Orion Story

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Orion Story
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Orion Story at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2022
Born
Chance Lambert

(1996-06-25) June 25, 1996 (age 28) [1]
NationalityAmerican
Occupation Drag queen
Television RuPaul's Drag Race (season 14)

Orion Story is the stage name of Chance Lambert (born June 25, 1996), an American drag performer who competed on the fourteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race .

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Early life

Chance Lambert was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan. [2] [3] He also lived in Spring Lake. [4] [5]

Career

Lambert began performing in drag at Hamburger Mary's and Rumors Nightclub. [5]

Lambert competed as Orion Story on the fourteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race . Orion Story was the first contestant on the series from Michigan. [6] She was eliminated in the first episode, [7] after placing in the bottom two and losing a lip-sync battle against June Jambalaya to Lizzo's 2017 song "Water Me". [8] After Orion Story and Daya Betty were invited to re-enter the competition, Orion Story was eliminated again in the fifth episode. [2] While filming, she had an unaired "budding romance" with fellow contestant Jorgeous. [9] [10]

Personal life

Lambert lives in Cedar Springs, Michigan, as of 2022. [4] [11] He has said he was going through drug withdrawals during the filming of Drag Race. He has also credited the show for pulling him out of homelessness and substance abuse. [12] [13] His drag is inspired by his mother, who died by suicide. [14]

Orion Story had approximately 104,000 followers on Instagram as of May 2024. [15]

Filmography

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