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NOTE: Not to be confused with Drag Pop Star (Miss Fan Favorite), title exclusive to the second season of Drag Race Thailand.

Heidi N Closet, the current reigning Miss Congeniality on the regular US series (Season 12).

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"Miss Congeniality" is the title awarded to the queens who are regarded as the kindest, most helpful ones on their respective seasons. Prior to Season 10 the fans determined which queen won the title, but due to the online voting being hacked, the queens now decide this amongst themselves.

Originally the winner of 'Miss Congeniality' was announced on the reunion special (Season 1, 2, & 3), which would air after the grand finale. Starting in Season 4, where the grand finale and the reunion were combined, the crowning of the season's 'Miss Congeniality' would take place right before the crowning of America's/Thailand's Next Drag Superstar. This continued for all season's other than Season 9, as the Season 8 Miss Congeniality, Cynthia Lee Fontaine, had competed on Season 9. She handed off the title at the Reunion Special a week before the Grand Finale.

There have been 12 Miss Congenialities on the American version of RuPaul's Drag Race, and 23 overall. (The Switch Drag Race Season 1, Drag Race Thailand Season 1 and Season 2, Canada's Drag Race Season 1, Drag Race Holland Season 1, RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 1, RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 2 and both seasons of La Más Draga and Camp Wannakiki)

All Stars Seasons do not crown a 'Miss Congeniality', as none of the competing queens are new, and many Congeniality Winners compete on All Stars.

RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Canada's Drag Race and Drag Race Holland did not adopt the 'Miss Congeniality' award; however, RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Canada's Drag Race, and Drag Race Holland have had unofficial 'Miss Congeniality' winners who were either voted by the fans or their fellow queens of their premiere seasons announced via social media: Blu Hydrangea, Tynomi Banks and Ma'Ma Queen respectively. As the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race UK also did not feature an officially voted 'Miss Congeniality', it is assumed that all queens voted 'Miss Congeniality' on international seasons (outside of Drag Race Thailand) will be unofficial.

Miss Congeniality

RuPaul's Drag Race

The Switch Drag Race

NOTE: On The Switch Drag Race, the title is instead called "Mejor Compañera" (lit. "The Best Companion"). The title was only featured on the first season.

Drag Race Thailand

RuPaul's Drag Race UK

Canada's Drag Race

Drag Race Holland

Camp Wannakiki

La Más Draga

NOTE: On La Más Draga, the title is instead called "La Más Querida" (lit. "The Most Beloved")

TNT Drag

Academia de Drags

Versus Drag Queens

Controversies

Valentina being crowned by the predecessor Cynthia Lee Fontaine.

Season 9's Miss Congeniality, Valentina, was dubbed to be a 'fan-favorite', rather than congenial by the other season 9 girls, as they felt she played up the role to the camera, but was not actually congenial with the rest of the girls during, and after the filming of the season. This 'Miss Congeniality versus Fan-Favorite' controversy also brought up winners of previous seasons (mainly Pandora Boxx, BenDeLaCreme, and Katya) as even though they were congenial, the fans felt that other queens in their seasons were more congenial, but the winners were more beloved by the fans and they felt that the queens were eliminated too early.

This made fans want a fan-favorite and congeniality divide, where fan-favorite was voted for by the fans and Miss Congeniality was chosen by the queens on the season.

Season 10's voting also sparked controversy, as the voting had been hacked by robots, which resulted in The Vixen taking the lead. The hacking was later resolved by the show, which, after the hacking, insisted the Season 10 queens voted themselves. This also showed that the producers listened to the fans after last season's controversy and allowed the queens to choose their own 'Miss Congeniality'. The queens continued to choose Miss Congeniality after Season 10.

Placements

Queen Photo Original Season Place Returning Season Place
RuPaul's Drag Race
Nina Flowers Tumblr mb8kgzfKkA1r1emlm.png Season 1 2nd All Stars 1 9th/10th
Pandora Boxx Tumblr mb8lepzf5Q1r1emlm.png Season 2 5th All Stars 1 11th/12th
Yara Sofia Yara-mug.jpeg Season 3 4th All Stars 1 5th/6th
Latrice Royale Latrice.png Season 4 4th All Stars 1 7th/8th
All Stars 4 5th
Ivy Winters Ivy.png Season 5 7th N/A
BenDeLaCreme DeLa.png Season 6 5th All Stars 3 6th
Katya Katya.png Season 7 5th All Stars 2 2nd/3rd
Cynthia Lee Fontaine CynthiaS8CastMug.jpg Season 8 10th Season 9 10th
Valentina ValentinaMug.jpeg Season 9 7th All Stars 4 7th
Monét X Change Monet S10.jpg Season 10 6th All Stars 4 Winner
Nina West NinaCastMug.jpg Season 11 6th N/A
Heidi N Closet HeidiCastMug.jpg Season 12 6th N/A
TBA RDR?.jpg Season 13 TBA N/A
The Switch Drag Race
Jessica Parker JessMug.png Season 1 10th N/A
Drag Race Thailand
B Ella Ella queenmug.png Season 1 4th N/A
Maya B'Haro MayaB'HaroMug.png Season 2 11th N/A
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
Blu Hydrangea BluCastMug.jpg Season 1 5th N/A
Bimini Bon-Boulash BiminiBonBoulashCastMug.png Season 2 2nd/3rd N/A
TBA RDR?.jpg Season 3 TBA N/A
Canada's Drag Race
Tynomi Banks TynomiCastMug.jpeg Season 1 9th N/A
TBA RDR?.jpg Season 2 TBA N/A
Drag Race Holland
Ma'Ma Queen MaMaCastMug.jpg Season 1 3rd/4th N/A
TBA RDR?.jpg Season 2 TBA N/A

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Trivia

  • Nina Flowers is...
    • the first ever Miss Congeniality.
    • the first Hispanic Miss Congeniality.
    • the first Latino Miss Congeniality.
    • the first American Miss Congeniality.
    • the first of two Miss Congeniality winners named Nina, the other being Nina West.
    • the first Miss Congeniality who reached the Top 2 on her original season.
    • the highest placing Miss Congeniality on a regular season.
  • Pandora Boxx is...
    • the first Caucasian Miss Congeniality.
    • the first 'comedy queen' to receive the title.
  • Yara Sofia is...
    • the first Miss Congeniality to be a part of a double shantay.
    • the only Miss Congeniality to have the same amount of wins in both a regular and an All Stars Season. (1 in both)
  • Latrice Royale is...
    • the first Miss Congeniality of African American descent.
    • the first plus sized Miss Congeniality.
    • the oldest Miss Congeniality
  • Ivy Winters is the only Miss Congeniality that has retired from drag.
  • BenDeLaCreme is...
    • the only Miss Congeniality (and overall contestant) to never land in the bottom two during an All Stars Season.
    • the first Miss Congeniality whom had to lip sync against the same person twice during a regular season (Darienne Lake).
  • Katya is...
    • the first returning Miss Congeniality to reach Top 3 in an All Stars season.
    • the first Miss Congeniality to achieve a higher placement on her returning season.
  • Cynthia Lee Fontaine is...
    • widely believed to be the most congenial Miss Congeniality.
    • the only Miss Congeniality to feature on two regular seasons.
    • the lowest placing Miss Congeniality of the US series of Drag Race, landing in 10th place during Season 8.
      • Cynthia also placed 10th in Season 9.
  • Valentina...
    • is the first Miss Congeniality to not hand over the title in person, followed by Nina West.
    • is the first Mexican American Miss Congeniality
    • admitted on the popular web series 'Hey Qween', that she won the Miss Congeniality vote because her fans want her to 'win something' at that time, even claiming that Cynthia Lee Fontaine or Peppermint should have won the title instead.
  • Monét X Change is...

    Monét X Change's reaction to being crowned "Miss Congeniality" during the Season 10 live finale.

    • the first Miss Congeniality to be voted on by fellow competitors.
    • the first Miss Congeniality who placed 6th in the competition.
    • the first Miss Congeniality to win an All-Stars Season
  • Nina West is...
  • Heidi N Closet is...
    • the youngest Miss Congeniality.
    • the current reigning Miss Congeniality.
  • B Ella is...
    • the first Miss Congeniality of Drag Race Thailand.
    • the first Thai Miss Congeniality.
    • the first Asian Miss Congeniality overall.
  • Maya B'Haro is...
    • the lowest placing Miss Congeniality overall, placing 11th on Season 2 of Drag Race Thailand.
    • the only Miss Congeniality to be a part of a double sashay.
  • Blu Hydrangea is...
    • the first Miss Congeniality of RuPaul's Drag Race UK.
    • the first Irish Miss Congeniality.
    • the first Miss Congeniality to be voted by fans again since Valentina.
    • the second 'unofficial' Miss Congeniality.
  • Bimini Bon-Boulash is...
    • the first Miss Congeniality of RuPaul's Drag Race UK to be voted by their fellow contestants.
    • the first Miss Congeniality to be in the first bottom 2 on their original season.
    • the first Miss Congeniality to win 4 challenges in their original season.
    • the third Miss Congeniality to make it to the finale of their original season after Nina Flowers and Ma'Ma Queen.
  • Tynomi Banks is...
    • the first Miss Congeniality of Canada's Drag Race.
    • the first Canadian Miss Congeniality
    • the first 'unofficial' Miss Congeniality.
  • Ma'Ma Queen is...
    • the first Miss Congeniality of Drag Race Holland.
    • the first Dutch Miss Congeniality.
    • the first Miss Congeniality to be crowned in a podcast.
    • the second Miss Congeniality to make it to the finale of their original season, after Nina Flowers.
    • the second Miss Congeniality whom had to lip-sync against the same person twice during a regular season (Miss Abby OMG), after BenDeLaCreme.
  • Debra Men is...
    • the first Miss Congeniality of La Más Draga.
    • the first Mexican Miss Congeniality
  • Vajay J Snappinturtle is...
    • the first Miss Congeniality of Camp Wannakiki.
    • the first Miss Congeniality from Wisconsin.
  • Nina LeBlanc is...


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