(part 2)
“This next girl is known for playing numerous parts on RDR! She was Alaska, Rich Uncle Pennybags and turned into S3’s Coco Montrese! We call this queen Kornucopia!”
“My name is Kornucopia, I’m something from somewhere, USA, and I am the Coco Montrese of Reddit’s Drag Race.
In All Stars, my goal is to just redeem myself from the run I had on season 3. I wasn’t proud of a lot of my work, and I don’t think I was showing my best self since I got in my head so much. Which isn’t to say I still don’t, but I definitely take more confidence in my work, and I think that has led me to produce better looks and performances. Odds are going into this season I’m not looked at as a frontrunner or someone who was “legendary” on their season, and I want to change that.
My drag is inspired by everything to be honest. It definitely leans more to the glamorous side, but my drag isn’t just throwing on a dress for the sake of looking pretty. I do conceptual looks, and glamour or not, I want it to have a backstory or overarching idea that gets conveyed. In that aspect, I don’t stick to just one thing. I will go for any concept that comes to mind, regardless of aesthetic or genre.
I think I’m classified as an All Star because of my perseverance. I got dragged through the mud several times, and even though I did get defeated them that, I didn’t give up in the long run. No matter how poorly I did, when it came to the lipsync, I gave it my all. Like, had I been up against Elle during the Flower Ball, I absolutely wouldn’t have given up. If I had lip synced against Lucy, you bet your ass I would’ve still put up a fight. I simply was at peace with going home because I wasn’t gonna compromise fairness and integrity for the competition, I just couldn’t take the spot of a girl who had absolutely slayed the game up to that point. I believe that anything is possible until it’s all over, as long as you will it to be that way.
Oh, I have plenty of regrets from my season. Being in my head all the time, wearing that awful greed look, not sticking to my original CEO look. I think I’ve developed enough confidence to not get in my head this time, and I think I have a better sense of fashion as well. Really, the only thing hindering me is my own thoughts, because if I can stick to my gut, I will probably make better decisions in the end.
My favorite challenge from season 3 would have to be Hungry Hungry Drag Queens. I got a lot of freedom on that challenge, so I was able to choose a unique approach, and I was just really proud of what I produced that week. I think that challenge proved that I have at least some sense of design, despite what other challenges may tell you. I’m still not over that greed look.
In three words, my drag persona is… easy first out. In actuality, probably: conceptual, risky, and versatile (not Rain).
I think my humility gives me an edge over the other girls. I know that I’m talented and I believe I’m capable of slaying, but I don’t think extremely highly of myself. If you come in thinking you’re the shit, you’re gonna do shit. If you come in thinking you’re shit, you’re gonna do shit. Since season 3, I’ve found the balance between the two, and it really helps me display my true talents, rather than being overly concerned about showing them.
My strategy for eliminating girls this season will probably change over time. Going into this, I want to try and be fair. I would consider track record and performance foremost. Then, other things that would factor in are behavior and attitude.
All Stars 1 is going to be just as I thought. Stunning. A message for my fellow competitors? Just don’t send me home first”
PROMO: For the promo, Korn is serving beaten and dirtied tribal huntress. The majority of her body is nude, with the exception of part of her legs. With the use of brown eyeshadow and some SFX prosthetics, Korn’s skin has the illusion of being caked with dirt from head to toe, the dirt spilling into the gashes and scratches in various areas of her body. With special adhesive, Korn has also applied various plastic appliques of thorns and barbs to her skin, especially around her wounds. This signifies the difficult journey of the huntress going through the jungle, and she has the wounds to show it. The sole garment on Korn’s body is a patchwork waist cape, the silhouette similar to Shea’s construction worker look.
The cape is made of squares of brown cotton fabric, the shades ranging from the lightest to deepest browns, almost like a jumbled up ombre. The skirt has more appliques of thorns and barbs hot glued all over the fabric, as well as approximately 10 handprints inked in black.
Korn’s makeup is fairly minimal, aside from the fact that it carries on the dirty look. She wears black eyeshadow, a swipe of black eyeliner, and a deep black lip. A strip of nude fabric blended into Korn’s skin serves as a choker of sort, with a handful of a silver spearheads hot glued onto the fabric, representing each of her fellow competitors. These are the same spearheads that serve as her earrings, and the one attached to the wooden spear Korn clutches in her right hand, going from the floor up to her chin. On the tip of this spearhead, a deep red color is painted in a dripping pattern to give the illusion of blood on the spear; perhaps the blood of her competitors. Korn’s hair is a brown, messy topknot bun, with a 18-inch, golden spear going through it horizontally. Her shoes are three-inch moccasin heels with light brown leather fringe.
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“Will Korn switch her 4 bottoms for 4 top placements? We’ll see!”
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“Next up we have a queen that couldn’t kick, but she was always able to make us laugh! Meet Lucy Fur!”
“Hey closeted teenage gays! I’m still Lucy Fur, I’m still 23, and I’m still from Washington, D.C.! I came in second on Season 3, and now I’m back to finish what I started and get my goddamn fake internet crown. On Season 3, I was most known for the two things I can’t do well: lip sync, and light myself on fire. Now, I’m back to redeem myself and finally get the job done!
My drag is inspired by the dark and powerful figures we’re taught to think of as villians. My drag name is a reference to Satan, of course, because I’m inspired by the people that have been cast out by society and found their power in their own way. Those are the kinds of people who do big things, and that’s who I model myself after.
I’m an All Star because I pushed myself right up until the very end of Season 3 - I constantly felt like I was falling behind and my chances of winning were slipping away, but I didn’t let that stop me from delivering every week. I have the drive and the motivation to do great work for the entire competition, [Lucy looks away from her interviewer and directly into the camera] ...which I didn’t realize was unusual until I started watching Season 4.
Looking back on Season 3, what held me back the most was getting wrapped up in what I couldn’t do. I couldn’t use real-life facial expressions or voices to sell jokes, I couldn’t sew well, I couldn’t dance… I was so focused on what I could do if I had those other options, I didn’t let myself fully explore what was possible. Now that I’ve developed myself and my process, I’m ready to bring in a fresh new approach to what I do in this competition.
My favorite challenge on Season 3 was the barbie challenge! It was probably the most at-ease I was the entire competition. I knew what I wanted to do, I was confident in what I put together, and I knew it would work. I wasn’t necessarily certain I’d win, but I knew it was funny, and I didn’t feel the need to have anyone else confirm that - no one else saw my commercial until everything was submitted, whereas I’d asked for feedback the past two weeks. So it was a huge moment of realizing that, yes, I could make this happen.
I would sum up Lucy Fur as dramatic, unpredictable, and unorthodox. I don’t like to confine myself to being just a fashion queen, a comedy queen, a pageant queen… I like to break the rules and forge my own way from week to week. I know lots of queens say that, but I actually walked the walk on my season and made it happen, and I’m excited to show it to everyone again.
My edge on the other all stars is that I’ve already beaten half of them.
Picking people to go home is definitely going to be one of the harder things about All Stars, so I’m a little glad that I’m a garbage lip syncer and probably won’t have to actually do it. I’ve put together a formula that will mathematically determine who most deserves to go home based on track record throughout the competition, performance that week, and whoever makes me mad that day.
All Stars 1 is going to be a complete fucking mess!
To my competitors: I know everyone always says “bring it,” but if you could like, not, that’d make this whole process a lot easier on me”
PROMO: Lucy’s promo look is an elevated twist on a jungle shaman. Her clothing is relatively minimal - she wears a simple sleeveless shirt made of a blood orange fabric, which is littered with holes and ends at the bottom of her rib cage. She also wears a matching loin cloth held in place by a thick band of the same fabric. Around her neck is a large neck piece, made of green stone tiles connected and trimmed by thin white ropes. This neckpiece covers her shoulders and the majority of her shirt, forming the neckline of her outfit.
Lucy’s face is painted with very little pigment, dominated by chalky whites and charcoal black. Her contour is severe and deep, and her eyes are darkened to the point of appearing hollow and lifeless. In contrast, she wears white contacts, and her dark eye sockets are framed in white circles, which extend down her face to a point at the level of her mouth. On her forehead is a deep orange gemstone, from which more white lines extend up and out like sun rays, becoming thicker as they approach her hairline. Her wig is a mess of thick black braids, which obscure the bases of four large goat horns that extend from her head - two straight horns directed to the sides from behind her ears, and two curved horns reaching up and out at a 45 degree angle from her temples. These black horns are decorated at their bases with gold bands of metal, which match the similar gold bands wrapped around the ends of Lucy’s braids, holding them together.
Lucy’s outfit is further accentuated by additional white markings on her body, similar to those on her face. White lines on her midsection, angled downward, provide a slimming effect on her waist, while the more swirled patterns on her legs exaggerate her curves. Finally, a stone carving of a skull hangs over her loincloth, held in place by brown leather bands wrapped around her hips.
Lucy’s shoes are made of brown leather bands that wrap around her legs, reaching from just below her knees down to her feet. They are attached to a leather sole, and the heels are made from two smaller goat horns, which curve underneath her feet. The look is styled with gold bands wrapped around Lucy’s left arm - one on her upper arm, one just below her elbow, and one around her wrist. In her left hand, she carries a bamboo staff, painted black, on which rests a human skull (probably fake, but who can say for sure). The skull is made to resemble Lucy’s own head - it is painted similarly and features a smaller orange gemstone on the forehead, but has no hair and only two curved horns coming from the temples.
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“Will this runner up finally get her taste at being first place?”
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“Our next queen is a Miss Congeniality known for her heavy fake french accent and fun personality… Among other attributes…” (Bianca throws a big metal piercing over her shoulder) “It’s Mademoiselle!”
“Salut salut! I am Mademoiselle, 22 years old, from Charlotte, North Carolina, first appearing on Season 2 of Reddit’s Drag Race placing 5th. I am here competing on All Stars to show all these other queens and the audience how much I’ve grown as a person and performer. On my season, I feel like I did well for the most part. I’m proudest of my Snatch Game performance, and my runway that look was my personal favorite. I think I’m an All Star because I’m talented, and because of my post history. Stay away children.
My one regret about my time is that looking back, I feel like I was really not as authentic as I could have been. I was too focused on defining who Mademoiselle the character was.
I’ve done some soul searching, and I’ve realized that drag, and art in general, affects me the most when I get something personal behind it, so I’m planning on showing the audience who Mademoiselle really is as much as possible, while giving them something to gag on. My references are a touch of classic, a touch of modern, a touch of nerd, with a dash of camp. In three words? Honest, graphic, and eclectic.
These queens should watch out for me because I’m not afraid to bear it all out there. I’m not pulling punches, and I’m trusting my gut with every decision I make. Especially on who to send home.
All Stars 1 is going to be...intense. So y’all should get ready”
PROMO: Mademoiselle wears a long, layered and ruffled gown with a long train. The ruffles begin at her hips, and continue down to her knees, before remaining wide and gown-like. The silhouette is similar to this Marc Jacobs gown from the waist down. The gown is backless, except for two criss-crossing straps come from her hips, cross over her mid back, and go over her shoulders to attach at the front. The front features a deep V showing off Mademoiselle’s titty contour.
The color of the gown starts as beige at the shoulders, and gradually becomes a dark, chocolate brown for most of the ruffling and train. Here, a pattern of Nazca Lines (https://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fspoonflower%2Fpublic%2Fdesign_thumbnails%2F0610%2F3914%2Frnazcaspider4g-900-6W-HNd_shop_preview.png&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.spoonflower.com%2Ffabric%2F6103914-nazca-lines-desert-spider-by-sef&docid=jY1Kkl1UkwoIQM&tbnid=ycJ4M-3gqAT1FM%3A&vet=1&w=470&h=470&hl=en-us&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim) starts, in the same beige color as the top of the dress. To accompany the gown, Mademoiselle wears long gloves reaching halfway between her shoulders and elbows that feature the same beige-to-brown gradient, with jade green nails attached to her fingers.
Mademoiselle’s beat is a bit darker than normal; a more pronounced contour featuring a chocolate brown lip, and a dark green to dark brown eye makeup. She rocks her naturally shaped boy brows, filled in a bit with a darker shade to match her wig. Her dark brown hair is done up in a semi curly, rough looking beehive, with a jade green, stoned bandana featuring more Nazca Lines in beige. Think Monet X Change’s entrance hair, but a bit more purposefully disheveled. She accessorizes the look with jade spiral earrings, a jade compass necklace, and jade green heels. She also wears a jade-plated nath from her nose to her right ear, and a jade-plated brow piercing over her left eyebrow.
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“Is Allstars the chance for this lovely 5th place to rise to the top?”
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“Next up we have a wild queen known for an iconic Snatch Game performance and even more iconic best drag runway! It’s my least successful Team Talent sister, Panthera Leo!”
“SURPRISE! It’s me, Panthera Leo (u/whatifitwasnt). I’m the 18 year old Gretchen Wieners impersonator from the U.K. On Season 2, I was originally eliminated on Snatch Game but I returned and placed 4th - winning Miss Robbed. This is my 3rd vie at the crown so some people might think that I’m the Marianna of the season and have no talent….. and they're ABSOLUTELY correct. Though, this time, I have an agenda and that agenda is not only to win every single challenge but to send HOME the bitches that complained about the original lip-sync list! (claps after ‘send’ and ‘home’ to accentuate)
My drag inspirations are really just pop culture references - past and present! It’s SO important to know your history - people like Dorian Corey, Pepper LaBeija, Willi Ninja etcetera who paved the way for us to sit at home and write about a made up drag queen to then post to Reddit and get judged about it.
I am an All Star because I am one of the up-coming legendary children on the Reddit scene. Me AND Creme that is. I can boogie. (counting on her fingers) I can show my body. I can jump into a split. I can do more Burlesque dancing to show the audience that is there. You. Name. It. And I can deliver. tongue pops
I would say that my only regret on Season 2 was doing fucking Gretchen Wieners for Snatch Game - I haven’t watched Mean Girls since. Maybe I should've just quit and then I might've gotten a free pass like Carol (smiles). But I think a lot of us would agree that some of the performances on Season 2 were due to the 12 hour deadlines and I think we can all agree that if we had the multiple day deadlines then… I would've won (moving her arms upwards and turning her hands outwards while smiling). This time around, I’m planning to use my insecurity as an advantage because I just can’t help being nervous all the fucking time.
As one of the prominent front runners on Season 2 (says sarcastically) it’s hard for me to pick a favourite challenge since I did well in all of them… BUT (*pointing her finger forward) I would probably say ‘Three’s a Crowd’ because none of us really had a clue what was going on. Plus, it marked the formation of Team Talent. I guess back then I never really realised that I was in the presence of a legend, a winner in many ways, a fashion icon and the backbone of Team Talent……. Jayda - when will she make her return to the stage? Because we are all dying out here.
In three words, I would describe my drag as depressedlonelyandinsecureteenager stuckinhisroomoverthesummerholidays waitingtoseeifhegetsintouniversityornot. (smiles)
What gives me the edge over my fellow competitors? I’m a Leo. I’m a dancer. I’m funny. I’m going to win Snatch Game this time around. I’m skinny. Producer: ‘Skinny isn't everything girl. Skinny ain’t everything. I’m just saying.’ Panthera: Why? (similar to Valentina)
After I win every single lip-sync of the season, I plan to send home the person that scores the least on the pop quiz about myself when I question them in Untucked… kidding. I’m actually going to look into Bianca’s eyes and, because we are BFFs and future lovers, I will just KNOW who to send home… - so probably Korn.
All Stars 1 is going to be …. Bianca’s last. Get ready for Panthera Leo’s Drag Race!
One final message to my competitors - beware, it’s Leo season”
PROMO: Panthera’s promo look is aviation x vintage fetish inspired. She wears a brown leather aviation hat which is unstrapped at the bottom and goggles which are held on her forehead. Wig, okay: she fashions a blonde mid parting and small blonde locks can be seen falling from the sides and back of the bottom of the leather aviation hat. She is dressed in a camo-green bomber jacket - unzipped just past the cleavage so that the side boob is visible.
The inner lining of the bomber jacket is a bright orange and the collar extends up high (sort of like a turtle neck; though unzipped.) Around her neck is a black leather choker, strapped at the front, with a metal circular ring in the front. On the outside of the jacket are some sew on badges - kind of a parody to real pilot patches. On her right upper arm one of them says ‘I heart Bianca’ fashioned with some wings. Another on her heart is the Union Jack but with a lion over the top of it and another, on the opposite side of her heart is a red pump with ‘SLUT’ written underneath. On the elbows of the jacket are brown leather patches. Over the top of the bomber jacket are black leather straps - inspired by fetish menswear. They are placed as follows: there is a central silver ring with two straps extending over the shoulders (with buckles at her where her collar bones are) and two extending below her underarms. They meet in the back between her shoulder blades.
She also fashions matching brown leather gloves whereby, over, she wears two silver rings on her middle and ring finger of her right hand. At the bottom of the gloves are brown faux fur cuffs. On the bottom half, she wears a very short matching brown leather pencil skirt that only just covers her bottom. She also wears bright orange pumps. She has a red lip with a smoky orange eyeshadow. Also in her right hand is a black bull whip - as a nod to Indiana Jones but also furthering the fetish inspiration.
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“Did Panthera learn from her first (or second) time going home? Only time will tell”
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“She flooded our basements and is ready to join in this show for competitors only! Meet S3’s 10th place, Rain!”
“Hey competitors! I’m Rain, i am 21 years old, and you probably remember me as the shit-stirring 9th place burnout of Reddit’s Drag Race season 3! Ok, technically I was 10th place, but I like to pretend the return episode never happened.
Since then, I’ve worked on being less of a burnout and more of a shit stirrer, so All Stars should never be boring! My goal in competing in all stars is, of course, to win, but also to prove myself. If my S3 run could be described in one word it would be “inconsistent”, so i’m here to prove that I am a well rounded queen. I think what classifies me as an all star is my stunning runway looks and impeccable comedy and impersonation skills.... joking!
What makes me an All Star is my ability to adapt and improve. I shined on my season but i’ve improved so much and I can’t wait to show off what I can do as i journey towards snatching the crown! My biggest key to success this time around is definitely Snatch Game. I nail that, and i’m totally confident in my ability to make it to the end.
My biggest regret from my OG season is also snatch game. Y’all know why. It’s not something i want to relive. My favorite challenge during my original season was probably the lip sync challenge, because it allowed me to be creative and I also got a great song. It also helps that I won, of course.
If i had to describe my drag in three words, it would be: Striking, Eye-catching (i’m counting that as one word okay!), and Prepared. This queen is ready for whatever y’all are gonna throw at me, and i’m gonna look dang good doing it.
I think my Nerve gives me an edge over my fellow competitors. If there’s something i want to do or something I want to say, i’m going to do and and i’m going to say it. I won’t be holding back in the challenges, on the runway, in the werkroom, or in a lipsync. Oh. At. All.
My strategy for sending competitors home is going to be pretty holistic. You can call me a lot of things, but unfair isn’t one of them. I’ll take it all into account: performance that week, performance overall, hell, i’ll even take runways into account if i have to. i’d hate it if i was sent home unfairly so i wouldn’t do that to another girl.
All Stars 1 is going to be stormy. Get it? Like a rainstorm? A RAINstorm?? Man i’m reaching the “comedy” level of some of my S3 sisters here. I’ll let you guys decide who I’m talking about. And girls, don’t bother unpacking your finale episode looks. Odds are you won’t need them ;) Not with me around”
PROMO: In a word, Rain’s promo look can best be described as gritty. She wears a black wig styled into a single long braid that goes down to about midway down her shoulder blades. Her makeup looks like it was once fishy, but now looks like it’s been through the wringer of jungle exploration, smudged and dirtied. She has a black war paint strip beneath each eye. Rain has made creative use of highlighter to create the illusion of sweat across her forehead and on her collarbones.
Rain’s outfit is inspired by the endless sexualization of badass women in video games: an outfit that’s not exactly functional, but damn if it doesn’t look badass. Rain has a camo patterned bikini on, with almost comically large breasts made through a larger than usual (for Rain) breastplate and liberal chest contour. The bikini bottom has a knife sheath attached, the knife sheathed inside has a very ornate handle, intricately carved and covered in red gems. Over the bikini rain wears an unzipped black vest that’s too small for her, but provides a bit of protection. Across rains chest and back are two magazines filled with bullets, each with the word “STUN” painted on. Rain holds two black guns, covered in dirt. The left gun has the word “DEATH” painted on it, and the gun on the right has the word “DROP” painted on. To complete the look, Rain wears a pair of heavy duty combat boots, modified to have a killer sharp heel.
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Will Rain finally win all those lipsync she never (officially) won on S3 and get to the top?
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“Our final AllStar is has more alts than Fantasia Four and Rain combined! With four wins in the bag, meet Sonya Ponya!”
“Sonya here, I’m 15 and I’m from Kissin Kuzzins, Kentucky and I’m embarrassed to be here. You might remember me from guest starring on The Simple Life, The Cosby Show, and coming in 3rd on season 3 of Reddit’s Drag Race.
1 What’s your goal competing in AllStars?
On all stars, I’m planning on being the mom of the season… hahaha lol jk nope I’m here to win. With the prize money I’ll be sure to give back to the leg wrestling community with whom I would not be sitting here today. I’m just so excited!
2 What inspires your drag?
Being mean and bitchy is mainly how I feel inspired to perform show to show. Nothing activates my almonds quite like challenging the judges on the given rules, and putting my competitors skills into question.
3 What classifies you as an AllStar?
I slayed pretty much every challenge on my season, and provided adequate drama and stupidity to be asked back… ok, but really, just between me and you, I sent Mayday nudes.
4 Do you have any regrets from your original season? What are going to do to succeed this time around?
No regrets. I plan on pretty much doing the exact same thing except even more memes and stupid shit. Expect Elspiderman to come back with a vengeance.
5 What was your favorite challenge during your original season?
I like coming up with rhymes and characters and stuff. Any sort of creative writing challenges were my favourite… that and the challenges I won.
6 Describe your drag persona in 3 words
Crazy, crazy, crazy
7 What gives you an edge over the other competitors?
I literally have no edge. I’m about as edgy as church bake sale.
8 What strategy you plan on using when it’s time to pick someone to go home?
I’ll probably do one on one’s and see who wants it more. Combine that with a bit of my own judgement on how I thought they did in that particular challenge.
9 Fill in the blank: AllStars 1 is going to be _______
Allstars 1 is going to be Silly!
10 One final message to your competitors
Watch out, cuz this girl is gonna slay the day”
PROMO: https://imgur.com/W6TKdVj
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If I were competing against her, I would be embarrassed to even show up at the workroom!
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“Well, that was it! My 12 girls ready to have a good time and hopefully snatch some trophies on their journey!” Bianca says.
“Catch these amazing queens competing against each other next friday, on september 6th! See ya!”
GIRLS, I won’t be around for the next few hours so here’s some info: I’ll create the chat once I get home (in a few hours). Here’s a tiny spoiler of the first mini challenge: the library will be open on the premiere. Anyone that might want a mini challenge might consider writing a few reads for some girls of the cast and submitting 4 of them to me (inbox, pls).
Submitted August 31, 2018 at 03:29PM by guibiscuit https://ift.tt/2PoWH3I
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