Morgan McMichaels is a Scottish-American drag performer and one of the contestants on the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race.
Morgan later returned to compete on Season 3 of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. She originally placed 10th, before being brought back by BenDeLaCreme. She finished the competition in 5th place.
Morgan came back as a Lip-Sync Assassin for Season 5 of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. She won her lip-sync alongside Miz Cracker, with both the group and Cracker eliminating Mayhem Miller.
About[]
Morgan McMichaels is a drag queen from Mira Loma, California.
Morgan McMichaels was known on the show for her punk/rock and roll style drag, her outfits on the runway & her lip-sync and performance skills, her fight with Mystique Summers and she was also known for her relationship with Raven, being long-time best friends.
Drag Name Origin[]
Since she is from Scotland, Morgan is a reference to Morgan le Fay, the queen of the fairies in Arthurian legend. Morgan can also be a name for a boy or girl. McMichaels came later from her drag mother Chad Michaels and drag father Adam Magee (Chad’s partner), but she wanted to keep it Scottish so she spelled it as "McMichaels".[2]
Track Record(s)[]
Statistics | USA Season 2 | USA All Stars Season 3 |
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Ranking: | 8th Place | 5th Place (Orig. 10th Place) |
Maxi Challenges Won: | 1 (Ep. 1) | 0 |
Mini Challenges Won: | 1 (Ep. 3) | 0 |
Times as Team Captain: | 1 (Ep. 3) | 0 |
Times in Bottom: | 2 (Ep. 4, 5) | 2 (Eps. 1, 7) |
Episode Eliminated: | Episode 5 | Episodes 1, 7 |
Memorable Quotes[]
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 2[]
- "You have no class and no manners" "Exactly, so go fix your hair, go fix your mug" "Honey, you do need to fix your mug" - to Mystique during the fight in Untucked
- "People think that, since I'm pretty, and I'm sexy, that I should just do slutty all the time."
- "At the end of the day, this is a competition, and I'm out for blood."
- "It's a lip syncing competition, it's not a gymnastics competition."
- "I always laugh, it's a nervous thing I think"
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 3[]
- "I look pretty good for a dead bitch." (entrance quote)
- "You can't kill evil that easily"
- "RuPaul's bank account is the winner."
- “I'm a certain kind of girl that's walking art. I'm so fierce, baby, and that's just the start. Boys love me especially, 'cause I got the same parts as Miss Tati. Girls like me on All Stars 3. No innuendo here, it's what you see. I make my own choices and love to be free. I choose both bathrooms when I gotta go pee.” (verse in Sitting on a Secret)
Farewell Message[]
Season 2[]
"all you have to do is DREAM! Love Morgan xoxo"
All Stars 3[]
"I love you girls! Keep rocking and stay FABULOUS!"
Trivia[]
- Morgan was born in Scotland to a Scottish father and an American mother, and lived in both Scotland and the USA throughout her childhood.[3]
- This makes her the first British contestant to appear on any Drag Race franchise in the world, Morgan, Charlie Hides, Rosé, Lady Camden and The Vivienne are the only British contestants to appear on the US version of Drag Race.
- Morgan is the first Scottish contestant on the US version of Drag Race, the second being Rosé.
- Morgan is the lowest placing Maxi Challenge winner on RuPaul's Drag Race Season 2.
- Jenna Jameson and Joan Jett inspired Morgan to do drag.[4]
- Morgan's favorite song to perform in drag is "So What" by P!nk, who he impersonated in the Snatch Game.[5]
- One of Morgan's purposes in performing in drag as "P!nk" is to create a platform to support LGBT rights.[citation needed]
- If Morgan wasn't doing drag, Morgan said he probably would have finished school and studied medicine.[6]
- Before moving to Los Angeles, Morgan went to school to become an immunologist.[7]
- Morgan was a professor on RuPaul's Drag U alongside fellow Season 2 contestants Raven, Jujubee, Pandora Boxx and Tyra Sanchez.
- Morgan, BenDeLaCreme, Manila Luzon & Latrice Royale (All Stars 1), Roxxxy Andrews (In All Stars 2), Nina Bo'nina Brown, Mayhem Miller, and Widow Von'Du are the only contestant to win the first challenge of their Season and not make it to the final 3.
- Morgan was the first contestant to achieve this feat.
- Morgan made an appearance in the Season premiere of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 8, helping RuPaul pick a contestant by random and paying homage to Priscilla, Queen of the Desert before the main challenge.[citation needed]
- In May 2017, fellow contestant Tyra Sanchez falsely (and probably facetiously) reported Morgan's death online.[8]
- Her RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 3 entrance quote was a reference to this incident.[citation needed]
- Morgan released her first single "Why You Mad Tho?" on January 30, 2018, days after the RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 3 premiere Episode.[9]
- Of the 35 contestants who competed in more than one separate season, Morgan holds the record for biggest difference in the first Episode ranking, going from winning the first challenge in her first Season to going home first in her second one.
- Morgan is the second contestant to be eliminated first in their Season and return later in the competition. The first was Naysha Lopez in Season 8.
- Morgan is the third contestant to be eliminated twice in an All Stars Season, after Alyssa Edwards and Tatianna.
- Morgan revealed on her Facebook that she is bisexual.[citation needed]
- Morgan was featured on the 14th episode of Germany's Next Top Model Season 13 on a runway show segment alongside fellow RuPaul's Drag Race contestants Laganja Estranja, Jaidynn Diore Fierce and Farrah Moan.[10]
- Morgan is often referred to by friends as "The Scottish Scandal".[citation needed]
- Morgan is the first Lip Sync Assassin to perform in a lip-sync resulting in a tie.
- In both episodes of All Stars 3 that Morgan competed, she was eliminated.
- During her All Stars 5 appearance as a Lip Sync Assassin, Morgan was mislabeled as a contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race Season 3.
- Morgan was added to the Season Pass of RuPaul's Drag Race Superstar in January 2023, alongside the tag "Scandalous".[11]
- Morgan McMichaels, Shannel, Pandora Boxx, Jujubee and Raven made at least one appearance on each season of Drag U.
- Morgan is the only Lip Sync Assassin from All Stars 5 left to return for another All Stars/Vs. The World Season.
Gallery[]
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 2[]
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 2 Looks[]
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 3[]
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 3 Looks[]
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10[]
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10 Looks[]
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 5[]
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 5 Looks[]
RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race Season 2[]
RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race Season 2 Looks[]
Lip Syncs[]
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References[]
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Winner | Tyra Sanchez |
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Runners-Up | 2nd: Raven • 3rd: Jujubee |
Other Contestants | 4th: Tatianna • 5th: Pandora Boxx (Miss Congeniality) • 6th: Jessica Wild • 7th: Sahara Davenport • 8th: Morgan McMichaels • 9th: Sonique • 10th: Mystique • 11th: Nicole Paige Brooks • 12th: Shangela |
Judges | RuPaul • Santino Rice • Merle Ginsberg |
Pit Crew | Emanuel Palmer • Max "The Body" Philisaire |
Winner | Trixie Mattel |
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Runners-Up | 2nd: Kennedy Davenport • 3rd & 4th: BeBe Zahara Benet & Shangela |
Other Contestants | 5th: Morgan McMichaels • 6th: BenDeLaCreme (Quit) • 7th: Aja • 8th: Chi Chi DeVayne• 9th: Milk • 10th: Thorgy Thor |
Judges | RuPaul • Michelle Visage • Carson Kressley • Ross Mathews |
Pit Crew | Jason Carter • Bryce Eilenberg |