“We’re simply pushing one another to be the perfect that we will carry out at,” Plastique Tiara stated of her Season 9 castmates.
Since her days strutting down the RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11 runway, serving face, tender magnificence, and polish, Vietnam-born drag performer Plastique Tiara — whose beginning identify is Duc Tran Nguyen — has develop into a TikTok sensation, placing her Vietnamese tradition and talent to completely rework entrance and heart. Her sickening TikTok content material has earned her over 11.6 million followers on the platform.
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Inserting eighth on Season 11, little 21-year-old Plastique sashayed away with one Maxi Problem win (aka the “Farm to Runway” design problem), a memorable hug from Mama Ru, and newfound confidence in herself. 5 years later, the “world It Lady” is returning to the Drag Race stage to slay the home down boots as soon as once more.
“Asian excellence has arrived,” Plastique pronounces as she enters the Werk Room on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 9, which premieres on Could 17, 2024.
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Alongside sisters Angeria Paris VanMicheals, Gottmik, Jorgeous, Nina West, Roxxxy Andrews, Shannel, and Vanessa Vanjie Mateo, Plastique will compete for a spot within the Drag Race Corridor of Fame and $200,000, which can go to the charity of her selection: The Asian American Basis. Sure, the All Stars Season 9 queens might be snatching wigs and studying one another for trigger.
In comparison with Season 11’s large personalities, together with Vanessa Vanjie Mateo and Silky Nutmeg Ganache, Plastique was thought-about a reasonably quiet queen. In April 2024, she revealed on Instagram that followers can count on one thing fiercer this time round:
“As a younger Vietnamese boy, I shied away from talking up, fearing I’d be too loud. Drag allowed me to search out my voice. [During] Season 11, I used to be timid of utilizing that voice. Now, again for All Stars 9, I’m decided to roar as loud as potential for all of the Asian youngsters who, like me, as soon as feared talking out.”
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Itching to know what Plastique has in retailer for us Drag Race superfans, we solely spoke with TikTok’s favourite drag famous person by way of Zoom about how she’s grown since Season 11, her closest Drag Race sisters, and hints about what to anticipate forward of the AS Season 9 premiere. Learn on to expertise the fantasy.
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‘Drag Race All Stars’ Season 9 contestant Plastique Tiara talks being loud versus making some extent: “Phrases are fleeting.”
Plastique is unquestionably bored with being informed she struggled to maintain her wig above water whereas battling Season 11’s loudest queens for airtime — not that this was a precedence. In reality, being the “loudest” shouldn’t be her purpose.
“There have been very, very large voices, small voices, [and] someplace in between,” Plastique solely informed Distractify of Season 11. “Rising up, I used to be by no means one to speak over one other particular person. That is simply how I’m, that is simply how my persona is. Generally it is not the perfect for TV.”
For Plastique, actions communicate louder than phrases.
“It is all the time been me to by no means put affect on my phrases, as a result of phrases are fleeting. I do not prefer to get loud to get my level throughout. It is what you do that actually issues,” she continued.
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With this in thoughts, we requested Plastique what “roaring” seems prefer to her.
“This season, I wished to roar as in make an affect on our group,” she stated of the Asian group. “I am very pleased with what I did.”
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Contemplating Plastique’s viral TikTok transformations and general profession development have been unimaginable to witness — as she joined Madonna onstage throughout her “Celebration Tour,” toured with “Werq The World,” and carried out for Las Vegas’ “RuPaul’s Drag Race Dwell!” present — we could not assist however ask what we must always count on.
“I believe you possibly can count on one thing very sudden,” she stated with a smile. “And among the best packages to ever come on the runway.”
As for being onstage with Grammy winner and pop music legend Madonna, Plastique described it as “an out of physique expertise.”
“A serious, main, main, main legendary artist is simply out right here having drag queens on their stage, and one other drag queen internet hosting each single evening, like, the the world is altering, y’all!” Plastique stated. “It was superb to be in her presence.”
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Plastique Tiara on reuniting along with her ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ sisters: “It is a full circle second.”
Tensions typically rise all through a Drag Race season, however All Stars is often all love.
“I am very near Roxxxy, Miss Thick and Juicy,” Plastique informed us with a giggle. “She was my finest Judy on the season.”
She additionally touched on her longtime friendship with Southern sister Jorgeous.
“Jorgeous, oh my gosh, I’ve identified since I used to be like 18 or 19. We began drag collectively in Texas. So it is a full circle second, for all of us, for certain” she stated.
And although the seasoned queens are certain to rub one another the improper method because the competitors heats up, Plastique famous that everybody had heat intentions.
“This forged is admittedly cool as a result of we do not nitpick with one another, we type of know who we’re. So after we see one thing, we simply type of internalize after which attempt to make ourselves higher,” she detailed. “We’re simply pushing one another to be the perfect that we will carry out at.”
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 9 premieres on Friday, Could 17, 2024, on Paramount Plus.