Lashauwn Beyond

American drag performer and costume designer

Lashauwn Beyond

Born|  (1989-11-11) November 11, 1989 (age 35)
Nationality| American
Occupations|

* Drag queen
* costume designer

Television| RuPaul's Drag Race (season 4)

Lashauwn Beyond (born November 11, 1989)[1] is an American drag performer and costume designer who competed on season 4 of RuPaul's Drag Race. A catchphrase she said in an argument with fellow contestant Jiggly Caliente on the companion show RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked, "This is not RuPaul's Best Friend Race", became a meme and a part of the franchise's history. Lashauwn Beyond is based in Florida and continues to design outfits for Drag Race contestants.

## Early life and education

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Lashauwn Beyond is from Florida.[2] She attended Piper High School in Sunrise.[1]

## Drag career

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Lashauwn Beyond is a drag performer and costume designer. She became interested in drag at age 18, and took the name for her drag persona from her younger sister, Lashauwn.[2] She wanted to audition for Drag Race when she was 20 years old, but had to wait until she was 21 because of the show's age requirements.[1] Lashauwn Beyond competed on season 4 (2012) of RuPaul's Drag Race at the age of 21,[3] placing twelfth overall. She has reportedly kept a low profile since then.[4] She has designed outfits for other contestants,[5] including Latrice Royale of season 4 and Malaysia Babydoll Foxx of season 15 (2023).[6][7]

### RuPaul's Drag Race

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Lashauwn Beyond is known for a catchphrase she said in an argument with fellow contestant Jiggly Caliente (pictured at RuPaul's DragCon LA in 2023) on RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked; "This is not RuPaul's Best Friend Race" became a meme and a part of RuPaul's Drag Race history.

According to Screen Rant, Lashauwn Beyond "showed great promise" on the premiere episode ("RuPocalypse Now!"), which tasked contestants with creating a post-apocalyptic look.[8] She was eliminated on the second episode, which had a wrestling challenge,[2] after placing in the bottom two and losing a lip-sync contest against The Princess to "Bad Girls" (1979) by Donna Summer.[9][10] Lashauwn Beyond removed her shoes during the performance, against RuPaul's preference.[11] In 2017, Thrillist's Brian Moylan ranked her number 69 out of the show's 113 contestants to date.[12] Hanne Low included her in Screen Rant's 2018 list of thirteen contestants eliminated too soon.[13] In The Spinoff's 2019 "definitive ranking" of Drag Race lip-syncs to date, Sam Brooks ranked the battle number 146 out of 162.[10] Buffy Flores included the lip-sync in Pride.com's 2023 list of the show's seven worst of all time, writing: "Most lip syncs have one or two funny/memorable moments. This one has none."[14]

On the first episode of the companion series RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked, Lashauwn Beyond and fellow contestant Jiggly Caliente got into an argument after Lashauwn Beyond called Jiggly Caliente out for not knowing how to sew, and Jiggly Caliente was offended that Lashauwn Beyond did not share her thoughts about her look.[15] Lashauwn Beyond said to Jiggly Caliente, "This is not RuPaul's Best Friend Race".[16] The catchphrase became a meme and has been repeated on subsequent seasons of Drag Race.[5][17] In 2018, Michael Cuby included the argument in Them's list of the ten "messiest fights" in Untucked history,[15] and the online magazine's John Paul Brammer said she should receive royalty payments for coining the catchphrase.[18] The catchphrase was also included in IN Magazine's 2019 list of the show's seven best to date,[17] as well as Pride.com's 2023 list of ten Drag Race memes "that belong in the Hall of Fame".[19] In 2023, Cailyn Szelinski of Screen Rant wrote, "Lashawun Beyond may not have been a part of season 4 for long, but she did leave her mark on the show by being a part of one of the most heated backstage fights during Untucked ... and made herself a permanent part of Drag Race herstory."[20]

## Personal life

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Lashauwn Beyond has lived in Plantation and Fort Lauderdale.[21] She came out as a trans woman following her appearance on Drag Race.[6][22] She is the "drag mother" of Malaysia Babydoll Foxx.[23]

Outside of her drag career, Lashauwn Beyond has run her own sewing business.[2]

## Filmography

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### Television

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Year  | Title  | Role

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2012  | RuPaul's Drag Race (season 4)[1] | Contestant (12th place)
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked[15] | Herself

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Two local female impersonators compete on 'RuPaul's Drag Race'". Sun Sentinel. Deerfield Beach, Florida: Tribune Publishing. ISSN 0744-8139. Archived from the original on 2023-12-19. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
2. ^ a b c d "RuPaul's Drag Race – Lashauwn Beyond". Hotspots! Magazine. 2012-02-09. Archived from the original on 2022-09-28. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
3. ^ "Rounding up of the youngest ever queens to compete on RuPaul's Drag Race". The Tab. 2021-12-08. Archived from the original on 2022-08-07. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
4. ^ "Fan-Casting a Glow-Up Queen Season of Drag Race All Stars". Pride.com. Here Media. Archived from the original on 2023-10-10. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
5. ^ a b Sim, Bernardo (2020-05-17). "RuPaul's Drag Race Season 4 Queens: Where Are They Now?". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on 2023-02-08. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
6. ^ a b "21 Drag Race Queens Who Have Come Out as Trans". Gayety. 2022-04-02. Archived from the original on 2023-09-24. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
7. ^ "Watch 'RuPaul's Drag Race' season 15 cast tease 'Game of Thrones'-level twists and spicy drama". Entertainment Weekly. Dotdash Meredith. ISSN 1049-0434. OCLC 21114137. Archived from the original on 2023-01-06. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
8. ^ Fernandes, Mariana (2019-11-08). "RuPaul's Drag Race: 10 Design Challenge Runner-Ups That Should Have Won". Screen Rant. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
9. ^ "'RuPaul's Drag Race' episode 2 recap: Wrestling queens". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Publishing. 2012-02-07. OCLC 7960243. Archived from the original on 2022-01-29. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
10. ^ a b Brooks, Sam (2019-10-03). "A definitive ranking of all 162 Lip Syncs on RuPaul's Drag Race". The Spinoff. Archived from the original on 2023-05-25. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
11. ^ Bryde, Lindsay; Mayberry, Tommy (2022-02-01). RuPedagogies of Realness: Essays on Teaching and Learning with RuPaul's Drag Race. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-4606-0. Archived from the original on 2023-12-19. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
12. ^ Moylan, Brian (2017-03-24). "Every Single 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Contestant, Ranked". Thrillist. Vox Media. Archived from the original on 2019-07-11. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
13. ^ Low, Hanne (2018-10-21). "RuPaul's Drag Race: 13 Queens Eliminated Too Soon (And 7 Who Stayed Too Long)". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
14. ^ "The 7 Worst 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Lip Syncs of All Time". Pride.com. Archived from the original on 2023-09-26. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
15. ^ a b c "The 10 Messiest Fights in 'Drag Race: Untucked' History". Them. Condé Nast. 2018-06-28. Archived from the original on 2023-06-10. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
16. ^ And Don't F&%k It Up: An Oral History of RuPaul's Drag Race (The First Ten Years). Grand Central Publishing. 2023-06-06. ISBN 978-1-5387-1767-7. Archived from the original on 2023-12-19. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
17. ^ a b Guzzo, Bianca (2019-03-25). "7 of the Best Catchphrases from RuPaul's Drag Race". IN Magazine. Archived from the original on 2021-01-17. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
18. ^ "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Recap: An Inconvenient Gag". Them. 2018-04-13. Archived from the original on 2023-03-30. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
19. ^ "10 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Memes That Belong in the Hall of Fame". Pride.com. 2023-11-29. Archived from the original on 2023-12-19. Retrieved 2023-12-19 – via Yahoo! Finance.
20. ^ Szelinski, Cailyn (2022-12-22). "RuPaul's Drag Race Season 4: Where Are They Now?". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on 2022-12-23. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
21. ^ Keyes, Jeffrey James (2011-12-24). "A Drag Race Christmas: Lashauwn Beyond". Queerty. Archived from the original on 2022-12-03. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
22. ^ Yee, Lawrence (2023-01-28). "RuPaul's Drag Race: All the Transgender Queens (Photos)". TheWrap. Archived from the original on 2023-11-15. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
23. ^ Malaysia Babydoll Foxx:
* "Malaysia was shocked she didn't lip-sync against Mistress on 'Drag Race'". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2023-05-04. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
* Burgos, Joey (2023-01-04). "Meet the Queens Competing on RuPaul's Drag Race Season 15". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on 2023-01-27. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
* Duncan, Charlie (2022-12-13). "RuPaul's Drag Race reveals incredible season 15 cast – including first twins". PinkNews. Archived from the original on 2023-06-05. Retrieved 2023-12-19.

## External links

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* Lashauwn Beyond at IMDb
* Jiggly Caliente vs Lashauwn Beyond – RuPaul's Drag Race Season 4 on YouTube

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* "Keeping It 100!"
* "Bitch Perfect"
* "RuCo's Empire"
* "New Wave Queens"
* "Supermodel Snatch Game"
* "Wizards of Drag"
* "Shady Politics"
* "RuPaul Book Ball"
* "The Realness"
* "Grand Finale"

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* "Oh. My. Gaga!"
* "She Done Already Done Brought It On"
* "Draggily Ever After"
* "Good Morning Bitches"
* "Reality Stars: The Musical"
* "Snatch Game"
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* "RuPaul Roast"
* "Your Pilot's on Fire"
* "Makeovers: Crew Better Work"
* "Gayest Ball Ever"
* "Category Is"
* "Reunited"
* "Grand Finale"

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* "10s Across the Board"
* "PharmaRusical"
* "Tap That App"
* "The Last Ball on Earth"
* "The Bossy Rossy Show"
* "Drag Con Panel Extravaganza"
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* "Breastworld"
* "Bossy Rossy RuBoot"
* "Social Media Kings Into Queens"
* "Evil Twins"
* "American"
* "Queens Reunited"
* "Grand Finale"

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* "Whatcha Unpackin?"
* "Good God Girl, Get Out"
* "Diva Worship"
* "Trump: The Rusical"
* "Monster Ball"
* "The Draglympics"
* "From Farm to Runway"
* "Snatch Game at Sea"
* "L.A.D.P.!"
* "Dragracadabra"
* "Bring Back My Queens!"
* "Queens Everywhere"
* "Grand Finale"

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* "I'm That Bitch"
* "You Don't Know Me"
* "World's Worst"
* "The Ball Ball"
* "Gay's Anatomy"
* "Snatch Game"
* "Madonna: The Unauthorized Rusical"
* "Droop"
* "Choices 2020"
* "Superfan Makeover"
* "One-Queen Show"
* "Viva Drag Vegas"
* "Reunited: Alone Together"
* "Grand Finale"

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* "The Pork Chop"
* "Condragulations"
* "Phenomenon"
* "RuPaulmark Channel"
* "The Bag Ball"
* "Disco-mentary"
* "Bossy Rossy RuBoot"
* "Social Media: The Unverified Rusical"
* "Snatch Game"
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* "Pop! Goes the Queens"
* "Nice Girls Roast"
* "Henny, I Shrunk the Drag Queens!"
* "Gettin' Lucky"
* "Grand Finale"

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* "Big Opening Number 1"
* "Big Opening Number 2"
* "A Pair of Balls"
* "She's a Super Tease"
* "Save a Queen"
* "Glamazon Prime"
* "The Daytona Wind"
* "60s Girl Groups"
* "Menzeses"
* "Snatch Game"
* "An Extra Special Episode"
* "Moulin Ru: The Rusical"
* "The Ross Mathews Roast"
* "Catwalk"
* "Grand Finale"

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* "One Night Only, Part 1"
* "One Night Only, Part 2"
* "All Queens Go to Heaven"
* "Supersized Snatch Game"
* "House of Fashion"
* "Old Friends Gold"
* "The Daytona Wind 2"
* "Lip Sync LaLaPaRuza Smackdown"
* "The Crystal Ball"
* "50/50's Most Gagworthy Stars"
* "Two Queens, One Joke"
* "Wigloose: The Rusical!"
* "Teacher Makeovers"
* "Blame It on the Edit"
* "Grand Finale"

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* "Rate-A-Queen"
* "Queen Choice Awards"
* "The Mother of All Balls"
* "RDR Live!"
* "Girl Groups"
* "Welcome to the DollHouse"
* "The Sound of Rusic"
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* "See You Next Wednesday"
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* "Bathroom Hunties"
* "Drag Race Vegas Live! Makeovers"
* "Booked and Blessed"
* "Lip Sync LaLaPaRuza Smackdown – Reunited"
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* "Squirrel Games"
* "Drag Queens Got Talent – Part 2"
* "Monopulence!"
* "Bitch, I'm a Drag Queen!"
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* "Let's Get Sea Sickening Ball"
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* "Heavens to Betsey!"
* "The Villains Roast"
* "Ross Mathews vs. The Ducks"
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