IT'S RUFFICIAL: RuPaul's Drag Race is sashaying its way back later this year for its ninth season and it looks more sickening, more colorful, and more dragtastic than ever:
Drastic Times calls for DRAGTASTIC Measures! We're gagging for our Season 9 girls! 😵 😱 Are you?
*shaking and crying*
And because I'm a good gay, I did some deep Insta-lurking on the 13 new queens who will be competing to snatch the title of “America’s Next Drag Superstar:”
Aja, 22 (Brooklyn, New York)
Alexis Michelle, 33 (New York, New York)
Charlie Hides, 52 (London, UK)
Eureka O’Hara, 25 (Johnson City, Tennessee)
Farrah Moan, 23 (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Jaymes Mansfield, 26 (Madison, Wisconsin)
Kimora Blac, 28 (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Nina Bo'nina Brown, 30 (Atlanta, Georgia)
Peppermint*, 37 (New York, New York)
*Peppermint is the first contestant to enter the show as an openly trans woman.
Sasha Velour, 29 (Brooklyn, New York)
Shea Coulee, 27 (Chicago, Illinois)
Trinity Taylor, 31 (Orlando, Florida)
Valentina, (age TBD) (Los Angeles, CA)
