29	Carolina, Puerto Rico	10th
The Princess	32	Chicago, Illinois	11th
Lashauwn Beyond	21	Fort Lauderdale,Florida	12th
Alisa Summers	23	Tampa, Florida	13th
Season 5
Jinkx Monsoon	24	Seattle, Washington	Winner
Alaska^{[lower-alpha 5]}	27	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Runner-up
Roxxxy Andrews	28	Orlando, Florida	Runner-up
Detox^{[lower-alpha 6]}	27	Los Angeles, California	4th
Coco Montrese	37	Las Vegas, Nevada	5th
Alyssa Edwards	32	Mesquite, Texas	6th
Ivy Winters	26	New York, New York	7th
Jade Jolie	25	Gainesville, Florida	8th
Lineysha Sparx	24	San Juan, Puerto Rico	9th
Vivienne Pinay	26	New York, New York	10th/11th
Honey Mahogany	29	San Francisco, California	10th/11th
Monica Beverly Hillz	27	Owensboro, Kentucky	12th
Serena ChaCha	21	Tallahassee, Florida	13th
Penny Tration	39	Cincinnati, Ohio	14th
Season 6
Bianca Del Rio	36	New Orleans, Louisiana	Winner
Adore Delano	23	Azusa, California	Runner-up
Courtney Act	31	West Hollywood, California	Runner-up
Darienne Lake	41	Rochester, New York	4th
BenDeLaCreme	31	Seattle, Washington	5th
Joslyn Fox	26	Worcester, Massachusetts	6th
Trinity K. Bonet^{[lower-alpha 7]}	22	Atlanta, Georgia	7th
Laganja Estranja	24	Van Nuys, California	8th
Milk	25	New York, New York	9th
Gia Gunn	23	Chicago, Illinois	10th
April Carrión	24	Guaynabo, Puerto Rico	11th
Vivacious	40	New York, New York	12th
Magnolia Crawford	27	Seattle, Washington	13th/14th
Kelly Mantle	37	Los Angeles, California	13th/14th^{[lower-alpha 8]}
Season 7
Violet Chachki	22	Atlanta, Georgia	Winner
Ginger Minj	29	Orlando, Florida	Runner-up
Pearl Liaison	23	Brooklyn, New York	Runner-up
Kennedy Davenport	33	Dallas, Texas	4th
Katya Zamolodchikova	32	Boston, Massachusetts	5th^{[lower-alpha 9]}
Trixie Mattel	26	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	6th^{[lower-alpha 10]}
Miss Fame	29	New York, New York	7th
Jaidynn Diore Fierce	25	Nashville, Tennessee	8th
Max	22	Hudson, Wisconsin	9th
Kandy Ho	28	Cayey, Puerto Rico	10th
Mrs. Kasha Davis	43	Rochester, New York	11th
Jasmine Masters	37	Los Angeles, California	12th
Sasha Belle	28	Iowa City, Iowa	13th
Tempest DuJour	46	Tucson, Arizona	14th
Season 8
Bob the Drag Queen	29	Brooklyn, New York	Winner
Kim Chi	27	Chicago, Illinois	Runner-up
Naomi Smalls	21	Redlands, California	Runner-up
Chi Chi DeVayne^{[lower-alpha 11]}	30	Shreveport, Louisiana	4th
Derrick Barry	32	Las Vegas, Nevada	5th
Thorgy Thor	31	Brooklyn, New York	6th
Robbie Turner	33	Seattle, Washington	7th
Acid Betty	37	Brooklyn, New York	8th
Naysha Lopez	31	Chicago, Illinois	9th^{[lower-alpha 12]}
Cynthia Lee Fontaine	34	Austin, Texas	10th
Dax ExclamationPoint	31	Savannah, Georgia	11th/12th
Laila McQueen	22	Gloucester, Massachusetts	11th/12th
Season 9
Sasha Velour	29	Brooklyn, New York	Winner
Peppermint	37	New York, New York	Runner-up
Shea Couleé	27	Chicago, Illinois	3rd/4th
Trinity Taylor	31	Orlando, Florida	3rd/4th
Alexis Michelle	33	New York, New York	5th
Nina Bo'nina Brown	34	Atlanta, Georgia	6th
Valentina	25	Los Angeles, California	7th
Farrah Moan	23	Las Vegas, Nevada	8th
Aja	22	Brooklyn, New York	9th
Cynthia Lee Fontaine	34	Austin, Texas	10th
Eureka O'Hara	25	Johnson City, Tennessee	11th^{[lower-alpha 13]}
Charlie Hides	52	London, UK/ Boston, Massachusetts	12th
Kimora Blac	28	Las Vegas, Nevada	13th
Jaymes Mansfield	26	Madison, Wisconsin	14th
Season 10
Aquaria	21	Brooklyn, New York	Winner
Eureka^{[lower-alpha 14]}	27	Johnson City, Tennessee	Runner-up
Kameron Michaels	31	Nashville, Tennessee	Runner-up
Asia O'Hara^{[lower-alpha 15]}	35	Dallas, Texas	4th
Miz Cracker	33	Harlem, New York	5th
Monét X Change	31	The Bronx, New York	6th
The Vixen	26	Chicago, Illinois	7th
Monique Heart	27	Kansas City, Missouri	8th
Blair St. Clair	22	Indianapolis, Indiana	9th
Mayhem Miller	35	Riverside, California	10th
Dusty Ray Bottoms	29	New York, New York	11th
Yuhua Hamasaki	27	New York, New York	12th
Kalorie Karbdashian Williams	27	Albuquerque, New Mexico	13th
Vanessa Vanjie Mateo	25	Tampa, Florida	14th

↑ Carmen Carrera originally placed 6th before being asked back to the competition.
↑ Mariah Paris Balenciaga is simply referred to as Mariah during the season.
↑ Kenya Michaels originally placed 9th before being asked back to the competition.
↑ It was revealed during episode 14 that Willam was disqualified from the competition for breaching the contract agreement.
↑ Alaska Thunderfuck 5000 is simply known as Alaska on the show.
↑ Detox Icunt is simply known as Detox on the show.
↑ Trinity Kardashian Bonet is known as Trinity K. Bonet on the show.
↑ Kelly Mantle and Magnolia Crawford competed on separate episodes and therefore, both were the first to go home, but neither was in a higher place than the other.
↑ Yekaterina Petrovna Zamolodchikova is simply known as Katya on the show.
↑ Trixie Mattel originally placed 11th before winning entry back into the competition.
↑ Chi Chi Kat DeVayne is simply known as Chi Chi DeVayne on the show.
↑ Naysha Lopez originally placed 12th before being asked back to the competition due to the double elimination.
↑ Eureka was removed from the competition due to the knee injury she sustained in the second episode.
↑ Eureka O'Hara is simply known as Eureka on the show.
↑ Asia T. O'Hara is simply known as Asia O’Hara on the show.

RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars

Chad Michaels was a runner-up from season 4 of RuPaul's Drag Race, but went on to win All Stars 1.

Trixie Mattel originally placed sixth in season 7, but went on to win All Stars 3 making her the first winner of an All Stars season to not be a runner-up on her original season.

Since 2012, World of Wonder has produced three seasons of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars, a spin-off series where past contestants return to compete for a spot in the Drag Race Hall of Fame. The first season premiered on October 22, 2012 on the Logo network and featured a new format in which the twelve contestants would be competing and eliminated as pairs until the final episode when one member of from both remaining pairs would have the chance to win the crown.

In 2015, it was announced that the series would return to Logo for a second season. Premiering on August 25, 2016, ten past contestants returned to compete and the show's format returned to one more similar to the main series; however, it was revealed that RuPaul would not be eliminating anyone and that the queen who won each main challenge would have to select a low-performing queen to send home.

All information is accurate as of the time the season was filmed.

Contestant returned to the competition after being eliminated.

Contestant	Age	Hometown	Original season	Original placement	Outcome
Season 1
Chad Michaels	41	San Diego, California	Season 4	Runner-up	Winner
Raven	33	Riverside, California	Season 2	Runner-up	Runner-up
Jujubee	28	Boston, Massachusetts	Season 2	3rd	3rd/4th
Shannel	32	Las Vegas, Nevada	Season 1	4th	3rd/4th
Alexis Mateo	32	St. Petersburg, Florida	Season 3	3rd	5th/6th
Yara Sofia	28	Manati, Puerto Rico	Season 3	4th	5th/6th
Latrice Royale	40	South Beach, Florida	Season 4	4th	7th/8th
Manila Luzon	30	New York, New York	Season 3	Runner-up	7th/8th
Nina Flowers	37	Bayamón, Puerto Rico	Season 1	Runner-up	9th/10th
Tammie Brown	32	Long Beach, California	Season 1	8th	9th/10th
Mimi Imfurst	29	New York, New York	Season 3	11th	11th/12th
Pandora Boxx	40	Rochester, New York	Season 2	5th	11th/12th
Season 2
Alaska	30	Los Angeles, California	Season 5	Runner-up	Winner
Detox	30	Los Angeles, California	Season 5	4th	Runner-up
Katya	33	Boston, Massachusetts	Season 7	5th	Runner-up
Roxxxy Andrews	31	Orlando, Florida	Season 5	Runner-up	4th
Alyssa Edwards	35	Dallas, Texas	Season 5	6th	5th^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Tatianna	27	Washington, D.C.	Season 2	4th	6th^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Phi Phi O'Hara	29	New York, New York	Season 4	Runner-up	7th
Ginger Minj	31	Orlando, Florida	Season 7	Runner-up	8th
Adore Delano	25	Azusa, California	Season 6	Runner-up	9th^{[lower-alpha 3]}
Coco Montrese	41	Las Vegas, Nevada	Season 5	5th	10th
Season 3
Trixie Mattel	28	Los Angeles, California	Season 7	6th	Winner
Kennedy Davenport	35	Dallas, Texas	Season 7	4th	Runner-up
Shangela	35	Los Angeles, California	Season 2	12th	3rd/4th
Shangela	35	Los Angeles, California	Season 3	6th	3rd/4th
BeBe Zahara Benet	36	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Season 1	Winner	3rd/4th
Morgan McMichaels	36	Los Angeles, California	Season 2	8th	5th^{[lower-alpha 4]}
BenDeLaCreme	35	Seattle, Washington	Season 6	5th	6th^{[lower-alpha 5]}
Aja	23	Brooklyn, New York	Season 9	9th	7th
Chi Chi DeVayne	32	Shreveport, Louisiana	Season 8	4th	8th
Milk	29	New York, New York	Season 6	9th	9th
Thorgy Thor	33	Brooklyn, New York	Season 8	6th	10th

↑ Alyssa Edwards originally placed 6th before winning entry back into the competition.
↑ Tatianna originally placed 8th before winning entry back into the competition.
↑ Adore Delano quit the competition
↑ Morgan McMichaels originally placed 10th before being chosen to return to the competition.
↑ This contestant eliminated herself.

RuPaul's Drag U

From 2010 to 2012, Logo aired a spin-off to Drag Race entitled RuPaul's Drag U. The series saw members of the public receive drag-inspired makeovers from selected memorable contestants from Drag Race. Following the completion of its third season, it was revealed that Drag U would not be returning. The contestants selected to return as "professors" were:

**Professors on RuPaul's Drag U**
Professors	RuPaul's Drag Race Season	Season
Professors	RuPaul's Drag Race Season	1	2	3
Raven	Season 2 (Runner-Up)	Main
Jujubee	Season 2 (3rd Place)	Main
Shannel	Season 1 (4th Place)	Main
Morgan McMichaels	Season 2 (8th Place)	Main
Ongina	Season 1 (5th Place)	Main
Tammie Brown	Season 1 (8th Place)	Main
Nina Flowers	Season 1 (Runner-Up & Miss Congeniality)	Main
Manila Luzon	Season 3 (Runner Up)		Main
Pandora Boxx	Season 2 (5th Place & Miss Congeniality)		Main
Mariah	Season 3 (9th Place)		Main
BeBe Zahara Benet	Season 1 (Winner) Winner		Main
Carmen Carrera	Season 3 (5th Place)		Main
Tyra Sanchez	Season 2 (Winner)		Main
Latrice Royale	Season 4 (4th Place & Miss Congeniality)			Main
Chad Michaels	Season 4 (Runner-Up)			Main
Raja	Season 3 (Winner)			Main
Alexis Mateo	Season 3 (3rd Place)			Main
Delta Work	Season 3 (7th Place)			Main
Sharon Needles	Season 4 (Winner)			Main
Willam	Season 4 (7th Place)			Main

References

↑ Stransky, Tanner. "'RuPaul's Drag Race' react: Monica Beverly Hillz talks to EW about her shocking runway revelation". Entertainment Weekly. Time, Inc. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
↑ Grossberg, Josh. "Sahara Davenport, RuPaul's Drag Race Contestant, Dead at 27". E! Online. NBC Universal. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
↑ "Drag queen Kim Chi hopes to spread Korean culture to world". AsiaOne. Retrieved 2017-09-24.

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[4] Carmen Carrera originally placed 6th before being asked back to the competition.

[5] Mariah Paris Balenciaga is simply referred to as Mariah during the season.

[6] Kenya Michaels originally placed 9th before being asked back to the competition.

[7] It was revealed during episode 14 that Willam was disqualified from the competition for breaching the contract agreement.

[8] Alaska Thunderfuck 5000 is simply known as Alaska on the show.

[9] Detox Icunt is simply known as Detox on the show.

[10] Trinity Kardashian Bonet is known as Trinity K. Bonet on the show.

[11] Kelly Mantle and Magnolia Crawford competed on separate episodes and therefore, both were the first to go home, but neither was in a higher place than the other.

[12] Yekaterina Petrovna Zamolodchikova is simply known as Katya on the show.

[13] Trixie Mattel originally placed 11th before winning entry back into the competition.

[14] Chi Chi Kat DeVayne is simply known as Chi Chi DeVayne on the show.

[15] Naysha Lopez originally placed 12th before being asked back to the competition due to the double elimination.

[16] Eureka was removed from the competition due to the knee injury she sustained in the second episode.

[17] Eureka O'Hara is simply known as Eureka on the show.

[18] Asia T. O'Hara is simply known as Asia O’Hara on the show.

[19] Alyssa Edwards originally placed 6th before winning entry back into the competition.

[20] Tatianna originally placed 8th before winning entry back into the competition.

[21] Adore Delano quit the competition

[22] Morgan McMichaels originally placed 10th before being chosen to return to the competition.

[23] This contestant eliminated herself.

[1] Stransky, Tanner. "'RuPaul's Drag Race' react: Monica Beverly Hillz talks to EW about her shocking runway revelation". Entertainment Weekly. Time, Inc. Retrieved 19 October 2015.

[2] Grossberg, Josh. "Sahara Davenport, RuPaul's Drag Race Contestant, Dead at 27". E! Online. NBC Universal. Retrieved 19 October 2015.

[:0-3] "Drag queen Kim Chi hopes to spread Korean culture to world". AsiaOne. Retrieved 2017-09-24.