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Laganja Estranja is an American drag queen and choreographer. She is best known as a contestant on Season 6 of RuPaul's Drag Race and placing 8th.
She later returned on All Stars 6 as a Lip-Sync Assassin and won the lip-sync against her Season 6 sister, Trinity K. Bonet.
Drag Name Origin[]
She had a drag friend in college, by the name of Marquetta Velveta. She was inspired by the way Marqueeta’s name rhymed, and also played with the word “marquee”. She is also a huge supporter of the legalization of marijuana usage. She wanted a drag name that involves weed, rhyming scheme, and play on words. Thus she is the strange plant – Laganja Estranja.[citation needed]
Track Record(s)[]
| Statistics | USA Season 6 |
|---|---|
| Ranking: | 8th Place |
| Maxi Challenges Won: | 1 (Ep. 7) |
| Mini Challenges Won: | 2 (Eps. 1, 7) |
| Times as Team Captain: | 0 |
| Times in Bottom: | 2 (Eps. 5, 8) |
| Episode Eliminated: | Episode 8 |
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Jackson grew up in Dallas, Texas before moving to California and receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts in dance/choreography/ nailography at the California Institute of Fine Arts. Laganja Estranja came to be when Alyssa Edwards put Jay into drag as she looked up to and admired Alyssa. Jay was working for Justin (Alyssa) at his dance studio, #BeyondBelief, as a choreographer at the time, and had also worked for Justin's competitor, Davenport.
In December 2012, Laganja competed in her first contest at Micky's in West Hollywood, California, and won a monthly spot as an official performer in "Showgirls, the Rusical". Since then, she's been sweeping out the competition and has received numerous titles such as Drag Idol, Queen of Dallas, and 2055 Top Newcomer. Laganja is a returning performer at Micky's, Hamburger Mary's WeHo, The Abbey, Rage, 340 Nightclub, VIP Riverside, Toucan's Tiki Lounge, and Hamburger Mary's Westfield. Additionally, Laganja has also appeared as a contortionist alongside Christina Aguilera for the American Music Awards, as a "Glamazon" for photographer Austin Young, and as a featured actress in Nana Ganja's "L.A. Rising". She also has her Dance classes in West Hollywood.
Memorable Quotes[]
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 6[]
- "Oh y'all wanted a twist, 'ey? C'mon Season 6, let's get sickening! *dips* YAAASS!" (entrance quote)
- *Tongue pop*
- "Come on natch!"
- "Yas Gawd!"
- "Girl its about time they got some fresh fish up in here honey. Sushi roll! Sushi roooooll!"
- “Laganja's on the track and y'all can't handle me. I'm bustin' through the door and smoking on that tree. Panty Hos and Control-Top D, givin' you body, you're all livin' for me.” (verse in Oh No She Better Don't)
- "Now it is very dry y'all, it's almost kinda like your vagina."
- "So how did everybody feel?" (In Untucked after being critiqued in episode 1)
- "Like I said Adore I can't specifically point out what u said. but I know that whatever you said, it did hurt me"
- "I FEEL VERY ATTACKED!"
- "Did y'all clock her nails? clearly mine are betterrrrr. Sorry mama"
- "This is just too fucking much!"
- "Can y'all get my fucking nail that fell off, because I'm SUCH a disaster!"
- "OKUURRRRRRR!!!"
- "Well I'm young and I'm hung and I clearly march to the sound of my own drum, so props to ya, mawma!"
- "I didn't come here to be saved mama. If I came here to be saved, I would have walked in in a condom."
- “Hey hey hey HEYYYY Put cha lighter’s up! Ganja’s in the house owwwwww! As you can tell from my accent I am from Dallas, Tex-ass! And it was not very easy growing up looking like this! Whether I was playing in my grandma’s clothes or putting on a show for my well-organized alphabetically-ordered beanie babies I was guh guh guh GAY! OKKURRR! But it wasn’t until I moved to Los Angeles that I discovered Marijuana, I mean I like to smoke, y’all I am just flying as high as your receding hairline! OKUr! Marijuana really does help me calm down, so y’all, I went to Valencia where they film the TV show Weeds! Now, y’all, it’s very dry, it’s almost kinda like your vajoina! Can I get an amen?!? Now y’all, I am a treehugger because if it ain’t green, HUH I’m not interested! OKAAAAAY!?!” *tongue pop*
- "I will be the first queen to actually chassé away." (upon elimination)
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 6[]
- "Oh y'all wanted a twist, 'ey? *drops from above into a split* C'mon All Stars 6, let's get sickening! OKURRRR!"
Trivia[]
- Laganja has competed on the 15th season of So You Think You Can Dance in June 2018.[citation needed]
- Laganja is tied with Pink Chadora from Drag Race España Season 3 for the second longest-lasting contestant to never place high or low during their run on the show, having either won the challenge, been safe or been in the bottom two for all seven episodes she was present . She is surpassed only by Bob the Drag Queen, who lasted all eight episodes.
- Laganja is the first queen to go home without RuPaul saying "Sashay Away".
- Her favorite RuPaul saying is: "You're born naked and the rest is drag".[5]
- Her favorite Alyssa Edwards quote is: "I don't get cute, I get drop-dead gorgeous".[5]
- Laganja has stated that she will never return for RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, and has also made it very clear to World of Wonder. Her reason is that what she went through while competing on Season 6 was very intense. But she has said she would love to come back as a cameo, like Alyssa Edwards as a dance coach.[6]
- She later reappeared as a Lip-Sync Assassin on RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 6.
- However, she have some conditions to return to All Stars as a contestant.[7]
- Laganja is no longer a member of the Haus of Edwards. However, she still claims Alyssa to be her drag mother.[citation needed]
- Laganja was featured on the 14th episode of Germany's Next Top Model Season 13 on a runway show segment alongside fellow Ru Girls Morgan McMichaels, Jaidynn Diore Fierce and Farrah Moan.[citation needed]
- She also appeared in the Grand Finale of the season.[citation needed]
- Laganja was a guest judge in Episode 6 of the German drag competition reality show Queen of Drags where she was the finale guest judge.
- Both Heidi Klum and Laganja stated that they are friends. They met on the set of Germany's Next Top Model.[citation needed]
- Laganja appeared in an Anthony Padilla sit-down discussion video about the art of drag, along with Gigi Goode and Honey Davenport.[8]
- Laganja is the lowest placing Maxi Challenge winner of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 6, sharing a conjoined win with Adore Delano.
- Laganja came out as a transgender woman on June 15, 2021.[9]
- Yuhua Hamasaki was raising money for her transition. Gia Gunn, Cheryl Hole, and Yuhua herself donated to the fundraiser.[10]
- Laganja is the most frequent guest on The Pit Stop, having appeared 9 times to date.
- Laganja was the first Lip-Sync Assassin to have only appeared on one season.
- Laganja was the first transgender Lip-Sync Assassin.
- Laganja performed a dance recital for George W. Bush.[11]
Gallery[]
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 6[]
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 6 Looks[]
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10[]
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10 Looks[]
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 6[]
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 6 Looks[]
Queen of Drags Season 1[]
Queen of Drags Season 1 Looks[]
Videos[]
External Links[]
References[]
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| Winner | Bianca Del Rio |
|---|---|
| Runners-Up | 2nd & 3rd: Adore Delano & Courtney Act |
| Other Contestants | 4th: Darienne Lake • 5th: BenDeLaCreme (Miss Congeniality) • 6th Joslyn Fox • 7th: Trinity K. Bonet • 8th: Laganja Estranja • 9th: Milk • 10th: Gia Gunn • 11th: April Carrión • 12th: Vivacious • 13th & 14th: Kelly Mantle & Magnolia Crawford |
| Judges | RuPaul • Santino Rice • Michelle Visage |
| Pit Crew | Jason Carter • Shawn Morales • Miles Davis Moody • Simon Sherry-Wood |