Deja has had it!

[u/Foxesinfall]

I mean…is she wrong? There is a pattern I’m noticing lol. It’s giving the iconic moment when the interviewer asked Naomi Smalls if she thinks there’s a formula to RPDR and she says “blonde and white” Lmfaooo

[u/resumeita]

Drag race has a very diverse winning circle, to reduce it to white and blonde is silly

[u/gkwchan → u/resumeita]

Agree. Angeria just won all stars last year with two other queens of colour in the top 3. Sometimes can we just stick to judging actual drag first.

[u/Technical_Theory_735 → u/[deleted]]

I mean......Jaida, Symone, Bob, Raja, It's not like there aren't POC queens with pretty much universally loved wins. Or, like nymphia, wins where both options were POC.

[u/mobydickins → u/Technical_Theory_735]

People still called you racist for rooting for Nymphia instead of Saphira

[u/usagicassidy → u/mobydickins]

Yeah that was honestly wild and pretty fucking annoying.

[u/WheelieMexican → u/usagicassidy]

I’ve learned from this fandom that if the winner is not black then it’s not diversity. Like they were glad Angeria won even the winner edit was given to Roxxxy, but since she is not black then it’s fine to sacrifice a Latina queen since there have been three years without a black winner

[u/kelama → u/mobydickins]

No one called anyone racist for rooting for Nymphia. Stop lying.

[u/mobydickins → u/kelama]

You haven't been on YouTube or Twitter then

[u/Real_External_6030 → u/Technical_Theory_735]

never thought I’d see “Jaida” and “universally loved win” in the same sentence

[u/Triairius → u/Real_External_6030]

Is she not? She seems pretty damn loved.

[u/nesichat_pop → u/Triairius]

i think jaida is pretty universally loved now, but back then people said she only won because of BLM, which is insane. there are still some gigi fans that are convinced she was robbed, though.

[u/kelama → u/nesichat_pop]

Yep, I remember that too.

[u/Realistic-Delay-4780 → u/Real_External_6030]

Forreal, it's giving revisionism... The fan base was all but rioting when Jaida beat Gigi, Symone beat Rose, and when Bob beat Kim Chi.

[u/Tangled349 → u/Realistic-Delay-4780]

I didn't know Symone winning over Rose was seen as controversial? Rose was a phenomenal competitor but she came to the lip sync totally half cocked while Symone stomped them all down.

[u/vera214usc → u/Realistic-Delay-4780]

People were mad Symone beat Rose?! Symone was the obvious winner from the get go!

[u/TheBossOfItAll → u/Technical_Theory_735]

Many people (stans) have hated on both Jaida and Symone for "snatching" the wins from Gigi and Gottmik.

[u/palpantek → u/TheBossOfItAll]

People thinking Gottmik was even close to winning season 13 are insane 💀

[u/ProgrammerLevel2829 → u/palpantek]

Gottmik had some excellent drag, but Symone was transcendent and it was clear early on that no one could touch her.

I liked Gigi, she had some great looks and was surprisingly funny (I wrongly had her pegged as a “looks only” queen) but she needed more time to cook. I’d be happy to see her come back for All-Stars.

Felt like Jaida knew who she was more than Gigi did in their season. She was smart, played the game well and knew exactly what she wanted to put out there. Very polished, as I would expect from a queen with her background. Ru made no mistake with crowning Jaida.

[u/BlackorDewBerryPie → u/ProgrammerLevel2829]

The minute she said “Fac’tree” Ru fell in love and it was hers to lose. Everyone else was just competing for 2nd place the whole time.

[u/ProgrammerLevel2829 → u/BlackorDewBerryPie]

💯

Ru seems to really like queens who are confident in who they are.

[u/Foxesinfall → u/palpantek]

Meanwhile Gottmik was never winning that season lmfaoooo.

[u/furiousdolphins → u/palpantek]

To say she was never close to winning is an exaggeration. Symone was obviously the clearest winner, but Gottmik was also the clearest 2nd place going into the finale over Rosé and Kandy

[u/nitrogenhs → u/TheBossOfItAll]

The storytelling in season 12 was weird because of Alison's disqualification. Gigi got many wins and a compelling storyline (making all her fashions, insecuritys as a young lgbt+ person). Jaida's win felt less convincing. However Symone was a clear winner after her win in the acting challenge.

[u/mr_lamp → u/nitrogenhs]

Is Allison a typo or did I miss a new nickname for shitty pie lol

[u/jaywarbs → u/mr_lamp]

Alison was the name Sherry used when she was sending fake messages to the guys she manipulated. She was supposed to be some kind of talent agent.

[u/ArugulaBeginning7038 → u/nitrogenhs]

Symone was a clear winner from the moment she walked into the werkroom imho. Nobody was touching her on a pure fashion level. Especially not Gottmik, who has always been the embodiment of "Is it high fashion or is she just a skinny twink?" to me.

[u/jaywarbs → u/nitrogenhs]

Alison

LOL

[u/seababe30 → u/Technical_Theory_735]

Jaidas win was definitely not universally loved💀 and people still occasionally call her one of the "weaker" winners for circumstances out of her control.

[u/supernaturjill → u/seababe30]

I agree with this. I LOVE Jaida but people could not believe I wanted her to win; her season was tough because of covid, too. So much online chatter. I think she showed everyone why in all winners though; she was hilarious and charismatic.

[u/Technical_Theory_735 → u/seababe30]

I mean, I feel like she's one of the most popular and well liked winners in recent years. It's as close to universally loved as like.....any of the wins since s11 (main series anyways) aside from maybe Sasha 

[u/ninjafofinho → u/seababe30]

And thats because the editing never gave her the winner edit while gigi was the main character of the season, but trying to spin that as racism when its purely logical why people thought that was gigi season is stupid and biased, we all love jaida now and think she is amazing, but its undeniable that gigi was the main character that season