Lashauwn Beyond

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Lashauwn Beyond
Born (1989-11-11) November 11, 1989 (age 34)
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Television RuPaul's Drag Race (season 4)

Lashauwn Beyond (born November 11, 1989) [1] is an American drag performer and costume designer who competed on season 4 of RuPaul's Drag Race . A catchphrase she said in an argument with fellow contestant Jiggly Caliente on the companion show RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked , "This is not RuPaul's Best Friend Race", became a meme and a part of the franchise's history. Lashauwn Beyond is based in Florida and continues to design outfits for Drag Race contestants.

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Early life and education

Lashauwn Beyond is from Florida. [2] She attended Piper High School in Sunrise. [1]

Drag career

Lashauwn Beyond is a drag performer and costume designer. She became interested in drag at age 18, and took the name for her drag persona from her younger sister, Lashauwn. [2] Lashauwn Beyond competed on season 4 (2012) of RuPaul's Drag Race at the age of 21, [3] placing twelfth overall. She has reportedly kept a low profile since then. [4] She has designed outfits for other contestants, [5] including Latrice Royale of season 4 and Malaysia Babydoll Foxx of season 15 (2023). [6] [7]

RuPaul's Drag Race

She was eliminated on the second episode, which featured a wrestling challenge, [2] after placing in the bottom two and losing a lip-sync against The Princess to "Bad Girls" (1979) by Donna Summer. [8] [9] Lashauwn Beyond removed her shoes during the performance, against RuPaul's preference. [10] In 2017, Thrillist's Brian Moylan ranked her number 69 out of the show's 113 contestants to date. [11] Hanne Low included her in Screen Rant 's 2018 list of thirteen contestants eliminated too soon. [12] In The Spinoff 's 2019 "definitive ranking" of Drag Race lip-syncs to date, Sam Brooks ranked the battle number 146 out of 162. [9] Buffy Flores included the lip-sync in Pride.com's 2023 list of the show's seven worst of all time, writing: "Most lip syncs have one or two funny/memorable moments. This one has none." [13]

On the first episode of the companion series RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked , Lashauwn Beyond said to fellow contestant Jiggly Caliente during an argument, "This is not RuPaul's Best Friend Race". [14] The catchphrase became a meme and has been repeated on subsequent seasons of Drag Race. [5] [15] In 2018, Michael Cuby included the argument in Them 's list of the ten "messiest fights" in Untucked history, [16] and the online magazine's John Paul Brammer said she should receive royalty payments for coining the catchphrase. [17] The catchphrase was also included in IN Magazine's 2019 list of the show's seven best to date, [15] as well as Pride.com's 2023 list of ten Drag Race memes "that belong in the Hall of Fame". [18] In 2023, Cailyn Szelinski of Screen Rant wrote, "Lashawun Beyond may not have been a part of season 4 for long, but she did leave her mark on the show by being a part of one of the most heated backstage fights during Untucked ... and made herself a permanent part of Drag Race herstory." [19]

Personal life

Lashauwn Beyond has lived in Plantation and Fort Lauderdale. [20] She is a trans woman, [6] [21] and the "drag mother" of Malaysia Babydoll Foxx. [22]

Outside of her drag career, Lashauwn Beyond has run her own sewing business. [23]

Filmography

Television

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