Hello gorgeous people, hope you are having a wonderful day, today I'll be talking about some underrated queens from Rupaul's Drag Race (including all franchises). I decided to talk about these queens because i feel like they deserve more recognisition from the fandom, they are so talented, beautiful and are very creative. In this post I'm going to talk about 5 queens that i consider being underrated but in the future I'll be talking about another queens that are underrated as well. So before talking about these queens just want to give a warning of SPOILERS AHEAD. You have been warned.
First up, we have Anubis. She competed on the third season of Rupaul's Drag Race Uk where she, unfortunately, was the first queen out placing 13th. Being only 19 years old when she competed, i was rooting for her before the season started so you can imagine how sad i was to see her go home in the first week, since she didn't even deserved to be in the bottom 2 because of the two looks she served that week, one of them the judges absolutely loved while the second one was a little bit confusing so i thought based on those critiques she would be safe but instead they put her in the bottom 2 which she sadly lost the lipsync. After every episode of that season, she would post on her social media the look she would wear that week on the runway and let me tell you, almost every look was so amazing and different which proved she is a versatile queen and she had more to give to the competition in terms of comedy, acting and even high fashion. My favourite unaired look from Anubis is that banana look (picture on the left) mostly because the makeup is stunning, the dress has a fabulous fit and is a look that is outside of the box. Anubis only stayed in the competition for one episode but from that episode you could see that she is very sweet, funny and kind which made her the other queens vote for her as the miss congeniality of the season. Anubis, now with 20 years old, is very active on her social media posting many pictures in and out of drag (probably one of the most handsome guys out of drag) and recently she posted a picture on her social media where she served a look with a beard which makes me wonder if she, from now on, will be a bearded queen. Could this be the beginning of a new era? New era or not, i will still be supporting her because she is so talented and doesn't deserve to be underrated.
Next up, we have April Carrión. She competed on the sixth season of Rupaul's Drag Race where she placed 11th (was eliminated on week 4). Even though, she was eliminated early, she still made her mark on the show delivering some amazing looks that are still memorable to this day. She was always praised for being beautiful and deliver high fashion looks. Basically the judges only saw her as pretty face but April, on the show, was more than that, she was funny, relatable and even a little bit shady. April was also not judged in a fair way meaning the judges wouldn't give her props for the good work she would do, they would always find something to critique on as an excuse to put her in the bottom 2. For example, on episode 3, it was an acting challenge and on the runway the category was "Best Drag". She had a solid performance, especially if you consider her second language is english, and her runway was the best one on that week but she still was put in the bottom instead of the team captain because April could have given more life to her character, which i don't think it makes sense because if the team didn't do a good job it was because of the team captain. Since her season, April has expressed that she wants to comeback for an All Stars Season to show her growth but still she hasn't been invited which upsets me because i know that she would come back and slayed the competition since she has the full package and also just a side note, she is one of the most beautiful queens from the show which sometimes could also be an advantage. I still hope to see her again on an All Star season and if that happens i hope people stop sleeping on her and maybe she will not be judged unfairly by the judges again.
Next up, we have Honey Davenport. She competed on season 11 of Rupaul's Drag Race where she placed 13th (was eliminated on week 3). When i first saw Honey, i thought she was going to be another pageant queen, beautiful but afraid to go out of her comfort zone but she actually surprised me, she was ready to show versatility but she didn't have the time to do it on the show, but i'm glad she did it outside of the show. Just like Anubis, after every episode, Honey would post on her social media, the look she had planned for that week and let me tell you, she probably has the most stunning unaired looks that i ever saw. She is so versatile, one week she would wear something that you could see a pageant queen wear and then on the next week she would have served a look that is very Club Kid, which i would love to see more on Drag Race. She definitely had a lot more to show and i would love to see her on an All Stars season because based on her looks, the runway would not be a problem in any way, shape or form and also on the challenges, her only problem maybe would be that she doesn't know how ot sew but she can act and also i would love to see play the snatch game since she is very funny and on her season she was planning to do Santa Claus for snatch game, which i think would be hilarious but unfortunately she was eliminated very early. Recently, she has been on some videos for Wow Presents +, an offical streamer of Drag Race, which makes me wonder that maybe she could be on a future season of All Stars and if that is true i will definitely be rooting for her because i think she has grown so much in her drag and i think she is ready to show everyone that she is the one to beat proving that she is unfairly underrated.
Next up, we have Madame Madness. She competed on the first season of Drag Race Holland where she placed 7th (she was eliminated on episode 4). Madame is the first bearded queen to ever compete on Drag Race and she was also my introduction to the world of bearded queens. Some people say that bearded queens are lazy because they don't take off their beard and because drag is about transforming into a woman, which i totally disagree, first of all drag is about expressing yourself and also usually the bearded queens put a lot of work into their makeup in order for the beard to look like it's painted on and as you can see, Madame´s makeup is stunning and the beard also looks amazing. When she entered the competition, she was very shy and her level of confidence was very low which didn't allow her to have the best performances on the challenges but her runways were most of the time a stand out. Since Drag Race Holland had so many iconic queens, i don't know why Madame Madness was so overlooked by the fandom and also by the judges. The judges kept telling her that she was hiding behind the beard, basically forcing her to take off the beard to show more versatility, which doesn't make sense because some other queens from that season would wear cheap bodysuits all the time with makeup that sometimes would look busted and the judges wouldn't say anything. When Madame decided to take off her beard and walked the runway without a beard on, they sent her home so basically she shaved for no reason, which is stupid and so unnecessary. On her social media, sometimes her followers asked her if she would like to come back to compete on another season and she immediately says that she wants to compete again so bad since now she has more resources and her confidence is much bigger now. I hope she gets the chance to compete again but since she is so underrated, I'm not sure if they will invite her back but i will keep hope alive.
Last queen that i'm going to talk about in this post is Synthia Kiss. She competed on Season 2 of Canada's Drag Race where she placed 7th (she was eliminated on episode 6). Synthia is the only queen ftom this list that won a main challenge on her season and it was of the most important challenges, Snacth Game but she also deserved to win the Rusical but her runway was so weak that she didn't even make to the top 3 on that challenge, which is a shame because Synthia, in my opinion, is the best singer that has been on the show, her voice is so powerful, beautiful and controlled. She also had to lipsync 3 times and won 2 of them showing to everyone that she is one of the lipsync assassins on that season. She seems to be such a innocent and sweet girl but when it comes to lipsync, she comes to life and transforms into somebody else, She could have won more challenges if only she knew how to sew and if her runways were more elevated. If she had that, she could have been on the finale and possibly having a chance of winning the crown. Going through her social media, I could see that she has started to make ads for some makeup brands which i think is deserved because she knows how to sell products and also her beauty can be an advantage to the makeup brands. I just think that the fandom tends to forget about her, which is sad because she has so much talent and especially her singing is so good, she could even be on Broadway. Something tells me that after some years, she would be invited to comeback for like an International All Stars and i think she would do amazing because she only needs to improve her runways because she has the rest, she is funny, sweet, shady and very friendly. Maybe in 2 years, she will be ready to compete again and i hope they invite her back.
Well gorgeous people, these are 5 queens that i think are underrated and deserve much more. If you want to share what other drag queens you think are underrated, feel free to do it, and maybe i could use your suggestions in an other post. Also don't forget to follow these queens on social media, especially if you use instagram is very easy to find them but i will leave their instagram accounts on here so you can follow them. Hope you have a wonderful day and talk to you soon. Bye 💖💖
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@madame.madness
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