Meet the OFFICIAL cast of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 7 >
Meet the OFFICIAL cast of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 7 >
It seem like Bianca Del Rio was crowned America’s Next Drag Superstar just yesterday, but, with RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 7 just around the corner, it’s time again to start speculating who has been cast on the next season!
We believe, based on the social media disappearances dates of most of the speculated queens, that filming for RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 7 began on or around July 16th. The users of the RuPaul’s Drag Race sub-Reddit have been doing some extremely scientific research to determine the possible cast… aka stalking their social media accounts. Disappearance from social media on or around July 16th, with limited, irregular or no posts after this date, is the key speculation factor.
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Note: We must give a huge shout out to the RuPaul’s Drag Race sub-reddit speculation thread and Reddit user gardenofcucumbers for working to piece this list together.
We will continue to update and change this article as updates and revelations occur, so for now take these speculations with a grain of salt and keep checking back for regular updates.
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Miss Fame
Hometown: New York City
Miss Fame has typically been very active on her Instagram account, posting photos on an almost daily basis and sometimes multiple times a day. This month, however, Miss Fame has only posted seven photos on Instagram, which is a large decrease from her usual activity. She has shared one photo on her Instagram since July 16th, but it is believe that this photo is an old.
Additionally, her Twitter account has gone suspiciously silent. In previous months she was quite active with original tweets and retweets, but she has gone from almost daily Twitter updates, with multiple tweets every day, to only 9 tweets and retweets in July. Her last tweet went out on July 20/21 (West cost/East coast) but it was a very simple tweet and wasn’t accompanied by an Instagram photo (as most of her previous tweets have been).
Kandy Ho
Hometown: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Kandy’s Facebook and Instagram accounts have gone mysteriously quiet. Her last Facebook post was on July 10 and her last Instagram photo was shared on July 6. This infrequency is highly abnormal compared to her usual activity level.
Violet Chachki
Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia
Violet disappeared from social media on July 16 when she posted on Facebook that she was in Quito, Equador due to a family emergency. She said, “limited access. please keep my family in your thoughts. miss you guys” and hasn’t updated since. Since then, her Instagram and Twitter have also been silent.
Asia Persuasia
Hometown: New York City
Reddit users have caught on to the fact that the weekly show Asia has been hosting at the FairyTail Lounge since March has been taken over by Terra Grenade as of the July 20th show. Additionally, her drag mother Digna Shei posted on Instagram that she was going to be leaving… Conveniently, she also threw in “Please bring mama the crown” at the end and the hashtag #DragRace.
Discord Addams
Hometown: Akron, Ohio
It seems that Discord’s social media accounts have also gone silent, with her last Facebook post going out on July 8 and last tweet on July 15. This lack of social sharing is extremely suspicious compared to her past update frequency.
Ginger Minj
Hometown: Cocoa, Florida.
Ginger has a good excuse for her absence according to her last Facebook post. Apparently she has a staph infection known as MRSA and will be “on lockdown for awhile so they can do some hardcore antibiotics.” Maybe her story will hold true, but for now it seems to be very suspicious. That Facebook post did come on July 17th one day after the believed day that filming begun (July 16th), so it is quite possibly a true story. If so, we wish her all the best of luck in treating the issue.
Update (Aug. 2): Ginger recently updated her Facebook account, which could mean 1) she got eliminated early, 2) her story is true or 3) she has had somebody else update her account. Only time will tell…
Jaidynn Diore Fierce
Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee
Jaidynn isn’t very active on social media, but it seems that she has been MIA for a few weeks from her regular show in Nashville at Play Dance Bar. Seeing as she usually performs there three times per week, her disappearance seems highly unusual.
Kahanna Montrese
Hometown: Denver, Colorado
If you watched RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 5 then Kahanna’s last name should sound familiar. It seems that CoCo Montrese’s drag daughter, who looks a lot like her mama, hasn’t updated her Facebook page for a while (which is set to private) and her friends are sharing their concerns about her disappearance on her wall.
While there’s no way for us to officially confirm this, Reddit user ExperienceTheDivine, who is Facebook friends with her, has confirmed her disappearance.
Update (Aug. 1): Kahanna has returned to posting on Facebook which we take to mean as either 1) she got eliminated early from the show or 2) she just decided to disappear for a while without telling anybody where she was going. Only time will tell…
Max Malanaphy
Hometown: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Yet another queen to have gone suspiciously quite on her social media accounts is Max Malanaphy. Her last update on Facebook was on July 13 (in which she accepted friend requests from 10 people), her last tweet was June 26th and her last Instagram post was on June 19th. These dates are all random, so it’s hard to be completely be sure that her disappearance has to do with RuPaul’s Drag Race, so we’ll just have to wait and see.
Pearl
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Pearl hasn’t updated her social media accounts since early July, but it seems that her friends are trying to keep rumors of her being on the show to a minimum by posting and tagging photos of her on Facebook. While it doesn’t seem unusual for people to do this sort of thing, what makes it suspicious is the fact that the photos she is being tagged in seem to be photos of old looks that she had already shared on her Instagram.
Trixie Mattel
Hometown: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Trixie has been MIA on social media for a while, even to the point that people are posting on Facebook to ask if anybody has seen her. She has even disappeared from her boy Facebook, as of July 12th, which she previously updated on a regular basis.
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Note: One queen that we’ve left out of our list, which Reddit users believe might be on, is Nirvana Piranha. Although she has been missing from Twitter and Instagram since July 16th, her Facebook ‘Recent Activity’ has been continually active, with her last activity showing up on July 22.
Stevo
pearl looks like joslyn fox.
Jodie
That’s what I thought! Drag daughter?
Mama_Boog
Then you need to do some research. Pearl is timeless! Totally different drag than Joslyn. I love them both but…
Chicago queens are fieeeyaaaaassss.
Scott Lawrence
I thought the same thing based on that photo.
Wizbang_FL
Maybe, maybe not…. But she sure loves the accessories and facial features are very similar.
Tod Lovald
I would like credit for that picture of Trixie because I took it 😉
Tod Lovald
Dragaholic
Done! ;-*
Brendon Brown
I’d like credit for the Image of Pearl because I took that.
Dragaholic
Done!
Brendon Brown
Cool, thank you.
Shane Bird
I’d like credit for the rest of the pictures. I didn’t take them though.
John Guenther
If you ever have the chance to photograph her again, tell her to keep her hands down…they are huge. Seriously, HUGE!
Tod Lovald
Thanks for the credit love you!
gaymafioso
We ADORE Trixie Mattel!
NM
ginger Minji just updated her facebook yesterday with a pic that looks like shes in a hospital room
Guest
🙁
Foxatron
Columbus, Ohio fans have been waiting for Nina West to have her moment on Drag Race from the show’s inception. In fact, Columbus is overflowing with scores of talented queens that have never been represented on the show. Drag Race has tapped Cleveland (Akashia S1), Dayton (India Ferrah S3), and Cincinnati (Penny Tration S5). Now it appears Columbus has now been bypassed for Akron’s own Discord Addams. I have seen her perform at Interbelt, and I can assure you she will be the Magnolia Crawford of S7.
A queen like Discord seeks to shock her audience by recreating Lady Gaga’s “Swine” puke-pop performance. It reeked of desperation, and was completely void of charisma, uniqueness, nerve (she wasn’t the one with her finger down her throat), or talent. It didn’t work for Gaga, and it certainly didn’t work for this knock off act. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfOoi9UWTEk
Shangela once told a Columbus audience that if RDR was really about talent, then Nina West would have been cast on every season to date. There are certainly a lot of people on this cast list who are worthy contenders. I’m looking forward to seeing what a camp queen like Trixie Mattel can do on the show. But drag fans across the nation will never really know how much talent Ohio possesses until Columbus has its moment in the spotlight.
Daniel Koye
So many things!!!
Seth
I hope Trixie gets on there…been waiting for a Wisconsin queen to get on there 🙂
RoyalScribe
No rumors about any San Francisco girls? Sigh…
Larry Rigsby
Another season, yay,
I see there isn’t a pretty one for season 7.
What is happening?
Rupaul please get at least one pretty gurl this season. The line up is hideous.
Bill Griffith
Miss Fame is GORGEOUS in this pic and even more so in person!
Larry Rigsby
She’s BOOGER
ShepAussie
Why is Miss Fame a booger?
Guest
If this list is accurate, I don’t see any real standouts.. hopefully there are more to come!
Sean
If this is an accurate list, this is a horrid list. These are nobodys connected to noone. This would be an epic FAIL for everyone.
Bill Griffith
Kandy Ho is connected to April Carion. Pearl is connected to Milk, Gia and Bianca, as are Miss Fame and Asia Persusia. Kahanna is connected to CoCo…
Kevin Little
Can’t be worse than season six and the line up of reality TV show rejects. I’m not sure if this franchise can be saved after that major misstep.
ShepAussie
Why do you want a cast member to be connected to someone in order to participate on the competition show??
Ruben
what the hell does knowing someone who was previously on the show has to do with being a talented queen who deserves to be in the fucking show??? youre stupid, period.
Bill
Kandi Ho and Miss Fame…. top 2
Kevin White
Has anyone checked the hospitals or the police? ;=)
David
You guys forgot Skim Burley she’s been M.I.A since mid july.
Nova Careless
Can wait to see the LA Queens, cause we all know LA Queens are the best.
Nova Careless
Can’t wait to watch the LA Queens, cause we all know LA Queens are the best.
Rivecca
why they not choose a crossdresser cosplayer which can be so pretty and talented in costume design and sewing
Las Vegas Gal
Just from the pictures alone, and not seeing personalities, or talent, Asia looks like first place. The others are akin to others who didn’t win, on past seasons. Theres’ a copy of Biannca, Detox, (like Steveo said, Joslyn), Sharon, Coco, etc., etc., Well thank God, there isn’t a Lake copy. That one was just, “What was Ms. Rupaul thinking?” moment…eee…Wes if your reading this, thats my predicitons and I’m standing by it.
Jarbas Ribeiro
I just CAN’T wait!!!
Sean
This list is a big bunch of nobodys… Rupaul always casts well known people in the drag scene and the nobodys… However, i dont see a preety queen or a pageant queen. Kahanna is a tranny and like the pageant Miss America RUPAUL does not cast queens that are on hormone therapy drugs. Yes she has had ShowQueens on before but that information came late in the game and they were quickly evicted from the competition… This list is a bunch of tom foolery and if its 100% correct.. Season 7 will be the last season.
ShepAussie
Are you sure Kahanna is a transgender?
Chris Tackett
I have to agree. Drag race is coming up on its finish line. I used to live for the show. Now no one wows me.
Ivan Sauceda
Kahanna is NOT a Transgendered queen, let’s get that CLEAR. Living in Denver, seeing her at the club in boy form 75% of the time no that girl is FAR from being on any sort of hormones. Thought I would make that real clear to you.
Ruben
oh please, now youre a fucking psychic, shut the fuck up and take several seats