RuPaul

• S6E1 · James St. James▶Play from 00:49:22 · 7 mentions in this episode

  WOW's breakthrough star; asked Fenton and Randy to manage him

  FashionDrag superstar; 'Supermodel' is a fashion anthem

• S1E1 · Dianne Brill▶Play from 00:33:27 · 3 mentions in this episode

  Dianne notes people now say her look is pure Drag Race

  FashionDrag superstar

• S1E2 · Michael Musto▶Play from 00:05:15 · 4 mentions in this episode

  Remembered as the kid with a Mohawk at the New Music Seminar who said he'd be a big star; later lived with Nelson Sullivan. Musto jokes he once predicted 'RuPaul's over'

  FashionDrag icon

• S2E3 · Susanne Bartsch▶Play from 00:04:14 · 9 mentions in this episode

  Go-go danced at Bentley's, was master of ceremonies at the Copa and toured Japan, Italy, Paris and Miami with Susanne

  FashionDrag icon; started as a go-go dancer in Susanne's clubs

• S3E6 · Eric Goode▶Play from 00:48:26 · 4 mentions in this episode

  Eric remembers him living at the Jane Hotel with nothing, out on the piers

  FashionDrag icon

• S4E8 · Richie Rich▶Play from 00:03:53 · 1 mention in this episode

  James's 'hi' and 'honey, honey' theory travels to him via Drag Race

  FashionDrag icon

• S5E6 · Christopher Makos▶Play from 00:31:02 · 2 mentions in this episode

  Drag Race as a modern surrealist movement, in Makos's view

  FashionDrag icon

• S6E3 · Chi Chi Valenti & Johnny Dynell▶Play from 00:43:20 · 1 mention in this episode

  Heard as Rue: arrived at the Pyramid with Bunny, as Johnny recalls

• S1E4 · Peter Gatien▶Play from 00:39:29 · 2 mentions in this episode

  Part of the Tunnel game show; Peter is pleased to have read that she met her husband on the Limelight dance floor

• S3E8 · Larry Tee▶Play from 00:04:21 · 22 mentions in this episode

  Came up from Atlanta with Larry and Lahoma; the van flipped on the way. Larry co-wrote 'Supermodel' seeing Ru as a supermodel

• S4E4 · Zaldy▶Play from 00:00:28 · 36 mentions in this episode

  Zaldy has dressed Ru for decades - 13 or 14 gowns a season that Ru chooses from, 'like a collection'. They met at La Palais de Beauté

  FashionZaldy designs Ru's gowns and jewellery

• S2E1 · Michelle Visage▶Play from 00:00:36 · 26 mentions in this episode

  First words at the Copa; really met in a green room when she had the Bodyguard song and Ru had Supermodel - 'you are a motherfucking superstar'. Brought her on as co-host of The RuPaul Show

• S1E6 · Waltpaper▶Play from 00:18:28 · 5 mentions in this episode

  At Wigstock 1991 Walt mistook Ru for Diahann Carroll; the hosts had just started managing Ru, a couple of months before Supermodel

On the scene timeline

1. 1981 · 101 Avenue A

   The Pyramid Club redefines drag

   Avenue A's tiny bar turns drag from lip-sync glamour into punk performance art, and launches the careers that become Wigstock.

   Joey AriasLady BunnyRuPaulHapi PhaceJohn Sex

2. Labor Day 1984 · Tompkins Square Park

   The first Wigstock in Tompkins Square Park

   A hungover afterthought by Lady Bunny and friends becomes the outdoor drag festival that runs for decades.

   Joey AriasLady BunnyRuPaulLeigh Bowery

3. 1993 · New York

   RuPaul's Supermodel (You Better Work) charts

   The Pyramid Club's own goes from Wigstock stages to the Billboard charts, and World of Wonder starts filming.

   Michelle VisageJoey AriasMichael MustoRuPaulFenton BaileyRandy BarbatoLady Bunny

4. 2 February 2009 · Logo TV

   RuPaul's Drag Race premieres

   World of Wonder turns everything the Pyramid Club invented into a global television format. Michelle Visage joins the panel in season three.

   Michelle VisageJoey AriasRuPaulFenton BaileyRandy BarbatoWorld of Wonder

5. 1990s · New York

   Larry Tee: DJ and promoter alongside RuPaul in New York

   DJ who named the "electroclash" sound. (Night Fever guest, Season 3, Episode 8.)

   Larry Tee

6. 1990s · New York

   Zaldy: Part of the club scene and designs for RuPaul

   Costume designer for RuPaul and Drag Race. (Night Fever guest, Season 4, Episode 4.)

   Zaldy

7. 2018 · New York

   Zaldy: Emmy for costume design on RuPaul's Drag Race

   Costume designer for RuPaul and Drag Race. (Night Fever guest, Season 4, Episode 4.)

   Zaldy

8. 2011 · New York

   Raja: Wins RuPaul's Drag Race Season 3

   Winner of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 3. (Night Fever guest, Season 6, Episode 4.)

   Raja

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