Megami, also known as Megami D.Vil, is the stage name of Jonathan Soto-Reyes (born April 21, 1989), an American

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and

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er best known for competing on season 16 of ''

RuPaul's Drag Race ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' is an American reality competition television series, the first in the ''Drag Race'' franchise, produced by World of Wonder for Logo TV (season 1–8), WOW Presents Plus, VH1 (season 9–14) and, beginning with the f ...

''. She was born and raised in

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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 ''

'', having applied to compete on the show five times. Megami first appeared in the season's

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which premiered on January 12, 2024. Her

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performance in this episode, in which she held up a banner stating "Protect Queer Art", subsequently became a

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in the ''

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'' community; it was the subject of a parody by ''

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'' contestant

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at her ''Fat Slut'' drag show. Megami won her first challenge in the fifth episode of the season as part of a

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with Geneva Karr, Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige and Nymphia Wind. Megami was eliminated in the seventh episode after underperforming in the season's

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challenge, a parody of ''

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'', and losing a lip-sync to

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' "

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" against Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige. She placed tenth overall. Megami returned in the fifteenth episode to compete in a lip sync tournament where she beat three previously eliminated contestants: Q to "

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" by

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; Amanda Tori Meating to "

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" by

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; and Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige to "

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. She made it to the final round, where she ended up losing against Morphine Love Dion to "

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Filmography

* ''

'' ( 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)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Megami Living people American drag queens American people of Puerto Rican descent Cosplayers Drag performers from New York City Entertainers from Brooklyn RuPaul's Drag Race contestants 1989 births

Career

''RuPaul's Drag Race''

Filmography

See also

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