What ever happened to the OG queens who competed in the landmark series' very first season?
Check in with BeBe Zahara Benet, Ongina, Tammie Brown, and more.
From sharing stages with Miley Cyrus to AIDS activism, where are the season 1 sisters now?
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Catch up with the show’s OG first ladies in EW’s then-and-now gallery ahead.
She stopped performing around September 2017, however, when her hometown bar closed for good.
Her season 10 reunion appearance marked her first drag performance since her self-imposed retirement the previous year.
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She has also expressed interest in returning for a futureAll Starsseason.
“You have to celebrate life,” she said as the judges wiped away tears.
“You keep going, and I keep going.”
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She’s also cohosted several episodes of the popularDrag Racerecap web seriesFashion Photo RuView.
Ongina returned to compete inAll Stars 5, where she placed ninth.
She later competed in the first season ofAll Starswith team member Chad Michaels, who ultimately won the competition.
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She no longer performs actively as a drag queen.
Her single, “Loca,” reached No.
15 on theBillboarddance club chart in 2010, and she subsequently released an EP titledStart Your Engineslater that year.
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“I knew I was going into the show with a different point of view.
“I speak a different drag language, which I can add to your taste buds.
So, have some tea with that!
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