Vivacious is the stage name of Osmond Scott Jr., a Jamaican-American

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who is best known for appearing on the sixth season of ''

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'' and for being one of the original

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, a group of

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dance club personalities in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Early life

Vacious was born in

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. She moved to New York City at age 7. She got her drag name from her 2nd grade tacher, named Ms. Bright, who would call Scott "Mr. Vivacious". Vivacious started as one of the original

during the 1990s, performing at clubs such as

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, and

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Career

''RuPaul's Drag Race''

Vivacious was announced to be on the sixth season of ''

'' in 2014. She "made one of the most unforgettable first episode entrances in ''Drag Race'' herstory," according to ''

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'', by wearing an outfit featuring a second head Vivacious called Ornacia. In 2015, Sadie Gennis of ''

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'' ranked Vivacious number 22 in her list of the 24 "best ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' entrances of all time", and ''

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'' Ethan LaCroix and Jillian Anthony ranked her number eleven on their list of the best ''Drag Race'' contestants from New York City. Vivacious ranked number 91 in Vulture's list of the 100 "greatest ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' looks of all time". She was eliminated in the third episode of the show, after losing a lip sync to " Shake It Up" by

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against April Carrión. In 2019, Vivacious said "gender politics heavily influenced the show, and that the show favors the more feminine queens", according to Sarah Beauchamp of ''

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'', who wrote, "Since Vivacious' looks are a little more masculine and always unique - rarely the typical beauty queen-esque style seen on the show - she felt she didn't appeal to the Middle American audience." Vivacious' Ornacia head was referenced in an episode of the third season of ''

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''. Vivacious appeared on the premiere of season fifteen of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Guest judge

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also arrived wearing an outfit referencing Vivacious and Ornacia.

Music and other appearances

Vivacious was featured on Brandon Morales' 2014 EP, called ''Pride EP''. She released her first solo single, "Ornacia", on October 6, 2017. Vivacious was one of 30 drag queens featured in

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performance of "

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" at the

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. She was also one of several drag queens appearing in

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's live performance of "

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", on ''

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'' in May 2017. Vivacious was featured in two videos for ''

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channel, doing a reverse drag transformation and giving advice to a child drag queen in 2017.

Personal life

Vacious is based in New York City as of 2015, where she frequently

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and performs.

Discography

Extended play

Singles

Filmography

Television

References

External links

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