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India Ferrah is an American professional drag queen and performer from Dayton, Ohio.
India competed on RuPaul's Drag Race Season 3, where she was the fourth eliminated, placing 10th in the competition overall.
On May 8, 2020, it was announced that she would be competing in All Stars 5. She was the fifth eliminated, placing 6th overall.
Drag Name Origin[]
She started with Jenna Michaels, but thought it did not fit her at all. There is also a queen with a name starting with Jenna and another one ending with Michaels in Roanoke, Virginia (where she is originally from). She then got a comedy name of Shanita Dickiner. She did not want to be a comedy queen, but more diva and high glam. Her first drag mother was Montana St. Clair, who gave her the name India Ferrah. Her new drag mother is Kristina Kelly.[citation needed]
Track Records[]
Statistics | USA Season 3 | USA All Stars Season 5 |
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Ranking: | 10th Place | 6th Place |
Maxi Challenges Won: | 0 | 1 (Ep. 1) |
Mini Challenges Won: | 0 | 0 |
Times as Team Captain: | 0 | 1 (Ep. 2) |
Times in Bottom: | 2 (Eps. 4, 5) | 4 (Eps. 2, 3, 4, 5) |
Episode Eliminated: | Episode 5 | Episode 5 |
Memorable Quotes[]
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 3[]
- "Girl...prison honey." (to Phoenix)
- "Get her off of me!" (During her lipsync against Mimi Imfurst)
- "I paid $600 for this, I'm gonna wear this motherfucker!" (About her breastplate in Untucked!)
- "Who has had plastic surgery?"
- "There is a hell no storm...okay!"
- "I like your hair." (To Phoenix)
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 5[]
- "India 2.0 here! Remodelled, remastered and ready for action!" (Entrance quote)
- "Sadly, one of the only things I'm known for is being picked up by Mimi Imfurst."
- "Surprise bitches, it's meeeee!"
- "Derrick Barry. You give us Britney like it's always 2008. Now, Ru, can we go ahead and open the door and #FreeBritney?" (in the reading mini-challenge)
- "And they did."
- "I just wanna spray it, wipe it away, get it out of here." (about Derrick Barry's lipstick message)
- "Justin Timberlake! He’s bringing sexy back, I follow in his tracks, I sent that Britney back, cause I felt very attacked! I’ll give him all my love, my hugs, my kisses, he’s my drug." (verse in I’m in Love)
- ”Comedy. Me. Yeah. Oof.” (Confessional from her conversation with Ru in the Werk Room)
- "Stop acting a fool girl." (about Alexis Mateo)
- "#PowerBottom."
- ''It's the finale, finale, ooh! I just got these done.'' (while jiggling her tits)
- ”Ladies I want you to remember the 4 h’s okay? I want you to live happy. I want you to listen to your Heart. I want you to remain humble. And most of all, be honest” (After RuPaul told her to sashay away)
Farewell Message[]
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 3[]
"Never give up You all STARS xoxo India"
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 5[]
"Ladies, thank you all for showing me kindness still exists! The truth shall set you free!!! xoxo, India Ferrah. Humble ✓ Heart ✓ Happy ✓ Honest ✓ Love and Lashes!"
Trivia[]
- India cites drag legends like Leigh Bowery as inspirations to her drag.
- She has been performing in drag since she was around 12.
- India has a large collection of Funko POPs figures.
- India is the first contestant to be picked up by another contestant (Mimi Imfurst) during a lip-sync performance.
- She shares a birthday with Yara Sofia, Kenya Michaels, and Soju, which is May 8.
- Interestingly enough, All Stars 5, which she competed in, was officially announced on her birthday.
- On All Stars 5, India became...
- ...the first queen in herstory to lip-sync in a newly introduced Lip-Sync Assassin format, i.e. to lip-sync against a queen that is not a fellow contestant, and the first to lose against a Lip-Sync Assassin.
- ...the first queen to win an All Stars maxi challenge without sharing it with another queen.
- ...the fifth queen to score her first ever maxi challenge win on an All Stars season, following Shannel, Aja, Monique Heart and Monet X Change. She was followed by Jujubee, Ra'Jah O'Hara, Trinity K. Bonet, Jan, and Kylie Sonique Love.
- ...the only maxi challenge winner to not make it to the finale.
- ...the sixth queen overall to be in the bottom at least four times in a single series. She was preceded by Coco Montrese in Season 5, Roxxxy Andrews in All Stars 2, Kennedy Davenport, in All Stars 3, and Ra'Jah O'Hara in Season 11, and Heidi N Closet in Season 12.
- ...the sixth queen overall to be in the top two for the first challenge, and then be up for elimination for the second challenge on an All Stars season. The first were Latrice Royale and Manila Luzon in All Stars 1, Roxxxy Andrews and Tatianna in All Stars 2 and Mo Heart in All Stars 4. She was followed by Yara Sofia in All Stars 6 and Kahanna Montrese in All Stars 8.
- ...the highest placing queen to be eliminated in the Snatch Game (excluding Tatianna in All Stars 2 and Kenya Michaels in Season 4, since they placed 8th and 9th respectively before coming back to the competition). Following All Stars 6, Italia Season 1 and UK vs The World she shares this distinction with Pandora Boxx, Divinity and Pangina Heals.
- Thanks to her All Stars 5 run, India arguably now holds the one of the worst track records out of any queens in Drag Race herstory, having appeared in the bottom in every episode she competed in (excluding Episode 1 which she won) before being eliminated.
- She is also the second queen ever to place in the Bottom four episodes in a row, following Roxxxy Andrews in All Stars 2. She was followed by Jorgeous in Season 14.
- India was eliminated in Episode 5 in both of the seasons she participated in.
- Interestingly enough, she was sent home by the season's Snatch Game winners (Stacy Layne Matthews and Shea Couleé) both times.
- The only maxi challenge India participated in twice is the Improvisation Challenge in which she was up for elimination both times.
- India was a contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race: Live in Las Vegas. Other contestants include Aquaria, Coco Montrese, and Yvie Oddly.
Gallery[]
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 3[]
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 3 Looks[]
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 5[]
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 5 Looks[]
RuPaul's Drag Race Live[]
Videos[]
Lip Syncs[]
Other[]
External Links[]
References[]
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Winner | Raja |
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Runners-Up | 2nd: Manila Luzon • 3rd: Alexis Mateo |
Other Contestants | 4th: Yara Sofia (Miss Congeniality) • 5th: Carmen Carrera • 6th: Shangela • 7th: Delta Work • 8th: Stacy Layne Matthews • 9th: Mariah • 10th: India Ferrah • 11th: Mimi Imfurst • 12th: Phoenix • 13th: Venus D-Lite |
Judges | RuPaul • Santino Rice • Michelle Visage • Billy B |
Pit Crew | Jason Carter • Shawn Morales |
Winner | Shea Couleé |
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Runners-Up | 2nd & 3rd: Jujubee & Miz Cracker |
Other Contestants | 4th: Blair St. Clair • 5th: Alexis Mateo • 6th: India Ferrah • 7th: Mayhem Miller • 8th: Mariah Paris Balenciaga • 9th: Ongina • 10th: Derrick Barry |
Lip Sync Assassins | Yvie Oddly • Alyssa Edwards • Monét X Change • Morgan McMichaels • Vanessa Vanjie Mateo • Roxxxy Andrews • Kennedy Davenport |
Judges | RuPaul • Michelle Visage • Carson Kressley • Ross Mathews |
Pit Crew | Jason Carter • Bruno Carvalho • Bryce Eilenberg |