Rita Menu (born 1998 or 1999) is a New Zealand drag performer who competed on

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of ''

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''.

Career

Rita Menu is a drag performer. She won Kita Mean and Anita Wigl'it's "Drag Wars" competition. In 2019,

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's Michael Musto included Rita Menu in a list of the 250 best drag names. Rita Menu competed on

of ''

'', placing seventh overall. She is among the only contestants in the ''Drag Race'' franchise to eliminate two competitors in a single episode; Rita Menu eliminated Ivory Glaze and Ivanna Drink in lip-syncs to "

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" (2001) by

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and " Holding Out for a Hero" by

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, respectively. On the fourth episode, Rita Menu impersonated

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for the

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challenge. Her performance landed her in the bottom two, and she lost a lip-sync against

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to "Secrets" by

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. One of her looks on the show paid homage to the character Riff Raff from ''

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''.

Personal life

Rita Menu was raised in

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. Rita Menu uses the pronouns ''she''/''her'' in drag and ''he''/''him'' out of drag.

Filmography

Television

* ''

'' (season 3)

References

External links

Rita Menu
at

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