The library is officially open! On the eve of New Year's and RuPaul’s Drag Race season 13, the contestants shared their first drag looks and read each other. The comments were hilarious… Mama Ru, is the library closed yet?
RuPaul's Drag Race season 13 is premiering tonight! There was a lot of chaos surrounding the latest Drag Race competition because of the coronavirus pandemic. However, RuPaul Charles and his army of drag queens persevered through the international crisis. The VH1 series was among the first major television series to return to production amid the crisis. Season 13 viewers can expect to see aspects of the safety protocols that were in place during filming, including masks and social distancing.
The day before the debut of the new season, the contestants commented on their first drag outfits ever, as reported by EW. From questionable hairlines to lack of padding to tragic outfits, the competitors of RuPaul's Drag Race season 13 have been through it all. Obviously, that’s what makes them such fierce contestants.
Rosé
Out of all the first drag looks, Rosé’s facial expression was one of the funniest. She looks depressed and tired, but her dress and hair look great. “She’s going to the bar to pick up a gentleman in this!” Symone said. Then, Tina Burner added, “She’s going to murder a gentleman!” Kandy Muse said sarcastically, “At least you matched your foundation correctly to your chest!”
Elliott with 2 Ts
This contestant wore a dark red curly wig with bold blue eyeshadow and nude pink lips. “I never had a drag family, I never had a sisterhood, so I had to figure out everything myself. I never had any help!” Elliott with 2 Ts said. “This picture is literally what 2020 would look like,” Tina Burner said (with major burn). “Living and breathing proof that it does in fact get better,” Joey Jay joked.
Tina Burner
“If you zoom in, I have one eyelash left on,” Tina Burner said about her look. She wore a zebra dress with gold chains and a short brown wig. “This is by the snack table at Drag Race,” Gottmik joked.
Denali
This queen wore a fiery red “cha-cha girl” outfit with silver rhinestones and long black hair. Denali claims she was a cha-cha girl then and still is now. “I was serving a little bit of Tyra Banks in the forehead,” she added and Rose agreed with her. “This is my dream hairline in or out of drag, mama.” Gottmik said he felt that Denali was challenging him to a dance battle.
Kandy Muse
“This was around season 7, so if you notice, those are the Pearl eyebrows and the Trixie Mattel contour,” Kandy Muse said about her look. She added, “It’s not my first time in drag, but it’s the first time after I shaved my face because I was a bearded queen when I first started!” Tina Burner said, "The Muppets really do take Manhattan! You look gorgeous baby.”
Joey Jay
She wore an elaborately patterned outfit with a curly blonde bob wig. “It’s very dirty secretary!” Gottmik said about her outfit. The only thing that wasn’t great was the wig. “Is this wig on backwards? I really want to know,” Denali joked. Kandy Muse stated, “Those boots are f**king disgusting. It’s a biscuit boot, fully!” Tina Burner said, “I feel like Joey Jay just wants to talk to the manager.”
Tamisha Iman
This queen wore a pink and purple patterned dress with chunky jewelry. “The third number of the night where you just pay that b****,” Denali said. “I wasn’t even born yet,” Gottmik remarked, in reference to the time the photo was taken. Olivia Lux was a huge fan of Tamisha Iman’s look, “I just want to point out that you look stunning here.”
Kahmora Hall
The contestant showed off a simple look, donning a pink and red bra with jeans and a dark wig. “I was at my college. It was my freshman year at Loyola and we did a student drag show, so I was like, let me make my debut!” Kahmora Hall said. Rosé foreshadowed the upcoming season with this comment, “Kahmora is wearing no makeup here and it still took her four hours to put this on.”
Lala Ri
This glam Drag Race queen wore a patterned bikini with a vest and gold chain necklaces. “Video vixen!” Kandy Muse said. “She’s ready to log onto Grindr and catfish the rest of the night away,” Denali joked.
Gottmik
This drag queen wore thick eyeliner, a crown, and a velvet sweater while sipping a smoothie. “I think I had my real hair and I’d just wrap braided hair around it apparently… I feel like I just went to get a smoothie and was feeling it,” Gottmik said. “She’s having a smoothie in the club at 2 AM,” Denali said. “This is very Paris and Nicole right here!” Symone commented.
Olivia Lux
Her first drag look was a hot pink dress with deep blonde locks. “That dress was a size small and didn’t fit, so I had to string up ribbon in the back to make it work,” Olivia Lux said. “Olivia was like, ‘Find a Snuggie and make it fashion,’” Tina Burner said.
Symone
She wore statement earrings, a necklace, and a strapless black top. “It’s a blocked brow over some oatmeal, honey,” Symone said about her makeup. “This is right after school on one of them good days. I came home and did it real the f**k quick!” Denali said, adding, “I would wear this wig today, this whole-a** 20 percent density wig!”
Utica Queen
Her makeup look was an abstraction with lots of dots and creativity. “I still love dots to this day. Oh, and I still have herpes,” Utica Queen joked. “She said one thing is missing there, the flower!” Olivia Lux said.
Source: Entertainment Weekly