Liv Lux Miyake-Mugler,[1] formerly known as Olivia Lux, is the stage name of Freddy Carlton, a drag queen based in New York City, New York and a contestant on Season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race.
Drag Name Origin
Liv comes from Olivia Pope from Scandal, and Lux comes from the Latin word for light because she "lights up every room she walks into."
Track Record(s)
| Season Competed: | Season 13 |
|---|---|
| Ranking: | 5th Place |
| Maxi Challenges Won: | 2 (Eps. 6, 7) |
| Top 2 Placements: | 1 (Ep. 2) |
| Times in Bottom Two: | 2 (Eps. 10, 13) |
| Mini Challenges Won: | 0 |
| Times as Team Captain: | 0 |
| Episode Eliminated: | Episode 13 |
Memorable Quotes
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 13
- "Lux; be a lady tonight." (entrance quote)
- "I consider Olivia Lux as that diva, but like that like really nice diva, like Diana Ross in The Supremes."
- "It is about to start honey!"
- "I don't want to say that I am one with the music, but I am one with the music."
- "♪ They call me Liv! Satin, velvet and glitz. The new queen ready to shine! You see me play on the keys, Jersey to NYC! Lux is the one to beat, oh-oh-oh! ♪" (verse in "ConDragulations")
- "Elliott who?!"
- "The sky is blue." (After Kandy Muse said she would cry if someone told her the sky was blue)
- "Imma cry, but make it hoe!' (Imitating Kandy Muse)
- "A few weeks ago I was winner winner chicken dinner, and now I am lunchables!"
- “That was a good jingle, Rosé.”
- "I didn't come in here just to be Miss Congeniality, you see where that gets you." (in the Nice Girls Roast)
- "The patient zero of drag queens!" (to RuPaul in the Nice Girls Roast)
- "Mama Ru is so old, her first drag name was in hieroglyphics." (to RuPaul in the Nice Girls Roast)
- "Mama Ru is so old, she signed the Declaration of Independence as parent/guardian." (to RuPaul in the Nice Girls Roast)
- "Nina West wanted to be on drag race so bad, there's only been 13 seasons and somehow she managed to audition 38 times. (to Nina West in the Nice Girls Roast)
- "May I ask a question?"
Farewell Message
" "BELIEVE IN YOURSELF, AS I BELIEVE IN YOU!♡" XOXO, YOUR POLITE DIVA, LIV"
Trivia
- Liv is a trained musician. She plays the piano and can sing.
- Liv is a trained theatre actress, having lead roles in professional productions of musicals. She has played Angel in Rent, Donkey in Shrek the Musical, and Atossa in The Persians.
- Liv is bilingual, able to speak fluent English and Spanish.
- Liv competed in Bob The Drag Queen's 'Look Queen' pageant.
- Prior to being cast on the show, Liv was featured in The WOW Report.
- She shares her birthday with Nicky Doll.
- Liv is the second RuGirl to have her name start with an O, the first being Ongina back in Season 1.
- Coincidentally, both of them placed 5th on their respective seasons and they both won two maxi challenges.
- Liv loves Ariana Grande, and her favorite song from Ariana's album "Positions" is "love language".[citation needed]
- In high school, Liv played the piccolo and did musical theatre.
- Liv used to weigh 300 pounds during her youth. She discussed how drag helped her to lose weight and become comfortable in her body during her time on the show.
- Liv and Utica are going to go on a date after Drag Race.
- Trixie Mattel has jokingly referred to Season 13 as "Olivia's Drag Race" on The Pit Stop.
- During the Covid Special, Liv discussed how she contracted the coronavirus near the beginning of the pandemic, and her mother, a frontline worker, became her nurse.
- Liv is the Drag Race contestant who received negative critiques from the judges in the most consecutive episodes, with five (from Episode 9 to Episode 13 of Season 13).
- In September 2021, Olivia Lux joined the House of Miyake-Mugler,[2] a Ballroom house from the Mainstream scene known for winning season 2 of the voguing reality competition series Legendary. She made her debut at the Icon Ball pt. 3 on October 11, 2021, walking the category Drags Face.[3] On February 28, 2022, she revealed that her drag name would now be Liv Lux Miyake-Mugler.[1]
- Olivia wore Utica’s earrings from her sheer look, she wore the earrings in her makeover look, but wore them in her hair.[citation needed]
Gallery
Mini Promo
Cast RuVeal
Mini Trailer
Season 13 Looks
Promo Look
Cast RuVeal Look
Premiere Look
Confessional Look
Entrance Look
Day Time Look
Night Time Look
Condragulations Look
Lamé Look
Trains for Days Look
Mixed Bag Look – Punching Bag
Money Bags Look
Bag Ball Eleganza Look
Little Black Dress Look
Bead It Look
Social Media: The Unverified Rusical Look – Markie Tuckenberg
Yellow Gorgeous Look
Snatch Game Look – Tabitha Brown
Fascinating Fascinators Look
Drag Doppelgängers Look – Denali
Original Doppelgängers look – with Denali
Soda Commercial Look
BEAST Couture Look
Nice Girls Roast Look
Haute Pockets Look
Unaired Drag Excellence Look
Reunion Look
Grand Finale Look
External Links
| Winner | Symone |
|---|---|
| Runners-Up | 2nd: Kandy Muse • 3rd & 4th: Gottmik & Rosé |
| Other Queens | 5th: Olivia Lux • 6th: Utica Queen • 7th: Tina Burner • 8th: Denali • 9th: Elliott with 2 Ts • 10th: LaLa Ri (Miss Congeniality) • 11th: Tamisha Iman • 12th: Joey Jay • 13th: Kahmora Hall |
| Judges | RuPaul • Michelle Visage • Carson Kressley • Ross Mathews |
| Pit Crew | Jason Carter • Bruno Carvalho • Bryce Eilenberg |
