To wrap RuPaul’s Drag Race’s herstoric Season 14, the queens were asked to prepare their best Las Vegas showgirl on the finale red carpet. The results? A hell of a dragtastic time — plus some fire looks. Ahead, the cast reflects on their unforgettable run.
At the finale, Bosco felt elated, plus “severely in debt and in a lot of pain.” But actually: “I’m just really proud of myself,” she tells Elite Daily. If she earns the crown, “the plan is to use that money and get really surged up and hot before the world ends.”
For Angeria, a Vegas moment translated to pageantry. “She’s gonna have nails, coiffed hair, a beat mug — period,” she says. As for her potential post-win M.O.? “Honestly? I just want to spread love.” Oh, she also wants to use the cash prize to score a luxurious home.
“I came into the show wanting to compete, and the fact that I went from literally the bottom to the top is just mind-blowing,” Daya says. “Whatever happens tonight, I'm just proud that I've made it this far. I'm gonna give it my all and I'm gonna do it my own way.”
Willow’s soft demeanor has worked in her favor. “When I do have something to say it’s either wise, or it’s very trivial and dumb, and people connect to both of those things,” she says. “It’s been fantastic to have the world have my back.”
“I try to approach everything that I do with an element of theatricality,” Camden says of her look. “I knew I wanted to take the showgirl theme and do something for me, so a horse and carriage just kind of felt perfect — a little fantasy, a little camp, and a little me.”
The most nerve-racking part of participating in Season 14? "Girl, all the episodes, b*tch!” Jorgeous says. “Except for the lip-sync episode. I had that in the bag. But doing these acting challenges were so scary to me, but now I feel like I got it.”
In Untucked, Deja uplifted her sisters when they were at their lowest. Why? “I'm the oldest on the season. I've been that person where not a lot of people supported me so I never, ever want to feel like that,” she says. “Instantly I was like, I gotta do that for my girls.”
What’s changed for Jasmine since appearing on TV? “The estrogen level, for one!” she says. “What really changed for me, though, was taking all the critiques and seeing where I wanted to go with it — being more confident in myself as a person, as a trans woman, and in my drag.”
Kerri recreated a viral Thanos-inspired meme about herself, arriving as Tranos, “eternal goddess of the galaxy.” “I wanted to pay tribute to being the most transtastic season of Drag Race,” she says. “When you have fans that are invested, you want to give them what they want.”
Kornbread doesn’t regret a damn thing about her Season 14 run. “I don't even regret hurting my ankle on the show. It was a blessing in disguise,” she says. “Had I not hurt my ankle, I wouldn't have built a better relationship [with my family] and healed physically and mentally.”
Maddy — or, as Kerri called him during the reunion, Mr. Straight — is the only cisgender, heterosexual contestant in the franchise’s history. He earned a redemptive arc by reminding the world the art of drag is rooted in LGBTQ+ issues. Werk.