Yvie Oddly steps Behind The Rope. RuPaul’s Drag Race Season Eleven Winner, Yvie Oddly. Checking in her from her home in Colorado, Yvie is here to tell it all. Let us start at the beginning. Yvie talks about her first drag performance, how Sharon Needles was an early influence, how she developed her “out of the box” style and fashion and how she chose her iconic name. After winning the Ultimate Queen of Denver Pageant, Yvie realized she was ready for the next step in her drag career. Drag Race. Yvie discusses the influence Drag Race, and RuPaul, had on her life as a Baby Drag Queen, as she watched on her TV each season before applying. Once chosen for Season Eleven, one of fifteen contestants, Yvie chipped away at the competition week after week after week until she was the last one left standing. Yvie discusses Drag Race judges Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley and Ross Mathews. Yvie also discusses guest judges Real Housewives of Atlanta’s Kandi Burruss and Miley Cyrus and her thoughts on each. She also discusses what filming, the competitions and RuPaul were really like on and off camera. Yvie open up about how life changed as a result of winning Drag Race both personally and professionally. On a deeper level Yvie discusses “celebrity culture”, social medial and what life as a public figure is really like. We discuss the “business” side of Drag. The Werk the World Tour, and DragCon. Yvie shares a rare look into her personal life with her future lawyer of a boyfriend, having celebrated their one year anniversary a few months ago. Finally, Yvie chats about her new full-length rap album “Drag Trap” - how and why it was made, her musical influences, and “why” do music now. Tune in for a fun, nothing held back, epic sit down with the Iconic always true to herself Miss Yvie Oddly.


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