Plastique Tiara | |
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![]() Plastique Tiara at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2024 | |
Born | Duc Tran Nguyen April 11, 1997 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
Television | RuPaul's Drag Race (season 11) RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 9) |
Website | plastiquetiara |
Plastique Tiara is the stage name of Duc Tran Nguyen (born 11 April 1997), [1] [2] [3] a Vietnamese-American drag performer, dancer, and model who competed on season 11 of RuPaul's Drag Race and season 9 of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars . As an influencer with over 13 million followers across their platforms, Nguyen is the most-followed drag queen on social media. [4] [5] [6]
Duc Tran Nguyen was born in Ho Chi Minh City, [2] and was raised in Vietnam by their grandparents. [1] They are a first-generation American immigrant, [7] [8] moving to the United States at age 11. [9]
Trần is a drag performer, dancer, and model who competed as ‘Plastique Tiara’ on season 11 of RuPaul's Drag Race . Plastique impersonated Lovely Mimi for the Snatch Game challenge [10] and won the "Farm to Runway" design challenge, [11] placing eighth overall. [2] [12] She was eliminated from the competition in the ninth episode, [13] 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. [14] [15] After the show, she joined the Werq the World tour and the rotating cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Live! [16] [17]
In 2019, Plastique Tiara released the dance-pop song "Irresistible", along with a music video. [12] [18] 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 and forth, her body covered in a jeweled garment". [13] In 2021, Plastique Tiara and Drag Race contestant Kim Chi collaborated on a cosmetics collection. [6]
Plastique Tiara is the most-followed drag queen on TikTok. [19] Trần joined the platform in August 2019, [4] and had 11.2 million followers, as of January 2023. [20] Trần had 2.1 million Instagram followers as of October 2021. [6] Trần joined OnlyFans in 2020. [21] [22]
On April 23, 2024, Plastique was announced as one of the eight contestants competing on the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars . [23]
Plastique Tiara has been featured on the cover of L’Officiel Vietnam. [8]
Nguyen is based in Los Angeles. [4] Previously, she was based in Dallas, until 2019. [1] She is queer. [7]
Plastique Tiara has been described as a "drag daughter" of Drag Race contestant Alyssa Edwards; [14] other members of the Haus of Edwards have included Gia Gunn, Laganja Estranja, and Shangela. [24]
Nguyen created their alter ego Plastique Tiara after the My Little Pony character Diamond Tiara, but later replaced the “Diamond” with “Plastique”. [8]
On March 29, 2025, Nguyen announced that they were engaged to their boyfriend of three years. [25]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
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2019 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Himself | Contestant | [10] |
2019 | RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked | |||
2024 | RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 9 | |||
2024 | RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked |