Rupaul’s Drag Race Season 17 Cast on Naomi Campbell, their fathers and more

Rupaul’s Drag Race “Executive producer Randy Barbato, co-exporting producer/judge Michelle Visage, and choreographer/judge Jamal Sims joined the former” Drag Race “host judge and Superfan Leslie Jones for a special panel as part of the” Rupaul’s Pole Drag Race “Fyc Emmy Fyc Emmy Fyc Emmy Fyc Emmy Fyy Fyy Fyy Fyy Fyy Fyy Fyy Fyy Fyy Fyy Fyy Fyy Fyy Fyy Fyy Fyy Fyy Fyy” Extravaganza event.

Completed by season 17 winner Onya Nurve and the top six Queens Jewels Sparkles, Sam Star, Suzie Toot, Lana Ja’rae and Lexi Love, discussed the Panel Drag Inspirations, Representation and the importance of supporting family.

According to Sims, who has served as a guest judge and choreographer on “Drag Race” since 2014, the key to a successful queen trust is.

“I literally do not meet the queens until you see it on TV – we film while we are going,” Sims revealed. “But what I am looking for is trust. As soon as I see that there is trust in someone, I am from” Oh, he goes far. ”

Season 17 winner Onya Nurve agrees that trust and trust in themselves have the key to her victory. “Everyone knows that ‘Rupaul’s Drag Race’ was a dream of mine and that it is something I wanted to achieve when I started dragging four years ago,” Nurve said.

“I come to the show is a proof of keeping following your dreams, never saying no to yourself, always bet on yourself and always listen to your intuition. I hope I hope this show wins a beacon of hope for every entertainer that looks like the same.”

Nerve’s father, next to the parents of the other participants, appeared on “Drag Race” to participate in a special make -over -episode, who ran the catwalk with their children. Finalist Jewels Sparkles recalled her father’s enthusiasm to drag in the show.

“My father is a straight Latino man,” said Sparkles. “They called him to get cross-dress on national television for his son, and he said:” I will be there. “My mother helped him to practice walking on heels, he practiced his track walk, his access line, he was so enthusiastic about it.

“That’s a real man,” she continued. “He said,” Yes, I’m going to support my child 100%. ” Both of ours [Onya and Jewels’] Parents are color people who went to that show. If they can, if they can dress up on national TV, the minimum you can do is accept your child. ”

Another cast member of the season 17 whose parental relationships are important for their resistance is Lana Ja’rae, who quotes her mother as one of the inspirations behind her style.

“I get things that make me happy, things in my life that give me joy,” Ja’rae explained. “I want my sleeping people to smile, because that is the best gift to have in this world, to make people smile. My inspirations are my mother, the cartoons I have seen grow up and black super models of the 90s like Naomi Campbell.”

“Everything that people told me that I could not be like a child who grew up, all those negative words are personalized, is what Lana is Ja’rae. I hope this inspires people to embrace and transform negativity into positivity.”

Where Ja’rae is inspired by the women in her life, colleague -competitor Suzie Toot some of the most famous stars in Broadway as creative influences.

“There are many theater gays who look at the show that see themselves in a self -proclaimed ‘theater queen’ like me,” said Toot. “They are people like Gwen Verdon, Sutton Foster, Debbie Reynolds, Shirley Maclaine-Die iconic, powerful, music theater tap dancing women.”

“It carries my references and the things that I love and the women who have inspired me on my sleeve. That is the biggest driver of Suzie Toot and who she is.”