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Hey Qween!
''Hey Qween!'' is a talk show series on WOW Presents Plus, hosted by Jonny McGovern. Described as a "gay web series" and an LGBTQ talk show, ''Hey Qween!'' has featured many contestants from ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' as guests. ''Hey Qween!'' began airing on YouTube in 2014. Prior to her death the series was previously co-hosted by Lady Red Couture. History Before her death, the series was co-hosted by Lady Red Couture. Many contestants from ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' have appeared on the show, including Alexis Mateo, Cynthia Lee Fontaine, Dax ExclamationPoint, Honey Davenport, Mo Heart, Nina Bo'nina Brown, Ongina, and The Vixen. Dita Von Teese has also appeared on the show. 2014–2021: YouTube The series began airing in 2014 on YouTube. Various drag entertainers, including ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' alumni would appear as the guests on the show, usually talking about their drag career. 2024: WOW Presents Plus As season 16 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' began airing on January 5, 2024, ''He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dita Von Teese
Heather Renée Sweet (born September 28, 1972), known professionally as Dita Von Teese, is an American vedette, burlesque dancer, model, and businesswoman. She is credited with re-popularizing burlesque performance, earning the moniker "Queen of Burlesque". Von Teese has been seen in '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ''RuPaul's Drag Race,'' '' The Masked Dancer'', '' The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell'', among other television productions. She is also known for her short marriage to singer Marilyn Manson as well as performing in his music videos. Von Teese has released two books on burlesque history, fetishism and beauty. She has also recorded songs with French musician Sébastien Tellier. She has toured the world with her burlesque shows in cities like London, Berlin, New York and Paris. Among her special guests on the tours are Dirty Martini, Perle Noire, Ginger Valentine, Jett Adore and Playboy model Gia Genevieve. Von Teese has been a special guest at the Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xunami Muse
Michael Alexander White, better known as Xunami Muse, is a Panamanian drag performer. She competed on season 16 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'', where she placed 9th. Early life White was born and raised in Colón, Panama, and moved to Brooklyn at the age of thirteen in 2002. She also lived in New Jersey before moving to Washington Heights, Manhattan. Career White has been described as a drag performer, model, and collection coordinator. She first discovered drag at a club named Escuelita, and first performed as Xunami in March 2018. Xunami was later adopted as the "drag daughter" of Kandy Muse, who competed on season 13 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Xunami Muse was part of the line-up of "Digital Drag: An Online Drag Show", which streamed on Twitch. In December 2023, she was announced as a contestant for the sixteenth season of ''Drag Race''. She is the second contestant from Panama to compete on the series, after Serena ChaCha of season fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megami (drag Queen)
Megami, also known as Megami D.Vil, is the stage name of Jonathan Soto-Reyes (born April 21, 1989), an American drag queen and cosplayer best known for competing on season 16 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. She was born and raised in Sunset Park, Brooklyn and Staten Island, and is currently based in Brooklyn. Career Megami began performing in drag in 2016 when she won the cosplay lip-sync show ''GeekSync'' in New York. Her drag name is inspired both by the Japanese word for goddess and by the video game '' Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga''. ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' Megami was cast on the sixteenth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'', having applied to compete on the show five times. Megami first appeared in the season's second episode which premiered on January 12, 2024. Her talent show performance in this episode, in which she held up a banner stating "Protect Queer Art", subsequently became a meme in the ''Drag Race'' community; it was the subject of a parody by ''The Boulet B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geneva Karr
Geneva Karr (born 1992/1993) is a Mexican drag performer who competed on season 16 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Early life Geneva Karr was born in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. Career Geneva Karr is a drag performer who competed on season 16 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. She is the first Mexico-born contestant on the show, as well as the first to represent the Rio Grande Valley. Personal life Geneva Karr is based in Brownsville, Texas. Filmography * ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' ( season 16) * '' RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked'' * '' Whatcha Packin''' (2024) * ''Hey Qween! ''Hey Qween!'' is a talk show series on WOW Presents Plus, hosted by Jonny McGovern. Described as a "gay web series" and an LGBTQ talk show, ''Hey Qween!'' has featured many contestants from ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' as guests. ''Hey Qween!'' began a ...'' (2024) References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American people of Mexican descent Entertainers from Texas People from Browns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Tori Meating
Amanda Tori Meating is the stage name of Amanda Stock, an American drag performer, theatrical actor, and wig stylist who competed on season 16 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Education Amanda Tori Meating graduated from the Stivers School for the Arts in 2014, and earned a degree in musical theatre from Wright State University in 2018. Career Amanda Tori Meating portrayed Angel in the national tour of '' Kinky Boots'', and was also cast in Human Race Theatre Company's production of ''Torch Song Trilogy'', Wright State's production of '' Angels in America: Millennium Approaches'', and Dayton Theatre Guild's production of ''Lost in Yonkers''. She is also a wig stylist, and has styled wigs for fellow queens such as Kerri and Sasha Colby. The gender euphoria experienced during her time spent as a part of ''Kinky Boots'' inspired her to start drag, and she began performing in the West Village, Manhattan, in 2020. Amanda Tori Meating competed on season 16 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirage (drag Queen)
Mirage Amuro (born 1993/1994), better known simply as Mirage, is the stage name of Dean Sproule, an American drag performer who competed on season 16 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Career Mirage competed on season 16 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. She performed a " heel clack heavy" lip-sync to an original song called "She's Such a Bitch" for the talent show episode. The song referenced season 15 contestant Anetra. On the show, Mirage discussed her Apache heritage and performing at Indigenous Pride. She was eliminated in the fourth episode ("RDR Live!"), after placing in the bottom two of a challenge requiring contestants to perform in a ''Saturday Night Live''-style sketch comedy show, and losing a lip-sync against Geneva Karr to " Dark Lady" (1974) by Cher. Mirage was the host of the comedy show, and during '' Untucked'' she admitted to not knowing the words to "Dark Lady". She was the second contestant to be eliminated on season 16, placing thirteenth overall. Sam Damshenas inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Aviance
Kevin Aviance (born Eric Snead on June 22, 1968) is an American drag queen, club/dance musician, fashion designer and nightclub personality. He is a personality in New York City's gay scene and has performed throughout North America, Europe and Asia. He is a member of the House of Aviance, one of the most notable vogue- ball houses in the U.S.Munoz, 435. He is known for his trademark phrase, "Work. Fierce. Over. Aviance!" He won the 1998 and 1999 Glammy Awards, the award for nightlife personalities in New York City.Quohnos Mitchell, "Next: On the Verge- Kevin Aviance", page 106, ''Vibe'', October 2000. He has worked with several artists, including Janet Jackson and Whitney Houston.New York Times "Fourth Man Is Arrested After Attack on a Dance Recording Artist in the East Village", By KAREEM FAHIM and SARAH GARLAND (June 12, 2006/ref> In December 2016, '' Billboard (magazine), Billboard Magazine'' ranked him as the 93rd most successful dance artist of all-time. Career Aviance w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raven (drag Queen)
David Petruschin (born April 8, 1979), best known as Raven, is an American drag queen, make-up artist, and reality television personality from Riverside, California. Raven was a fixture in the South California nightclub scene before gaining international prominence for appearing in both the second season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' and the first season of '' All Stars''. Raven placed as the runner-up on both seasons. He also served as a "professor" during all three seasons of '' RuPaul's Drag U''. Petruschin has been RuPaul's makeup artist since ''Drag Race'''s ninth season and has since become a creative producer of both ''Drag Race'' and ''All Stars''. For his make-up work on the show, Petruschin received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Makeup for a Multi-Camera Series or Special (Non-Prosthetic) in 2020. Early life Petruschin was born to DeShawna and Jose Herrera Chacon (1935-2012) in Victorville, California as the first of five children. Being of Russian ancestry, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamal Sims
Jamal Sims is an American choreographer, executive producer, director. Career Since 2014, Sims has regularly appeared in '' RuPaul’s Drag Race'' as a choreographer and guest judge. His directorial debut, ''When the Beat Drops'', premiered on Logo TV in 2018. In 2022, Sims becomes a choreographer for season 2 of ''RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race.'' It was announced to the public that Sims would be serving as executive producer and choreographer for the ''Beauty and the Beast'' television special on ABC, starring Shania Twain and Martin Short. Personal life Sims is of African descent and he identifies as gay. His biggest influencer is Michael Jackson. He spent most of his childhood in Atlanta, GA. In 2019, Sims and his life partner Octavius Terry-Sims end their marriage. References External links Jamal Simsat IMDb Article about Simsin ''The Root'' Article about Simsin ''Queerty ''Queerty'' is an online magazine and newspaper covering gay-oriented lifestyle and new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hershii LiqCour-Jeté
Hershii LiqCour-Jeté (born 1991/1992) is an American drag performer who competed on season 16 of '' RuPaul's Drag Race''. Early life Hershii LiqCour-Jeté was raised in a Christian family. Career Hershii LiqCour-Jeté competed on season 16 of '' RuPaul's Drag Race''. She was the first contestant to be eliminated, placing fourteenth overall. Personal life Hershii LiqCour-Jeté was born in St. Louis. Her "drag sister" is Kornbread Jeté, who competed on the fourteenth season of ''Drag Race''. Filmography Television ChasingLA (Los Angeles) Season 1 and 2 * '' RuPaul's Drag Race'' ( season 16) * '' RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked'' References External links Hershii LiqCourat IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... Living people African-American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Streaming Television
Streaming television is the digital distribution of television content, such as TV shows, as streaming media delivered over the Internet. Streaming television stands in contrast to dedicated terrestrial television delivered by over-the-air aerial systems, cable television, and/or satellite television systems. History Up until the 1990s, it was not thought possible that a television programme could be squeezed into the limited telecommunication bandwidth of a copper telephone cable to provide a streaming service of acceptable quality, as the required bandwidth of a digital television signal was around 200Mbit/s, which was 2,000 times greater than the bandwidth of a speech signal over a copper telephone wire. Streaming services were only made possible as a result of two major technological developments: MPEG ( motion-compensated DCT) video compression and asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) data transmission. The first worldwide live-streaming event was a radio li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
