Photos: Meet the New Queens Competing in RuPaul’s Drag Race

RuPaul’s Drag Race returns with a court of 12 queens who will compete for the America’s Next Drag Superstar title when the season premieres Monday, March 7 at 9 p.m. ET, which also marks the series’ 100^th episode.

“This is an amazing time to be producing television,” said executive producer RuPaul Charles. “The fact that RuPaul’s Drag Race is celebrating its 100^th episode is undeniable proof that there is an insatiable hunger for authentic, unfiltered and ribald voices that not only challenge the norm, but help redefine mainstream media.”

In addition to being crowned America’s Next Drag Superstar, the winner will strut away with a $100,000 cash prize.

The 12 Queens who will compete are:

• Acid Betty
  Brooklyn, New York

• Bob The Drag Queen
  New York, New York

• Chi Chi DeVayne
  Shreveport, Louisiana

• Cynthia Lee Fontaine
  Austin, Texas

• Dax ExclamationPoint
  Savannah, Georgia

• Derrick Barry
  Las Vegas, Nevada

• Kim Chi
  Chicago, Illinois

• Laila McQueen
  Gloucester, Massachusetts

• Naomi Smalls
  Redlands, California

• Naysha Lopez
  Chicago, Illinois

• Robbie Turner
  Seattle, Washington

• Thorgy Thor
  Brooklyn, New York

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  Derrick Barry

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  Naomi Smalls

  2 of 12

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  Cynthia Lee Fontaine

  3 of 12

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  Robbie Turner

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  Naysha Lopez

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  Laila McQueen

  6 of 12

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  Chi Chi DeVayne

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  Thorgy Thor

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  Dax ExclamationPoint

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  Kim Chi

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  Bob The Drag Queen

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  Acid Betty

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