Lashauwn Beyond

Lashauwn Beyond
Born (1989-11-11) November 11, 1989 (age 34)
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
TelevisionRuPaul'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[edit]

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

Drag career[edit]

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] 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[edit]

She was eliminated on the second episode, which featured a wrestling challenge,[2] after placing in the bottom two and losing a lip-sync against The Princess to "Bad Girls" (1979) by Donna Summer.[8][9] Lashauwn Beyond removed her shoes during the performance, against RuPaul's preference.[10] In 2017, Thrillist's Brian Moylan ranked her number 69 out of the show's 113 contestants to date.[11] Hanne Low included her in Screen Rant's 2018 list of thirteen contestants eliminated too soon.[12] In The Spinoff's 2019 "definitive ranking" of Drag Race lip-syncs to date, Sam Brooks ranked the battle number 146 out of 162.[9] 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."[13]

On the first episode of the companion series RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked, Lashauwn Beyond said to fellow contestant Jiggly Caliente during an argument, "This is not RuPaul's Best Friend Race".[14] The catchphrase became a meme and has been repeated on subsequent seasons of Drag Race.[5][15] In 2018, Michael Cuby included the argument in Them's list of the ten "messiest fights" in Untucked history,[16] and the online magazine's John Paul Brammer said she should receive royalty payments for coining the catchphrase.[17] The catchphrase was also included in IN Magazine's 2019 list of the show's seven best to date,[15] as well as Pride.com's 2023 list of ten Drag Race memes "that belong in the Hall of Fame".[18] 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."[19]

Personal life[edit]

Lashauwn Beyond has lived in Plantation and Fort Lauderdale.[20] She is a trans woman,[6][21] and the "drag mother" of Malaysia Babydoll Foxx.[22]

Outside of her drag career, Lashauwn Beyond has run her own sewing business.[23]

Filmography[edit]

Television[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "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 "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. ^ "'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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Recap: An Inconvenient Gag". Them. 2018-04-13. Archived from the original on 2023-03-30. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  18. ^ "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.
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ 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.
  21. ^ 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.
  22. ^ Malaysia Babydoll Foxx:
  23. ^ "RuPaul's Drag Race – Lashauwn Beyond". Hotspots! Magazine. 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2023-12-22.

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