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"Breastworld"
RuPaul's Drag Race episode
Episode no.Season 10
Episode 9
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"Breastworld" is the ninth episode of the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race . [1] [2] [3] [4] Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson are guest judges.

Contents

Episode

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Ilana Glazer (left) and Abbi Jacobson (right) are guest judges on the episode.

For this episode's mini-challenge, the contestants have to find matching pairs of underwear worn by members of the Pit Crew. Aquaria is declared the winner. For the main challenge, the contestants act in a parody of the HBO series Westworld , [5] called "Breastworld". Following are the participants and roles:

On the runway, category is "Silver Foxy". Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson are guest judges. Asia O'Hara wins the main challenge. Eureka and Kameron Michaels place in the bottom and face off in a lip-sync to "New Attitude" (1984) by Patti LaBelle. Both are declared winners. [6] [7]

Production

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Pit Crew member Laith Ashley

Among members of the Pit Crew in this episode is Laith Ashley. [8]

Reception

Oliver Sava of The A.V. Club gave the episode a rating of 'B-'. [9]

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