RuPaul's Drag Race is an American reality competition television series where drag queen RuPaul as host and head judge in search of the "Next Drag Superstar" for the United States . The series first broadcast in 2009, and sixteen complete seasons have aired . During each season, drag performers apply and are progressively eliminated based on the critiques from the judges until only a few contenders remain. The selected finalists participate in a finale from which a winner is determined.
Since its seventeenth season , 228 contestants have competed. The sixteen winners of the series, in chronological order, are BeBe Zahara Benet , Tyra Sanchez , Raja Gemini , Sharon Needles , Jinkx Monsoon , Bianca Del Rio , Violet Chachki , Bob the Drag Queen , Sasha Velour , Aquaria , Yvie Oddly , Jaida Essence Hall , Symone , Willow Pill , Sasha Colby , and Nymphia Wind .
Contestants Legend:
Contestant won the season.
Contestant returned to competition after being eliminated during the season.
Contestant returned to competition after being eliminated in previous season.
Contestant was voted Miss Congeniality of the season.
Contestant was awarded the Golden Boot of the season.
Contestant was voted Miss Congeniality and awarded the Golden Boot of the season.
Contestant was declared Queen of She Done Already Done Had Herses after winning the final lip-sync in the LaLaPaRuza Smackdown.
Contestant was saved after pulling the right lever, dunking Michelle Visage in the Badunkadunk Tank.
† indicates that the contestant is deceased.
RuPaul's Drag Race contestants and their backgrounds [ a] Season Contestant Age City Outcome 1 BeBe Zahara Benet 28 Minneapolis , Minnesota Winner Nina Flowers 34 Denver , Colorado Runner-up Rebecca Glasscock 26 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 3rd Shannel 29 Las Vegas , Nevada 4th Ongina 26 Los Angeles , California 5th Jade 25 Chicago , Illinois 6th Akashia 24 Cleveland , Ohio 7th Tammie Brown 28 Long Beach, California 8th Victoria "Porkchop" Parker 39 Raleigh, North Carolina 9th 2 Tyra Sanchez 21 Orlando, Florida Winner Raven 30 Riverside, California Runner-up Jujubee 25 Boston , Massachusetts 3rd Tatianna 21 Falls Church, Virginia 4th Pandora Boxx 37 Rochester, New York 5th Jessica Wild 29 San Juan, Puerto Rico 6th Sahara Davenport † 25 New York City , New York 7th Morgan McMichaels 28 Mira Loma, California 8th Sonique [ b] 26 Atlanta , Georgia 9th Mystique Summers Madison 25 Bedford, Texas 10th Nicole Paige Brooks 36 Atlanta, Georgia 11th Shangela Laquifa Wadley [ c] 28 Paris, Texas 12th 3 Raja 36 Los Angeles, California Winner Manila Luzon 28 New York City, New York Runner-up Alexis Mateo 30 St. Petersburg, Florida 3rd Yara Sofia 26 Manatí, Puerto Rico 4th Carmen Carrera 25 Elmwood Park, New Jersey 5th [ d] Shangela 29 Los Angeles, California 6th Delta Work 34 Norwalk, California 7th Stacy Layne Matthews 25 Back Swamp, North Carolina 8th Mariah [ e] 29 Atlanta, Georgia 9th India Ferrah 23 Dayton, Ohio 10th Mimi Imfurst 27 New York City, New York 11th Phoenix 29 Atlanta, Georgia 12th Venus D-Lite 26 Los Angeles, California 13th 4 Sharon Needles 29 Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania Winner Chad Michaels 40 San Diego , California Runners-up Phi Phi O'Hara 25 Chicago, Illinois Latrice Royale 39 South Beach , Florida 4th Kenya Michaels 21 Dorado, Puerto Rico 5th [ f] DiDa Ritz 25 Chicago, Illinois 6th Willam 29 Los Angeles, California Disqualified [ g] Jiggly Caliente 30 New York City, New York 8th Milan 36 New York City, New York 9th Madame LaQueer 29 Carolina, Puerto Rico 10th The Princess 32 Chicago, Illinois 11th Lashauwn Beyond 21 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 12th Alisa Summers 23 Tampa, Florida 13th 5 Jinkx Monsoon 24 Seattle , Washington Winner Alaska 27 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Runners-up Roxxxy Andrews 28 Orlando, Florida Detox 27 Los Angeles, California 4th Coco Montrese 37 Las Vegas, Nevada 5th Alyssa Edwards 32 Mesquite, Texas 6th Ivy Winters 26 New York City, New York 7th Jade Jolie 25 Gainesville, Florida 8th Lineysha Sparx 24 San Juan, Puerto Rico 9th Honey Mahogany 29 San Francisco , California 10th Vivienne Pinay 26 New York City, New York Monica Beverly Hillz 27 Owensboro, Kentucky 12th Serena ChaCha 21 Tallahassee, Florida 13th Penny Tration 39 Cincinnati , Ohio 14th 6 Bianca Del Rio 37 New York City, New York Winner Adore Delano 23 Azusa, California Runners-up Courtney Act 31 West Hollywood, California Darienne Lake 41 Rochester, New York 4th BenDeLaCreme 31 Seattle, Washington 5th Joslyn Fox 26 Worcester, Massachusetts 6th Trinity K. Bonet 22 Atlanta, Georgia 7th Laganja Estranja 24 Los Angeles, California 8th Milk 25 New York City, New York 9th Gia Gunn 23 Chicago, Illinois 10th April Carrión 24 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 11th Vivacious 40 New York City, New York 12th Kelly Mantle 37 Los Angeles, California 13th Magnolia Crawford 27 Seattle, Washington 7 Violet Chachki 22 Atlanta, Georgia Winner Ginger Minj 29 Orlando, Florida Runners-up Pearl 23 New York City, New York Kennedy Davenport 33 Dallas , Texas 4th Katya 32 Boston, Massachusetts 5th Trixie Mattel 26 Milwaukee , Wisconsin 6th [ h] Miss Fame 29 New York City, New York 7th Jaidynn Diore Fierce 25 Nashville, Tennessee 8th Max 22 Hudson, Wisconsin 9th Kandy Ho 28 Cayey, Puerto Rico 10th Mrs. Kasha Davis 43 Rochester, New York 11th Jasmine Masters 37 Los Angeles, California 12th Sasha Belle 28 Iowa City, Iowa 13th Tempest DuJour 46 Tucson, Arizona 14th 8 Bob the Drag Queen 29 New York City, New York Winner Kim Chi 27 Chicago, Illinois Runners-up Naomi Smalls 21 Redlands, California Chi Chi DeVayne † 30 Shreveport, Louisiana 4th Derrick Barry 32 Las Vegas, Nevada 5th Thorgy Thor 31 New York City, New York 6th Robbie Turner 33 Seattle, Washington 7th Acid Betty 37 New York City, New York 8th Naysha Lopez 31 Chicago, Illinois 9th [ i] Cynthia Lee Fontaine 34 Austin, Texas 10th Dax ExclamationPoint 31 Savannah, Georgia 11th Laila McQueen 22 Gloucester, Massachusetts 9 Sasha Velour 29 New York City, New York Winner Peppermint 37 New York City, New York Runner-up Shea Couleé 27 Chicago, Illinois 3rd Trinity Taylor [ j] 31 Orlando, Florida Alexis Michelle 33 New York City, New York 5th Nina Bo'nina Brown 34 Riverdale, Georgia 6th Valentina 25 Echo Park , California 7th Farrah Moan 23 Las Vegas, Nevada 8th Aja 22 New York City, New York 9th Cynthia Lee Fontaine 34 Austin, Texas 10th Eureka [ k] 25 Johnson City, Tennessee 11th [ l] Charlie Hides 52 London , United Kingdom 12th Kimora Blac 28 Las Vegas, Nevada 13th Jaymes Mansfield 26 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 14th 10 Aquaria 21 New York City, New York Winner Eureka 27 Johnson City, Tennessee Runner-up Kameron Michaels 31 Nashville, Tennessee Runner-up Asia O'Hara 35 Dallas, Texas 4th Miz Cracker 33 New York City, New York 5th Monét X Change 27 New York City, New York 6th The Vixen 26 Chicago, Illinois 7th Monique Heart [ m] 31 Kansas City, Missouri 8th Blair St. Clair 22 Indianapolis , Indiana 9th Mayhem Miller 35 Riverside, California 10th Dusty Ray Bottoms 29 New York City, New York 11th Yuhua Hamasaki 27 New York City, New York 12th Kalorie Karbdashian-Williams 27 Albuquerque, New Mexico 13th Vanessa Vanjie Mateo 25 Tampa, Florida 14th 11 Yvie Oddly 24 Denver, Colorado Winner Brooke Lynn Hytes 32 Nashville, Tennessee Runner-up A'keria C. Davenport 30 Dallas, Texas 3rd Silky Nutmeg Ganache 28 Chicago, Illinois Vanessa Vanjie Mateo 26 Los Angeles, California 5th Nina West 39 Columbus, Ohio 6th Shuga Cain 40 New York City, New York 7th Plastique Tiara 21 Dallas, Texas 8th Ra'Jah O'Hara 33 Dallas, Texas 9th Scarlet Envy 26 New York City, New York 10th Ariel Versace 26 Cherry Hill, New Jersey 11th Mercedes Iman Diamond 31 Minneapolis, Minnesota 12th Honey Davenport 32 New York City, New York 13th Kahanna Montrese 25 Las Vegas, Nevada 14th Soju 27 Chicago, Illinois 15th 12 Jaida Essence Hall 32 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Winner Crystal Methyd 28 Springfield, Missouri Runners-up Gigi Goode 21 Los Angeles, California Sherry Pie 27 New York City, New York Disqualified [ n] Jackie Cox 34 New York City, New York 5th Heidi N Closet 24 Ramseur, North Carolina 6th Widow Von'Du 30 Kansas City, Missouri 7th Jan 26 New York City, New York 8th Brita 34 New York City, New York 9th Aiden Zhane 29 Acworth, Georgia 10th Nicky Doll 28 New York City, New York 11th Rock M. Sakura 28 San Francisco, California 12th Dahlia Sin 28 Los Angeles, California 13th 13 Symone 25 Los Angeles, California Winner Kandy Muse 25 New York City, New York Runner-up Gottmik 23 Los Angeles, California 3rd Rosé 31 New York City, New York Olivia Lux 26 New York City, New York 5th Utica Queen 25 Utica, Minnesota 6th Tina Burner 39 New York City, New York 7th Denali 28 Chicago, Illinois 8th Elliott with 2 Ts 26 Las Vegas, Nevada 9th LaLa Ri 30 Atlanta, Georgia 10th Tamisha Iman 49 Atlanta, Georgia 11th Joey Jay 30 Phoenix, Arizona 12th Kahmora Hall 28 Chicago, Illinois 13th 14 Willow Pill 26 Denver, Colorado Winner Lady Camden 31 Sacramento , California Runner-up Angeria Paris VanMicheals 27 Atlanta, Georgia 3rd Bosco 28 Seattle, Washington 3rd Daya Betty 25 Springfield, Missouri 3rd [ o] DeJa Skye 31 Fresno, California 6th Jorgeous 21 Nashville, Tennessee Jasmine Kennedie 22 New York City, New York 8th Kerri Colby 24 Los Angeles, California 9th Maddy Morphosis 26 Fayetteville, Arkansas 10th Orion Story 25 Grand Rapids, Michigan 11th [ p] Kornbread "The Snack" Jeté 29 Los Angeles, California 12th [ l] Alyssa Hunter 26 Cataño, Puerto Rico 13th June Jambalaya 29 Los Angeles, California 14th 15 Sasha Colby 37 Los Angeles, California Winner Anetra 25 Las Vegas, Nevada Runner-up Luxx Noir London 22 East Orange, New Jersey 3rd Mistress Isabelle Brooks 24 Houston , Texas Loosey LaDuca 32 Ansonia, Connecticut 5th Salina EsTitties 31 Los Angeles, California 6th Marcia Marcia Marcia 25 New York City, New York 7th Malaysia Babydoll Foxx 32 Miami , Florida 8th Spice 23 Los Angeles, California 9th Jax 25 Darien, Connecticut 10th Aura Mayari 30 Nashville, Tennessee 11th Robin Fierce 26 Hartford, Connecticut 12th Amethyst 27 West Hartford, Connecticut 13th Sugar 23 Los Angeles, California 14th Princess Poppy 26 San Francisco, California 15th Irene Dubois 29 Seattle, Washington 16th 16 Nymphia Wind 27 New York City, New York Winner Sapphira Cristál 34 Philadelphia , Pennsylvania Runner-up Plane Jane 24 Boston, Massachusetts 3rd Q 26 Kansas City, Missouri 4th Morphine Love Dion 25 Miami, Florida 5th Dawn 24 New York City, New York 6th Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige 34 Miami, Florida 7th Plasma 24 New York City, New York 8th Xunami Muse 33 New York City, New York 9th Megami 33 New York City, New York 10th Geneva Karr 30 Brownsville , Texas 11th Amanda Tori Meating 26 Los Angeles, California 12th Mirage 29 Las Vegas, Nevada 13th Hershii LiqCour-Jeté 31 Los Angeles, California 14th 17 Jewels Sparkles 23 Tampa, Florida TBA Lana Ja'Rae 22 New York City, New York Lexi Love 34 Louisville, Kentucky Onya Nurve 31 Cleveland, Ohio Sam Star 24 Leeds, Alabama Suzie Toot 24 Fort Lauderdale, Florida Lydia B Kollins 23 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 7th Arrietty 28 Seattle, Washington 8th Kori King 24 Boston, Massachusetts 9th Acacia Forgot 28 Los Angeles, California 10th Crystal Envy 27 Asbury Park , New Jersey 11th Hormona Lisa 30 Chattanooga , Tennessee 12th Joella 25 Los Angeles, California 13th Lucky Starzzz 26 Miami, Florida 14th
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