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Rupaul's Drag Race CONDRAGULATIONS you are in the Hall of Fame 1 2 O PROGRAMA uPaul’s Drag Race é um reality petir novamente, na luta para entrar no “Drag show estadunidense realizado Race Hall of Fame”. Rpela produtora World of Wonder, RuPaul ganhou um Emmy em 2016 na originalmente para o canal pago Logo. categoria “Anfitrião Excepcional para um Idealizado e apresentado pela drag que- Talent Show”, enquanto o programa em en RuPaul, o programa procura o carisma, si foi premiado como um “Talent Show singularidade, coragem e talento (CUNT) Excepcional” no 21.º GLAAD Media Awards. de uma drag queen, para suceder ao títu- Foi nomeado ao Critics’ Choice Television lo de “America’s Next Drag Superstar”. Award em quatro categorias, além de ter sido Inicialmente desenvolvido para a MTV nor- indicado para um Prêmio Emmy de Artes te-americana, estreou no canal Logo no dia 2 Criativas para “Maquiagem Excepcional de fevereiro de 2009, conseguindo o título de para uma Série Multi-Câmera ou Especial”. programa mais assistido do canal nos Estados A final da décima temporada será exibida em Unidos. A recepção positiva do público fez junho de 2018. com que acumulasse nove temporadas. Durante os episódios, que ocorrem semanal- mente, as competidoras participam de gincanas e provas onde são testadas suas habilidades em canto, dança, costura, humor e personalidade. O programa teve dois spin-offs: RuPaul’s Drag U, cancelado em 2013, e o RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars, no qual competidoras de temporadas passadas retornam para com- 3 SUMÁRIO DRAG RACE: BEBE ZAHARA BENET 6 TYRA SANCHEZ 8 RAJA GEMINI 10 SHARON NEEDLES 12 JINKX MONSOON 14 BIANCA DEL RIO 16 VIOLET CHACHKI 18 BOB THE DRAG QUEEN 20 SASHA VELOUR 22 4 ALL STARS: CHAD MICHAELS 24 ALASKA THUNDERFUCK 26 TRIXIE MATTEL 28 ALL WINNERS 30 5 BEBE ZARAHA BENET6 FACE FACE FACE! Por: Leonardo Pimentel A primeira das queens! BeBe Zahara Benet é o nome artístico de Nea Mar- shall Kudi Ngwa (Camarões, 20 de março de 1981). BeBe era conhecida por seu grande carisma, sorriso fofo, apresentações polidas e seus impressionantes collants que levaram-na a conquistar a primeira co- roa de Rupaul’s Drag Race. REPRODUÇÃO LOGO TV A primeira experiência de Kudi com o drag foi em um desfile de moda de Paris, onde ele foi convidado a vestir uma fantasia para andar na passarela como uma mulher no último segundo, quando uma modelo não apareceu. Kudi descreve sua personagem Drag como REPRODUÇÃO LOGO TV uma “ilusão de caráter forte e covarde criada para o en- tretenimento e expressão artística da psique feminina”. Benet foi anunciado como um dos nove participan- tes da primeira temporada do reality show de Ru- Paul em 2009. Após sua vitória, a queen retornou aos palcos de RuPaul quando foi revelada como a 10ª concorrente em All Stars. Ela chegou ao final da temporada, mas não foi es- Nascida: 20 de março de 1981 Idade: 37 anos colhida para avançar para a fase final por um júri de Sucessora: Tyra Sanchez queens previamente eliminadas. Histórico no programa: 2 wins, 1 highs, 2 safes, 1 bottom 7 8 TYRA SANCHEZ I’m not a bitch. I’m America’s Sweetheart Por: Camila Pusiol e Julia Araujo James Ross IV, mais conhecido pelo seu nome ar- tístico Tyra Sanchez, é uma drag queen norte ame- ricana, vencedora da segunda tempora de RuPaul’s Drag Race. Durante sua passagem pelo programa, Tyra ficou marcada por interpretar, constantemente, a cantora Beyoncé e por ter sido a primeira queen a chegar na final sem passar pelolipsync . REPRODUÇÃO LOGO TV Apesar de ser uma das concorrentes mais jovens, com apenas 21 anos, seu momento mais icônico em RuPaul‘s aconteceu no episódio 5 “Here Comes The Bride”, no qual as queens foram desafiadas a criar seu próprio ves- tido de noiva. Nessa oportunidade, Tyra passou o tempo todo dedicada à oficina de costura, cantando. Apenas REPRODUÇÃO LOGO TV para irritar e desconscentrar as outras participantes. Tyra ganhou o desafio, criando um vestido simples, mas cheio de glamour e feminilidade. Durante sua trajetória na competição, falou abertamente sobre seus períodos de difuculdades pessoais, problemas familiares e de aceitação. Pai de um filho, Tyra mos- trou obstáculos que enfrentou para sustenta-lo e Nascimento: 22 de abril de 1988 afirmar sua figura paterna atrelada a sua profissão. Idade: 30 anos Antecessora: BeBe Zahara Benet Depois de vencer o Drag Race, Tyra atuou como Sucessora: Raja Gemini professora de drags e mentora de mulheres. Histórico no programa: 3 wins, 3 high, 3 safes 9 10 RAJA GEMINI I WILL POSE YOU DOWN Por: Camila Pusiol e Julia Araujo Raja Gemini, nascida Sutan Ibrahim Karim Amrull, foi a terceira vencedora de RuPaul’s Drag Race e ficou marcada por ser a primeira fashion queen do reality. Ela foi uma das queens mais experientes a participarem da atração, quando entrou no reality já tinha 37 anos Durante sua passagem pelo programa, Raja se mos- trou muito a frente do seu tempo quanto ao quesito REPRODUÇÃO LOGO TV moda, usando looks icônicos que remetiam a per- sonalidades como a deusa indiana Kali e a rainha francesa Maria Antonieta. Este último é aclamado até os dias atuais como um dos melhores viuais já apresentados no programa. REPRODUÇÃO LOGO TV A winner que também é maquiadora, atende clien- tes como Iggy Azalea, Pamela Anderson e a própria RuPaul, só para citar alguns dos mais importantes. Chegou, inclusive, a compor a equipe de profissio- nais do famoso reality americano American Next Top Model, apresentando pela consagrada modelo Tyra Banks. Dona de um runnway impecável, des- de sua participação em 2010, ainda continua sendo uma referência fashionista. Atualmente, é apresen- Nascida: 14 de junho de 1974 tadora da WowPresents, um canal no Youtube, onde Idade: 44 anos comenta sobre os looks e o desempenho das novas Antecessora: Tyra Sanchez Sucessora: Sharon Nedlees participantes do reality. Histórico no programa: 3 wins, 4 highs, 3 safes, 1 low e 1 bottom 11 12 SHARON NEEDLES Don’t share your needles with Sharon Needles Por: Alexandre Arruda Sharon Needles é o nome artístico e alter-ego de Aaron Coady, drag queen e cantor. A queen tem três álbuns de estúdio e o seu primeiro, PG-13, alcançou a nona posição nos charts norte-americanos na cate- goria Dance Music e 186 na Billboard, vendendo 3 mil cópias apenas na sua primeira semana. A drag, no decorrer da competição, apresentava ca- REPRODUÇÃO LOGO TV ractéristicas bem diferentes das suas concorrentes: visuais que causavam espanto, como no primeiro episódio, onde tinham que fazer um visual pós-apo- calíptico. A queen faz uma espécie de múmia-zumbi que cospe sangue. REPRODUÇÃO LOGO TV Em pouco tempo ela se tornou a favorita dos fãs, mesmo com o atrito com a drag queen, Phi Phi O’Hara, que foi top3 com ela e Chad Michaels, este atrito que inclusive rendeu o famoso meme “go back to the party city where you belong”, a tempo- rada aprensetou fortes concorrentes. Sharon Needles é ex-namorada da drag queenAlaska Thunderfuck, inclusive, ela quem inisistiu para que Nascimento: 28 de novembro de 1981 Sharon se inscrevesse no programa. Na temporada Idade: 36 anos Antecessora: Raja Gemini seguinte, Alaska sentia-se pressionada a ganhar para Sucessora: Jinkx Monsoon se formar o tão esperado casal real do Drag Race. Histórico do programa: 4 wins, 2 highs, 3 safes, 1 low e 1 bottom 13 14 JINKX MONSOON Water off a duck’s back Por: Camila Pusiol e Julia Araujo Jinkx Monsoon, nascida Jerick Hoffer, foi a quintaa vencedora de RuPaul’s Drag Race. Com uma personalidade carismática e marcante, Jinkx conquistou muitos fãs durante sua trajetória no programa, porém, quando o assunto é jurados, seu caminho no reality foi ainda mais árduo do que de outras queens. Muito criticada pela escolhas de look, Jinkx acabou REPRODUÇÃO LOGO TV recebendo reconhecimento apenas na reta final da competição. Entre os looks icônicos da winner, po- demos citar o de caveira mexicana e outro estilizado usando, quase que totalmente, doces. REPRODUÇÃO LOGO TV Um fato que marcou a queen na competição foi sua narcolepsia, que a fazia dormir repetinamente em momentos inoportunos. Outro episódio muito lem- brado pelos fãs de RuPaul’s foi sua paixonite decla- rada pela queen Ivy Winters, também participanrte e miss congeniality da temporada. Seu destaque ficou por conta da sua impecável atu- ação. Indo apenas uma vez para o bottom, Jinkx se Nascimento: 18 de setembro 1987 consagrou dentro da competição. Apesar de ter pre- Idade: 30 anos Antecessora: Sharon Nedlees cisado reafirmar diversas vezes sua capacidade, hoje Sucessora: Bianca Del Rio a vitória e talento de Jinkx são incontestáveis. Histórico no programa: 2 wins, 3 safes, 6 highs e 1 bottom 15 16 BIANCA DEL RIO NOT TODAY SATAN, NOT TODAY! Por: Leonardo Pimentel Em 2013 Bianca Del Rio foi anunciada como uma das participantes de Rupaul’s Drag Race, ao lado de mais 13 queens. Durante a sexta temporada, Del Rio foi mostrada ao público como ácida e sem papas na língua, sempre com brincadeiras e “shades” únicos. REPRODUÇÃO LOGO TV Em 19 de maio de 2014, Bianca foi coroada vence- dora da temporada, desbancando suas concorrentes, Adore Delano e Courtney Act. Durante sua passa- gem pelo reality, seus looks sempre foram destaques na passarela, além de sua maquiagem, que por mais caricata que fosse, revelava sua forte identidade. REPRODUÇÃO LOGO TV Após ganhar notoriedade mundial, a queen escreveu três peças de stand-up, The Rolodex of Hate (2014), Not Today Satan (2015-2016) e Blame It On Bianca Del Rio (2018).
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