Seven Season 9 contestants of VH1’s “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” including winner Sasha Velour, will take the stage on Friday evening at Balboa Theatre in a stop of a tour titled War on the Catwalk.
That’s half of the most recent season’s competitors, including three of the final four, that will be part of the “Catwalk” extravaganza.
Here are the queens who are ready to serve “fishy realness” Friday night:
Sasha Velour
Age (during season): 29
Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Signature: Bald, brainy and always fashion forward
Placement: Winner
Highpoint: Again, she won, and she was never in the bottom two.
Elimination: N/A
War on the Catwalk
When: 8 p.m. Friday
Where: Balboa Theatre, 868 Fourth Ave., downtown
Cost: Tickets start at $65
Info: 619.570.1100 or sandiegotheatres.org
Trinity Taylor (host)
Age: 31
Hometown: Orlando, Fla.
Signature: The pageant queen has an incredible “tuck.”
Placement: 3rd/4th in finale
Highpoint: Multiple challenge winner
Elimination: Lost to runner-up Peppermint in a semifinal lip-sync battle to Britney Spears’ Stronger - the first of two - to finish 3rd/4th.
Shea Coulee
Age: 27
Hometown: Chicago
Signature: Fierce competitor (acting and dancing)
Placement: 3rd/4th in finale
Highpoint: Won a challenge for her portrayal of Blac Chyna in Kardashian: The Musical.
Elimination: The frontrunner lost to Velour in the second semifinal lip-sync battle to Whitney Houston’s So Emotional to finish 3rd/4th.
Alexis Michelle
Age: 32
Hometown: New York City
Signature: The Broadway Queen
Placement: 5th
Highpoint: Win as Liza Minnelli in Snatch Game; slayed as Kris Jenner in Kardashian: The Musical.
Elimination: Overall “basic” Pride, horse and Village People catwalk looks
Nina Bo’nina Brown
Age: 34
Hometown: Riverdale, Ga.
Signature: Intricate face makeup, but a Debbie Downer
Placement: 6th
Highpoint: Won the first challenge - hometown looks and Lady Gaga drag
Elimination: Weakest drag transformation of male crewmember
Farrah Moan
Age: 23
Hometown: Las Vegas
Signature: Young, blonde, thin and pretty
Placement: 8th
Highpoint: Her Madonna look
Elimination: Weakest in the roast of judge Michelle Visage
Kimora Blac
Age: 27
Hometown: Las Vegas
Signature: Her curves and derriere
Placement: 13th
Highpoint: Well ... she was part of Season 9?
Elimination: Weakest fairy-tale princess, Banana Lady
After San Diego, the show lands in two of the headliners’ hometown, Las Vegas, on Sunday night at the House of Blues.
Don Chareunsy is an arts and entertainment editor and reporter based in Las Vegas. He worked at The San Diego Union-Tribune from 2002-2008.
