Arrietty (drag queen)

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Arrietty
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Luis Luviano
NationalityAmerican
OccupationDrag performer
Television RuPaul's Drag Race (season 17)

Luis Luviano, known professionally as Arrietty, is an American drag performer competing on the seventeenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race . [1] [2]

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Early life

Luviano is originally from Hesperia, California and is based in Seattle, Washington. [3] [4] [5] He is of Mexican descent. [6] She moved from California to Seattle in c. 2017 with her now ex-boyfriend after hearing that the drag scene in the city was prosperous. [5]

Arrietty's "drag mother" is season 15 contestant Irene Dubois. [7] Arrietty got her drag name from the Studio Ghibli film The Secret World of Arrietty . [8] As of 2025, she lives in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle. Before pursing drag full-time, she worked as a dishwasher and as a retail worker for Target. [5]

Career

Arrietty is a drag performer competing on the seventeenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race . [9] In Seattle, she performs at Queer Bar on Capitol Hill and Dreamland in the Fremont neighborhood. [5]

Filmography

Television

See also

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