Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige

Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige
Biographical Information
Drag Name	Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige
Ethnicity	Afro-Haitian American
Date of Birth	November 16, 1988
Age	35
Hometown	Miami, FL, USA
Location	Miami, FL, USA
Season Information
Season	Season 16
Place	7th
Eliminated	Episode 11
Sent home by	Morphine Love Dion
Challenge Wins	1

Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige is an American drag performer and one of the contestants on the sixteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.

Drag Name Origin

"Mhi'ya" came right before her first performance, when she was listening to the singer Mýa a lot. "Iman" comes from her first drag mother, the late Jada Iman, and "Le'Paige" comes from another one of her drag mothers, Missey Meyakie Le'Paige.

Track Records

Statistics	USA Season 16
Ranking:	7th Place
Maxi Challenges Won:	1 (Ep. 5)
Mini Challenges Won:	0
Times as Team Captain:	0
Times in Bottom:	4 (Eps. 6, 7, 9, 11)
Episode Eliminated:	Episode 11

Memorable Quotes

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16

• "The queen of flips. I don't set the bar, I flips it." (entrance quote)
• "No." (Mhi'ya responding to RuPaul saying she seems very timid)
• "Fuck ALL Y'ALL bitches who put me at the BOTTOM!"
• "I'm great!" (Mhi'ya doing a Cher impersonation)
• "Why is she walking like a robot?"
• "Mhi'yeezy! You make me feel like a dainty lady, high heel boots, straight out of Haiti. So 305, so Dade County, with my stank ass walk, boy, you know I'm crazy. (Mhi'ya, Mhi'ya) Is the name they're screaming when they see me flipping! (Mhi'ya, Mhi'ya) Is the drag that took her man, bitch!" (Verse on A.S.M.R Lover)
• “Stop lyin’.” (In response to Morphine Love Dion saying she could’ve done Plasma’s role in the Rusical)
• "Plasma, when I see you dance, it's like those old ladies on TV exercising."
• "I just wanna pick up my bags and run out of here, this is crazy. Another design challenge?- Look, my jewelry falling off cause I'm aggravated.."
• "Walking out. Just walking out." (after Nymphia asked what the girls would do if it was a Sewing Challenge to get into the finale)
• "You still was gonna go home whether it's cut or not."
• "I mean, you cute when you home, so I don't know what you gonna do here."
• "V-O-T-E! Living in country where our rights should be equal. Just because i'm gay doesn't make me less equal. Let's take a chance to make a difference, we got the power, lets use our voices. Don't let them win, lets keep it going. Martin Luther King, I have a dream!" (verse on Power)
• "Did this bitch just throw her tits at me? It's gonna take more than a fake boob to stop me, bitch." (during the Episode 11 lip-sync)
• "From the palace to the queendom, the queen of flips is exiting the group chat!" (exit line)
• "Can you just sign me my check now?" (during the Reunion)

Farewell Message

"It was fun. I love you all. Season 16 ❤️. Morphine bring it home #305."

*Queen Of Flips* #Mhi'ya.

Trivia

• Mhi'ya is a drag daughter of RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 7) and RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 3 contestant Kennedy Davenport.
• Tamisha Iman is Mhi'ya's drag grandmother through the late Jada Iman.
• Mhi'ya was a member of the House of Ebony, a Ballroom house in the Mainstream scene. She is known for Drags Performance and currently is a 007.
• Mhi'ya is close friends with fellow Miami queen Malaysia Babydoll Foxx from season 15 of RuPaul's Drag Race.
• Mhi'ya is a self-taught dancer.
• Mhi'ya's main drag inspiration is Beyoncé.
• Mhi'ya is friends with The Boulet Brothers' Dragula Season 5 contestant Fantasia Royale Gaga.^{[citation needed]}
• Mhi'ya is a Scorpio.
• Mhi'ya's favorite movie is Dreamgirls, and her favorite TV shows are Love & Hip Hop, Basketball Wives, American Horror Story, and The Oval.
• Despite the fact that Mhi'ya refers to herself as "The Queen of Flips," Kahanna Montrese currently remains the only queen to perform a backflip, or back tuck, on the original franchise. However, Mhi'ya, along with Kylie Sonique Love, Kahanna Montrese, Gigi Goode, Jasmine Kennedie, Marcia Marcia Marcia, and Jax are the only queens who have performed back handsprings on the original franchise.

Gallery

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16

Mini Promo

Alternative Promo

Mug Promo

Behind the Scenes Promo

Countdown Promo

Mini Trailer

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16 Looks

Promo Look

Empire State Building Look

MET Look

Premiere Look

Confessional Look

Entrance Look

Talent Show Look

Made Ya Look Look

Made Ya Look Look (Reveal)

Mother Goose Look – Mary's Canary

Significant Mother Look – Lil' Kim

Call Me Mother/Father Eleganza Look

Everything Every-Cher All at Once Look

Faster Pussycat, Wig, Wig Look

Welcome to the Dollhouse Look – Queen of Flips Edition

I Can Buy Myself Flowers Look

Snatch Game Look – Shaquita

Dancing Queens Look – 90s Hip Hop

See You Next Wednesday Look

True Colors Look

Flashback: DragCon 1980 Look

Unaired Fandango Look

Lip Sync LaLaPaRuZa Smackdown Look

Grand Finale Eleganza Look

Filmography

TV

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2024	RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 16)	Self	Contestant (Placed 7th)

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