Lashauwn Beyond | |
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| Born | (1989-11-11)November 11, 1989 (age 36) |
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| Television | RuPaul's Drag Race (season 4) |
Lashauwn Beyond (born November 11, 1989)[1] is an Americandrag performer andcostume designer who competed onseason 4 ofRuPaul's Drag Race. Acatchphrase she said in an argument with fellow contestantJiggly Caliente on the companion showRuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked, "This is not RuPaul's Best Friend Race", became ameme and a part of the franchise's history. Lashauwn Beyond is based inFlorida and continues to design outfits forDrag Race contestants.
Lashauwn Beyond is fromFlorida.[2] She attendedPiper High School inSunrise.[1]
Lashauwn Beyond is adrag performer andcostume designer. She became interested in drag at age 18, and took the name for her drag persona from her younger sister, Lashauwn.[2] She wanted to audition forDrag Race when she was 20 years old, but had to wait until she was 21 because of the show's age requirements.[1] Lashauwn Beyond competed onseason 4 (2012) ofRuPaul'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] includingLatrice Royale of season 4 andMalaysia Babydoll Foxx ofseason 15 (2023).[6][7]
According toScreen Rant, Lashauwn Beyond "showed great promise" on the premiere episode ("RuPocalypse Now!"), which tasked contestants with creating apost-apocalyptic look.[8] She was eliminated on thesecond episode, which had a wrestling challenge,[2] after placing in the bottom two and losing alip-sync contest against The Princess to "Bad Girls" (1979) byDonna Summer.[9][10] Lashauwn Beyond removed her shoes during the performance, againstRuPaul's preference.[11] In 2017,Thrillist's Brian Moylan ranked her number 69 out of the show's 113 contestants to date.[12] Hanne Low included her inScreen Rant's 2018 list of thirteen contestants eliminated too soon.[13] InThe Spinoff's 2019 "definitive ranking" ofDrag Race lip-syncs to date, Sam Brooks ranked the battle number 146 out of 162.[10] 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."[14]
On the first episode of the companion seriesRuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked, Lashauwn Beyond and fellow contestantJiggly Caliente got into an argument after Lashauwn Beyond called Jiggly Caliente out for not knowing how to sew, and Jiggly Caliente was offended that Lashauwn Beyond did not share her thoughts about her look.[15] Lashauwn Beyond said to Jiggly Caliente, "This is not RuPaul's Best Friend Race".[16] Thecatchphrase became ameme and has been repeated on subsequent seasons ofDrag Race.[5][17] In 2018, Michael Cuby included the argument inThem's list of the ten "messiest fights" inUntucked history,[15] and the online magazine's John Paul Brammer said she should receiveroyalty payments for coining the catchphrase.[18] The catchphrase was also included inIN Magazine's 2019 list of the show's seven best to date,[17] as well as Pride.com's 2023 list of tenDrag Race memes "that belong in the Hall of Fame".[19] In 2023, Cailyn Szelinski ofScreen 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 duringUntucked ... and made herself a permanent part ofDrag Race herstory."[20]
Lashauwn Beyond has lived inPlantation andFort Lauderdale.[21] Shecame out as atrans woman following her appearance onDrag Race.[6][22] She is the "drag mother" ofMalaysia Babydoll Foxx.[23]
Outside of her drag career, Lashauwn Beyond has run her own sewing business.[2]
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 2012 | RuPaul's Drag Race (season 4)[1] | Contestant (12th place) |
| RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked[15] | Herself |
