Plastique Tiara | |
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 Plastique Tiara at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2019 | |
| Born | Duc Tran Nguyen Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
| Television | RuPaul's Drag Race (season 11) |
| Website | lifeinplastique |
Plastique Tiara is the stage name of Duc Tran Nguyen, [1] [2] a Vietnamese-American drag performer, dancer, and model who competed on the eleventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race , before returning to compete in the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars .
Duc Tran Nguyen was born in Ho Chi Minh City, [2] and raised in Vietnam. [1] She is a first-generation American immigrant, [3] relocating to the United States at age 11. [4]
Tran is a drag performer, dancer, and model who competed as Plastique Tiara on season 11 of RuPaul's Drag Race . She impersonated Lovely Mimi for the Snatch Game challenge [5] and won the "Farm to Runway" design challenge, [6] placing eighth overall. [2] [7] She was eliminated from the competition in the ninth episode, [8] after placing in the bottom two of an acting challenge and losing a lip sync against Vanessa Vanjie Mateo to "Hood Boy" (2006) by Fantasia. [9] [10] After the show, she joined the Werq the World tour and the rotating cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Live! [11] [12]
In 2019, she released the dance-pop song "Irresistible", which received a music video. [7] [13] Brendan Wetmore of Paper magazine described the video as "a beautiful and expensive dreamlike look into the luxury of being Plastique; beautiful men dance at her command while she whips her silky locks back in forth, her body covered in a jeweled garment". [8] In 2021, Plastique Tiara and Drag Race contestant Kim Chi collaborated on a cosmetics collection. [14]
Plastique Tiara is among the most-followed drag queens on TikTok. She joined the platform in August 2019, [15] and had 11.2 million followers, as of January 2023. [16] She had 2.1 million Instagram followers, as of October 2021. [14] She joined OnlyFans in 2020. [17] [18]
Tran is based in Los Angeles. [15] Previously, he was based in Dallas, of 2019. [1] He is queer. [3]
Plastique Tiara has been described as a "drag daughter" of Drag Race contestant Alyssa Edwards; [9] other members of the Haus of Edwards have included Gia Gunn, Laganja Estranja, and Shangela. [19]
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