RuPaul's Drag Race (2009) s09e101 Episode Script

My name is Aja.
I'm 22 years old.
I had to think about that.
And I'm from Brooklyn, New York.
[music playing.]
I got my drag name from a Bollywood movie.
I don't know what it's called, but it had that little song that was like, (SINGING) Jamie, Jamie, Aja.
And I was like, I like that.
And I absolutely have no idea what it means.
But I like it.
I'm known for doing things that other people don't do.
Not in terms of my drag, but just in terms of I will call everyone out and always speak the truth.
That's good.
I went to church.
They always tell you God don't like liars.
And I will not lie to your face.
So don't ask me if you look bad because I'll tell you you look bad.
I'm just a crazy person.
I'm crying now on the inside.
I'm not really competitive at all, to be honest.
I just really like to have fun and I'm kind of a joker and I like to joke with people.
And sometimes, at people.
So I hope nobody gets mad at me.
My drag aesthetic is very much like slutty, anime girl, but also kind of ratchet.
She's from Brooklyn so she has to uphold that hood status.
My look is very Judy Jetson hooker.
And I'm just very inspired by Gautier meets Mugler meets furry monsters, but pastel.
Season 9 is going to be, I don't even know.
These bitches are crazy.
My name is Alexis Michelle.
I am 33 years old and I was born and raised in New York City.
When I'm not dressed like this, my name is Alex Michaels.
So I decided to feminize my name since Alexis is really my female half.
Alexis Michelle is known for her theatricality, her lip sync talents, her live vocals, and being pretty thirsty.
I am a fierce competitor, but I also know that my biggest competition is myself.
So I don't need to tear anybody down.
I can lend you something.
I can help you out.
And still be able to beat you, like a good girl.
I'm a good girl, I am.
I am all about body, curve, swerve, glamour, class, a little touch of prostitute, and of course, this mug.
When I decided to go with this bright vibrant neon yellow, I said, I want to feel structure.
I want to feel my shape.
Alexis is known for her cinched waist and her hips.
So I wanted to really bring that out, but elevate it to more of a high fashion, almost McQueen-esque place.
I can sit down at that makeup table and think, oh, god, here we go again, another face.
And then something happens.
As the shapes start to come out, as the contours pop, as the lashes go on, as I pout my lips.
Something comes over me and all of a sudden, Alexis has arrived.
Hi, I'm Charlie Hides.
I'm from Boston and London, and I'm [coughs.]
years old.
I'm bicoastal.
I'm a transatlantic dame.
My side hustle is I'm a butt double for Britney Spears.
How did I get my drag name? It's the name on my passport.
So inventive.
Creative.
Pushed the boat out on that one.
I'm known for, apparently, being the oldest drag race contestant ever.
Why did I audition for the show? Because I'm so old.
If I don't do it now, by next year, I could be dead.
I'm so old, my ears are still ringing from the Big Bang.
What I do to transform is I take lots of makeup and I throw it up into the ceiling fan.
I get under it and hope for the best.
My drag look? Eclectic, lots of different things.
It's high fashion.
I'm a crafty queen.
What inspired my look today was Julie Newmar meets Philip Treacy.
An inspiration for me is, if I wake up in the morning, I think this is a good day.
Let's make the most of it.
Let's have fun.
Let's look good.
Let's make a few people laugh.
And if I can get paid for it, all the better.
I want to be known for the person that when someone was feeling bad or had a rough day, they saw one of my shows and it made them feel better.
I'm a team player, so I work with my team.
And when it's my time to shine, I sparkle, Neely, sparkle.
Season 9 is going to be the best season ever.
You heard it from me.
Don't quote me, but I'm pretty sure.
My name is Eureka.
I come from Johnson City, Tennessee.
I am 25 years old and I am big, ready to jig, and ready to win this gig.
I actually got my drag name, my mother's name is Eureka, but it's spelt the German form.
She's from Germany and I just looked at my vacuum cleaner and was like, Americans, will be able to spell that out and sound it out.
So I became Eureka.
Eureka's really known in her profession as someone who is high energy, very smiley, very positive, but also is a dancing queen.
I like to push the boundaries and the molds that the bigger community has been given.
I like to wear things that we're not supposed to wear.
I like to have the shape that we're not supposed to have.
And I like to dance hard and do things that they don't expect a big girl to do.
She's just big and loud and crazy, but fun.
She's going to entertain you on and off the stage, regardless.
It's who she is.
I'm a perfectionist, so everything has to be perfect at all times, especially aesthetically.
And it can cause me to be a little introverted at times, and sometimes a little snippy.
So the bitches better watch out, because I might cuss, cut, or eat them.
If I was going to describe my aesthetic, I would say the Kool-Aid man meets Eureka's castle meets Hobby Lobby meets the Grand Duchess meets Mary Queen of Scots meets fabulousness.
Today, I am inspired by fire and the color red because it dedicates my passion and my drive and the flame that I have under my ass for a fat girl to finally win this [beep.]
competition.
My name is Farrah Moan.
I'm 23 years old.
Born and raised in Texas and now living in Las Vegas.
My drag name Farrah comes from my '70s idol, Farrah Fawcett.
And Moan comes from, well, me being a whore.
When it comes to competing, I am not that competitive.
I mostly just make sure that whatever I'm doing is true to what I like and what I want to showcase.
I'm definitely not one of those girls that compares myself to other people or wants to be better than anyone.
I just want to be the best me that I can.
My drag aesthetic is on a spectrum between fetish and showgirl.
I think I get a lot of my fetishy inspiration just from my own fantasies and desires.
And then my old school Vegas showgirl feel is just from being so inspired by feathers and sparkles and rhinestones and glamour.
And just that whole iconic, larger than life silhouette.
My look today is inspired by old Hollywood meets retro glam, mixed with a little bit of the fetishy aspect of my aesthetic.
Season 9 is going to be absolutely insane.
Hi, my name is Jaymes Mansfield.
I'm 26 years old and I'm from the Antarctic prison known as Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
[squeals.]
My drag name comes from my birth name being James and the actress Jayne Mansfield.
I think I'm best known for my YouTube channel, Jaymes Mansfield, where I talk about hair styling, makeup, and even drag queen history, like I'm making right now.
I'm a drag foster child.
I have two drag mothers, the first one a legendary pageant queen of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Rudy D'angelo.
And the third one, a legendary trash queen of West Hollywood, the Amazing Ruby Claire.
My side hustle is hairstyling, babysitting, and selling cookies at the church bake sale.
I am very competitive.
I don't take things lightly.
I will hurt people.
But I think I'm going to play nice this time and give the girls a little bit before I, you know, slash their eyes out.
I transfer into Jaymes Mansfield in one simple way.
I stand still and spin myself around in a circle like Wonder Woman and, poof, I'm there.
My entire look is inspired by small children, big dreams, and I'd say, my puppetry and creativity.
I'm walking art.
But not vivacious.
I'm pretty.
My outfit was created by my wonderful, long suffering maid, Mr.
Jaymes.
He stayed up many long nights creating this look last minute for me, and I appreciate him for it.
My look is inspired by, well, I wanted to be big in the shoulders without having to gain weight.
So, [squeals.]
.
Season 9 is going to be mine.
My name is Kimora Blac.
I'm 28 and I'm from Sin City, Las Vegas.
I picked Kimora because I love Kimora Lee Simmons, but she's irrelevant now.
So obviously, there has to be someone younger.
And that's me.
But Kimora, no one has it.
It can't be duplicated.
Kimora just sounds hot.
When you hear Kimora, it's like, damn, who's Kimora? I am your life size Barbie, you know? Like out of the Barbie box.
Like I am your rich, hot, platinum blonde Barbie.
Super bronzy, like straight guys love me.
Gay guys love me.
Drag queens love me.
I'm a really hot guy.
Like, I would totally date myself.
Like, this full blown, like, beard and, like, hot.
But then, when I get into Kimora, it's such a long process because I am so perfected.
Because I cannot go out of the house looking like busted.
And some of the queens are kind of like busted.
So that is like the top of my list is like, one, you cannot be busted.
My drag aesthetic is just sexy and show girl.
I've come from the city of showgirls.
My look today was actually really inspired by this fashion designer Marco Marco.
I love his stuff.
It's not Marco Marco, but it's just inspired by him.
I had to tint my hair hot pink because I bleached it too much and the split ends were kind of showing.
So I had to kind of go in so real girls don't get too jealous of me.
Hey.
Well, I am Nina Bo'Nina Banana Fofana Osama on season 9 Brown.
And honey, I am from South Carolina, but I do reside in Riverdale, Georgia.
My first drag name was Beata Bitchass.
And then it was Lady Guinevere, but people couldn't spell that.
They would call me Lady Guinea Pig.
I was sleeping one night and I had a dream.
And somehow, the word Nina was just in my dream.
I would use that name, go to the club.
Somebody would say, come out, Nina Bo'Nina.
And I'm like, OK.
If 2 plus 2 equals 4, that makes sense to me.
So that was Nina Bo'Nina and I said Brown.
My aesthetic is hard to describe.
Like really, I don't know how to describe myself.
I don't know where I belong.
I don't want to be in a box, either.
And I feel like I'm a black queen who does things that a lot of black queens haven't really done.
Even a lot of white queens.
I can give you glam.
I can give you sexy.
I can give you crazy.
I can give you a character.
It's whatever I choose.
I just don't want to be, like, a one-note queen.
What inspired today's look was grape Kool-Aid.
No, seriously.
What does-- a video game, actually.
A video game.
I'm a big video player, I'm a nerd.
I'm a guy.
So anybody out there who plays some PlayStation, honey, bring it on.
And in the game, you get to make your-- build your own characters.
And there was this badass purple alien bitch.
And I was like, cheekbones, lips, eyes, that's me.
Kiddies, tune in because season 9 is going to be surprising and you are not going to know what to expect, baby.
So get ready.
My name is Peppermint and I'm 37 years old from New York City.
I got my drag name because I was sitting in a parking lot with this guy I totally had a crush on.
And I was eating my favorite candies, which are peppermints.
And he just said, you know, you should call yourself Peppermint.
I honestly would have done anything he said, and so I did.
Peppermint's my name.
It stuck.
I've been doing drag for so long.
And I have done lots in drag.
I've done lots of shows.
I've done lots of people.
I've done it all.
And I really wanted something new, something that challenged myself.
And I think this is the perfect, perfect place to do that.
My aesthetic is classy, chic, uptown flair, very urban, with a little bit of sex pot thrown in.
Today's look, my hair is inspired by RuPaul herself from her "Ho, Ho, Ho" Christmas album.
I think this is ho number two, this hair.
And I just wanted to do something fabulous and flowy.
And I'm giving a little bit of Endora from "Bewitched.
" I want to be known for the confidence that I have with my drag being as equal to the confidence that I bring to my everyday life as a trans woman and win.
The first transgender winner.
That sounds great.
Season 9 is going to be epic because I'm here.
I'm a legend.
I'm fierce, I'm fabulous, and I'm ready.
My name is Sasha Velour.
I'm 29 years old and I live in Brooklyn, New York.
My drag name is my actual name, Sasha.
That was the name I was born with.
And my whole life, I've had people tell me that it's a girl's name.
So the logical conclusion is just to become a girl.
Velour is a cheap imitation fabric.
It's more useful and more affordable than velvet.
So I think it's the perfect metaphor for drag.
I'm an intense competitor.
I love to win.
I love to take a challenge and transform it to really work for me.
And I'm excited for this competition.
To transform into my fabulous drag persona is about the physical ritual of painting my face and costuming my body and shaving off all the hair and strapping everything down.
That ritual really does help me transform into this fabulous being that's so much more than just my body.
It's my ideas and my imagination.
I think that drag is the art form of the queer imagination.
So it's all about beauty that goes beyond gender.
It's about experimentation and remixing and combining different elements from different places.
So it's just a hodgepodge of different fabulous and queer things that I love.
Today's look is, like, '60s meets '20s.
It's a bit of Philip Treacy, it's a bit of crazy, bald club kid.
And it's my absolute favorite colors, red and pink and everything in between.
Season 9 is going to be revolutionary.
Hi, my name is Shea, Miss Coulee if you're nasty.
I'm 27 years young and I'm from the Windy City.
I got Shea because my middle name is Shea and in Swahili, it means beautiful boy.
And I thought that that was appropriate and so I picked Coulee because I wanted to sound like a French supermodel.
I'm gorgeous, I'm talented, I can sew, I can dance, I can act, I can sing.
I can put my legs behind my head.
I can speak French.
You know, the list goes on and on.
I'm known for being a really strong performer.
I'm known for having a very editorial image online.
I love fashion.
I love clothing.
I love modeling.
And yeah, girl, I'm just sickening the house down, boots, Gaga, yes.
My aesthetic is equal parts bougie and bangi.
I woke up like this.
So I mean, I just literally rolled out of bed and then walked my beautiful little black ass over here and sat in this chair.
What is drag? I just wanted to give you African goddess realness, Queen Nefertiti.
Yeah, I just wanted to give you a really good visual of what a true queen looks like.
Up until this competition, I always downplayed myself in order to make people feel comfortable and less threatened.
But now that I'm here, frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
So these girls better watch out.
Season 9 is going to be unforgettable.
Hi, I'm Trinity Taylor.
I'm 31 years old.
I'm originally from Birmingham, Alabama.
And now, I reside in Orlando, Florida.
I really liked Trinity from "The Matrix.
" She was a bitch.
She had a strong personality.
She a strong look.
And at the time, I was like, I want to be her.
And so I would wear jet black hair with no hair line, just horrible.
Looked like a brick.
But that's who I thought I was.
Yeah.
I come from pageants, so I'm very competitive.
I came here to win.
So that's what I'm going to do.
I'm going to claw my way to the top.
Putting makeup on other people other than myself for my day job is kind of boring because it's all like, nude, beige, and more nude.
You know, I like this.
I like the glam, the glitter, rhinestones, big lashes.
They don't let you do that.
My aesthetic is fierce.
I love fashion.
I love body.
I love beauty.
I love hair.
I love makeup.
I love to be a transformation.
I was inspired for this look, just this is my favorite color.
I love blues.
I love teals and turquoise.
And I was thinking, I want to be a ferocious futuristic bitch.
I want to be known for the fact that I'm very well-rounded.
That I can sew, that I can do my makeup and hair, and still be nice to these other girls and help them out and still slay them.
Because I'm that good.
Hello, my name is Valentina.
I live in Los Angeles, California, and I'm a little girl.
My drag name came about it, it just like, snapped.
It came to me.
It sounded like a character out of a Pedro Almodovar film.
It sounded like the protagonist from a telenovela.
There's actually a salsa called Valentina.
And also, I love Valentino and the color Valentino red.
So I felt like Valentina was the perfect name.
I'm glamorous, I'm Latina, I'm tall, I'm skinny, and luxury.
I love luxury.
And I'm a perfectionist and I strive for perfection.
It's something that's impossible, but why not shoot for the stars? Getting into drag, I have a ritual.
Getting in drag, the process, it's my favorite part.
So I turn on my candles, I put on my music.
I sip on a glass of wine and I just paint.
And I enjoy it.
And I take a really long time getting ready.
I love to luxuriate in the moment and really get excited when it comes time to put my blush or my lip gloss.
And now lashes.
And girl, put those contacts on and, boom, the transformation is ready.
I love to get ready.
It's my favorite part of drag.
Today's look is referencing Prada's last season, the spring/summer.
I wanted to do a neoprene and I wanted the color to be mint and a [inaudible.]
coat.
I'm really going for, like, this fantasy of just kind of doing a modern take on '60s glamour with the spiky lashes and the teased hair.
Get into it.
Season 9 is going to be drama.