DeJa Skye is the

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of Willie Redman, an American drag performer who competed on the fourteenth season of ''

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'' and the tenth season of ''

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''.

Career

DeJa Skye began working as a

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in 2011, when she was 20 years old. Early in her career, she performed in

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, and

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. DeJa Skye competed on the fourteenth season of ''

''. She placed in the bottom two at the start of the season, but remained in the competition after eliminating Daya Betty in a lip-sync battle to

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' 2001 song " Fallin'". She won the

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challenge in the tenth episode with her impersonation of

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, which meant she did not have to participate in a special lip-sync battle against the other seven remaining contestants in the competition at that time. After failing to impress judges in a challenge which saw contestants

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judge Ross Mathews, DeJa Skye placed in the bottom three with Jorgeous and Daya Betty, who had returned to the competition. DeJa Skye and Jorgeous were both eliminated by Daya Betty. Sam Damshenas of ''

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'' said DeJa Skye's Snatch Game performance "was met with enormous praise for her impersonation of the hip-hop giant, including Jon himself". Following her appearance on ''Drag Race'', DeJa Skye joined the cast of the Werq the World tour. In 2024, she was announced as one of eight former ''Drag Race'' contestants participating in ''Painting with Raven,'' a spin-off of the

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series '' Painted with Raven''. On April 23, 2025, DeJa Skye was announced as one of eighteen former ''Drag Race'' contestants participating in the tenth season of ''

''.

Personal life

Redman is from

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. DeJa Skye's name comes from

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's song "

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" (2006) and the name of a puppet on the

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television series '' The Puzzle Place''. She has approximately 116,000 followers on Instagram, as of February 2022.

Filmography

* ''

'' (2022) * ''

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'' (2023) * '' Painting with Raven'' (2024) * ''

'' (2025)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:DeJa Skye Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American drag queens Drag performers from California People from Fresno, California DeJa Skye

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