Alexis Mateo

Alexis Mateo is the stage name of Alexis Mateo Pacheco, a contestant on Season 3 of RuPaul's Drag Race and then RuPaul's All Stars Drag Race. After auditioning for Seasons 1 and 2, Alexis eventually earned her place in Season 3 and went on to come third place (second runner-up) in the finale.

In 2012, Alexis returned for RuPaul's All Stars Drag Race where she paired up with fellow Season 3 queen, Yara Sofia. Together they made "Team Yarlexis". They were eventually eliminated in episode 4 after losing their lip-sync song "Don't Cha" against "Team Rujubee" (Raven and Jujubee).

On May 8, 2020, it was announced that she would be competing in All Stars 5.

RuPaul's Drag Race

Alexis did well on the show, winning three challenges (the same number as Raja and Manila), however, she also landed in the bottom three times. She landed on the bottom for the first time against Stacy Layne Matthews on Episode 7, Face, Face, Face of Cakes, then for the second time on Episode 11, RuPaul`s Hair Extravaganza, along with Shangela, and for the third and last time against Yara Sofia on Episode 13, Make Dat Money.

Alexis is one of the only queens to place in the bottom 2 in their season a number of 3 times and not be eliminated for the third lip-sync. The others to do this are Jujubee of Season 2, Coco Montrese of Season 5, Darienne Lake of Season 6 and then came Kameron Michaels of Season 10, Ra'Jah O'Hara from Season 11 and Heidi N Closet from Season 12.

Alexis won three challenges. She won the main challenge on Episode 3, Queens in Space, along with Shangela, the main challenge on Episode 4, Totally Leotarded, and the main challenge on Episode 9, Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Style.

She also won the mini-challenge on Episode 12, Jocks in Frocks.

On All Stars, Alexis and Yara formed "Yarlexis".

"Yarlexis" won one challenge, on Episode 2, RuPaul's Gaff-In, but were eliminated by Raven on Episode 4, All-Stars Girl Groups.

AJ and the Queen Appearances (1/10)

On AJ and the Queen, she appeared in New York City, the series premiere of this Netflix Original in a cameo as an unnamed queen working at The Box, a drag club in the city that never sleeps. One of her lines includes saying her character saying Alexis' iconic phrase: "Bam!" to Ruby Red.

Entrance Quote

All Stars 5

"Boricua in the house to take the crown. Sickening, no?"

Memorable Quotes

Season 3

• "What the fuck?" (after Season 2 Shangela's surprise return in the competition.)
• "BAM!"
• "Sickening, no?"
• "I think the troops are gonna say 'Who the hell is this crazy ass drag queen.'"
• "ONLY IN AMERICA A WOMAN LIKE ME HAVE A FREAKING CHORIZO!"
• "Even if I was born on the moon, I would still be an American!"
• "I'm a FUCKING DRAG QUEEN!" (during her promo in the Season 3, Episode 9 challenge "Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Style.)
• "I don't like when they label you as 'the Latin queen'."
• "Where's her body? Where's her hair? Where's her makeup? I don't see her at the same level as the rest of us." (referring to Raja)
• "What the fuck? Who invited this girl here?"
• "Yara, no llores."
• "Hannah Montana?!"
• "This is just soft porn. It's kinda hot." (during the Raja vs. Carmen Carrera lip-sync)

All Stars 1

• "Hi, Manila. I just saw Manila girl." (referring to an Asian female pedestrian)
• "Act a fool girl. Act a fool." (to Mimi Imfurst.)
• "The sad part about this is that like Yara speaks Spanish, and I speak Spanish, but sometimes I don't understand her in either one of the languages."
• "It's stupid because you bought your titties too." (to Michelle Visage)

All Stars 5

• "I thought you're doing Britney the whole time." (To Derrick Barry)
• "FANTASIA! SABOR! BRILLANTE! COMO EL SOL! SICKENING, NO? BAILALO!" (During her Variety Show performance)
• "PERRA!!!"
• "There's gonna be some shit. This is Day 1, and the girls brought the beef to this salad, baby. Welcome to All Stars, people!" (About India and Derrick's fight)
• "Ay callate." (Spanish for "Ugh shut up")
• "Gosh, I need to have sex."
• "That bitch is into eating people, and she's that skinny?"
• "Don't "sweetheart" me, 'cause I'm not "sweethearting" you." (to Miz Cracker)
• "I'm not just sickening! I'm contagious!"
• ”That was my question, dumb bitch.” (to Miz Cracker in the Snatch Game of Love as Walter Mercado)
• "You're a liar, and this is why Derrick don't like you." (Reason why she chosed India Ferrah to go home)

Farewell Message

"Always know your place. The jig is up!!! Siempre, Alexis"

Trivia

• Alexis was a guest professor on the third episode of the third season of Drag Race spin-off series RuPaul's Drag U.

• Her and Sharon Needles are the only queens to get 2 wins both by the third competitive episode.
• Alexis is the drag mother of Vanessa Vanjie, Jenavive, and Victoria Mateo. Vanessa was a contestant on Seasons 10 and 11 of Drag Race.
• Alexis won several prestigious pageants including All American Goddess in 2016 (also won by India Ferrah in 2008, Alyssa Edwards in 2010 and Asia O'Hara in 2012).
• Alexis filmed Alyssa Edwards' audition video.
• Alexis is the only queen to have HIGH placements on three different Snatch Games/Gaff-in
• Alexis is the first and thus far only RuPaul's Drag Race contestant to have three maxi challenges wins and three bottom two appearances in a single season;
  • This applies to both regular and All Stars seasons.
• Alexis, as well as her All Stars 5 castmate Jujubee, is the fourth queen to compete on three separate seasons of Drag Race, after Shangela, Latrice Royale, and Manila Luzon.
  • She is also the third queen, along with Jujubee, to compete in multiple seasons of All Stars, after Latrice and Manila, who previously returned on All Stars 4
• Alexis was in the bottom in every ball she compited, being ultimately eliminated in the ball of All Stars 5.

Season 3 Looks

All Stars 1 Looks

All Stars 5 Looks

Follow Alexis

• Alexis' Instagram
• Alexis' Twitter
• Alexis' Facebook
• Alexis on Wikipedia
• Alexis on Spotify

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