Megami (drag queen)

American drag performer and cosplayer

Megami

Megami at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2024

Born|

Jonathan Soto-Reyes

(1989-04-21) April 21, 1989 (age 35)

New York City, New York, U.S.

Other names| Megami D.Vil
Occupation| Drag queen
Television| RuPaul's Drag Race (season 16)

Megami, also known as Megami D.Vil, is the stage name of Jonathan Soto-Reyes[1][2] (born April 21, 1989),[3][4] an American drag queen and cosplayer[5] best known for competing on season 16 of RuPaul's Drag Race. She was born and raised in Sunset Park, Brooklyn and Staten Island,[6] and is currently based in Brooklyn.[7]

## Career

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Megami began performing in drag in 2016 when she won the cosplay lip-sync show GeekSync in New York. Her drag name is inspired both by the Japanese word for goddess and by the video game Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga.[4]

### RuPaul's Drag Race

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Megami was cast on the sixteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, having applied to compete on the show five times.[8] Megami first appeared in the season's second episode which premiered on January 12, 2024. Her talent show performance in this episode, in which she held up a banner stating "Protect Queer Art", subsequently became a meme in the Drag Race community;[9][10] it was the subject of a parody by The Boulet Brothers' Dragula contestant Meatball at her Fat Slut drag show.[11]

Megami won her first challenge in the fifth episode of the season as part of a girl group with Geneva Karr, Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige and Nymphia Wind.[12] Megami was eliminated in the seventh episode after underperforming in the season's Rusical challenge, a parody of The Sound of Music, and losing a lip-sync to Miley Cyrus' "Flowers" against Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige.[13] She placed tenth overall.

Megami returned in the fifteenth episode to compete in a lip sync tournament where she beat three previously eliminated contestants: Q to "What About" by Janet Jackson; Amanda Tori Meating to "The Shoop Shoop Song" by Cher; and Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige to "We Got the Beat" by the Go-Go's. She made it to the final round, where she ended up losing against Morphine Love Dion to "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" by C+C Music Factory.[14]

## Filmography

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Year  | Title  | Genre  | Role  | Notes

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2023  | RuPaul's Drag Race | Web series  | Herself  | 1 special episode; Meet the Queens
2024  | RuPaul's Drag Race (season 16) | Television  | Contestant  | 8 episodes
2024  | RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked | Television  | Herself  | Season 15, 6 episodes
2024  | Whatcha Packin' | Web series  | Herself  | Guest; 1 episode
2024  | Hey Qween! | Web series  | Herself  | Guest; 1 episode

## See also

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* LGBT culture in New York City
* List of cosplayers
* List of LGBT people from New York City

## References

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1. ^ "My selfies have production values". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
2. ^ "New York native". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
3. ^ "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Unveils Season 16 Queens". Yahoo Entertainment. 2023-12-06. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
4. ^ a b "On Point With: Megami". Thotyssey. 2018-10-17. Archived from the original on 2024-01-14. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
5. ^ Gregory, Drew Burnett (2024-01-13). ""RuPaul's Drag Race" Episode 1602 Recap: B Team". Autostraddle. Archived from the original on 2024-01-14. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
6. ^ "Will a New York City queen win 'Drag Race' season 16?". www.pride.com. Archived from the original on 2024-01-14. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
7. ^ "'RuPaul's Drag Race' season 16 cast revealed: Meet the new queens". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2023-12-06. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
8. ^ "Whatcha Packin' - S16 E07". YouTube. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
9. ^ Nolfi, Joey (February 19, 2024). "Megami reveals why she wanted to 'stare Ru down' during key lip-sync lyric before Drag Race elimination". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
10. ^ Shatto, Rachel (February 20, 2024). "Drag Race star Megami on why she's ready to bust some liberal bubbles". Pride. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
11. ^ Sim, Bernardo (20 January 2024). "Meatball parodies Megami's 'Protect Queer Art' number & we're CACKLING". Yahoo! News UK. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
12. ^ Frank, Jason P. (3 February 2024). "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Recap, Season 16, Episode 5". Vulture. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
13. ^ Frank, Jason P. (16 February 2024). "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Recap, Season 16 Episode 7". Vulture. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
14. ^ Benutty, John (13 April 2024). "'RuPaul's Drag Race' season 16 episode 15 recap: 'LipSync Lalaparuza Smackdown – Reunited'". Gold Derby. Retrieved 13 April 2024.

## External links

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* Media related to Megami (drag queen) at Wikimedia Commons

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