Cameron Clayton, better known by the stage name Farrah Moan (born September 11, 1993), is an American

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, model, actress, make-up artist and internet personality best known for participating in the 9th season of the reality TV show ''

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'', placing eighth, as well as participating in the 4th season of ''All Stars'', where she placed ninth. Her stage name is a pun on the term "

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", whilst also being a reference to American actress

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. In some interviews, she jokingly states that her drag surname is a reference to "being a whore".

Early life

Clayton attended Klein High School in

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, and was bullied during childhood. Her single-mother household was poor, and she ran away as a teenager, to

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. Clayton left with a stripper friend, who helped start her career as a drag queen. Prior to starting drag, she was an internet personality on the social-networking website

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, under the alias "Cameron Ugh".

Career

Farrah Moan's first major performance was as part of a contest entitled "Austin's Next Drag Superstar", where she was placed as a runner-up. Whilst working in Austin, fellow ''Drag Race'' contestant Cynthia Lee Fontaine was supportive of Clayton, and helped her get booked at local venues. Farrah Moan has said that her biggest inspirations in drag are

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and

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. On February 2, 2017,

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announced that Farrah Moan would participate as a contestant in the ninth season of American reality competition ''

''. The season premiered on March 24, 2017. Following her poor performance in a

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of the show's judge

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, Farrah Moan lost a

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showdown against

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and was eliminated from the competition, placing eighth overall. In a 2023 interview, Farrah Moan noted that immediately prior to arriving on set she had been homeless. She recounted that "my motivation for staying each episode was to have food and a bed for myself to sleep in". Farrah Moan was referenced in the first episode of season ten of ''Drag Race'', with

misleading the queens into thinking she returned, to reveal Christina Aguilera, one of her idols, instead. Farrah Moan was brought in by the shows producers to meet Aguilera for a ''Drag Race'' bonus clip. In September 2018, Farrah Moan performed as a background dancer behind Aguilera for

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's Spring 2019 collection, with other ''Drag Race'' alumni. Farrah Moan photographed with

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for

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's ''Lunar Beauty'' palette. On November 9, 2018, it was announced that Farrah Moan would be one of the contestants competing in the fourth season of '' RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars''. After narrowly surviving the first episode's

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, where she was up for elimination together with Jasmine Masters, Farrah Moan was eliminated by Valentina in the second episode. Farrah Moan returned in episode 6 for a chance to compete again, but lost a lip sync to Valentina, being once again eliminated by her. Farrah Moan placed 9th overall. She appeared as a guest for the first challenge in the premiere of season 11 of ''Drag Race''. Farrah Moan had a cameo appearance in Men.com's scene ''Girls Night Part 3''.

Personal life

Currently, Clayton resides and works in

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. In 2018, Clayton and fellow season 9 contestant

were involved in a verbal altercation with a woman at a kebab shop in

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after she began directing homophobic slurs at the pair. Clayton is a

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. In December 2023, during an interview with

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, she

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and revealed that she had begun her transition nearly five years prior, in 2019.

Filmography

Television

Music videos

Web series

* ''

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'' (2024)

References

External links

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