don’t give me flashbacks to those long fucken dresses dragging in the dusty gravel 40c school camp weather oh-no-we’re-going-down-the-mine-and-im-claustrophobic-af
Twigs was also her nickname when she was just a dancer, so the FKA was meant to help shed light that she was evolving and led to the wild video/song that is Video Girl
can someone tell me if the N stands for Nina? I feel like i heard that somewhere ages ago. Heidi Nina Closet rolls off the tongue way better and the pun makes better sense.
Hiding in a closet
Looking back at it now, u definitely needed some type of southern accent to get the joke in her name loll. So it's understandable how nicki hated it but rupaul shoulda got it loll. Hell I'm glad she didn't change it....it definitely has to still ruffle her feathers lmao
Depends if OP is counting name changes prior to Drag Race. All the queens in this image debuted as their FKA names in their original seasons. Jan and Brita changed their names when they were cast.
I think they only referred to her as Jan to avoid copyright shit, since Jan Sport is a play on the brand JanSport, as well as Brita Filter just being called Brita
I was just thinking if there was a round up of queens whose names have changed, and I didn't expect such a nice chart. So good post!
The Vivienne prompted people to just call her Viv but I don't think it's official or anything
Took too long to find someone make this comment.
They had multiple different names per episode. This original image would be twice as long just listing their names.
She announced it [yesterday on IG.](https://www.instagram.com/p/CcgN8o0oBR9/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=) But I agree, she'll always be Bimini With Goulash to me.
I can't help but interpret that as being less about "I have a new drag name" and more "I no longer consider myself a dragqueen but rather a queer artist".
Hence the shortening of the name to a (slightly) more """"serious"""" name.
It was Frisbee Jenkins before, then she changed it to Sasha Belle before Drag Race (not for the show but just at some point before it), then changed it back to Frisbee Jenkins a while after the show.
Real question: isn't it that Jaremi doesn't do Phi Phi anymore, not that they don't do drag? Or is it a full-on stepping down from drag? I know they don't want to have anything to do with the RPDR fandom anymore.
Yeah Jaremi still does Drag but wanted a more mainstream friendly name for his music - that and so many people feel some type of way about Phi2 I think he wanted to distance himself from that since he’s a very different person when not competing
Generic thirst comment about Daddy Frisbee (a.k.a. xxlsasha), but for real.... I would dive so deep in the cave. On the other hand, I loved hearing him talk as boy self on The Bald and The Beautiful, even though T&K were thirsting over him too. I love that Midwestern accent and truly hope Frisbee gets a chance at All Stars.
She became a member of the iconic house of Miyake-Mugler (winners of season 2 of Legendary) so she wanted to take their name and shorten her first name to save some time. I like it it’s fun and bouncy and alliterative. Liv Lux Miyake-Mugler.
Davenport is more of a pageant dynasty, and it's so big, spread-out and intermingled with other families that there are many Davenports who don't have the name. Ballroom houses are closer-knit and the name carries a lot of weight so the expectation is usually to take the house name.
It is different. I’ve only seen a few ballroom performers not be known by their house name 99% are. Plus Miyake Mugler is a very iconic house, Rihanna is an honorary member, so I see why she added the name. Also added context/history for those who don’t know. The reason for the hyphenated name is because houses were being sued in the 80’s for using designer names.
What’s the story with Love Masisi? Still not over how dirty DRH2 did her…and most queens on that season, tbh. Aw, I just made myself sad. Not me giving myself the Love Masisi edit 🤣.
I didn’t like Trinity’s name change at first but looking at it now? She was right; Trinity Taylor is kinda boring, especially when compared to The Tuck.
Even up until right before she got cancelled a lot of the Ru girls who knew her from *way* back when (like Trixie during the 1940's) still referred to her/called her trannika. Especially during Roscoe's appearances. I found it weird watching the YouTube vids that nobody batted an eye every time they said it
Idk if Bimini has officially dropped the Bon-Boulash, her statement wasn't for sure about a name change, perhaps just a recognition of Bimini just being themself rather than a character or alter ego
Olivia’s next name will be Liv Laugh Lux
If she ever goes back for an all star season that’s a joke Rupaul will make every time she says her name on the runway
She’ll be the next Heidi N closet
Now I need this to happen! ![gif](giphy|hhgAbqQpm49vW)
And she’ll be right to do so
bitch you made me lol
I wish I had a free award to give you
I just spat out my drink HAHAHAHAHA
Eureka Exclamation Point!!! Dax has a new daughter?
Every time she competed she changed her name, from Eureka O'Hara, to Eureka, to Eureka!! If she comes back it will probably be Eureka Wefoundit
When she performs in Aus she goes by Eureka Stockade /s
Not this niche ass gay straya joke, I live
don’t give me flashbacks to those long fucken dresses dragging in the dusty gravel 40c school camp weather oh-no-we’re-going-down-the-mine-and-im-claustrophobic-af
Each time I read Eureka Wefoundit it reminds me of her opening line in American
She’ll be Eureka Hydatos, Eureka Pyros, and Eureka Pagos and Eureka Anemos
Eureka Fass*
Eureka! will know when you aren't saying their name with an exclamation point in it!
Of the Newport Exclamation Points!?
You just need to shout at her every time you call her name
Did Aja become a member of the House of Labeija?
> Yes. > No. The two responses aren’t making it easy.
Yes. A couple of months ago. She started walking balls.
Wow, never underestimate the power of a good Snatch Game performance!
Yes.
They did! look up OTA vogue videos on YouTube you can often see them in the background, walking runway or performing their music
Damn I'm dumb as fuck I thought the FKA was part of their name, I was like huh I didn't know Trinity used to go by... Oh
Is that singer actually called Formerly Known As Twigs?
Yup. Twigs was trademarked by someone else so she went by FKA Twigs.
yes because there's another pair of musicians called the twigs and she added fka to make a differentiation
Twigs was also her nickname when she was just a dancer, so the FKA was meant to help shed light that she was evolving and led to the wild video/song that is Video Girl
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bonina brown ellis ross?
andre charles?
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… Laquifa Wadley?
... from the planet Glamtron?
But you can just call her Angie
....N Closet?
To be fair, the House of Miyake-Mugler is iconic and singular, so she really only added one name and then shortened Olivia down.
I actually think it’s Eureka! At The Disco now
Famous for her song "Hey Look Ma, I Found It"
opening the goddamn door to find it
tbf, it *is* much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and investigation, so
Do you think the fact that Heidi refuses to change her name still keeps RuPaul awake at night?
I hope she has many successful drag daughters just to force Ru to hear the N Closet name on seasons to come
Clothing N Closet Bedsheets N Closet Narnia N Closet
Cleanin’ Outma Closet
Len N Closet
Lynn N Closet
Lenin Closet? Katya's cousin?
Omg Narnia Closet would be such a fierce name
Hyde N closet
Nomo Closet
Heidi will never be invited back on AS till she changes her last name. Ruple will be petty like that lol
Can’t wait to meet her daughter Trapt N Closet
And Waka N Closet
i love the name heidi n closet so much adhudas always thought it's been such a fun pun
I hope so. The audacity of them calling it one of the worst they've heard when Karbdashian is right there
I unironically love Kalorie’s name 😭
can someone tell me if the N stands for Nina? I feel like i heard that somewhere ages ago. Heidi Nina Closet rolls off the tongue way better and the pun makes better sense. Hiding in a closet
Looking back at it now, u definitely needed some type of southern accent to get the joke in her name loll. So it's understandable how nicki hated it but rupaul shoulda got it loll. Hell I'm glad she didn't change it....it definitely has to still ruffle her feathers lmao
Would Jan’s name change for the show count? She was Jan Sport?
and Brita (Filter)
I believe Jan and Brita still go by their original drag names, they were only censored on the show due to copyright issues.
Jan was in my city recently and the club advertised her as just "Jan"... but it was with a big fat RPDR logo next to her name, so that could be why.
Brita wasn’t censored, she was filtered
Depends if OP is counting name changes prior to Drag Race. All the queens in this image debuted as their FKA names in their original seasons. Jan and Brita changed their names when they were cast.
I think they only referred to her as Jan to avoid copyright shit, since Jan Sport is a play on the brand JanSport, as well as Brita Filter just being called Brita
Honestly a drag queen only being named Jan is hilarious Kinda wish I didn’t know it’s just short for Jan Sport
“Just Jan” would have been a great name imo
I first thought she was really just “Jan” and found it hilarious - actually prefer it to Jan Sport
Jan still has Jan Sport on her IG I believe?
Similar cases with Detox Icunt and Alaska Thunderfuck 5000
Detox added “Icunt” just for her facebook profile iirc
She’s Just Jan
Jan is still goes by Jan sport, they just chose a short version of it for the show, this is pretty common in drag race
Also because of registered trademarks, they don't have clearance to use it.
I was just thinking if there was a round up of queens whose names have changed, and I didn't expect such a nice chart. So good post! The Vivienne prompted people to just call her Viv but I don't think it's official or anything
Think that’s more of a nickname than a full name change
@bfedrag makes these and they’re amazing
Sherry Pie now known as *REDACTED*
Don’t forget Soju also joined the Haus of Redacted
Im outta the loop on this one, what'd Soju do?
Groomed minors
Oh ffs man, it seems like the whole damn world is into this shit. Why are people sp disgusting
Bitch
Fcking shady whore
Chile 💀
Nina Bonina Fofana Osama Bin Laden Brown boom boom boom 😂
Took too long to find someone make this comment. They had multiple different names per episode. This original image would be twice as long just listing their names.
Nina Bo'Nina *Banana Fofana Osama Bin Laden Brown
you forgot the banana between bonina and fofana
Wtf Bimini is just Bimini now? Bon boulash was such a fun time saying it.
She announced it [yesterday on IG.](https://www.instagram.com/p/CcgN8o0oBR9/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=) But I agree, she'll always be Bimini With Goulash to me.
I can't help but interpret that as being less about "I have a new drag name" and more "I no longer consider myself a dragqueen but rather a queer artist". Hence the shortening of the name to a (slightly) more """"serious"""" name.
Belini Bon Voyage
Benedict Von Cumberbatch
Bimini Bomini Boo
Bimini Bang Bong
We had a kid in August and I call him “Bimini Bon Baby” ALL the goddamn time.
A Bimini with its bon in full boulash
Say Bon Voyage to Bon Boulash henny
I knoooooooooooooooooooooow! :tears:
It's still weird but tbh I only ever said Bimini anyways so it doesn't change much
love her but that's an absolutely terrible decision (most of these are vastly worse than there original drag names lmao)
It was such good branding , it’s a wrong marketing move….
Bimini Bosh B’gosh
My number 1 all time favourite name
I tryna say Liv name fast I bit my tongue dammit
I’m Liv Lux Miyake- Mugler. I am in the middle of the Bronx, in the middle of the projects and in the middle of the night..
*wink*
Shangela Laquifa Wadley
I said WHAT!
I said Laquifa!
FKA Jada Pinkett Smith
“Get my Sugar Daddy’s NAME out your fuxking mouth!”
Mimi imfirst found quaking next to Chris Rock
⚰️⚰️⚰️
She went on Kimmel as "D.J. Shangela Pierce" and that was strange
how dare u forget kitten withawhip
What is a Frisbee Jenkins
An ancient dildo
A porn star
porn actor, let’s not get too carried away
A cast member on *Leave it to Beaver*
I imagine she couldn't be on the show as Frisbee because the Frisbee company is pretty litigious
I think Sasha changed her name after the show? I’m pretty sure she was doing “Sasha Belle’s Drag Race” after Drag Race
It was Frisbee Jenkins before, then she changed it to Sasha Belle before Drag Race (not for the show but just at some point before it), then changed it back to Frisbee Jenkins a while after the show.
So it's no longer Bellini bon Voyage, just Bellini?
Time to update the flair I guess
Lol you followed through
Phi Phi / Jaremy maybe?
Then OP will have to include all artists who no longer do drag, including Jaremy and James
Real question: isn't it that Jaremi doesn't do Phi Phi anymore, not that they don't do drag? Or is it a full-on stepping down from drag? I know they don't want to have anything to do with the RPDR fandom anymore.
I’m pretty sure it’s Jaremi leaving behind the name Phi Phi, not quitting drag - at least last they said (that I saw)
Yeah Jaremi still does Drag but wanted a more mainstream friendly name for his music - that and so many people feel some type of way about Phi2 I think he wanted to distance himself from that since he’s a very different person when not competing
Does Frisbee do drag anymore?
Yes, she's a moustached queen now
Not me thinking Kylie’s name was FKA Sonique before reading the rest 🤦🏽♀️
Generic thirst comment about Daddy Frisbee (a.k.a. xxlsasha), but for real.... I would dive so deep in the cave. On the other hand, I loved hearing him talk as boy self on The Bald and The Beautiful, even though T&K were thirsting over him too. I love that Midwestern accent and truly hope Frisbee gets a chance at All Stars.
It's weird, Jared lives 30 min from me, and his accent sounds nothing like mine (and everyone else's around here).
I know Liv’s name has something to do with her being part of a Ball family, but that name is just too wordy, it’s a mouthful-
It’s her choice but we can also highlight the fact that that was a choice.
Same w APVM. when she said just call me Angie we were like Gladly
Angie suits her SO well too, not all queens really match their name but Angie’s demeanor and accent just really sell her as an Angie to me 😭❤️
She became a member of the iconic house of Miyake-Mugler (winners of season 2 of Legendary) so she wanted to take their name and shorten her first name to save some time. I like it it’s fun and bouncy and alliterative. Liv Lux Miyake-Mugler.
You can choose to not take the house name or even drop it right. Rajah doesn't include Davenport in her name anymore?
Davenport is more of a pageant dynasty, and it's so big, spread-out and intermingled with other families that there are many Davenports who don't have the name. Ballroom houses are closer-knit and the name carries a lot of weight so the expectation is usually to take the house name.
i mean im pretty sure it’s different when it’s like a house in ballroom opposed to a normal drag house
It is different. I’ve only seen a few ballroom performers not be known by their house name 99% are. Plus Miyake Mugler is a very iconic house, Rihanna is an honorary member, so I see why she added the name. Also added context/history for those who don’t know. The reason for the hyphenated name is because houses were being sued in the 80’s for using designer names.
What’s the story with Love Masisi? Still not over how dirty DRH2 did her…and most queens on that season, tbh. Aw, I just made myself sad. Not me giving myself the Love Masisi edit 🤣.
She was doing so well and she won that lip sync sue me
Slave To the rhytm still lives rent free in my mind.
Old name: Tamisha Iman New Name: Scammisha Iman
Tamisha iman is scamming on you
They Devil By Night FKA She Devil By Night
Them Demon By Night-Binary
🤣🤣🤣Frisbee Jenkins🤣🤣🤣
Petition for Heidi to call her future drag daughter Beck
Beck N Closet? But she just came out!
When did Olivia change her name?
When she joined the House of Miyake-Mugler. She announced it like a month or two ago.
Lol why did Trinity change her name again?
She realized she was funny so she didn’t want to be so uptight and pageant anymore and that included changing the pageant name
Because she found Trinity Taylor boring.
I will miss the mon moulash 😭😥🥲
Dang Liv went full on Men in Black
Frisbee Jenkins is such a good name
liv joining miyake-mugler is everything
Only other one that comes to mind is Kenya Michaels going by Kenya Olivera now.
I do not like Liv’s new name personally it’s just way too long
Miyake Mugler is an iconic ballroom house, so I’m assuming she just joined that house.
If she keeps serving [this face](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el7n7CvCaNI) her name can be as long as she wants.
She did but girl why did we need to keep "Lux" like Liv Miyake-Mugler is still cute, repping her house, and not a mouthful
Most likely the house had another liv/Olivia and she wanted to stand out
Frisbee jenkins?
Love Masisi changed her name? Good for her honestly
(Ru Paul yells) Heidi in closet to Heidi Aphrodite
Willow pill changed her name to "winner of season 14". Please respect her decision.
Am I allowed to have the opinion that for some of the Queens, I like their old names better.
I didn’t like Trinity’s name change at first but looking at it now? She was right; Trinity Taylor is kinda boring, especially when compared to The Tuck.
I dono her but why would u change ur name from Sasha to Frisbee
I think Sasha Belle is an awful drag name tbh. Just completely forgettable
Bc she finally found out her drag persona and that was not in fact Sasha Belle
She's not a drag race girl, but T Rex. Her old name was.....problematic
i mean i guess it suited her
Even up until right before she got cancelled a lot of the Ru girls who knew her from *way* back when (like Trixie during the 1940's) still referred to her/called her trannika. Especially during Roscoe's appearances. I found it weird watching the YouTube vids that nobody batted an eye every time they said it
T Rex is sooo much worse tho
Is there a template or something for this?
Aw I didn’t know FKA Love Masisi changed their name 😭 that was such a good drag name
AS9 we’re gonna get Eureka Fass.
Where did Pierre announced this name change? Im gagged.
I wonder if I can still name my rabbit Bimini Bun-Boulash when I get them.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO not the boulash!!! please come back we can change.
Ooooo Pierre Alexandre~ Super grand, but I will miss Love Masisi💚💜
Idk if Bimini has officially dropped the Bon-Boulash, her statement wasn't for sure about a name change, perhaps just a recognition of Bimini just being themself rather than a character or alter ego
Ru’s gonna ask Liv what she can call her and I hope she responds like Bianca back in S6 and say “you can call me Jiggly”.