Nehellenia is the stage name of Emanuele Aruta, an Italian drag performer who competed on

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of ''

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'' and on ''

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''.

Career

Aruta is a drag performer,

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, and

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who competed as Nehellenia on

of ''

''. She won the

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challenge and placed in the top of the

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) challenge. She impersonated Elenoire Ferruzzi for the

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challenge. Nehellenia was the runner-up of the season, never placed in the bottom, and was named Miss Congeniality.

Personal life

Aruta is from

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. Nehellenia is the "drag sister" of ''Drag Race Italia'' season 1 runner-up Farida Kant. Nehellenia started on March 24, 2012, initially learning makeup techniques from online tutorials. Her first drag name was 'Aurora Toxica', before eventually adopting the name Nehellenia, inspired by Queen Nehellenia from ''

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''. Outside of ''Drag Race'', Nehellenia has won several pageant titles, including Drag Factor All Stars Lazio 2018, Miss Drag Queen Lazio 2014, and Miss Drag Queen Facebook Emergenti 2013.

Filmography

Television

Music Videos

Discography

Singles

Featured singles

References

Living people Drag Race Italia contestants Italian drag queens Italian make-up artists People from Fiumicino Year of birth missing (living people) {{Italy-entertainer-stub