Darienne Lake

Darienne Lake
Biographical Information
Drag Name	Miss Darienne Lake
Real Name	Greg Meyer
Gender	Male
Pronouns	He/She/They
Date of Birth	November 27, 1971
Age	50
Hometown	Rochester, NY, USA
Season Information
Season	US Season 6
Place	4th
Eliminated	Episode 12
Sent home by	Adore Delano, Bianca Del Rio & Courtney Act
Challenge Wins	1

Darienne Lake, also known as Miss Darienne Lake, is the stage name of Greg Meyer, an American drag performer from Rochester, New York and a contestant on the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.

RuPaul's Drag Race

Darienne Lake

Season Competed	Season 6
Ranking:	4th Place
Maxi Challenges Won:	1 (Ep. 3)
Mini Challenges Won:	1 (Ep. 6)
Times as Team Captain:	0
Times in Bottom:	3 (Eps. 2, 7, 11)
Episode Eliminated:	Episode 12

Drag Name Origin

{In August 3, 1990, Darienne met two drag queens who painted her face for the first time. Darienne wanted to be called Heather Sky, but they both told her that it didn't suit her. The queens then suggested Tracy Turnblad, a character from the 1988 film Hairspray portrayed by Ricki Lake since Darienne looked like her. She didn't want someone else's name so they suggested Darien Lake — Ricki Lake's love child with the amusement park between Rochester and Buffalo. She thought, "Well, I am two tons of fun," and spelled it as Miss Darienne Lake so she wouldn't get a cease and desist order. The "ne" was also more feminine, like Adrienne, but with the "a" and the "d" switched.

Memorable Quotes

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 6

• "They better widen the doorways and reinforce the runway, honey, because a BIG girl's in the house!"
• "I'm Darienne Lake, I'm 24 years old, and I'm a compulsive liar."
• "Some of the queens are pretty, I'm prettier. Some them are funny, I'm funnier, and some of them are big, but I'm bigger."
• "Get me the firing squad, I'm ready." (before lipsyncing)
• "This is what you paid for, and I'm giving you extra." (while lipsyncing against Magnolia Crawford)
• "YOUR MOTHER DARNS SOCKS IN HELL!"
• "Sometimes I think the only thing that's keeping this couch from tilting over from my fat ass is your big fucking ego." (to Bianca Del Rio)
• "Some of DeLa's wins have boosted the size of her head. Hope she doesn't tip over."
• "When I think 90s rap girl, my first thought doesn't go to DeLa..."
• "Do you think they paired us up because they thought, 'Oh, Darienne's got a big body and Ben's got a big head'?"
• "This body seats six. I got a lot of ass, it takes a while to find the seat."
• "Adore Delano - I'm going to say this very slowly so you can understand... you're dumb." (Reading is Fundamental)
• "Miss BenDeLaCreme, you remind me of a Russian doll - full of yourself." (Reading is Fundamental)
• "Milk, your beauty and fashion is listed right on the side of your carton - under 'missing'".
• "I'm sweating like two rats humping in a wool sock right now." (as Paula Deen)
• "She's a real keeper, as in keep her in a cage." (as Paula Deen)
• "I'm ready for a fried baloney sandwich myself!" (as Paula Deen)
• "I'm gonna give you more queen per pound."
• "Big girl, why you all in bare feet walking down the dirty city street? Keep your shoes on, honey, to make that money. 'Cause your toenail dragging, and that sure ain't funny." (verse in Oh No She Better Don't)

Trivia

• Darienne and BenDeLaCreme are one of nine pairs of queens to lip sync against each other twice, the other pairs being BenDeLaCreme and Shangela, Katya and Alaska, Eureka and Aquaria, Eureka and Kameron Michaels, Monique Heart and Trinity The Tuck and Yvie Oddly and Brooke Lynn Hytes, Denali and LaLa Ri and Symone and Kandy Muse and Daya Betty and DeJa Skye.
• Darienne is one of only two queens competing in a regular season to lip sync in a double shantay episode having already landed in the bottom two before, the other being Eureka O'Hara in Season 10.
• Darienne is the longest competing queen to survive the first lip sync, surviving 12 episodes (She survived the first lip sync on the second premiere).
• Darienne is the third contestant in herstory to land in the bottom two on a regular season on her first episode competing and later win a main challenge on the same season, after Sahara Davenport and Shangela. Lemon from the first season of Canada's Drag Race is the fourth contestant to accomplish this, followed by Bimini Bon-Boulash of UK Season 2.
  • The first four of these contestants all coincidentally won the main challenge in the very next episode.
• Darienne's drag mother is Naomi Kane, who is also the drag mother of Mrs. Kasha Davis and Pandora Boxx.
• Darienne is one of 5 contestants to lip sync a total of four times during their original run on the show, preceded by Coco Montrese of Season 5, and followed by Kameron Michaels of Season 10, Ra'Jah O'Hara of Season 11, Heidi N Closet of Season 12 and Utica, Denali, Kandy Muse and Symone of Season 13.
• Darienne is tied with Carmen Carrera for the most below-safe challenge performances in a single season, placing either low or in the bottom two in six out of the ten episodes she was present.
• Darienne revealed in August of 2020 that she had skin cancer. The cancer was caught early, and she had surgery on her leg. She then revealed that she had beat the cancer.

Gallery

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 6

Season 6 Mini Promo

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 6 Looks

Promo Look

Confessional Look

Entrance Look

Party Box Look – St. Patrick's Day

Best Drag Look

Tony Awards Look

Snatch Game Look – Paula Deen

A Night of Thousand RuPauls Look

Crazy, Sexy, Cool Look

Black and White Look

Stand Up Look

Animal Kingdom Look

Wedding Makeover Look – Darienne Lake and Ann Drogyny

Banjee Girl Bling Look

Platinum Card Executive Realness Look

Dripping in Jewels Eleganza Look – Topaz

Top 4 Look

Finale Look

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10 Looks

Past Alumni RuTurn Look

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