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Get ready to gag on these legendary moments from RuPaul’s Drag Race that took over the internet! From iconic catchphrases like “Not Today, Satan” and “Miss Vanjie” to unforgettable reactions that had us all shook, these meme-worthy highlights capture the sass, shade, and charisma that define the show. Whether it’s shady comebacks, hilarious facial expressions, or jaw-dropping eliminations, these moments have truly become part of drag culture history.
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00:00It's chocolate.
00:03I'm sorry, my dear.
00:04Welcome to Ms. Mojo.
00:06And today, we're counting down our picks for the most chaotic, shady, ridiculous,
00:10and occasionally profound drag race moments that took over the internet.
00:14Well, what you want to do is not necessarily what you're gonna do.
00:18Vice versa.
00:21Number 30. Protect Queer Art.
00:24Set to the 1993 hit What's Up by Four Non Blondes,
00:27Megami's talent number in the season 16 split premiere shone light on the recent backlash against drag queens.
00:32The performance ended with her holding a sign that read Protect Queer Art.
00:46The intention was heartfelt, but the execution didn't fully land with the judges or some of the queens.
00:51Plain Jane especially wasted no time turning the moment into meme gold
00:55with her razor-sharp confessional questioning whether there was actually anything being presented that was worth protecting.
01:01You take away the message, and what is your talent? Holding up posters?
01:04Girl.
01:06Protect Queer Art, but is she giving us anything worth protecting? That's the question.
01:11The clip spread across social media immediately,
01:14with fans using Plain's shady delivery to lampoon everything from bad movies to questionable fashion choices.
01:20Messy? Maybe.
01:21Memorable? Absolutely.
01:23I kind of feel like everyone is going to be really fair about this.
01:27The only one I have to worry about is maybe Jane, because she does have that, like, death glare.
01:32Number 29.
01:33I understand your concern.
01:35The sheer audacity of this moment still has us shaking.
01:38For season 12's Snatch Game, Gigi Goode chose to portray Maria the Robot,
01:42an android, not a conventional celebrity.
01:45During the workroom walkthrough, RuPaul herself raised a very valid concern
01:49that the character risked coming across as, well, robotic.
01:52You understand my concern, because a robot doesn't really volley.
01:57It's a lot of rapid-fire stuff.
01:59I'm thinking that's going to be very difficult.
02:02Most queens would have changed their character on the spot, not Gigi.
02:06She looked Mama Ru dead in the eyes and coolly responded with this line.
02:10I understand your concern, but I do not have the same concern.
02:13Okay, all right.
02:14Well, you have a lot to think about.
02:16It quickly became shorthand online for politely dismissing someone
02:20while standing ten toes down in your choices.
02:22Oh, and Gigi went on to win the Snatch Game,
02:25so we guess you could say that Ru's concern was indeed unwarranted.
02:29Maria, stop.
02:32You trying to control me?
02:35How very dare you.
02:36Number 28.
02:37Life's Not Fair.
02:38Naomi Smalls sending Manila Luzon home just two episodes away from the finale
02:42was one of the most jaw-dropping eliminations in the franchise's history.
02:46I'm so sorry that I have to send home Manila.
02:52Manila had been widely considered the frontrunner,
02:54and yet, poof, she was gone.
02:56The queens were still reeling from the chaos in the following episode
02:59when Naomi, completely unbothered,
03:02delivered a response so casually brutal that it just stuck.
03:05I think we're realizing that this competition now,
03:09we're not going to be judging it fairly,
03:11because what's fair?
03:12Right.
03:13Life's not fair.
03:14Life's not fair.
03:15So bitch, good luck and...
03:16Even though she had just shaken up the competition,
03:19Naomi had absolutely no explanation to give.
03:21It became an instant meme because it captured that unapologetic,
03:25slightly villainous energy fans secretly live for.
03:28Now, anytime something mildly inconvenient happens,
03:31you already know someone's quoting Naomi.
03:34I sent Manila home because I wanted to.
03:38Manila was crazy competition, and that's dope.
03:44Number 27.
03:45A Sensible 74.
03:47The first thing somebody notices about me
03:50is my big, wet smile.
03:55Jujubee returning for her third Drag Race season
03:57was already a reason to celebrate.
03:59Her Snatch Game performance, however,
04:01gave the internet a gift that keeps on giving.
04:04Playing a flirty, feline-inspired Eartha Kitt
04:06in the franchise's very first Snatch Game of Love,
04:09Jujubee described a dream romantic scenario
04:11and ended it in the most unexpected way imaginable.
04:15I would sensually walk to the thermostat
04:21and turn up the thermostat to a sensible 74.
04:27RuPaul erupted.
04:28Everyone in the studio erupted.
04:30The entire fandom watching at home erupted.
04:32It has since become the kind of moment
04:34that is referenced over and over again
04:36by fans and queens alike.
04:38When it comes to unforgettable one-liners,
04:40it's hard to top Jujubee.
04:41But then again, who would want to top Jujubee?
04:44Roses are red, violets are blue.
04:48Pick me, because I love you.
04:54Some feelings simply cannot be put into words.
04:57After losing her very first lip-sync
04:59in the season 13 premiere,
05:01Denali found herself in the Porkchop Loading Dock,
05:03a holding space styled as a tribute
05:05to first eliminated queens of past seasons.
05:08I see on the wall the Porkchop Loading Dock
05:11and all of these pictures
05:13of first eliminated queens from Drag Race.
05:15Oh no, Porkchop herself, Shangela,
05:18Miss Vanjie, and Dahlia Sin.
05:20As more queens trickled in
05:22and nobody had any idea what was happening next,
05:24the episode ended on Denali's face.
05:26The Chicago Ice Queen gave a slow,
05:28deadpan stare directly into the camera,
05:31communicating volumes without saying a single syllable.
05:34I thought I was already eliminated.
05:36Well, guess what, Dilla Queen?
05:38You might be eliminated again.
05:41It was pure Jim Halpert energy.
05:44She would deploy the look again throughout the season,
05:46and each time, fans ran with it.
05:48What if they each do a little bit of foxy,
05:52and then we decide which one we think is better?
05:56Denali truly understood the power of a well-timed glance.
05:59Number 25.
06:01Baby, you can't read the doll.
06:02Before All-Stars 9 even premiered,
06:05Roxy Andrews had already secured a viral moment.
06:08Walking into the workroom,
06:09she confidently uttered this quote as her entrance line.
06:11Baby, you can't read the doll.
06:14It was smooth, it was cocky,
06:16and it was instantly memeable.
06:18The line exploded online through promo clips,
06:20with fans using it as the ultimate clapback caption
06:23for everything from selfies to petty arguments.
06:25You come from the airport.
06:26I always carry a bag.
06:27You never know what you need.
06:28Yeah, you have your already packed.
06:30Wow.
06:31Oh, shady already, shady already.
06:33Roxy had been on this show twice before,
06:35and she clearly understood the assignment
06:37to serve a tagline that sticks,
06:39and let the internet do the rest.
06:41By the time the season aired,
06:42the phrase had already cemented itself as an all-purpose quote.
06:46Stunts, shenanigans, we're here for it.
06:49All day.
06:50Number 24.
06:51Do I have something on my face?
06:53There are awkward moments,
06:54and then there's this.
06:55In this season 7 episode,
06:57RuPaul walked up to Pearl in the workroom
06:59for a direct conversation about her apparent disengagement in the competition.
07:03I want to make sure that this week you upped the ante.
07:08Well, you kind of like told me I had no personality.
07:11I mean, that doesn't make me feel good or give me confidence.
07:14What followed was a legendarily uncomfortable silence,
07:17with Pearl seemingly unfazed and RuPaul growing increasingly puzzled.
07:21Then, Pearl, apparently unbothered by the tension she'd helped create,
07:25asked this mind-boggling question.
07:27Do I have something on my face?
07:31No, I'm just not convinced.
07:33I'm just not convinced.
07:34And I want you to do well.
07:35The audience lost it.
07:37Fans couldn't believe the audacity of responding to a Mama Ru confrontation
07:41with what was essentially a deflection dressed up as innocence.
07:44The clip became a meme for anyone who has ever played dumb in a tense situation,
07:47which, let's be honest, is all of us.
07:50I'm just over this bulls**t.
07:52We're going to finish writing this.
07:53We're going to make it really good.
07:54We're going to impress Kathy.
07:55I'm going to eat it like you have it.
07:57Number 23, Mama, kudos for saying that.
08:00Plain Jane really had a gift for intended
08:02and sometimes unintended comedy in season 16.
08:06When castmate Q bravely opened up to the other queens about living with HIV,
08:10it was a genuinely moving moment of vulnerability.
08:13You know, people have, like, said, like, really, like, awful, nasty things to me
08:16and, like, almost, like, dehumanized me.
08:20But, like, I'm here, I'm on Drag Race, like, I know I'm living my dreams
08:25and, like, you know I have a loving husband that, like, really supports and loves me.
08:31However, Plain Jane then responded with what she believed
08:34was an encouraging and sympathetic line.
08:36The phrasing, however, was so absurdly queer lingo-coded
08:39that it collided with the gravity of the moment in a way nobody expected.
08:43Um, Mama, kudos for saying that, for spilling, like, seriously.
08:48Fans couldn't help themselves.
08:49The quote became a meme for reacting to any serious revelation with unintentional camp.
08:54It embodied the internet's way of processing earnestness through humor,
08:57as it so often does.
08:59I want to be there for her because I've come to really love and value and respect Q
09:05and I really do feel for Q in this moment.
09:08Number 22.
09:10I can't wait to see how this turns out.
09:12Season 5's ballet-inspired Black Swan Challenge
09:15set the stage for one of Drag Race's most anticipated showdowns.
09:19RuPaul are you playing?
09:20I am the good Ru and Alyssa's the bad Ru.
09:24You know, is this a case of life imitating art?
09:28Yeah.
09:29In what fans had been anticipating the whole time,
09:32the two rivals of the season, Alyssa Edwards and Coco Montrese,
09:35were set to perform together for the first time.
09:38Before the chaos began, RuPaul lifted her opera glasses
09:41and delivered this now-iconic line.
09:43Act 2 of No Ru-pologies, starring Team Coco Montrese.
09:49I can't wait to see how this turns out.
09:53Fans immediately recognized it as the perfect reaction to impending disaster,
09:57and it's been used that way ever since.
10:00Even better, RuPaul reprised the moment on All-Star 7's Variety Extravaganza episode
10:05after Monet X Change specifically requested it.
10:08Legendary behavior.
10:10Here to put some bass in your face.
10:13It's Monet X Change.
10:16Number 21.
10:17Am I the drama?
10:18Scarlet Envy didn't even need to be in the workroom
10:21to create one of Drag Race's biggest memes.
10:23Time flies when you're having fun,
10:25and having fun is an understatement for what I've been doing.
10:28Ahead of All-Star 6 during her Meet the Queens interview,
10:32Scarlet Envy was asked whether she thought she was the villain of the season.
10:35Her response was so perfectly self-aware and theatrically uncertain
10:38that TikTok adopted it immediately.
10:41Is it me?
10:42Am I the drama?
10:43I don't think I'm the drama.
10:45Maybe I am.
10:46Am I the villain?
10:48I don't think I'm the villain.
10:50Celebrities including Nicola Coughlin and Lady Gaga used the audio.
10:53Brands hopped on it.
10:54The meme took on a life entirely of its own,
10:57and then, in 2025,
10:59it was announced that Cardi B was going to title her long-awaited sophomore album,
11:03Am I the drama?
11:03Directly inspired by this offhand moment.
11:06How many queens can say they've changed music history?
11:09Honestly, I think instead of my picture,
11:12we can just put a mirror in a frame,
11:15and they'll just know that, like, that's my spot.
11:17Number 20.
11:18Get those nuts away from my face.
11:21As one of the most beloved queens ever to grace the stage of RuPaul's Drag Race,
11:24it makes sense that many of Latrice Royale's most memorable moments
11:28have become iconic memes of their own.
11:30Girl, the shade, the shade of it all.
11:33From the 5Gs to her comments on the horrendous Season 4 Snatch Game,
11:37she has a knack for expressing exactly what the audience is feeling.
11:40The level of unprofessionalism, far too much.
11:44Her most memorable meme-ment comes from the acting challenge where she played a prison guard,
11:48and in a moment of over-the-top brilliance, delivered the line,
11:51Get those nuts away from my face.
11:55The moment has since become a staple reaction for anyone who wants to get anything away from their face.
12:01Get those nuts away from my face.
12:06Number 19.
12:07Party.
12:08Alaska was a frontrunner for most of the second All-Star season,
12:11and from her high horse, she issued subtle shade to fellow competitor Katya
12:15by comparing one of her looks to Adore Delano,
12:17a queen beloved by many, but whose drags some view as sloppy.
12:22When Alaska finally landed in the bottom,
12:24she had what can politely be termed an emotional breakdown.
12:28Sitting down with Katya, she poured her heart out to stay in the game.
12:31From her position of power, Katya issued a one-word response that was nonchalant,
12:36cold as ice, and a reference to Ms. Delano.
12:39I need to go to the end of this competition.
12:43I need to.
12:47Party.
12:48Although you could see Katya's smile underneath,
12:50Alaska was not finding any humor in the situation.
12:54Her ensuing tantrum became her most dramatic moment.
12:57I'm shocked with Alaska's behavior.
12:59She's really acting like a brat.
13:01And it's not...
13:03It's not attractive.
13:04The fact that it was triggered by Katya,
13:06who is almost famously non-confrontational,
13:09just made it even funnier.
13:10Since then, fan edits of the scene have added flair and context
13:14to a moment that was probably not as tense as it was portrayed.
13:17Number 18.
13:18Club 96.
13:20It's one of those so-bad-it's-good moments
13:22that makes the show pure fun at every turn.
13:24Welcome to Club 96, a place for the fashion-aware.
13:28Feel free to gawk.
13:30Feel free to stare.
13:31Club 96.
13:32The All-Stars 4 queens were tasked with creating an exclusive nightclub experience
13:37right on the Drag Race set.
13:39Naomi Smalls and Valentina decided to add to the mystique of their creation
13:42by repeating its name in a sultry whisper over and over again.
13:47Even Amanda Lepore, a lip gloss goddess,
13:50Zerboski crystals all over her bodice.
13:55It may have landed them in the bottom,
13:57but if the winner of the challenge was based on social media engagement,
14:01they would have won for sure.
14:03Club 96 was showing up in the most bizarre places afterwards.
14:07Number 17.
14:08Your tone seems very pointed right now.
14:11I mean, they want people here with talent,
14:12not people that are sitting there trying to live through their shoe names
14:14and their clothes names.
14:16In Season 4,
14:18Fifi O'Hara seemed to delight in the drama.
14:20From the shouting match with Sharon Needles,
14:23Go back to Party City where you belong!
14:25to this exchange with Willem,
14:27it was clear that the contestant did not come here to make friends.
14:30Willem, by contrast, was always nonchalant and rather fluzzida.
14:34This difference in attitudes came to a head
14:36when Fifi came after Willem for seemingly being more interested in shoes
14:39than competing in a talent competition.
14:41You don't have any talent.
14:42This is a show for talented people,
14:44not people that know how to buy f***ing shoes.
14:46You should not be here.
14:48After Fifi's rant came to a close,
14:50Willem proceeded to undercut the entire thing
14:52with this dispassionate comeback.
14:54Your tone seems very pointed right now.
14:56Thus providing us with an immortal comeback
14:58to anyone taking themselves too seriously.
15:01That's that.
15:03Number 16.
15:05Facts or Facts?
15:06If you're looking for a queen who always told it like it was,
15:09look no further than Mohart, America.
15:12No shame.
15:13Facts or Facts?
15:14This queen became notorious for her candid confessions to camera,
15:17as well as her spirited exchanges with judges over certain fabric prints.
15:22I saw it and I was like,
15:23oh, brown cow.
15:24Stunning.
15:26The pinnacle of this energy was her now iconic catchphrase.
15:30Facts or Facts?
15:31Beautiful.
15:32Elegant.
15:33Undeniable in its simplicity.
15:35The phrase is an instant antidote to any delusion
15:38and applicable to any situation with,
15:41well, facts.
15:42This was evidenced by Moe's own admission
15:44when she didn't know her words during the lip sync
15:46where she was eliminated.
15:48And that's a fact.
15:49And facts are facts.
15:51Number 15.
15:52F my drag, right?
15:53Feeling undervalued at work?
15:55Did someone give you the most backhanded compliment ever?
15:58Well, Season 7 contestant and All Stars 3 finalist,
16:01Kennedy Davenport has just the reaction gif for you.
16:03One of her most memorable and memeable moments
16:06came in the third episode.
16:08Fellow contestant Milk told Shangela
16:10that she didn't agree with her decision to send Thorgy Thor home.
16:13I think I would have chosen Thorgy to stay.
16:15I find Thorgy's concepts in her looks much more exciting.
16:20The implication was that she would have eliminated Kennedy,
16:23who was literally sitting inches away from her.
16:26Miss Davenport's confessional response was priceless.
16:29F my drag, right?
16:31Because basically that's what you're saying.
16:32And you're talking like I'm not even here.
16:34Clearly, the two had tension
16:36throughout the first half of the season.
16:37In a stroke of poetic genius,
16:40Kennedy would send Milk home
16:41at the end of that same episode.
16:43Number 14.
16:44Thorgy's elimination.
16:46Most drag race queens take their elimination with grace.
16:49Some can even leave with a dash of humor.
16:52Thorgy Thor is not most queens.
16:54Quirky, irreverent, and genuinely original,
16:57she wasn't shy about making her feelings known.
16:59Um, I'm not really, like, a huge pink fan.
17:01Drag pink.
17:03Drag her.
17:04Do you want to say anything too pink personally?
17:06I really just don't like her.
17:08She's a bad seed on this earth.
17:10So on All Stars 3,
17:11when Shangela pulled Thorgy Thor's lipstick out of her top,
17:14the season 8 queen couldn't help but make her feelings known.
17:17Her reaction of unchecked disgust
17:19became instant meme fuel for all of the internet to use.
17:22Oh, Jesus.
17:24Gross.
17:25It provides the most dramatic and succinct response
17:28to any unhinged internet post,
17:30or even to a minor inconvenience.
17:33Number 13.
17:34Laganja feels very attacked.
17:36At first,
17:37her boisterous and loud personality
17:38was seen as quirky,
17:39if a little annoying.
17:41Then,
17:41as her fellow competitors got to know her better,
17:44they accused Laganja Estranja
17:46of playing up a persona for the cameras.
17:48Things came to a boiling point in Untucked,
17:50when Bianca Del Rio basically opened the floor
17:53for a referendum on Laganja's behavior.
17:55And things quickly devolved from there.
17:57I believe that you've come into this competition
17:59with an act.
18:01You came in,
18:02waterworks,
18:03woe is me,
18:04woe is me,
18:04woe is me,
18:05and you're not even giving a true story.
18:06They assure her they're not trying to attack her,
18:09but she's not exactly feeling the love in that moment.
18:12It doesn't help that she's in a huge pink wig
18:14that's shaking a bunch.
18:15Laganja,
18:16I didn't want to make it
18:16that everybody was attacking you.
18:18I feel very attacked.
18:19Relax,
18:21relax.
18:22The GIF has been making the rounds
18:23on social media for years
18:25since the whole fight aired.
18:27Number 12,
18:27Walking Children in Nature.
18:29You want wild?
18:30Well,
18:30you got it with this season one queen.
18:32Tammy Brown was always operating
18:34on her own wavelength.
18:35And you can either get with the program
18:37or stay confused.
18:38She is the queen of non sequiturs.
18:40I'm a high concept character.
18:43In the seventh grade,
18:43they said,
18:44you're crazy.
18:44I said,
18:45okay,
18:45I like that.
18:45Crazy sticks to me.
18:47Uh-huh.
18:47Like ribs.
18:48She's also one of the few
18:49to ever get in a real spat
18:51with host RuPaul.
18:52At the very first reunion,
18:54she took issue
18:55with the judges' negative criticism
18:56and pointed out
18:57that they're not perfect either.
18:59Of course,
18:59she said it
19:00in her own brilliantly surreal
19:02Tammy Brown way.
19:03Yes,
19:03you both call me losers.
19:05And I don't see you out there
19:06walking children in nature.
19:07Walking children in nature
19:08is an oddly specific
19:10and unforgettable piece
19:11of early drag race meme culture.
19:13Number 11,
19:14Choices.
19:15No need to thank her.
19:16Creating memeable moments
19:18is sort of her thing.
19:19When Tatiana made her triumphant return
19:21to the workroom
19:22for All Stars 2,
19:23she brought with her
19:24a treasure trove
19:25of iconic quotes.
19:26Chief among them
19:27was the shady,
19:28versatile,
19:28and efficient catchphrase,
19:30Choices.
19:31We all make choices,
19:33but that was a choice.
19:35It's only one word,
19:36but it more than gets
19:37the message across.
19:38She used it several times
19:40during the season,
19:41and every time
19:42was more delicious
19:43and pointed than the last.
19:44Wearing chartreuse
19:46doesn't work for everybody.
19:49Choices.
19:50When you want to subtly
19:51but firmly tell someone
19:53they need to do better,
19:54look no further.
19:55Number 10,
19:56is she going to jump from there?
19:58After some missteps
19:59on her original season,
20:00Aja's talent show number
20:02announced her
20:02as a credible threat
20:03for the All Stars crown.
20:05Ooh,
20:06she looks even uglier
20:07out of drag.
20:08I just can't take you.
20:11How unfortunate.
20:12Delivering a mix
20:13of ballroom performance
20:14and acrobatics
20:15alongside a lip sync,
20:16she wowed the audience
20:17with a series of stunts
20:18that caught everyone's attention.
20:20When she started
20:21climbing a stage block,
20:22it was fellow contestant Milk
20:24who uttered this
20:24now well-known question.
20:26Get one,
20:27two,
20:28three,
20:30four,
20:30five,
20:31six,
20:32six,
20:33Well,
20:33yes,
20:34she definitely did
20:34jump from there.
20:35The captioned image
20:36ended up having
20:37a pretty wide range
20:38of uses.
20:39Some of the best variations
20:40on this particular meme
20:41were even collected
20:42for a BuzzFeed article
20:43soon after the episode aired.
20:46Number nine,
20:47Jan is safe.
20:48After weeks of waiting
20:49for a challenge
20:49to show off her singing
20:50and dancing talents,
20:52no one was more excited
20:53for season 12's
20:54Madonna the Rusical
20:55than Jan.
20:56I'm a singer,
20:56I'm a dancer,
20:57so to be a part of it
20:59and to think that
20:59I could possibly win it
21:01is astounding.
21:02Despite not getting
21:03her preferred role,
21:04she still gave
21:05one of the most genuinely
21:06powerful Rusical performances
21:07to date,
21:08landing her in the top.
21:10I wanna,
21:11I wanna rule the world.
21:15We saw her growing
21:16increasingly excited
21:17for her first win,
21:18only to hear Rue
21:19utter those fateful words.
21:21Jan,
21:22tonight you ruled the world.
21:26You are safe.
21:28Jan's jubilant optimism
21:29quickly turned
21:30into a jaded look
21:31of disbelief
21:32in what is now known
21:33as the face crack
21:34of the century.
21:35While fellow castmates
21:36Jada and Heidi
21:37certainly had their moments,
21:38What if I'm the
21:39trait of the season?
21:40It's hard to argue
21:41that there was a bigger meme
21:43to come out of season 12
21:44than this one.
21:45Number 8.
21:45Roxy's Verse.
21:47Let's make one thing
21:47perfectly clear.
21:49Read You, Wrote You
21:50is still one of the entire
21:51franchise's best
21:52original tracks.
21:54Alaska, Detox,
21:55and Katya
21:55all shined
21:56in the finale number,
21:57which required them
21:58to bring the hit
21:59to life on stage
22:00after writing verses
22:01and recording it.
22:02But,
22:02it was season 5
22:04runner-up Roxy Andrews
22:05whose contribution
22:05to the song
22:06became instantly iconic.
22:08I'm Roxy Andrews
22:09and I'm here
22:09to make it clear.
22:10I know you love me, baby.
22:11That's why you brought me here.
22:12Was a bitch on season 5.
22:13I'm gonna make it right.
22:14Give me a sewing challenge
22:15and I'll give you
22:16what you like.
22:17Her verse arguably
22:18wasn't as smooth
22:19or polished
22:19or clever
22:20as the other three,
22:21but it doesn't even matter.
22:22It's the one
22:23we remember the most.
22:25Now,
22:25Roxy and the phrase
22:26make it clear
22:27have become forever linked.
22:29It's just something
22:30that was so goofy
22:31and I was trying to show
22:32how silly I could be
22:33at the same time
22:34do the challenge
22:35and people loved it
22:36and they loved it
22:37because it was so stupid.
22:39Number 7.
22:40De La Self-Eliminates.
22:42According to
22:43All Stars 3 rules,
22:44the top queen
22:45who won the week's lip sync
22:46pulled the lipstick
22:47of the contestant
22:48she wanted to send home.
22:49Benda LaCreme
22:50broke protocol
22:50and pulled her own lipstick.
22:52is the easiest choice
22:53that I have had to make
22:54this entire season.
23:00I'm going home.
23:01Looking over
23:02the potential queens,
23:03she decided to quit
23:04while she was ahead.
23:05She simply scribbled out
23:06the real name
23:07and wrote her own
23:08using whiteout.
23:08Even Rue had no idea
23:10what to say.
23:11I'm...
23:12Actually,
23:12I don't know how...
23:13how to take this.
23:15I feel so good.
23:17I feel like
23:18I'm going home winning.
23:19It wasn't just a classy
23:20and incredibly dramatic way
23:22for her to leave
23:22the season on top.
23:24De La's simple statement
23:25also became
23:26a clutch gif
23:27for any introvert
23:28who's ever left
23:28a social event early.
23:30Number 6.
23:31Back Rolls.
23:32Alyssa Edwards
23:33is known for
23:33many memeable moments,
23:35from rolling around
23:36as Annie Oakley
23:37to her spirited exchanges
23:38with rival Coco Montrese.
23:40I'm not joking, bitch!
23:42However,
23:43her conception
23:43as a meme queen
23:44arguably all started
23:45with this untucked moment,
23:47where fellow castmate
23:48Jade Jolie
23:49claimed Edwards
23:50was bullying her
23:50and decided to hit back
23:52with her own reeds.
23:53You had rolls
23:54all over the place
23:55in the back.
23:55It was disgusting.
23:56This prompted Edwards
23:57to reply with utter bewilderment
23:59to the confessional camera.
24:00Back Rolls.
24:01It's a perfect moment
24:02to represent a feeling
24:03of complete disorientation.
24:05It also doesn't hurt
24:06that it comes with
24:07the complimentary meme-ment
24:08of Coco egging on Jade
24:10behind the scenes.
24:11Get her, Jade!
24:13Number 5.
24:14Because I am what?
24:15I don't have a sugar daddy, sweetheart.
24:17Everything that I've had,
24:17I've worked for.
24:18Though Shangela's star
24:19has since plummeted
24:20after multiple sexual assault
24:22allegations came out
24:23in the 2020s,
24:24it's hard to ignore
24:25that she seemed
24:26destined for fame
24:27as early as her brief
24:28stage appearance
24:28in season 2.
24:29I have a feeling
24:31we haven't seen
24:32The Last of You yet.
24:33So,
24:34when she got a chance
24:35for Redemption
24:36in the following season,
24:37all eyes were on her
24:38to prove that she had
24:39staying power.
24:42Hallelujah, ladies!
24:44Oh my god!
24:45Fortunately for everyone
24:47except Mimi,
24:47I'm first,
24:48we got a glimpse
24:49of her fortitude
24:49in an early episode
24:50of Untucked.
24:51The two queens
24:52took escalating jabs
24:53at one another
24:54until Mimi claimed
24:55Shangela had a sugar daddy,
24:57seemingly out of the blue.
24:58Just because you got
24:59a sugar daddy
24:59who pays for everything
25:00for you?
25:01Oh!
25:02This did not sit well
25:03with Shangela,
25:04who went on one of the most
25:06iconic reality TV rants
25:07of all time.
25:09I don't have a sugar daddy.
25:10I've never had a sugar daddy.
25:12If I wanted a sugar daddy,
25:13yes,
25:13I probably could go out
25:13and get one
25:14because I am what?
25:15Sickening.
25:16You could never have a sugar daddy
25:17because you are not
25:18that kind of girl.
25:19Every time we feel
25:20like we are not
25:20that kind of girl,
25:21this quote reminds us
25:22that we are what?
25:24Sickening.
25:24Number 4.
25:26I'd like to keep it on, please.
25:28Take that thing
25:28off of your mouth.
25:29There is no way
25:31we could make it
25:31through this list
25:32without including Valentina.
25:33Sending me home
25:34doesn't make sense
25:35with my fantasy.
25:37In this season 9 elimination,
25:39Valentina came to the stage
25:40sporting the face mask
25:41she wore on her runway.
25:42As the music started
25:43and her face was not visible,
25:45the judges became
25:46visibly confused
25:47before Rue stopped the music
25:49to chastise Valentina.
25:51Valentina,
25:52this is a lip sync for your life.
25:53We need to see your lips.
25:54When Rue demanded
25:55to see her lips,
25:57Valentina politely declined.
25:58I'd like to keep it on, please.
26:00And while Valentina
26:02eventually complied,
26:03the moment had already
26:04been immortalized.
26:06Extra points
26:07for how well it aged
26:07into 2020 and beyond.
26:09Number 3.
26:10Linda Evangelista
26:12Valentina.
26:12I wrote down
26:13Linda Evangelista.
26:14Jealousy is a hell of a drug.
26:16Early on in season 9
26:17when the queens
26:18were given a challenge
26:19to create a Disney princess
26:20look from scratch,
26:21Aja's concept
26:22did not stand up
26:23to scrutiny from the judges,
26:24while Valentina
26:25seemingly could do no wrong.
26:27This outfit
26:27is really gorgeous.
26:29This prompted
26:29a behind-the-scenes exchange
26:30in Untucked
26:31where Aja took center stage
26:33to mock how all the judges
26:34fawned over Valentina's
26:35every move.
26:36You're perfect.
26:37You're beautiful.
26:38You look like Linda Evangelista.
26:40You're a model.
26:42It's since become
26:42the go-to moment
26:43to describe how we feel
26:45when we think
26:45someone's getting undue praise,
26:47or just when we're feeling
26:48the fantasy.
26:49Number 2.
26:50Miss Vanjie.
26:52While it's customary
26:53for Eliminated Queens
26:54to give a final word
26:55before leaving the runway,
26:56Season 10's first
26:57Eliminated contestant
26:58somehow reinvented the wheel
27:00with this iconic exit.
27:01After Vanessa Vanjie Mateo
27:03lost her lip sync,
27:04she sashayed away
27:05while walking backwards
27:06off the stage,
27:07repeating her name
27:08three times.
27:09Miss Vanjie.
27:10Miss Vanjie.
27:14Miss Vanjie.
27:15She was barely off the stage
27:17before Rue and Michelle
27:18started laughing about it.
27:20Miss Vanjie.
27:22Miss Vanjie.
27:26Miss Vanjie.
27:30And by the next episode,
27:32the Queens had already
27:33adopted it into their vocabulary.
27:34And when the episode
27:36finally aired,
27:37an icon was born.
27:38Vanessa may be gone,
27:40but Vanjie lives on, honey.
27:42Vanjie.
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27:53check out this single
27:54from Sound Mojo's album
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28:13Number one.
28:14Not today, Satan.
28:16You knew it was coming.
28:17Not tonight, Satan.
28:19Not tonight.
28:20Part of what endeared
28:21audiences to Bianca Del Rio
28:22was her ability to call things
28:24as she saw them.
28:25Let me ask you
28:25a very fair question.
28:27What do you do successfully?
28:29This came to a head
28:30when late in season six,
28:32fellow frontrunner Courtney Act
28:33made some shady comments
28:34about Bianca's lack of variation
28:36over the season.
28:37I kind of was thinking
28:38that you would turn out
28:40something that we hadn't seen.
28:41We see Bianca give her
28:42the stink eye in the workroom
28:43before cutting to her confessional
28:45where she delivers
28:46the now iconic line.
28:47Not today, Satan.
28:49Not today.
28:50It was a perfect declaration
28:52against all those
28:53who tear us down
28:54and has since been
28:55immortalized in everything
28:56from reaction gifs
28:57to major media franchises.
28:59Well, I say,
29:00not today, Satan.
29:03Which Drag Race moment
29:05lives rent-free in your head?
29:06Let us know in the comments.
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