Every Winner of 'RuPaul's Drag Race,' Ranked in Popularity From Lowest to Highest

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is making herstory yet again!VH1 ru-vealed on Thursday that the upcoming winner of season 14 will be receiving the show's highest-ever prize money — banking $150,000 along with the title of America’s Next Drag Superstar! (For comparison's sake, when the show started its engines back in 2009, season 1 winner BeBe Zahara Benet only took home $20,000.)In another franchise first, the season 14 runner-up will also be earning a cash prize, taking home $50,000. Season 14 has already seen plenty of twists, turns, and chocolate bar surprises, and only Angeria Paris VanMicheals, Bosco, Willow Pill, Lady Camden and Daya Betty are left standing on the runway to compete for the epic prizes!ET spoke with the season 14 queens ahead of the premiere, and they opened up about everything from competing with the franchise's first cisgender, heterosexual queen, Maddy Morphosis, to their favorite lip syncs, to season 14's jaw-dropping surprises."[ has had some] iconic moments, but they do not stand a chance for season 14's twist, let me just say that," said Deja Skye. «It is finger-lickin' good, and you guys are going to be gagged, OK?» airs Fridays at 8 p.m. PT/ET on VH1, with the season 14 finale airing Friday, April 22.

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Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 14 will crown America’s next drag superstar on April 22 when the finale airs on VH1. With that, the winning queen will also receive a cash prize of $150,000, the highest amount awarded to date.

Some of the most memorable “RuPaul’s Drag Race” stars paid tribute to the world’s biggest divas at the 2022 Grammys.

Sweden has become the latest territory to order a local version of RuPaul’s Drag Race, the first from Scandinavia, as the hit format’s producer World of Wonder pushes it at this week’s Mip TV.

Hacks, Eternals, It’s A Sin and RuPaul’s Drag Race were among the big winners at the 33rd annual GLAAD Media Awards, which were handed out at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills on Saturday night.The awards honor media for “fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues.”It's alright cause I'm Saved by the Bell #GLAADawards pic.twitter.com/2ud7dgOcDB— GLAAD (@glaad) April 4, 2022The ceremony was hosted by Drag Race alumni Bob the Drag Queen, Eureka O’ Hara, and D.J.

“omg omg omg.” That’s all that Ariana Grande could say after seeing drag artist Trinity K. Bonet recreate Ariana’s giant ruffled Giambattista Valli tulle dress at the 2022 Grammy Awards. While Trinity’s look wasn’t twenty feet in diameter, like Ariana’s 202 look reportedly was, it was big enough to get a massive reaction from the “thank u, next” singer. Ariana, 28, shared a photo of Trinity on her Instagram Story and commented on Trinity’s IG post about the look. “oh MY GOODNESS. Honored. You are perfect,” wrote Ariana in the photo Trinity shared on her IG Story.

2022 GRAMMY Awards! On Sunday night, Derrick Barry, Naomi Smalls, Alexis Mateo, Kameron Michaels, Trinity K. Bonet, Jaida Essence Hall, Coco Montrese, and Kahanna Montrese each walked the Las Vegas red carpet paying tribute to iconic looks of GRAMMYs past.Barry channeled Britney Spears, Smalls replicated a Cher look, Mateo did the same with a Selena outfit, Michaels gave Lady Gaga vibes with her gown, Bonet wore a purple ruffled dress à la Ariana Grande, Hall went as Beyoncé, Coco Montrese represented Janet Jackson, and Kahanna Montrese stunned as Toni Braxton.Grande reacted to Bonet's tribute on her Instagram Story, gushing «omg omg omg» alongside a pic of the star.Bonet also took to her Instagram Story to share a comment Grande left on her post, which read, «oh MY GOODNESS.

RuPaul’s Drag Race alum Trinity K Bonet has recreated one of Ariana Grande’s most iconic Grammys red carpet looks at the 64th annual award show. Trinity K Bonet recreates Ariana Grande’s Grammys look on red carpetOn Sunday, Bonet arrived on the red carpet in Las Vegas, Nevada, in a recreation of the Giambattista Valli gray gown that Grande wore on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards in 2020. In addition to the memorable gown, Bonet also accessorised her red carpet look the same way as Grande, with the performer wearing the same high ponytail and white elbow-length gloves as the 7 rings singer.

West Side Story, wore custom Christian Dior—though the dress is sheer on its own, Zegler was styled by Sarah Slutsky (according to CheckTheTag) to make the dress look more opaque. The sheer trend, paradoxically, can be made modest(ish.) Zegler plays Maria in the reboot of the classic musical, and her princess-y, mostly opaque gown stays more or less in tune with her ingenue brand. These are by no means the last sheer gowns we'll see on Grammy night. The so-called “naked” dresses push boundaries and play with questions about what is “appropriate.” Celebrities, particularly celebrity women are called on every day to show off their bodies, they make money from their bodies, their bodies receive constant criticism and feedback.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThe Queens from “RuPaul’s Drag Race” will kick off Grammys Sunday with a fashion show recreating iconic looks from the awards show’s past.CBS and the Recording Academy have partnered with TikTok for two livestream events on music’s biggest night.The 30-minute runway starts at 11 a.m. PT this Sunday on TikTok.

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Trinity “The Tuck” Taylor is opening up about her gender identity.

Sweating, trembling and terrified, Jason Tartick lay on the restroom floor at the headquarters of a corporate client after being bowled over by a panic attack in the middle of a critical meeting. “I felt my chest tighten and my heartbeat speed up something crazy, and I just knew I had to get the hell out of there,” he writes in the opening of his new book, The Restart Roadmap: Rewire and Reset Your Career.

EXCLUSIVE: Rich Sommer (The Dropout), Lauren Lindsay Donzis (Punky Brewster), Jayma Mays (United States of Al), Bentley Green (Snowfall), Angel Laketa Moore (Atypical) and Bailey Gavulic (Fear The Walking Dead) are set as series regulars in CBS comedy pilot Rust Belt News. Additionally, Jeff Blitz (American Auto) has been tapped to direct and executive produce the single-camera comedy pilot from The Simpsons writer and The Mindy Project exec producer Matt Warburton.

Nominations are in for the Virgin Media Must See Moment prize which will be handed out at the BAFTA TV Awards on May 8 in London. The field of six nominees includes moments from 2021 installments of Squid Game, I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here and RuPaul’s Drag Race UK.

Nicolas Cage, 58, married his fifth wife, Riko Shibata, 27, in Feb. 2021, and he’s confident that this is going to be the marriage that lasts for him. “I am a romantic, and when I’m in love, I want to give that person everything I can,” Nick told GQ in a new interview. “It’s my expression of saying, ‘I love you. I want to spend the rest of my life with you.’ And this is it for me. I mean, this is not happening again. This is it. This is it.”