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Gottmik, sometimes referred to simply as Mik, is an American drag performer and makeup artist based in Los Angeles, California and a contestant on Season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race. She is known for her advanced skills in makeup artistry.
Her drag name is a combination of the first part of her deadname and first part of her last name, switched. Her drag name is also pun on the advertising campaign "Got Milk?".
Track Record(s)
Gottmik
Statistics
USA Season 13
Ranking:
3rd/4th Place
Maxi Challenges Won:
2 (Eps. 5, 9)
Mini Challenges Won:
1 (Ep. 7)
Times as Team Captain:
0
Times in Bottom Two:
0
Episode Eliminated:
Episode 16
Memorable Quotes
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 13
"Time to crash the cis-tem." (Entrance Quote)
"♪ Gottmik, was born a girl, baby. Was told that I can't do drag, knew I, had something to prove. Now, you're gonna lose! ♪" (verse in "ConDragulations")
"So gorge!"
"I need to paint her or I'm GOING to have a aneurysm!" (referring to her desire to paint Kahmora Hall)
In Untucked.
"We're all just heated angels today." (Referring to Tamisha and Kandy's fight)
"I hate the outdoors." (after being chased by a bee on Untucked)
"Wow. How will I ever follow that one up?" (After Utica's failed set)
"After your set I realized that is so fitting that your name begins with the letters U-T-I, because you make me feel extremely uncomfortable and I feel like I need a full bottle of pills to forget about you." (To Utica)
"You lip synced more times that our angel here, Valentina, has attempted to block the words 'Rent: Live' on social media." (To Heidi and Valentina)
"I knew there was gonna be budget cuts this season but I didn't know it was gonna affect the judges' panel, too!" (to Loni Love)
"I am such a huge fan of you and your work and ALL of your hit song..." (to RuPaul)
"You are the only person I have ever met that watches porn, and cums when the pizza gets delivered!" (to Ross)
"Utica tanked the roast really hard."
"♪ Wake up, girls, it's now time to listen. Hand on your hip and assume the position, Mama Ru said that we're all born naked, Gottmik says, "love your body, don't fake it"! Here's the tea, I put in work, baby, so fight for yourself and let all the basic haters lurk, baby! That face that's stamped so right! Clown paint and waist so tight. Boys, girls, and in between, it's time to crown your queen. Let's go! ♪" (Verse in "Lucky")
"I basically grew up with the show now, and every person that was crowned always opened my mind. The world is not black or white, it is this craziest fucking gray area, and that's what my drag is. And I've grown so much here, I'm so ready to be crowned, and be the representation that I wish I had growing up. And that's why I'm America's Next Drag Superstar." (her speech as to why she should be crowned America's Next Drag Superstar)
Trivia
Gottmik has a degree in Product Development from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, which she discussed during deliberations of the Season 13 ball.
However, she is only the third queen to enter the competition as an out transgender person, after Peppermint in Season 9 and Gia Gunn in All Stars 4.
She is the second transgender man to compete as a drag queen on any drag reality competition show after Clare Apparently on Camp Wannakiki, and third transgender man overall in drag reality competition shows as drag king Hugo Grrrl from House of Drag was before them.
Gottmik was the most followed contestant from Season 13 on Instagram before the season started.
Gottmik auditioned 3 times including Season 13.[3]
Gottmik received the 2nd, 6th and 13th top Toot of the week on Fashion Photo RuView.
She also received a SHOOT for all of these top Toots.
Gottmik wore her "We're Here, We're Sheer, Get Used to It" look for the "Trains for Days" runway (although she was still in the competition, she was not in the episode the sheer runway was featured in).[4]
She captioned her post with, “When 2 train conductors show up someone needed to GO.” Referencing to Tina Burner also wearing a train conductor costume. Given that Mik is apart of The Mean Girls (with Tina and Kandy Muse), it is presumed she let her friend have her own moment.[5]
After Season 13 begun, Gottmik began a YouTube channel to demonstrate how to do her makeup looks from each episode.[6]
She often has James Charles, a famous beauty guru and makeup YouTuber, behind the camera in her videos.[7]
Gottmik received the first video from back home in Season 13’s Untucked.
The video was from her mother and father. She also expressed happiness over the fact that her parents addressed him as Kade.
She has stated that her parents had a hard time at first with his transition, but they later came to understand him.
In a YouTube video, Gottmik stated that she forgot her black lipstick when filming drag race and as an alternative, she used eyeliner.[citation needed]
On the 10th June 2021, Gottmik lip synced against Symone to Sissy That Walk in a lip sync rematch, which went viral on YouTube when it was released. However, it was an unofficial lip sync and they both won "chicken and waffles".[15]