Meet the Queens of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 16 #PinkPress #GaylyNews #PinkInOurLives Letβs get sixteen-ckening! Are you ready, boots? RuPaulβs Drag Race season 16 is set to premiere on Friday, January 5, 2024 at 8pm ET on MTV. Unlike the first airing of season 15, all episodes of season 16 will have the traditional 90-minute runtime, followed by 30-minute Untucked episodes.
The grand premiere of Drag Race season 16 will be split into two parts. These episodes will feature the variety show maxi challenge with themes like βMTVβs Spring Breakersβ and βQueens Choice Awards.β After the variety show, a new twist called βRate-A-Queenβ will ask the queens to rank each otherβs performances to determine the tops and bottoms of the week. With a grand prize of $200,000 on the line, the stakes have never been higher for this brand-new cast of Drag Race stars!
Amanda Tori Meating
Age: 26, Location: Los Angeles, California, Instagram: @amandatorimeating
Calling all staff: thereβs a mandatory meeting to discuss this funny queen! Ready to take it to the top with her wit, wigs, and energetic moves, this talented wig stylist has done wigs for Drag Race queens Kerri and Sasha Colby, and BeyoncΓ©βs music video dancers. Amanda is the ultimate mix of camp and comedy!
Dawn
Age: 24, Location: Brooklyn, New York, Instagram: @upuntil.dawn
The self-described βethereal elf goddess of Brooklyn,β Dawn is a fitting name for a queen who often stays up late enough to see the sunrise. Designing and constructing almost all of her eccentric looks, this kooky and artistic queen always brings a story when she hits the stageβ¦ and sheβs hoping for a happy ending at Drag Race!
Geneva Karr
Age: 30, Location: Brownsville, Texas, Instagram: @geneva_karr
Viva MΓ©xico! RuPaulβs Drag Raceβs first Mexican-born queen, Geneva witnessed her parentsβ struggles as they worked tirelessly to get her family safely to the United States in search of a better life. A dancing queen with a mischievous energy, she plans to be the first Mexican-born queen to win the crown!
Hershii LiqCour JetΓ©
Age: 31, Location: Los Angeles, California, Instagram: @hershiiliqcour
Itβs chocolate! Part of the legendary Haus of JetΓ©, Hershii counts Drag Race star Kornbread JetΓ© as her sister. A take-no-prisoners performer with a legion of LA area fans, Hershii is now ready to slay the main stage of RuPaulβs Drag Race. When not performing, Hershii is very family-oriented, and together with her boyfriend is raising two young children.
Megami
Age: 33, Location: Brooklyn, New York, Instagram: @megaminyc
This self-proclaimed βgeek-chicβ queen started doing drag as a cosplayer at conventions such as Comic Con, and from there incorporated high fashion into her characterful designs. Proudly claiming Nuyorican culture, Megami means βGoddessβ in Japanese, and this creative force now hopes to rule the Drag Race world!
Mhiβya Iman LePaige
Age: 34, Location: Miami, Florida, Instagram: @queenofflipss
Get ready for your world to be turned upside down! An electrifying performer, Mhiβya is known as the βQueen of Flips.β Thatβs because you can find Mhiβya performing her thrilling flips, and tricks in the sun, on the sidewalks of South Beach. Mhiβyaβs videos of her flipping onto cafΓ© tables have caught fire on social media. Now, sheβs ready to flip the competition on its head!
Mirage
Age: 29, Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, Instagram: @mirage_amuro
A heady mixture of stripper heels and stripper moves: the βLegs of Las Vegasβ is here! Hailing from Sin City, this Native American and Mexican beauty towers in 7β heels and legs that go on for days. Already a showgirl sensation on the Strip, this quirky queen is ready for the RuPaulβs Drag Raceβs crown!
Morphine Love Dion
Age: 25, Location: Miami, Florida, Instagram: @morphinelovemua
Body, beauty, and βmugβ: just what the doctor ordered. Morphine started out doing makeup tutorials on social media. Now, she is the self-proclaimed βIt Girl of Miami.β Can this trained dancer β who has been featured in Maluma and Bad Bunny music videos β cha cha her way to the top of the competition?
Nymphia Wind
Age: 27, Location: Taiwan / New York City, Instagram: @66wind99
Banana Time! RuPaulβs Drag Raceβs first queen to hail from Taiwan, Nymphia came to the United States to build on her massive fanbase of βBanana Believersβ β a term given to her fans thanks to her signature color yellow and penchant for the absurd. Inspired by Asian culture, art, and tradition, letβs hope she doesnβt slip up in the competition!
Plane Jane
Age: 24, Location: Boston, Massachusetts, Instagram: @the_planejane
Fasten your seatbelts! Because yes, that is how you spell this divaβs name. Plane Jane is as glamorous as she is wickedly funny; Boston-raised, but with Russian roots. No stranger to competition, Plane Jane was a competitive ballroom dancer as a child. Now sheβs focusing all of her passion on becoming Americaβs Next Drag Superstar.
Plasma
Age: 24, Location: New York, New York, Instagram: @plasmanyc
Straight out of Old Hollywood, this vintage-inspired femme fatale leaves all of the boys hot and bothered. Raised listening to Julie Andrews, Judy Garland, and Barbra Streisand, Plasma channeled her love for divas into dragβ¦ and the rest is herstory. Can this queenβs BFA in Musical Theatre Performance raise the roof at RuPaulβs Drag Race? Time will tell!
Q
Age: 26, Location: Kansas City, Missouri,,Instagram: @living4q
The only letter of the alphabet you ever need worry about! This talented diva is a theater queen who specializes in the costuming aspect of drag. She makes all of her own looks, plus many commissioned costumes for prior Drag Race stars. Q is ready to go all the way in this competition, one design challenge after the next!
Sapphira CristΓ‘l
Age: 34, Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Instagram: @sapphiracristal
Philadelphiaβs crown jewel, Sapphira is a serious musician with a six-octave vocal range. This powerhouse performer studied Music Composition, Vocal Performance and Opera, and in drag she can be found hosting, singing, dancing and performing comedy. Is there anything this diva cannot do?!
Xunami Muse
Age: 33, Location: New York, New York, Instagram: @xunamimuse
This self-described βknock-off Naomi Campbellβ is the supermodel of the season. Originally from ColΓ³n, Panama, Xunami moved to New York City, where Drag Race superstar Kandy Muse became her drag mother. Signed with a modeling agency in New York, time will tell if this leggy beauty can strut her way to the top!
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