Mayhem Miller is an American drag performer from Riverside, California. Mayhem competed on the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race where he was the fifth queen to be eliminated, placing 10th.
On May 8, 2020, it was announced that Mayhem would be competing in All Stars 5. He was the fourth queen to be eliminated, placing 7th overall.
Mayhem returned as a Lip-Sync Assassin for All Stars 6. He lost his lip-sync to Ginger Minj.
On January 13, 2024, Mayhem was announced as one of the contestants of the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World. He was the first queen eliminated, placing 11th.
Drag Name Origin[]
His first name "Mayhem" is a reference to Tommy Lee's "MAYHEM" tattoo across his stomach. He adopted the name after watching Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson's sex tape.[4] His last name "Miller" comes from his mother's maiden name. [5] The name has no relation to the MMA fighter of the same stage name.
Track Records[]
| Seasons Competed: | USA Season 10 | USA All Stars Season 5 |
UK vs The World Season 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking: | 10th Place | 7th Place | 11th Place |
| Maxi Challenges Won: | 1 (Ep. 1) | 0 | 0 |
| Mini Challenges Won: | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Times as Team Captain: | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Times in Bottom: | 2 (Eps. 3, 5) | 2 (Eps. 1, 4) | 1 (Ep. 1) |
| Episode Eliminated: | Episode 5 | Episode 4 | Episode 1 |
AJ and the Queen Appearances[]
On AJ and the Queen, he appeared in New York City, the series premiere of the Netflix Original in a cameo as an unnamed queen working at The Box, a drag club in the city that never sleeps.
Memorable Quotes[]
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10[]
- "Guess who finally decided to crash the party?" (entrance quote)
- "Party!" (a phrase popularized by Adore Delano was actually coined by Mayhem)
- "Now why did no-one tell me there was literal trade up in here?!" (in reference to Kameron Michaels)
- "I need a bitch to fucking move out the way so I can get my money."
- "It has taken me WAY too long to get here, and I need these bitches behind me to know - you ain't gon' get rid of me that easy." (in the LSFYL against Yuhua Hamasaki)
- "No, because I wanted to be a team player. (talking to Michelle Visage on stage during critiques)
- "Thank you for believing in me and seeing something special, even when I didn't think I had anything left in me." (to RuPaul after elimination)
- "You are all beautiful. Don't you let nobody ever tell you different." (exit quote)
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 5[]
- "I didn't come to crash the party... I came to end it." (entrance quote)
- "I'm Mayhem 'The Drama' Miller."
- "I started off strong, I won the first challenge and then it kinda went like this..." (curves his arm downward).
- "Well, look at you, papi!" (to Ricky Martin during the Reading Challenge)
- "Keep me, bitch."
- "Mmm, chocolatey."
- "Oh, you wanna talk? Let’s talk!"
- "With Mr. Rogers. Ooh, those sweaters look so warm and fuzzy. Be your puppet, forget about those Muppets. Tall and nerdy with big brains, be my neighbor on this train." (verse in I'm in Love)
- "It smells like what? Success."
RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World Season 2[]
- "I'm like the new Juju, I guess..." (during Meet the Queens)
- "I have not won a crown yet, but that was on purpose. Everyone thinks that, you know, 'She lost.' No. I've been strategic... I wanted to wait to take on the world stage." (during Meet the Queens)
- "I'm gon' play hard... Let's actually bring some mayhem." (during Meet the Queens)
- "The party won't stop... and can't stop!" (entrance quote)
- "Never trust a fart." (during his Variety Show)
- "... ah, fuck." (during his Variety Show)
- "I am the queen! The queen of the party!" (exit quote)
Farewell Message[]
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10[]
"I ❤️ to PARTY xoxo May"
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 5[]
"I am the QUEEN!"
RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World Season 2[]
"Chaka Khan Chaka Khan ♡ May"
Trivia[]
- Mayhem's drag sisters are Raven, Delta Work, Detox and Morgan McMichaels.[6]
- He and Raven started drag the very same day, May 10, 2002.[citation needed]
- Morgan McMichaels would also later return as a lip sync assassin and eliminate Mayhem (along with Miz Cracker) in RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 5.
- He and Raven started drag the very same day, May 10, 2002.[citation needed]
- Mayhem helped Adore Delano when she started out as a drag queen.[7]
- Mayhem has several drag daughters, including notable names such as Rhea Litré (who also is a drag daughter of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 3 winner Raja), and Cheyenne Pepper, otherwise known as Eugene Lee Yang.[8][9]
- Mayhem later appeared in Yang's coming out-video in 2019.[10]
- Mayhem had auditioned for RuPaul's Drag Race since Season 2 but was rejected every year until Season 10.[6]
- Mayhem had the lowest position of any contestant that won the first challenge (10th place) on RuPaul's Drag Race. He was tied with Madame LaQueer, Scarlet Envy and Yara Sofia for the lowest placing queen to win any main challenge before being beaten by Aura Mayari who finished in eleventh place.
- Mayhem loved the bacon the show served for breakfast.[11]
- Mayhem was disappointed to learn upon his return for RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 5 that it had been taken off the menu due to a change in RuPaul's diet and he didn't want the temptation.[11]
- Mayhem made an appearance as a background-dancer for NeNe Leakes during her lip-sync performance of "Supermodel" (by RuPaul) on Lip Sync Battle.[12]
- Mayhem played a character named "Blanquisha" in the movie Cherry Pop. The movie also featured Bob the Drag Queen, Detox, Tempest DuJour and Latrice Royale.[13]
- Mayhem has been credited as a creative consultant for RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race.[13]
- Mayhem is the first queen to be eliminated during two improv challenges: first the Bossy Rossy Show in Season 10 and second SheMZ on All Stars 5.
- Mayhem is one of the nine All Stars to never compete in Snatch Game, along with Mimi Imfurst, Ongina, Jasmine Masters, Serena ChaCha, Scarlet Envy, Monica Beverly Hillz, Naysha Lopez and Mrs. Kasha Davis.
- Mayhem is the first queen to place 7th on an All Stars season and not win a challenge.
- Mayhem is the first non-canadian queen on be eliminated first on a Vs The World season.
- Alongside that, Mayhem is the first US queen on such a season to not reach the finale, win a challenge or survive being put up for elimination.
- Mayhem is the first queen to place in the bottom 2 for the Talent Show twice.
- The first episode of UK vs The World Season 2 aired on Mayhem's birthday, February 9th.
- Coincidentally, Mayhem was also eliminated that episode.
Gallery[]
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10[]
Mini Promo
Mini Trailer
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10 Looks[]
Promo Look
Cast RuVeal Look
Premiere Look
Confessional Look
Entrance Look
Drag on a Dime Look
Very Best Drag Look
Feathers Look
Alaskan Winter Realness Look
Miami Summer Realness Look
Martian Eleganza Extravaganza Look
Denim & Diamonds Look
Unaired Hats Incredible Look
Unaired Mermaid Fantasy Look
Unaired Glitterific Look
Unaired Silver Foxy Look
Unaired Final Four Elaganza Extravaganza Look
Reunion Look
Finale Look
RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-Slay Spectacular[]
RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-Slay Spectacular Looks[]
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Confessional Look
Entrance Look
80s Look
Runway Look
RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race Season 1[]
RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race Season 1 Looks[]
Drag Royalty Look
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 5[]
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 5 Looks[]
Promo/Entrance Look
Promo/Entrance Look
Entertainment Weekly Cover Photos Look
Confessional Look
Werq the World Variety Extravaganza Look
Love The Skin You're In Look
Three, Three, Three Looks In One (1st Look)
Three, Three, Three Looks In One (2nd Look)
Three, Three, Three Looks In One (3rd Look)
Camo Couture Look
All Star Eleganza Look
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 6[]
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 6 Looks[]
Lip Sync Assassin Look
RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World Season 2[]
Mini Trailer
RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World Season 2 Looks[]
Promo Look
Confessional Look
Entrance Look
The Queens' Variety Show Look
For Queen and Country Look
Reunion Look
Finale Eleganza Extravaganza Look
External Links[]
References[]
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| Winner | Aquaria |
|---|---|
| Runners-Up | 2nd & 3rd: Eureka & Kameron Michaels • 4th: Asia O'Hara |
| Other Contestants | 5th: Miz Cracker • 6th: Monét X Change (Miss Congeniality) • 7th: The Vixen • 8th: Monique Heart • 9th: Blair St. Clair • 10th: Mayhem Miller • 11th: Dusty Ray Bottoms • 12th: Yuhua Hamasaki • 13th: Kalorie Karbdashian-Williams • 14th: Vanessa Vanjie Mateo |
| Judges | RuPaul • Michelle Visage • Carson Kressley • Ross Mathews |
| Pit Crew | Jason Carter • Bryce Eilenberg |
| Winner | Shea Couleé |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Winner | Tia Kofi |
|---|---|
| Runners-Up | 2nd: Hannah Conda • 3rd & 4th: La Grande Dame & Marina Summers |
| Other Contestants | 5th: Scarlet Envy • 6th: Choriza May • 7th: Gothy Kendoll • 8th: Keta Minaj • 9th: Jonbers Blonde • 10th: Arantxa Castilla-La Mancha (Miss Congeniality) • 11th: Mayhem Miller |
| Judges | RuPaul • Michelle Visage • Alan Carr • Graham Norton |
| Pit Crew | TBA |