Dusty Ray Bottoms | |
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 Dusty Ray Bottoms at RuPaul's DragCon LA in 2022 | |
| Born | Dustin Rayburn Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Television | RuPaul's Drag Race (season 10) |
Dusty Ray Bottoms is the stage name of Dustin Rayburn, a drag performer most known for competing on season 10 of RuPaul's Drag Race . In 2022, Rayburn was featured in Conversion, a new documentary film produced by Chronicle Cinema. [1] Rayburn was featured in Rolling Stone magazine for Pride Month in 2023. [2]
Rayburn was born in Louisville, Kentucky and raised in Floyds Knobs, Indiana [3] in a conservative Christian family. He came out as gay at the age of 20; in response, he was sent to conversion therapy. [4] [5] [6] He moved to New York City at age 22. [7]
Dusty Ray Bottoms competed on season 10 of RuPaul's Drag Race . She discussed her experience of coming out and going to conversion therapy on the show. [8] She was eliminated from the competition after placing in the bottom two of the "Last Ball on Earth" challenge and losing a lip sync against Monét X Change to "Pound the Alarm" (2012) by Nicki Minaj. [9] [10] In 2018, Dusty Ray Bottoms released the punk-pop single "Neva Lavd Yah", [11] [12] which also received a music video. [13]
Coco Montrese is the stage name of Lenwood Martin Cooper, an American drag queen, entertainer, and reality television personality. Montrese came into the spotlight after being crowned Miss Gay America 2010 when Alyssa Edwards' title was revoked. She subsequently appeared on the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race as well as the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.
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