Lashauwn Beyond | |
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| Born | November 11, 1989 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupations | |
| Television | RuPaul's Drag Race ( season 4) |
Lashauwn Beyond (born November 11, 1989) [1] is an American drag performer and costume designer who competed on season 4 of RuPaul's Drag Race. A catchphrase she said in an argument with fellow contestant Jiggly Caliente on the companion show RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked, "This is not RuPaul's Best Friend Race", became a meme and a part of the franchise's history. Lashauwn Beyond is based in Florida and continues to design outfits for Drag Race contestants.
Early life and education
Lashauwn Beyond is from Florida. [2] She attended Piper High School in Sunrise. [1]
Drag career
Lashauwn Beyond is a drag performer and costume designer. She became interested in drag at age 18, and took the name for her drag persona from her younger sister, Lashauwn. [2] Lashauwn Beyond competed on season 4 (2012) of RuPaul's Drag Race at the age of 21, [3] placing twelfth overall. She has reportedly kept a low profile since then. [4] She has designed outfits for other contestants, [5] including Latrice Royale of season 4 and Malaysia Babydoll Foxx of season 15 (2023). [6] [7]
RuPaul's Drag Race
She was eliminated on the second episode, which featured a wrestling challenge, [2] after placing in the bottom two and losing a lip-sync against The Princess to " Bad Girls" (1979) by Donna Summer. [8] [9] Lashauwn Beyond removed her shoes during the performance, against RuPaul's preference. [10] In 2017, Thrillist's Brian Moylan ranked her number 69 out of the show's 113 contestants to date. [11] Hanne Low included her in Screen Rant's 2018 list of thirteen contestants eliminated too soon. [12] In The Spinoff's 2019 "definitive ranking" of Drag Race lip-syncs to date, Sam Brooks ranked the battle number 146 out of 162. [9] Buffy Flores included the lip-sync in Pride.com's 2023 list of the show's seven worst of all time, writing: "Most lip syncs have one or two funny/memorable moments. This one has none." [13]
On the first episode of the companion series RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked, Lashauwn Beyond said to fellow contestant Jiggly Caliente during an argument, "This is not RuPaul's Best Friend Race". [14] The catchphrase became a meme and has been repeated on subsequent seasons of Drag Race. [5] [15] In 2018, Michael Cuby included the argument in Them's list of the ten "messiest fights" in Untucked history, [16] and the online magazine's John Paul Brammer said she should receive royalty payments for coining the catchphrase. [17] The catchphrase was also included in IN Magazine's 2019 list of the show's seven best to date, [15] as well as Pride.com's 2023 list of ten Drag Race memes "that belong in the Hall of Fame". [18] In 2023, Cailyn Szelinski of Screen Rant wrote, "Lashawun Beyond may not have been a part of season 4 for long, but she did leave her mark on the show by being a part of one of the most heated backstage fights during Untucked ... and made herself a permanent part of Drag Race herstory." [19]
Personal life
Lashauwn Beyond has lived in Plantation and Fort Lauderdale. [20] She is a trans woman, [6] [21] and the "drag mother" of Malaysia Babydoll Foxx. [22]
Outside of her drag career, Lashauwn Beyond has run her own sewing business. [23]
Filmography
Television
References
- ^ a b "Two local female impersonators compete on 'RuPaul's Drag Race'". Sun Sentinel. Deerfield Beach, Florida: Tribune Publishing. ISSN 0744-8139. Archived from the original on 2023-12-19. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ a b c "RuPaul's Drag Race – Lashauwn Beyond". Hotspots! Magazine. 2012-02-09. Archived from the original on 2022-09-28. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "Rounding up of the youngest ever queens to compete on RuPaul's Drag Race". The Tab. 2021-12-08. Archived from the original on 2022-08-07. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "Fan-Casting A Glow-Up Queen Season Of Drag Race All Stars". Pride.com. Here Media. Archived from the original on 2023-10-10. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ a b Sim, Bernardo (2020-05-17). "RuPaul's Drag Race Season 4 Queens: Where Are They Now?". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on 2023-02-08. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ a b "21 Drag Race Queens Who Have Come Out as Trans". Gayety. 2022-04-02. Archived from the original on 2023-09-24. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "Watch 'RuPaul's Drag Race' season 15 cast tease 'Game of Thrones'-level twists and spicy drama". Entertainment Weekly. Dotdash Meredith. ISSN 1049-0434. OCLC 21114137. Archived from the original on 2023-01-06. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "'RuPaul's Drag Race' episode 2 recap: Wrestling queens". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Publishing. 2012-02-07. OCLC 7960243. Archived from the original on 2022-01-29. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ a b Brooks, Sam (2019-10-03). "A definitive ranking of all 162 Lip Syncs on RuPaul's Drag Race". The Spinoff. Archived from the original on 2023-05-25. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
- ^ Bryde, Lindsay; Mayberry, Tommy (2022-02-01). RuPedagogies of Realness: Essays on Teaching and Learning with RuPaul's Drag Race. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-4606-0. Archived from the original on 2023-12-19. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ Moylan, Brian (2017-03-24). "Every Single 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Contestant, Ranked". Thrillist. Vox Media. Archived from the original on 2019-07-11. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
- ^ Low, Hanne (2018-10-21). "RuPaul's Drag Race: 13 Queens Eliminated Too Soon (And 7 Who Stayed Too Long)". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "The 7 Worst 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Lip Syncs of All Time". Pride.com. Archived from the original on 2023-09-26. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ And Don't F&%k It Up: An Oral History of RuPaul's Drag Race (The First Ten Years). Grand Central Publishing. 2023-06-06. ISBN 978-1-5387-1767-7. Archived from the original on 2023-12-19. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ a b Guzzo, Bianca (2019-03-25). "7 Of The Best Catchphrases From RuPaul's Drag Race". IN Magazine. Archived from the original on 2021-01-17. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "The 10 Messiest Fights in 'Drag Race: Untucked' History". Them. Condé Nast. 2018-06-28. Archived from the original on 2023-06-10. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Recap: An Inconvenient Gag". Them. 2018-04-13. Archived from the original on 2023-03-30. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "10 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Memes That Belong In The Hall of Fame". Pride.com. 2023-11-29. Archived from the original on 2023-12-19. Retrieved 2023-12-19 – via Yahoo! Finance.
- ^ Szelinski, Cailyn (2022-12-22). "RuPaul's Drag Race Season 4: Where Are They Now?". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on 2022-12-23. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ Keyes, Jeffrey James (2011-12-24). "A Drag Race Christmas: Lashauwn Beyond". Queerty. Archived from the original on 2022-12-03. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ Yee, Lawrence (2023-01-28). "RuPaul's Drag Race: All the Transgender Queens (Photos)". TheWrap. Archived from the original on 2023-11-15. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
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^ Malaysia Babydoll Foxx:
- "Malaysia was shocked she didn't lip-sync against Mistress on 'Drag Race'". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2023-05-04. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- Burgos, Joey (2023-01-04). "Meet The Queens Competing On RuPaul's Drag Race Season 15". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on 2023-01-27. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- Duncan, Charlie (2022-12-13). "RuPaul's Drag Race reveals incredible season 15 cast – including first twins". PinkNews. Archived from the original on 2023-06-05. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "RuPaul's Drag Race – Lashauwn Beyond". Hotspots! Magazine. 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
External links
- 1989 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American LGBT people
- 21st-century American LGBT people
- American costume designers
- American drag queens
- American transgender entertainers
- American transgender women
- Entertainers from Florida
- LGBT people from Florida
- People from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- RuPaul's Drag Race contestants
- Transgender drag performers
- Transgender women entertainers
Lashauwn Beyond | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 11, 1989 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupations | |
| Television | RuPaul's Drag Race ( season 4) |
Lashauwn Beyond (born November 11, 1989) [1] is an American drag performer and costume designer who competed on season 4 of RuPaul's Drag Race. A catchphrase she said in an argument with fellow contestant Jiggly Caliente on the companion show RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked, "This is not RuPaul's Best Friend Race", became a meme and a part of the franchise's history. Lashauwn Beyond is based in Florida and continues to design outfits for Drag Race contestants.
Early life and education
Lashauwn Beyond is from Florida. [2] She attended Piper High School in Sunrise. [1]
Drag career
Lashauwn Beyond is a drag performer and costume designer. She became interested in drag at age 18, and took the name for her drag persona from her younger sister, Lashauwn. [2] Lashauwn Beyond competed on season 4 (2012) of RuPaul's Drag Race at the age of 21, [3] placing twelfth overall. She has reportedly kept a low profile since then. [4] She has designed outfits for other contestants, [5] including Latrice Royale of season 4 and Malaysia Babydoll Foxx of season 15 (2023). [6] [7]
RuPaul's Drag Race
She was eliminated on the second episode, which featured a wrestling challenge, [2] after placing in the bottom two and losing a lip-sync against The Princess to " Bad Girls" (1979) by Donna Summer. [8] [9] Lashauwn Beyond removed her shoes during the performance, against RuPaul's preference. [10] In 2017, Thrillist's Brian Moylan ranked her number 69 out of the show's 113 contestants to date. [11] Hanne Low included her in Screen Rant's 2018 list of thirteen contestants eliminated too soon. [12] In The Spinoff's 2019 "definitive ranking" of Drag Race lip-syncs to date, Sam Brooks ranked the battle number 146 out of 162. [9] Buffy Flores included the lip-sync in Pride.com's 2023 list of the show's seven worst of all time, writing: "Most lip syncs have one or two funny/memorable moments. This one has none." [13]
On the first episode of the companion series RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked, Lashauwn Beyond said to fellow contestant Jiggly Caliente during an argument, "This is not RuPaul's Best Friend Race". [14] The catchphrase became a meme and has been repeated on subsequent seasons of Drag Race. [5] [15] In 2018, Michael Cuby included the argument in Them's list of the ten "messiest fights" in Untucked history, [16] and the online magazine's John Paul Brammer said she should receive royalty payments for coining the catchphrase. [17] The catchphrase was also included in IN Magazine's 2019 list of the show's seven best to date, [15] as well as Pride.com's 2023 list of ten Drag Race memes "that belong in the Hall of Fame". [18] In 2023, Cailyn Szelinski of Screen Rant wrote, "Lashawun Beyond may not have been a part of season 4 for long, but she did leave her mark on the show by being a part of one of the most heated backstage fights during Untucked ... and made herself a permanent part of Drag Race herstory." [19]
Personal life
Lashauwn Beyond has lived in Plantation and Fort Lauderdale. [20] She is a trans woman, [6] [21] and the "drag mother" of Malaysia Babydoll Foxx. [22]
Outside of her drag career, Lashauwn Beyond has run her own sewing business. [23]
Filmography
Television
References
- ^ a b "Two local female impersonators compete on 'RuPaul's Drag Race'". Sun Sentinel. Deerfield Beach, Florida: Tribune Publishing. ISSN 0744-8139. Archived from the original on 2023-12-19. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ a b c "RuPaul's Drag Race – Lashauwn Beyond". Hotspots! Magazine. 2012-02-09. Archived from the original on 2022-09-28. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "Rounding up of the youngest ever queens to compete on RuPaul's Drag Race". The Tab. 2021-12-08. Archived from the original on 2022-08-07. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "Fan-Casting A Glow-Up Queen Season Of Drag Race All Stars". Pride.com. Here Media. Archived from the original on 2023-10-10. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ a b Sim, Bernardo (2020-05-17). "RuPaul's Drag Race Season 4 Queens: Where Are They Now?". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on 2023-02-08. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ a b "21 Drag Race Queens Who Have Come Out as Trans". Gayety. 2022-04-02. Archived from the original on 2023-09-24. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "Watch 'RuPaul's Drag Race' season 15 cast tease 'Game of Thrones'-level twists and spicy drama". Entertainment Weekly. Dotdash Meredith. ISSN 1049-0434. OCLC 21114137. Archived from the original on 2023-01-06. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "'RuPaul's Drag Race' episode 2 recap: Wrestling queens". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Publishing. 2012-02-07. OCLC 7960243. Archived from the original on 2022-01-29. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ a b Brooks, Sam (2019-10-03). "A definitive ranking of all 162 Lip Syncs on RuPaul's Drag Race". The Spinoff. Archived from the original on 2023-05-25. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
- ^ Bryde, Lindsay; Mayberry, Tommy (2022-02-01). RuPedagogies of Realness: Essays on Teaching and Learning with RuPaul's Drag Race. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-4606-0. Archived from the original on 2023-12-19. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ Moylan, Brian (2017-03-24). "Every Single 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Contestant, Ranked". Thrillist. Vox Media. Archived from the original on 2019-07-11. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
- ^ Low, Hanne (2018-10-21). "RuPaul's Drag Race: 13 Queens Eliminated Too Soon (And 7 Who Stayed Too Long)". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "The 7 Worst 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Lip Syncs of All Time". Pride.com. Archived from the original on 2023-09-26. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ And Don't F&%k It Up: An Oral History of RuPaul's Drag Race (The First Ten Years). Grand Central Publishing. 2023-06-06. ISBN 978-1-5387-1767-7. Archived from the original on 2023-12-19. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ a b Guzzo, Bianca (2019-03-25). "7 Of The Best Catchphrases From RuPaul's Drag Race". IN Magazine. Archived from the original on 2021-01-17. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "The 10 Messiest Fights in 'Drag Race: Untucked' History". Them. Condé Nast. 2018-06-28. Archived from the original on 2023-06-10. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Recap: An Inconvenient Gag". Them. 2018-04-13. Archived from the original on 2023-03-30. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "10 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Memes That Belong In The Hall of Fame". Pride.com. 2023-11-29. Archived from the original on 2023-12-19. Retrieved 2023-12-19 – via Yahoo! Finance.
- ^ Szelinski, Cailyn (2022-12-22). "RuPaul's Drag Race Season 4: Where Are They Now?". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on 2022-12-23. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ Keyes, Jeffrey James (2011-12-24). "A Drag Race Christmas: Lashauwn Beyond". Queerty. Archived from the original on 2022-12-03. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ Yee, Lawrence (2023-01-28). "RuPaul's Drag Race: All the Transgender Queens (Photos)". TheWrap. Archived from the original on 2023-11-15. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
-
^ Malaysia Babydoll Foxx:
- "Malaysia was shocked she didn't lip-sync against Mistress on 'Drag Race'". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2023-05-04. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- Burgos, Joey (2023-01-04). "Meet The Queens Competing On RuPaul's Drag Race Season 15". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on 2023-01-27. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- Duncan, Charlie (2022-12-13). "RuPaul's Drag Race reveals incredible season 15 cast – including first twins". PinkNews. Archived from the original on 2023-06-05. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "RuPaul's Drag Race – Lashauwn Beyond". Hotspots! Magazine. 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American LGBT people
- 21st-century American LGBT people
- American costume designers
- American drag queens
- American transgender entertainers
- American transgender women
- Entertainers from Florida
- LGBT people from Florida
- People from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- RuPaul's Drag Race contestants
- Transgender drag performers
- Transgender women entertainers