RuPaul's Drag Race 3x1

1. - Tonight on RuPaul's Drag Race

2. casting extravaganza,

3. you'll meet this season's

4. killer cast of competitors.

5. - I can't wait to serve y'all

6. little girls.

7. - And we'll take a sneak peek

8. at the top 12 queens'

9. audition tapes.

10. - I really, really like to be

11. naked.

12. - Plus unforgettable footage

13. of some of the ladyboys

14. who didn't quite make the cut.

15. - I'm keeping my baby.

16. - Can I get an "amen"?

17. - Heer neer.

18. - And just when you thought

19. it was safe to go outside...

20. Shocking.

21. Drag Race's first ever

22. open casting call.

23. - I will sleep with anybody

24. if it helps me get the part.

25. Get ready for an hour

26. of amazing transformations...

27. - Outrageous fashions...

28. - Do you know how many Muppets

29. I had to kill?

30. - And more lip-syncing for

31. your life than ever before.

32. - Top that, J. Lo.

33. - All this and some sexy

34. pit crew auditions

35. not suitable for work...

36. unless you work for me.

37. So take off your pants,

38. and let's dance.

39. RuPaul's Drag Race casting

40. extravaganza starts now.

41. - Greetings, race fans.

42. Welcome to the starting line

43. of RuPaul's Drag Race

44. season three.

45. Months before the competition

46. begins,

47. we scour the nation

48. to bring together the best

49. drag divas in America.

50. Get ready to gag on the gaggle

51. of glamour girls I've gathered

52. for this go-around.

53. But before I reveal

54. this season's top 12 queens,

55. let's take a look at some of

56. the home videos sent in

57. from the thousands of hopefuls

58. who dream of becoming America's

59. next drag superstar.

60. - My name is Miss Kiki,

61. a.k.a. Antonio Forte.

62. - Hi, RuPaul.

63. I'm Jacqueline.

64. - I am Misty Eyes.

65. - My name is Yekaterina

66. Petrovna Zamolodchikova,

67. but please just call me Katya.

68. - I'm Dax ExclamationPoint.

69. I come to you now in a look

70. that I'm calling... I'm calling

71. Seth Nando Barbie.

72. - I am Vivika Westwood Mugler.

73. Right now, we're in the middle

74. of the Bronx,

75. in the middle of the projects,

76. in the middle of the night.

77. - My character is very unique,

78. because I'm kind of bipolar.

79. - Miss La Fierce is ferocious.

80. She's...

81. Arr. Rowr.

82. Rowr!

83. - This is Sushi Vega,

84. the fiercest, baddest bitch

85. performer in Texas.

86. And if anybody has anything

87. to say about it,

88. they can speak to my mother.

89. - Hello, RuPaul's Drag Race.

90. My name is Andrew Levitt.

91. I grew up in Canton, Ohio,

92. which is the Pro Football

93. Hall of Fame capital.

94. Then I moved...

95. - I am the fierce diva

96. that is going to end up

97. ruling this country.

98. - I'm in my car.

99. That just tells you I'm ready

100. for the race, doesn't it?

101. - I'm gonna stop you right now

102. and tell you that if you do not

103. cast me, this show's gonna suck.

104. - Ru, you need somebody

105. interesting on your show.

106. - So get me on the show,

107. heer neer.

108. - Please pick me.

109. - All of my dreams have come

110. true except for one thing!

111. I need to be

112. on RuPaul's Drag Race!

113. - I deserve a shot

114. on RuPaul's Drag Race because...

115. - And if you give me that call,

116. I can be on my way in a jiffy,

117. because... well, right now,

118. I'm bumming, but, you know...

119. - I really want to be on TV.

120. - Mami, yo tengo esta

121. en RuPaul's Drag Race.

122. You have to cast me, mami!

123. - And if you don't get me on

124. the show, you better believe

125. I'm gonna be right here sending

126. another video tomorrow.

127. - And so choose me

128. for RuPaul's Drag Race

129. season three.

130. Because let me tell you

131. about a drag race.

132. This bitch knows how to run.

133. Can I get an "amen"?

134. - Amen.

135. - Amen. Holla.

136. - Amen.

137. - Is that it?

138. Did we get it?

139. Amen.

140. - Those queens ain't too proud

141. to beg,

142. and I applaud them for their

143. shameless self-promotion.

144. Oh, did I mention my book,

145. Workin' It!

146. RuPaul's Guide

147. to Life, Liberty,

148. and the Pursuit of Style,

149. is available on Amazon?

150. I didn't think so.

151. Now, speaking of selling

152. themselves,

153. these next two queens

154. sold me on the fact

155. that they were the best

156. of the best.

157. So let me introduce the first

158. queen chosen to compete

159. in this season

160. of RuPaul's Drag Race.

161. From New York City,

162. Manila Luzon.

163. - Hi, my name's Karl with a K,

164. not a C.

165. Hi. I'm Manila.

166. The thing that I have

167. that you haven't seen

168. on your show yet

169. is that I'm Asian

170. and I'm taller than 5'2".

171. I'm Filipino.

172. Well, my mother's Filipino.

173. My dad's white.

174. So I'm a mix.

175. The Philippines

176. is the birthplace

177. of the prison Thriller video

178. and famous for the former

179. first lady Imelda Marcos.

180. - My favorite song to perform,

181. I think, of all times is Vogue.

182. I actually like

183. performing it better

184. as just, like me

185. and, like, picking out

186. fashionable clothes

187. and voguing.

188. My category is face.

189. - I have a famous boyfriend.

190. He's on TV.

191. You guys might know him

192. by the name Sahara Davenport.

193. Hi!

194. - Hey, there, it's me, Sahara,

195. wishing my baby girl, Manila,

196. all the best of luck.

197. And you guys better pick her.

198. - Looks like Manila's

199. gonna be a thriller.

200. The next queen to be competing

201. this season

202. is from the Garden State,

203. New Jersey's own Carmen Carrera.

204. - Yo, what's up?

205. This is me, Chris.

206. And I want to audition

207. for RuPaul's Drag Race.

208. Carmen Carrera is this, like,

209. fly-ass, glamorous girl.

210. She just has no worries.

211. I really, really like to be

212. naked

213. and just make costumes

214. out of unordinary things.

215. The animal-print pasties

216. with the mohawk,

217. that's, like, really Carmen.

218. Like, Carmen likes to be

219. really naked.

220. This is my drag closet.

221. Couple of sexy things,

222. skirt that I made.

223. Rhinestone.

224. My shoes.

225. I got married last year.

226. Me and my husband were

227. extremely happy about that.

228. He has a four-year-old daughter,

229. so I'm kind of, like,

230. stepmother.

231. I'm going to give you guys

232. a little runway,

233. stop some traffic.

234. Doing drag and performing

235. is important to me

236. on a personal level,

237. because it helps me grow

238. as an individual

239. and as an artist.

240. I can perform for people

241. and have them take something

242. from my show,

243. whether it's happiness

244. or whether it's inspiration.

245. I really appreciate your time,

246. and I hope to hear back soon,

247. all right?

248. Amen.

249. - Like a prayer, this Jersey

250. girl will take you there.

251. Now, this might surprise you,

252. but many of the queens

253. that auditioned

254. are still in the closet.

255. It's true.

256. Of course, they're just in there

257. playing with dresses and wigs

258. and pantyhose.

259. And lucky for you, they invited

260. us in to take a look.

261. - I'm gonna show you my closet.

262. Take a look.

263. - This is my closet.

264. I'm gonna take you on a tour.

265. I have named it

266. The Interior Illusions Lounge.

267. - I spend a lot of money

268. on drag to look cheap, honey,

269. and I don't need any other bitch

270. to take it from me.

271. So, yes, it's a double lock,

272. as you can see.

273. - I'm about to show you

274. Joaya's fierce closet.

275. So here it is.

276. This is pretty much her closet.

277. - Drag closet, drag closet.

278. Come on. Let's go.

279. Everything that I have...

280. my house is so small

281. that I have to hide it

282. under the house.

283. - This is my special closet.

284. It's my freezer.

285. - Some people say garage.

286. I say closet.

287. - There she is.

288. - I don't wear

289. 99% of this stuff.

290. - I wear this to all

291. the appropriate events,

292. like family functions, dinners.

293. - Oh, and listen to it.

294. Merry Christmas.

295. - Everybody should have

296. at least one good

297. straightjacket.

298. - I go from different looks.

299. You know, sometimes I'm demure.

300. Sometimes I'm classy.

301. Most of the time, I'm whorey.

302. - This is my closet in all

303. its... oh, we have bras.

304. Am I supposed to show this?

305. - Little bit of cheetah,

306. leopard, and my zebra.

307. But one thing you'll never find

308. on me is beaver.

309. - I have developed

310. quite an affinity

311. for gluing shit

312. to other shit.

313. - And then this is my

314. Space Girl Goes Green.

315. She, you know...

316. she a little scandalous.

317. - This is my alien space queen

318. outfit.

319. I hope you like it.

320. I am a natural green hair.

321. - This right here

322. is a lovely feather boa

323. made out of...

324. scented trash bags.

325. - And right here is where I make

326. my own theatrical rhinestone

327. jewelry.

328. - Those are some true

329. fashion plates.

330. The first time a man puts on

331. a wig, some makeup,

332. and a pair of heels,

333. and prances out that door

334. is the ultimate act of courage.

335. Many of our hopefuls told us

336. about their first time in drag.

337. - When I first started

338. doing drag,

339. I looked like a five-cent

340. prostitute clown.

341. - I started, you know,

342. a zesty mess in a dirty dress,

343. like everybody.

344. You know, my best girlfriend

345. would do my makeup,

346. and I'd put on a flat wig

347. and clothes from the body shop,

348. and I thought I was real.

349. And I thought, "Oh, my god,

350. it's just like prom

351. but every night."

352. - I started doing drag,

353. actually, on Halloween.

354. And if you would have asked me

355. back then

356. if I was gonna be a full-out

357. drag queen,

358. my answer definitely

359. would have been no.

360. - I was kind of a mess,

361. you know.

362. I was walking around.

363. I was, like... I had that wig on,

364. and I was roll around,

365. "Ho ho ho ho."

366. - I decided I was gonna dress up

367. as Liza Minnelli

368. just for one time, and I'm never

369. gonna do it again.

370. Shockingly enough,

371. I had so much fun,

372. from that point forward,

373. I knew that I was going to

374. become the drag queen

375. that I am today.

376. - I started doing drag

377. in Lincoln, Nebraska.

378. There was a competition

379. for people who had never

380. did drag before.

381. And all my friends were like,

382. "You should do it."

383. I'm, like, "I'm not

384. a drag queen," you know.

385. So I came in, did that

386. competition, and won

387. and beat, like, nine girls.

388. Like, they say

389. that I was the girl

390. that came bucking at the gate.

391. Like, it was just my calling.

392. - I used to photograph

393. drag queens in L.A.

394. for about a year and a half.

395. I was just like, "You know what?

396. "I'm tired of taking pictures

397. of drag queens.

398. "I'm going to turn the camera

399. and the spotlight onto me,

400. and I'm going

401. to make it happen."

402. I started off in this one

403. little bar in the Castro.

404. I called all my friends.

405. I was like, "Bitches, you guys

406. better be there.

407. "And even if I suck,

408. I don't give a shit;

409. "your asses are gonna scream

410. like you had just seen Madonna

411. poop on herself."

412. - When I was in college,

413. I was dating a man

414. who said he'd never sleep

415. with me again

416. if he ever saw me in drag.

417. This devastated me.

418. But I was answering

419. to a higher power

420. the night I picked up the flyer

421. for Chi Chi Larue's

422. fishbowl contest.

423. And you know what?

424. I walked away

425. with that fishbowl trophy

426. and a cash prize.

427. - Those queens have nerve.

428. And it do take nerve.

429. Now, here are two queens who

430. are ready to let you have it.

431. A professional makeup artist

432. who's worked with

433. some very big names.

434. Meet Raja.

435. - My drag character

436. or my drag name is Raja.

437. I'll be 36.

438. I'm a makeup artist,

439. and I'm a female impersonator.

440. I'm gonna sound

441. really fucking old,

442. but I started really young,

443. and I've been doing this

444. for about 20 years now.

445. As soon as I came out

446. of the closet, I was like,

447. "I'm gonna be

448. a fierce fucking bitch."

449. So my brows were tweezed.

450. My hair grew.

451. I kept my weight

452. at a certain weight.

453. I wanted to be a supermodel.

454. That's all I wanted to be.

455. I've always known

456. in the back of my mind

457. that there's something better

458. about me than everybody else.

459. I think I have

460. a different insight

461. and an understanding of

462. the world.

463. Raja is a jet-setting,

464. avant-garde supermodel.

465. She's a little boisterous,

466. but at the same time,

467. she's very classy.

468. We're about to explore

469. my closet.

470. Definitely have to be thin.

471. No fat girls allowed.

472. So this is one of the pieces

473. that I made.

474. Not bad, right?

475. Sometimes I go have coffee

476. in the morning down the street

477. and I go down through

478. West Hollywood,

479. go to the thrift shop

480. in this gown.

481. I've been watching Drag Race,

482. and I'm frankly disappointed

483. at the collection that these...

484. men are wearing.

485. They don't have shit

486. like this.

487. I watch them, and they're just

488. walking around

489. in their, you know,

490. home sewing machine, like,

491. cheap Lycra nonsense.

492. And, frankly,

493. I don't understand it,

494. and I think it's irresponsible,

495. and I think they need

496. to get it together.

497. I'm a makeup artist.

498. That's what I do.

499. And I work with a ton of

500. celebrities.

501. This is my friend Adam Lambert.

502. So what do you think about me,

503. like, trying to become

504. the next top drag queen?

505. - You are the top drag queen.

506. - Oh!

507. - Those bitches

508. better look out.

509. - There you go.

510. Enough said.

511. - You're going to kick

512. their ass.

513. - Sorry about that.

514. - Not only is Raja

515. the prettiest queen;

516. she's also the most creative

517. and resourceful

518. and.

519. - To me, drag is an art form

520. and it's a visual art.

521. And so the more visual it is,

522. the more powerful it is

523. and the more important it is.

524. - This drag veteran

525. is ready for the race.

526. You go, mama.

527. Here's a diva supreme

528. who comes to Drag Race

529. with a daunting reputation.

530. From the Buckeye State,

531. meet India Farrah.

532. - My name is Shane Richardson.

533. I started drag

534. at a very young age,

535. at the age of 12, actually.

536. And my brother,

537. whom is also gay,

538. was currently in a relationship

539. with a drag queen

540. in my hometown,

541. who got me started in drag

542. and gave me the drag name

543. India Farrah.

544. Oh, hello.

545. When did you get here?

546. No, it's not Kris Kardashian.

547. It's me, India Farrah.

548. I started performing

549. at the age of 14.

550. There's been some hardships

551. that I've had to face.

552. A lot of people actually tried

553. to bring me down

554. when I was younger,

555. because I started so young.

556. And luckily, with the support of

557. my family and close friends,

558. it was a battle that I overcame.

559. This is my closet,

560. and I want you to come in

561. and take a look with me.

562. This right here is a new wig

563. that I just created, actually,

564. and it weighs about 20 pounds.

565. This is a little fabric boa

566. that I made.

567. Makeup, lashes.

568. I like to keep stock of stuff.

569. One of my top hats for Rihanna.

570. This right here

571. is my galaxy costume,

572. and I absolutely love it.

573. Why is drag an important part

574. of my life?

575. I would have to say since I was

576. homeschooled since second grade

577. by my parents,

578. that drag allowed me

579. to be more social and outgoing.

580. So I think, honestly, drag

581. helped me out a lot.

582. And I think that's why I click

583. to it so much.

584. - You have seen

585. my audition video

586. for RuPaul's Drag Race

587. season three.

588. I hope to be seeing you

589. at the starting line soon.

590. Can I get an "amen"?

591. - This dancing queen is gonna

592. bring the heat to the runway.

593. You know, my ladyboys aren't

594. the only ones who have to prove

595. they've got the right stuff.

596. I put potential pit crew

597. candidates

598. through their paces too.

599. And trust me; it was grueling.

600. - My name is Patrick Cronen.

601. I'm 27.

602. I did swing for eight years,

603. but primarily dancing

604. in the mirror

605. is how I occupy

606. my spare time these days.

607. - I would have to say

608. I like my stomach the best,

609. 'cause I put the most work

610. on that.

611. - I played football for the

612. University of South Dakota

613. for five years.

614. I'm an actor/model, and I can't

615. dance worth shit.

616. - I sew, I paint,

617. and I do an amazing one-handed

618. hand stand

619. while humping the wall.

620. - I'm a musical theater actor

621. and dancer.

622. I'm the biggest pussy

623. you will ever meet.

624. I cry at everything.

625. I got a nice butt.

626. It's big.

627. - I'm very confident.

628. I have some Tom Cruise moves.

629. You need to get ready, actually.

630. - I do cry at movies.

631. I'm very emotional.

632. And I think I'm a good dancer.

633. Yeah, got a great ass, so...

634. - I'm a ex-go-go dancer.

635. My favorite part of my body is

636. my ding-dong.

637. - I'm actually not a dancer

638. at all.

639. - So the one thing you probably

640. would not know about me

641. is that I can be very buff.

642. I can look like I'm really

643. cut up and really ready to go.

644. But I can also get really skinny

645. very quickly.

646. - I have in my blood

647. the mighty DNA of God.

648. So I have his blessing.

649. I can do it all.

650. We are from Russia.

651. - My age is 21.

652. - And I'm 18.

653. Sometimes we dance

654. in the shower.

655. - My name is Alien Hanson.

656. I'm the world's best dancer.

657. My career goals are to be famous

658. and to be a household name

659. on everybody's TV screen.

660. - The economy's turned terrible,

661. as we all well know,

662. and I turned to male escorting

663. to put bread on the table,

664. to feed my family,

665. and keep the women happy.

666. I was a Playboy model,

667. Penthouse model for years.

668. - Yeah, I'm probably a little

669. too short to be a model.

670. - You know, everyone sees

671. my chest,

672. and it just drowns

673. everything out, so...

674. See a little bit of that?

675. - My name is Shawn.

676. I'm 31 years old.

677. I work in outdoor advertising.

678. My favorite part about my body,

679. I guess, would be my midsection.

680. - My favorite aspect of my body

681. would have to be my abs.

682. - I love my chest.

683. That's all.

684. Other people always comment

685. on my ass, though.

686. - Hi, my name is Jason Carter.

687. I'm 29.

688. I am a dancer/radio jockey/

689. host.

690. That's what I do for a living.

691. What I like best about my body

692. is my abs.

693. - Do you see how I suffer

694. to bring you this show?

695. You can thank you me later.

696. Actually, you can thank me now,

697. because the season three

698. pit crew is here.

699. Say hello, boys.

700. Hello, boys.

701. - This season, we received

702. a lot of submissions

703. from plus-sized ladies.

704. Let me just say,

705. the bigger the cushion,

706. the better the... drag queen.

707. - I'm really freakin' annoyed

708. with all the big girls

709. that have been

710. on RuPaul's Drag Race.

711. A big girl can't make it past

712. the first or second episode.

713. - I'm 6'7" flat-footed,

714. 7'2" in heels.

715. I wear size 17 shoe.

716. And I dance like I'm little.

717. - Initially,

718. when I first started drag,

719. I was always too big

720. or I was always a booger

721. or I was not feminine enough

722. or not this enough

723. or not that enough.

724. - My butt goes up and down

725. on the scale and everything.

726. But a girl doesn't have to pad.

727. - You know, I was always

728. the fat kid,

729. and drag just gave me confidence

730. to be ballsy, brash,

731. kind of like a Mae West.

732. - I make fun of myself.

733. I don't want to make fun

734. of other people.

735. Yeah, I'm a bigger guy.

736. I'm a bigger drag queen,

737. a bigger girl.

738. But I have a lot of fun.

739. - Unfortunately, those zaftig

740. queens didn't make the cut.

741. But here are two delicious dames

742. who did.

743. This next queen

744. will not be ignored.

745. Joining the competition,

746. it's my pleasure to introduce

747. Mimi Imfurst.

748. - Hey, everybody,

749. it's Mimi Imfurst,

750. the hardest-working bitch

751. in show business,

752. and I'm the fat bitch

753. you're looking for.

754. You need to put a fat bitch

755. on the show

756. who's gonna tell it

757. like it is.

758. You need to put a fat bitch

759. on the show like me,

760. who's gonna deliver,

761. 'cause I'm sick and tired

762. of messy fat girls

763. misrepresenting the big girls.

764. Honey, I'm gonna come in.

765. I'm gonna squash

766. the competition.

767. I don't care

768. if you're skinny or fat.

769. I know how to win.

770. I'm gorgeous, I'm glamorous,

771. and I'm semi-retarded,

772. and that is the advantage

773. that I need to take over

774. and be America's next

775. drag superstar.

776. All my drag is big

777. and glamorous and super campy

778. and smart.

779. And most importantly, I'm a

780. fierce motherfucking lip-syncer.

781. This is my fabulous closet.

782. As you can see, there are wigs

783. and dresses.

784. Lots of ruffles and sequins

785. and feathers.

786. Do you know how many Muppets

787. I had to kill to make this?

788. I didn't make this one,

789. but I have Asian slaves

790. in Thailand who did.

791. - What I love about doing drag

792. is that it's empowering,

793. is that it allows you to be

794. anything that you want to be,

795. that you can take

796. what you were born with from God

797. and transform it

798. into whatever you can dream.

799. - We'll see if Mimi has

800. what it takes to finish first.

801. Bow down for our next queen.

802. From Back Swamp, North Carolina,

803. Miss Stacy Layne Matthews.

804. - Hello?

805. Oh, what's up, RuPaul?

806. It's me, Ron Jones.

807. Give me a second.

808. I'll be right out.

809. I'm gonna show you a little

810. glimpse into my life.

811. My drag persona

812. is Stacy Matthews.

813. She's vivacious.

814. She's large and in charge.

815. So being a big girl,

816. don't let anybody ever tell you

817. that you cannot do the things

818. that small girls can do,

819. because I've done it all.

820. I would say

821. my life as a drag queen

822. has been the most fabulous thing

823. I've ever experienced.

824. I've been doing drag now

825. for about nine years.

826. Being a plus-sized queen,

827. it's not always easy

828. to have the confidence

829. that you need,

830. especially living where I live.

831. I am from the deep South.

832. This is my closet.

833. I want to show you a few things

834. that I've been working on.

835. Here are some of my shoes

836. that I do wear.

837. We've got this... flower gown.

838. You see that fringe, girl?

839. - Being in the Bible Belt,

840. people around here

841. look down on people like us,

842. because they don't

843. understand it.

844. So I do not feel upset or angry

845. at those people.

846. It's my job as a queen to

847. show them that we're people too

848. and we deserve respect.

849. - This country queen is busting

850. out of Back Swamp

851. and coming for the crown.

852. Let's hear from some of

853. the other hopefuls

854. to find out what inspired them

855. to do drag.

856. It's a little package

857. I like to call

858. "everything you wanted to know

859. about being a ladyboy

860. but were afraid to ask."

861. - This is my calling, and this

862. is what I'm supposed to do.

863. - I could have never anticipated

864. all the people

865. that I would meet

866. or the places that I would

867. travel to.

868. - In my charity work,

869. I've raised almost $200,000.

870. - Doing drag, to me, means

871. escaping the everyday life.

872. - Drag enables me to be

873. a supersonic version

874. of who I am on the inside.

875. - I don't want to be a woman.

876. I just want to dress up

877. and have fun.

878. - Drag, for me, gives me that

879. courage and that fearlessness.

880. - You can wrap people

881. around your little finger,

882. and they can't say a word.

883. - For me, drag is like therapy.

884. And so I don't have to pay

885. a therapist.

886. - Drag, for me, was an art form

887. that I can actually hide

888. all of my feelings behind,

889. from all the name callings

890. or just the word "faggot"

891. in general.

892. - I am not a gay man.

893. I'm a straight man

894. that performs in drag

895. for entertainment.

896. - When I was 19, my mother

897. kicked me out of the house.

898. By doing drag, I was able to

899. eat, to dress myself,

900. to go out shopping.

901. - I have two younger sisters.

902. They saw me perform

903. for the first time,

904. one of the best things that's

905. happened to me when performing,

906. because I really love

907. performing.

908. - I've done everything.

909. I've worked in Lower Manhattan,

910. the financial district,

911. for six months.

912. I've sold sunglasses

913. at the mall.

914. I've even been a contestant

915. on Showtime at the Apollo.

916. But nothing comes close

917. to the satisfaction that I get

918. from doing drag.

919. - A drag queen

920. is a true artist,

921. and her body is the canvas.

922. As many queens showed

923. in their audition tapes,

924. their face painting is nothing

925. short of a masterpiece.

926. Eat your heart out,

927. Michelangelo.

928. Raa!

929. - I put some Elmer's glue stick

930. over my eyebrows.

931. And I'm just gonna give you

932. a very pretty fishy lady face.

933. Aren't I gorgeous?

934. Don't you want to do me?

935. - First of all, it takes me

936. a good shower.

937. You must wash that ass

938. before you get in drag.

939. - I always do my makeup.

940. Normally, I take a good hour,

941. like, on my face.

942. And I'll put on

943. a really cute outfit.

944. When I walk into the bar,

945. I'm ready to perform.

946. - Now I'd like to show you

947. what it takes to become Versace.

948. So undergarments are an

949. extremely important accessory

950. for a drag queen.

951. I like to take in my waist

952. even further

953. with a cincher like this one.

954. And this is not my real ass,

955. but I did pay for it.

956. - This is what it takes to

957. transform into Jackie

958. along with a... with a nice big

959. roll of duct tape,

960. and we're all good.

961. And some couch cushion.

962. 'cause you know

963. I'm a white girl,

964. so I got to put the curve in it.

965. - Can I get a "amen" up in here?

966. - Speaking of stunning

967. transformations,

968. the next two queens

969. competing this season

970. are masters of illusion.

971. First this high-energy queen

972. could give the Energizer bunny

973. a run for her money.

974. From the isle of Puerto Rico,

975. Miss Yara Sofia.

976. - I'm Gaby, a.k.a. Yara Sofia.

977. I'm from Puerto Rico.

978. I was born and raised here

979. in this beautiful island.

980. My character's name come

981. from a girl that I have

982. in high school.

983. She had beautiful legs.

984. So everybody told me

985. that I have beautiful legs,

986. and that's why I'm Yara Sofia.

987. When I look in the mirror,

988. I wasn't boy.

989. I was a girl,

990. 'cause I love being a girl.

991. Now we're gonna talk fashion.

992. I have too many looks.

993. This one is a remake

994. from Alexander McQueen.

995. I could never forget the shoes.

996. What Yara Sofia loves to wear,

997. the animal print,

998. 'cause I love animals.

999. I'm a fierce bitch.

1000. - I want to compete

1001. in this fabulous race,

1002. RuPaul's Drag Race.

1003. So here I am.

1004. This is the time.

1005. The third time is the time,

1006. 'cause after Jessica Wild,

1007. the Puerto Rican girl

1008. will win this race,

1009. this competition.

1010. It's for us.

1011. So be prepared and watch me.

1012. - Will Yara's edgy style

1013. get her to the finish line?

1014. Escandalo.

1015. This next queen impressed me

1016. with her professionalism,

1017. not to mention she put the "hot"

1018. in Hotlanta.

1019. It's my pleasure to introduce

1020. Phoenix.

1021. - Hi, my name is Brian Trapp,

1022. also known as Phoenix.

1023. Hi, RuPaul's Drag Race.

1024. Phoenix here

1025. in Atlanta, Georgia.

1026. I started drag, like,

1027. ten years ago.

1028. I kind of started doing these

1029. little, like, amateur contests

1030. and started winning.

1031. And I kind of just got pushed

1032. into the scene, and here I am.

1033. The biggest hardship

1034. is the boys.

1035. The boys are crazy with it.

1036. Like this year alone, I've had

1037. this happen several times.

1038. I'll have a guy, like,

1039. all into me as Brian,

1040. and then they figure out

1041. what I do,

1042. and it just completely changes.

1043. It, like...

1044. and it drives me insane.

1045. I just look at me doing drag

1046. as more of another way

1047. for me to be creative

1048. and be an artist.

1049. I don't really consider myself

1050. just a normal drag queen.

1051. I look at myself as more like

1052. an entertainer.

1053. - I've pretty much been

1054. a full-time entertainer,

1055. and now I work six days a week.

1056. I have one day off a week.

1057. But I'm ready to do

1058. something different,

1059. and I really think,

1060. from what I've seen

1061. with RuPaul's Drag Race,

1062. it gives you a larger scale

1063. to work with.

1064. Bye.

1065. - Rising from the ashes,

1066. Phoenix is ready

1067. to burn it down.

1068. Now, that's my kind of queen.

1069. For the very first time,

1070. we held open auditions

1071. on Hollywood Boulevard.

1072. Drag Race judge Santino Rice

1073. joined me,

1074. and we got to meet

1075. some very colorful characters.

1076. - Let me get in on your shot,

1077. girl.

1078. I'm sorry, girl.

1079. - Let me in there!

1080. - Security?

1081. - My name is Delta Work.

1082. I'm from Norwalk, California.

1083. And I'm here to try out

1084. for RuPaul's Drag Race

1085. season three.

1086. I'm so excited.

1087. I put my tape together

1088. the day before the deadline.

1089. I rushed it.

1090. I was ready to go.

1091. The waiting's over, and I'm

1092. ready to take it to the top.

1093. - You ain't gonna do nothing.

1094. - You shady cow.

1095. - My name is Venus D-Lite.

1096. I'm 26 years old.

1097. I'm from Los Angeles,

1098. California.

1099. I think what sets me apart

1100. from all the other drag queens

1101. is that I'm unique,

1102. I'm professional,

1103. and I like to get

1104. the shit done.

1105. - Hello, world.

1106. It's me.

1107. It's Terlene.

1108. I'm America's next

1109. drag superstar,

1110. 'cause I have the fucking gall,

1111. the talent, the nerve.

1112. - I'm America's next drag

1113. superstar,

1114. because I am a superstar.

1115. - I'll cut some bitches

1116. if I have to.

1117. I'll do whatever I have to do.

1118. - I'm not worried at all

1119. about the competition.

1120. Bring it on.

1121. I've dealt with a lot

1122. of shady queens.

1123. I'm ready, RuPaul.

1124. - Where would you put this

1125. if you were me?

1126. - Tell us

1127. about your drag persona.

1128. - My name

1129. is Miss Mona Lot-Moore.

1130. - I'm Miss Barbie Q.

1131. - I'm Allusia.

1132. - Mercedes Electra,

1133. the Hollywood icon.

1134. - I bet you are.

1135. - My name is Detox.

1136. I'm pretty much, like, a mix

1137. between Jem and the Holograms

1138. on crack

1139. and Patrick Nagel.

1140. - Oh, well,

1141. that's all you need.

1142. - Whoo!

1143. All right!

1144. Yeah!

1145. Whoo!

1146. Bring it on, baby!

1147. Bring it home to mama.

1148. - I feel like a fake

1149. Barbie right now, to be honest,

1150. the way I'm talking.

1151. Do I sound like a Barbie to you?

1152. "Yes, hello.

1153. How are you?"

1154. - I'm Christina Boss.

1155. I'm 16.

1156. Okay, I'm 27.

1157. Shh.

1158. - Vickie Bouffant.

1159. I'm 37.

1160. And, bitch, I am from Chicago!

1161. Originally.

1162. - Hi, I'm Wendy Watch

1163. from Wetumka, Oklahoma,

1164. and I'm 42 years old.

1165. - Mona can go from gowns

1166. and, like, glamour

1167. to solicitation

1168. on the streets.

1169. - Are you Lady Deuce?

1170. - Yes, I am.

1171. - How'd you get the name

1172. Lady Deuce?

1173. - One of my really, really best

1174. friends,

1175. her name is Lady Deuce.

1176. Kind of, like, a tribute to her.

1177. - You have a best friend

1178. whose name is Lady Deuce?

1179. - Yes.

1180. - And you decided, "I think

1181. I want to use that name too."

1182. Did you try Claire Voyant?

1183. What about Sarah Tonen?

1184. - No.

1185. - Tara Misu?

1186. - Tiramisu?

1187. - Yeah.

1188. - Isn't that, like, a soup

1189. or something?

1190. - Hi, good morning.

1191. - Hello.

1192. How gorgeous you are.

1193. - Thank you.

1194. My name is Delta.

1195. I'm 34 years old.

1196. And I'm from the city of

1197. Norwalk.

1198. I've been doing drag

1199. for over ten years.

1200. - Do they tip

1201. in southern California?

1202. - On a good night, yeah.

1203. I hate showing up to,

1204. like, Ross,

1205. and paying all ones, but...

1206. - Do you cross-dress for less?

1207. - I cross-dress for more,

1208. 'cause I got more to cover.

1209. - Okay.

1210. - A lot of the "big girls"

1211. that do shows,

1212. it's always a comedy.

1213. I do comedic things.

1214. I do things that are serious.

1215. Hopefully, overall, the thing

1216. that runs through it all

1217. is just entertainment.

1218. - Awesome.

1219. What unique skills do you have?

1220. - I can stick my tongue

1221. behind my uvula.

1222. - I've been tap-dancing

1223. for the last ten ye...

1224. last ten...

1225. 20 years.

1226. - I can sing live.

1227. I've been classically trained.

1228. - Hmm, well, my physical talent

1229. right now is a little tucked.

1230. - I can, uh, make a dinner

1231. for 40 on $1.95.

1232. - Oh!

1233. Oh! Ah!

1234. Ah!

1235. Mm.

1236. - I can get spots

1237. out of anything.

1238. - I can do this.

1239. - Jiminy Christmas.

1240. - Yeah.

1241. Ah.

1242. Well, hello there.

1243. What as surpris... look at that.

1244. - Oh, do you live?

1245. - Oh, Mary McFadden,

1246. eat your heart out.

1247. - Oh, yes.

1248. - I love it.

1249. - Now, this is just day wear,

1250. okay?

1251. You got to see my evening wear,

1252. okay?

1253. - You're Venus D-Lite?

1254. - I'm Venus D-Lite.

1255. - Now, you look like

1256. a country queen.

1257. - It's a little Cyndi Lauper

1258. too.

1259. - Just a little bit.

1260. I'm giving, like, Cyndi Lauper,

1261. Judy Jetson.

1262. - Who do you pattern yourself

1263. after?

1264. - Madonna, Grace Jones,

1265. Barbra Streisand.

1266. Madonna just shocked people,

1267. and that's me as a performer.

1268. - How long have you been

1269. performing?

1270. - Almost ten years, and I'm 26.

1271. - Oh, my goodness.

1272. - Wow.

1273. - Jailbait queen. Brilliant.

1274. - Thank you.

1275. - I tell you what.

1276. Let's take a look

1277. at your lip-sync prowess.

1278. Are you ready?

1279. - Yes.

1280. - Okay.

1281. - Can I turn around?

1282. - Yes, ma'am.

1283. - Is this new?

1284. - Yeah, it's new.

1285. It's the new new.

1286. - Is this KISS FM?

1287. - I know you're watching.

1288. Oh, my goodness!

1289. Don't hurt nobody, now.

1290. Oh, okay.

1291. Yes.

1292. - Gorgeous.

1293. Thank you guys so much.

1294. - Thank you so much.

1295. - Thank you, baby.

1296. - Thank you, Allusia.

1297. And we'll see.

1298. - All right.

1299. Mwah. Bye.

1300. - Well, thank you so much,

1301. Reya.

1302. - Thank you.

1303. - Thank you,

1304. and I will sleep with anybody

1305. if it helps me get the part.

1306. Just putting that out there.

1307. - Thank you.

1308. - Well, Mercedes Electra,

1309. thank you very much.

1310. - Thank you.

1311. - And that boa is amazing.

1312. Wow.

1313. - It's like the embodiment

1314. of being gay.

1315. - Now, would you wear a boa

1316. like that?

1317. Well, I got to tell you,

1318. you know,

1319. I'm so impressed with you.

1320. I think that you are... you're

1321. what we're looking for.

1322. And, Venus, you're coming

1323. to Drag Race.

1324. Oh, my god!

1325. Oh, my god.

1326. Oh, my god.

1327. - Thank you.

1328. - Don't fuck it up.

1329. - This is the best thing that's

1330. ever happened to my life.

1331. I'm so excited.

1332. This is just... oh, my god.

1333. I finally won my Academy Award.

1334. Oh!

1335. - You know,

1336. you are so unspookable.

1337. - Am I?

1338. - Yes.

1339. - Okay.

1340. - Well, condragulations, Delta.

1341. You're in.

1342. - Really?

1343. So in the running, like there's

1344. one more step, or...

1345. - No, you're in, girl.

1346. Oh, my god!

1347. I just got on RuPaul's Drag Race

1348. season three!

1349. I'm excited.

1350. I'm ready.

1351. Let's do it.

1352. Start the race.

1353. Shoot the gun.

1354. - All right, darling.

1355. - Buh-bye. Thank you.

1356. - Bye. Awesome.

1357. All right, Santino, I think we

1358. got some really gorgeous gals.

1359. - The world is going to gag.

1360. - The world will be gagging.

1361. Let's go.

1362. - Let's get out of here.

1363. - Every drag queen knows

1364. that there's one thing

1365. that can never be too tight:

1366. her lip-sync.

1367. Because one day, her very life

1368. may depend upon it.

1369. - Some of those lip-syncers

1370. were pretty tight.

1371. But, unfortunately, none of them

1372. made the final cut.

1373. My advice to those girls is to

1374. keep working on your game,

1375. because persistence pays off,

1376. as proven by this next queen,

1377. who applied not once, not twice,

1378. but three times

1379. before being invited to compete.

1380. Please meet a girl who won't

1381. take no for an answer,

1382. Alexis Mateo.

1383. - Hi, everybody.

1384. My name is Alexis Mateo

1385. from St. Pete, Florida.

1386. I'm 30 years old.

1387. I always bring something

1388. to the table

1389. completely different

1390. and completely fresh.

1391. And I'm original

1392. from Puerto Rico,

1393. and I come from a broken family.

1394. I grew up

1395. always trying to be accepted

1396. and always trying to be

1397. part of something.

1398. When I was 12 years old,

1399. I realized that all my dreams

1400. were set in the performing life.

1401. This is Alexis Mateo,

1402. the little character

1403. that I create inside my room

1404. after that fabulous first

1405. drag show that I saw.

1406. It's the only thing

1407. that I have of my own,

1408. that nobody can steal from me.

1409. When I'm with other drag queens,

1410. I do have a very strong

1411. point of view that I defend

1412. and that I make myself be heard

1413. and be respected.

1414. Let me see.

1415. What else can I show you?

1416. This, I started

1417. with a long dress,

1418. and I just kind of cut it.

1419. I use Mardi Gras beads sewn.

1420. It's completely turned

1421. into a giant ball gown.

1422. I love the 3D effect

1423. of the flowers.

1424. - Alexis Mateo means to me

1425. everything.

1426. I love Alexis Mateo

1427. because of that,

1428. and, of course,

1429. I love Alexis Mateo

1430. 'cause he can disguise

1431. as everybody

1432. and just be himself.

1433. - This pageant queen

1434. has her eyes on the prize.

1435. And last but not least,

1436. this breathtaking beauty

1437. is from Atlanta,

1438. and we call this queen Mariah.

1439. - I am Mariah, and I reside now

1440. locally in Atlanta, Georgia.

1441. Mariah, she's an eclectic

1442. bundle of inspiration

1443. from everybody.

1444. My style,

1445. especially professionally,

1446. is pretty much

1447. just to go in there,

1448. do what you have to do

1449. without a whole bunch

1450. of unnecessary extra.

1451. Well, I don't perform

1452. professionally.

1453. That's not, like,

1454. my form of income.

1455. I don't do it for a living.

1456. I actually compete

1457. in the ballroom circuit.

1458. And so it's pretty much kind of

1459. a sudden-death version

1460. of a pageant.

1461. You have about 30 to 45 seconds

1462. to prove yourself.

1463. I'm bringing my "A" game,

1464. so y'all girls better have your

1465. lashes, your wigs,

1466. and your fish grease,

1467. because this one's

1468. gonna be good.

1469. Okay, so I'm officially out of

1470. the closet,

1471. ponytails and all.

1472. This is the magic room.

1473. This is, like,

1474. all my human hair wigs.

1475. This is where I keep them,

1476. 'cause they're so delicate.

1477. They're so easy to tangle.

1478. If you don't condition

1479. and shampoo them

1480. like you would your real hair,

1481. oh, guess what.

1482. This is where I keep

1483. all my drag,

1484. my feathers and hair

1485. and shoes and things.

1486. Actually made these myself.

1487. I can't wait to serve y'all

1488. little girls.

1489. - Life is a drag,

1490. and it's fabulous.

1491. I mean, I'm really actually

1492. couldn't see myself

1493. doing anything else.

1494. It's been an ongoing process

1495. of meeting new people,

1496. learning new things.

1497. To me, my whole life...

1498. it's an adventure.

1499. Just enjoy it.

1500. Don't take anything serious.

1501. Except for your hair.

1502. - Mariah is bringing ballroom

1503. heat and serving realness.

1504. So there you have it,

1505. the 12 top queens competing

1506. this season

1507. for the title of America's next

1508. drag superstar,

1509. the best of the best.

1510. Manila Luzon.

1511. Carmen Carrera.

1512. Venus D-Lite.

1513. Delta Work.

1514. Raja.

1515. India Farrah.

1516. Stacy Layne Matthews.

1517. Mimi Imfurst.

1518. Phoenix.

1519. Yara Sofia.

1520. Alexis Mateo.

1521. And Mariah.

1522. Now, as fun as their audition

1523. tapes were to watch,

1524. let me tell you,

1525. you ain't seen nothing yet.

1526. These gentlemen are about to

1527. start their engines.

1528. And spoiler alert:

1529. the best woman wins.

1530. So buckle up for safety,

1531. and I'll see you

1532. at RuPaul's Drag Race

1533. season three.