Yayoi Bowery is a Mexican drag queen and performer, best known for being a contestant on Season 3 of the YouTube show La Más Draga.
About[]
Yayoi considers herself a mix of cosplay and pop culture, but without neglecting her Mexican side. What she likes the most is creating outfits that make an impact, no matter if they are aesthetic, comic or grotesque.[3]
Drag Name Origin[]
Yayoi comes from the Japanese contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama, while Bowery comes from the Australian performance artist and fashion designer, Leigh Bowery. She considers them both to be some of her favorite artists.[4]
Track Record(s)[]
| Season Competed: | LMD 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking: | 13th Place | |
| Points Total / Average: | 11 | 5.5 |
| Maxi Challenges Won: | 0 | |
| Mini Challenges Won: | 0 | |
| Times in Bottom: | 2 (Eps. 1, 2) | |
| Episode Eliminated: | Episode 2 | |
Memorable Quotes[]
La Más Draga Season 3[]
- "Yayoi es un poco esta mezcla entre cultura pop y una onda kawaii y club kid."
- "Bueno si a Mista le dejó el rostro así... yo ahorita llegando al hotel me lo voy a poner." (about the Foreo products).
- "Me ganaron mucho los nervios, como siempre. No saben cómo odio que los nervios me jueguen muy en contra."
- "¿Y yo así de, por? Nos van a humillar o que." (after Karla Díaz asked all the contestants to return to the main stage after the lipsync between Yayoi and StupiDrag).
- "Fue muy emotivo escuchar a todos decir que no." (about the rest of the contestants voting to have no one be eliminated that episode).
- "Hay veces en las que hasta yo misma me miento y me digo "que segura eres"."
- "De repente vuelan pelucas y la neta es que muchas veces eso te afecta. O sea, de por si soy insegura, imagínate que alguien me dice algo que me baja la defensa."
- "Perdónenme pero para mí prehispánico no es ponerte un penacho y gastar más de 20,000 pesos."
- "Obviamente no quieres ser la primera eliminada, quieres llegar a la final, pero no tenemos nada garantizado. " (following her elimination).
- "Tengo muy claro que mi personaje se basa en cinco cosas: la moda, el arte, los club kids, la cultura japonesa y la cultura pop."
- "Creo que a muchas compañeras les falta encontrar su personaje..."
- "Y me ponen algo rico eh, que a mi sí me gusta comer." (parting words at the Drag Altar).
- "El día de mañana que ya no estemos aquí, de verdad las voy a extrañar." (during the reunion).
- "Voy a tener la paz de tener limpio el piso, no van a haber cosas, no me voy a andar tropezando."
- "Creo que todas las personas homosexuales tenemos el miedo del rechazo de nuestros amigos, de nuestros compañeros de trabajo, de la sociedad en general. Pero el rechazo de nuestras familias es de las peores cosas que te pueden pasar."
- "Yo creo que sinceramente, todas son unas desorganizadas. Al final el espacio es de todas, hay que respetar el espacio de los demás."
Trivia[]
- Yayoi is the drag daughter of Margaret Y Ya (from Season 1).[5]
- This makes Amelia, Deseos Fab, Memo Reyri and Soro Nasty her drag siblings.
- Yayoi, along with Amelia and Memo, also made a brief appearance during Margaret's finale performance at the Season 1 finale.[6]
- All three of them were also featured on Margaret´s official music video for La Más Draga: "Qué Calor!".[7]
- Yayoi was one of the secret contestants of La Más Draga 3, along with Memo Reyri, Raga Diamante, Regina Bronx and StupiDrag. This meant that all five of them were directly cast in the show solely based on their audition tapes, without needing to be part of the live auditions.[8]
- Based on the opening sequence, the Lotería card assigned to Yayoi was El Origami. The number on her card also indicates that she was the third contestant cast for the season.[9]
- Yayoi was asked to name the first eliminated contestants of the previous seasons of La Más Draga during the Trivia mini-challenge in Episode 1. Coincidentally, she would join them one episode later by becoming the first eliminated contestant of Season 3.
- She was the first contestant to place 13th on La Más Draga.
- Yayoi would continue the trend set by Cordelia Durango of the first eliminated contestant being from Mexico City. The trend was also followed by Nina De La Fuente and Aurora Wonders.
- Similarly, Yayoi would continue the trend set by Nina De La Fuente of the first eliminated contestant being a secret contestant. This also happened with Aurora.
- She designed and made all her looks for La Más Draga.[10]
- She stopped doing her signature white-faced makeup due to it being inspired by club kid founder and convicted criminal Michael Alig.[11]
- The producers have admitted that, had there been an elimination on Episode 1, it would have most likely been Yayoi.[8]
- She originally planned to do a DJ performance using iconic phrases from previous seasons for her talent show in Episode 1. However, she was forced to change it at the last minute after one of her cats made her laptop, where she had her set recorded, fall and become unusable two days before filming began.[10]
- The song she ended up singing for her talent show was "Rompecabezas" by Madisson, a band which Yayoi's sister is part of.[10]
- With an average score of 5.5, Yayoi currently holds the worst track record out of any contestant of La Más Draga that competed for more than one episode.
Gallery[]
La Más Draga Season 3[]
Promo Poster
Promo Banner
Promo Poster
Center Promo
Half Promo
Promo Poster
Promo Poster
Trailer
Mug Promo
Out of Drag Promo
Opening
La Más Draga Season 3 Looks[]
Promo Look
Confessional Look
La Más Suertuda Look - El Mundo
Talent Show Look
La Más Prehispánica Look - Coyolxāuhqui
Unaired La Más Fichera Look
Unaired La Más Chespirito Look - El Chavo's ham sandwich
Unaired La Más Famosa Look - Dr. Simi
Unaired La Más Famosa Look (Back) - Nutri Leche's Cow Mascot
Unaired La Más Legendaria Look - The Island of the Dolls
Unaired La Más Bella Señorita México Look
Unaired La Más Bella Señorita México Look (Reveal)
Unaired La Más Buchona Look
Unaired La Más Buchona Look (Reveal)
Unaired La Más Antojable Look - Tacos al Pastor
Día de Muertas Look
Alfombra Morada Look
La Gran Final Look
El Chou de Las Muertas Look
Pijamadrag Look
La Más Draga Season 4[]
La Más Draga Season 4 Looks[]
Announcement Promo with the Crown
La Más Draga Music Videos[]
"Qué Calor!" Look
"Ponte Chingona" Look
"Dinerita" Look
"Junglam" Look
Videos[]
La Más Draga Season 3[]
All of Yayoi Bowery's Runway Looks LMD3
LMD3E1 "Tsunami" Lip Sync
LMD3E2 "Bandido" Lip Sync
LMD3 E3 Tú Las Traes
Filmography[]
Web Series[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | La Más Draga (Season 3) | Self | Contestant (Placed 13th) | [12] |
| 2020 | El Salseo (Season 1) | Self | Contestant | [13] |
| 2020 | Tú Las Traes (Season 2) | Self | Episodes 1-7 | [14] |
External Links[]
References[]
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| Winner | Aviesc Who? |
|---|---|
| Runners-Up | 2nd: Madison • 3rd: Rudy Reyes • 4th: Raga Diamante |
| Other Contestants | 5th & 6th: Memo Reyri & Mista Boo • 7th: Regina Bronx • 8th: Iviza Lioza • 9th: Luna Lansman (La Más Volada) • 10th: Wynter (La Más Querida) • 11th: Huntyy B • 12th: StupiDrag • 13th: Yayoi Bowery |
| Host | Karla Díaz |
| Judges | Johnny Carmona • Letal • Yari Mejía |
| Coaches | Johnny Carmona • Pepe y Teo |
| Venenos | Iriam Vital (Veneno) • Ottoniel Yañez (Tóxico) |