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RuPaul

Known as the first drag supermodel, RuPaul has made great strides in the entertainment industry for the LGBT community. The respected diva wowed the dance scene during the '90s with club hits like "Supermodel (You Better Work)" and "Don't Go Breaking My Heart," all while tearing up the modeling world after scoring a contract with MAC cosmetics, making him the first drag queen to ever accomplish this feat. He's guest starred on and acted in several films and TV series and briefly hosted his own talk show on VH1. Now revered as a veteran in the entertainment industry, the accomplised star helms the popular contest shows RuPaul's Drag Race and RuPaul's Drag U.

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RuPaul's Drag Race

Ru rules! But the most colorful and fiercest competitors on TV sometimes upstage he host and mentor of RuPaul's Drag Race. Jiggly Caliente, Latrice Royale and Phi Phi O’Hara were just three reasons to tune in this year, but Drag Race gives you lo...

RuPaul: November 17

The Drag Race host and original diva is fabulous at 52. (Photo: Christopher Polk/Getty Images)

RuPaul on Honey Boo Boo:

“She is pure love.” (Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

RuPaul on the death of RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant Sahara Davenport:

“Never occurred to me that we'd ever lose one of my girls. I see them as immortal.” (Photo: Christopher Polk/Getty Images)

RuPaul's Drag Race Star Sahara Davenport Dies

The entertainer, born Antoine Ashley, was just 27.

Fierce Lady

The performer headlined the Gay Pride event in D.C. over Memorial Day Weekend of 2012. She says that RuPaul is one of her additional music idols and that the gay community taught her how to be a "fierce lady." (Photo: John Ricard / BET)

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