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Tatianna is an American drag performer, hair stylist, make-up artist, musician, performing artist and one of the contestants of the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race.

Tatianna later returned for the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.

Drag Name Origin[]

During freshman year of high school, while trying to figure out what her name would be, she started looking through her CD collection. When stumbling upon the Tatyana Ali, "Kiss the Sky" CD she thought the name sounded good and stuck with it ever since.[6]

Track Record(s)[]

Tatianna
Statistics USA Season 2 USA All Stars
Season 2
Ranking: 4th Place 6th Place
(orig. 8th)
Maxi Challenges Won: 1 (Ep. 4) 2 (Eps. 1, 5)
Mini Challenges Won: 1 (Ep. 8) 0
Times as Team Captain: 0 0
Times in Bottom: 2 (Eps. 7, 9) 2 (Eps. 2, 6)
Episode(s) Eliminated: Episode 9 Episodes 2, 6

Memorable Quotes[]

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 2[]

  • "Thank you!"
  • "...Choices."
  • "No! Not the case. If I was comfortable being a beautiful girl, I was a beautiful girl at home. That's not why I'm here, to be like, pretty." (after Raven said she should go home)
  • "Um, I don't think you're seeing that Tyra is a complete bitch."
  • "I'm so glad someone finally said something about Morgan's... WHORENESS."
  • "She has this diva attitude, like she's America's Sweetheart, but she's not." (regarding Tyra Sanchez)
  • "You know you really shouldn't play the victim. It doesn't suit you, you don't do it well." (to Tyra Sanchez)
  • "And I don't like you. Are you happy? I don't like you." (to Tyra Sanchez during Untucked in Season 2 episode "Here Comes the Bride")
  • "You're insecure. No one secure about their own images has to put people down the way you do." (to Raven during the reunion)
  • "Raven all of a sudden decided she wants to BLOSSOM, verbally. The sparkling 30 years she's got behind her, there's just so much there that she just can't hold it in."
  • "Your outside is gorgeous Raven, but your insides are dark and nasty. And I don't like you."
  • "NO, I am not the Rebecca Glasscock of the second season."
  • "I am not done talking yet. You will speak when I'm done." (to Raven during the reunion)
  • "Think that I'm a door mat, think it, and when you find out a little bit more down the road, THINK WHAT YOU WANT!" (in response to Morgan McMichaels during Untucked in Season 2 episode "Country Queens")
  • RuPaul: "Slutty Sally is so slutty, last time I took a ride on her disco stick, I got blank!" Tatianna: "I got lost!" (as Britney Spears on Snatch Game)
  • "Do you 2 the FULLEST! Love TATI ♡" (farewell message)

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 2[]

  • "Thank you." (entrance quote)
  • "What's up, hookers!" (entrance quote upon returning)
  • "I finally got to listen to Anus (Alaska's album), and I get it, cause it sounds like what my anus does after eating Mexican." (reading Alaska)
  • "Nothing has changed you, or your overbite." (reading Alyssa Edwards)
  • "People at the party and I'm wanting to dance. Other ugly ass bitches ain't standing no chance. Dudes looking at me like they wanna get in my pants. Come on, bitch, see me with them hands. See me with them hands. His back on the wall, my ass on his HUH. Grinding for a second...his stuff's getting thick. He doesn't know it, but I'm getting firm too. Cuz boys really need to know before calling me boo. Because what you see, isn't always the truth. Say it with me, what you see, isn't always the truth. Thank you. Because baby boy, I got all the same parts that you do. The same parts. The same parts. The same parts... (performance in the All Stars Talent Show)
  • "You're welcome." (responds in deeper voice to RuPaul)
  • "We all make choices, but that was a CHOICE." (to Coco Montrese's dance number)
  • "I love donuts. And I love America!."
    • RuPaul: "And what's your favourite thing about America?"
    • "Oh gosh - the people, the places, the things... nouns." (As Ariana Grande in the Snatch Game)
  • "What's up hookers!" (All Stars 2 second entrance)
  • "I picked Detox, because she's funny, she's dirty, and she's not Phi Phi or Roxxxy... choices!"
  • "Thank you all so much for coming to tonight's event. It's a benefit for babies battling bulimia." (opening the comedy duo challenge)
  • "I used to have braces." (to Detox on the comedy duo challenge)
  • "Stupid bitch" - (on her ad for her Tatianna's Tea Set)
  • "She's a fucking cunt." (on her ad for her Tatianna's Tea Set)
  • "Hashtag choices!" (All Stars 2 Reunion)
  • "Thank You! ♡ Tati" (farewell message episode 2)
  • "Had a BLAST! I Love you ALL! They got me Gurl! Lol Thankx! ♡ Tati" (farewell message episode 6)

Trivia[]

  • Before gaining a full career in drag, Tatianna worked as a hair stylist.[4]
  • She started dressing in drag at the age of 14, and would go to school in drag on special occasions, such as "crazy day"[6], Halloween and Homecoming.[4]
  • She was suspended multiple times throughout school for beating up her bullies.[7]
  • Tatianna is 6'5" in heels.
  • She is often assumed to be Latino, despite being of mixed Black and Italian descent.[3]
  • She lives and performs in the Washington D.C. area, and is a cast member at Town Dance Boutique along with drag queens Ba'Naka and Shi Queeta Lee.[5]
  • Her favorite diva is Britney Spears.[5]
  • She has thought about transitioning in the past, but decided against it.[6]
  • Her favorite colors are purple, black, and blue.
  • In 2018, Tatianna released her own perfume, called "Choices".[8]
  • Tatianna originally applied for season one of Drag Race, but was rejected cause she was too young. [4]
  • She is the first queen to be eliminated a total of 3 times within both the regular series and All Stars series. The second queen to accomplish this was Alyssa Edwards. Morgan McMichaels, Shangela, Manila Luzon, Alexis Mateo, Jujubee became the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh queens to accomplish this in All Stars 3, All Stars 4, and All Stars 5.
  • She is the first queen to win the Snatch Game and later be eliminated from it.[7]
  • She is also the first queen to get "all possible placements" overall. (Win: Ep 4) (High: Ep 8) (Safe: Ep 1, Ep 2, Ep 3 and Ep 6) (Low: Ep 5) (Btm: Ep 7) (Elim: Ep 9)
  • On All Stars 2, she was either winning a challenge or being eliminated. (Wins: Ep 1 and Ep 5) (Elim: Ep 2 and Ep 6)
  • In late May, 2017, Tatianna's phone number was leaked by Tyra Sanchez on her Instagram. As a result, Tatianna posted Tyra's number on her Instagram account as revenge for leaking her number.[9]
  • In the After Elimination video on LogoTV's YouTube, Tatianna's outfit was shown for the 'Baddest Bitches of Herstory' challenge on All Stars 2.
  • Tatianna appeared in Taylor Swift's music video for You Need to Calm Down.[10]
  • Tatianna was arrested for disorderly conduct in October of 2019, as released by TMZ.[11]
  • Tatianna's Talent Show performance was never rehearsed; in an interview, she revealed that The Same Parts was not her original plan and decided to change it the night before the performance.[7]
  • Tatianna is the only returning queen on an All Stars season to not place 5th.
  • Tatianna appeared on 'Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen' alongside Jaida Essence Hall and Shea Couleé.[12]
  • Tatianna and Roxxxy Andrews are the third and fourth queens to be in the top two for the first challenge, and be in the bottom two/three for the second challenge on an All Stars season (the first and second being Latrice Royale and Manila Luzon in All Stars 1). They were followed by Monique Heart in All Stars 4, India Ferrah in All Stars 5, Yara Sofia in All Stars 6 and Kahanna Montrese in All Stars 8.
    • However, Tatianna was the only one from this list that was eliminated in the second episode.
    • Monique and Tatianna had also respectively won a second challenge, and were in the bottom again for a consecutive time.
  • Both times Tatianna was eliminated on All Stars 2, Alaska sent her home after winning a Lip Sync For Your Legacy against Katya.

Gallery[]

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 2[]

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 2 Looks[]

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 2[]

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 2 Looks[]

Videos[]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2020 Workhouse Queen Themself Documentary [13]
Miss Americana Themself Documentary [14]

TV[]

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2010 RuPaul's Drag Race: Season 2 Themself Contestant (placed 4th) [15]
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked Themself
2016 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Season 2 Themself Contestant (placed 6th) [16]
2016-2021 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Themself Guest, two appearances [17][12]
2019 2019 MTV Video Music Awards Themself Dancer for Taylor Swift [18]

Web Series[]

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2014 Fashion Photo Review Themself Guest/co-host [19]
Ring My Bell Themself Guest [20]
2016 The Final Lap Themself Season 2, episode 2 [21]
2018 Tea with Tati Themself Host [22]
Hey Qween! Themself Guest [7]

Music Videos[]

Year Title Artist Ref.
2016 "The T" Alaska Thunderfuck ft. Adore Delano [23]
2017 "Use Me" Themself [24]
2018 "CYA" Themself [25]
2019 "You Need to Calm Down" Taylor Swift [10]
"Hurt My Feelings" Themself [26]

Discography[]

Albums[]

Year Title Notes
2018 T1

Singles[]

Year Title Album Notes
2010 "True" non-album single
2011 "Touch"
2012 "Losing Control"
2016 "The Same Parts
"Transform"
2017 "Use Me" T1
2018 "Try" Featuring Salavadora Dali
"CYA"
2019 "Hurt My Feelings Non-album single

External Links[]

References[]

  1. RuPaul's Drag Race | Twitter, RuPaulsDragRace — December 1, 2018
  2. TATIANNA | Twitter, TATIANNANOW — February 22, 2021
  3. 3.0 3.1 TATIANNA | Twitter, TATIANNANOW — January 25, 2019
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Falls Church’s Tatianna Rocks RuPaul’s World | Falls Church News Press — March 10, 2010
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Sitting With Spencer: An Interview With Tatianna | Werrrk — August 12, 2015
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 TATIANNA: EXPOSED (THE FULL INTERVIEW) | YouTube, Joseph Shepherd — June 18, 2020
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 TATIANNA on the Hey Qween! HalloQween Special with Jonny McGovern | YouTube, Hey Qween — October 29, 2018
  8. Choices by Tatianna (Official Perfume Commercial from Xyrena) | YouTube, Xyrena — June 26, 2018
  9. TYRA SANCHEZ Returns To HEY QWEEN With Jonny McGovern Part 1 | YouTube, Hey Qween — August 28, 2017
  10. 10.0 10.1 All the Drag Queens (and Who They Appear As) in Taylor Swift’s New Video | Out — June 17, 2019
  11. [https://www.tmz.com/2019/10/14/rupaul-drag-race-contestant-tatianna-arrested/ 'RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE' STAR TATIANNA ARRESTED ...For Disorderly Conduct] | TMZ — October 15, 2019
  12. 12.0 12.1 'Drag Race's Shea Coulee says 'things are all good' with Valentina | UPI — February 17, 2021
  13. ‘Greenlight Yourself’: Slamdance Unveils Full Lineup, Showcase for Filmmakers With Disabilities | MovieMaker — November 30, 2020
  14. Taylor Swift feels 'f—ing awesome' in rousing Miss Americana trailer | Entertainment Weekly — January 22, 2020
  15. 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Exclusive: Meet the season 2 cast and watch them werq! | Entertainment Weekly — November 20, 2009
  16. ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars’ Interview: Getting the T With Tatianna | Observer — June 9, 2016
  17. Alyssa Edwards, Tatianna, And Shangela Compete In ‘Lip Sync For Your Wife' RHONJ WWHL | YouTube, Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — October 31, 2016
  18. Taylor Swift Just Backed the Equality Act in VMAs Opening Performance | Pride — August 26, 2019
  19. RuPaul's Drag Race Fashion Photo RuView with Tatianna and Raven - Episode 12 | YouTube, WOWPresents — May 8, 2014
  20. Tatianna on Ring My Bell | YouTube, WOWPresents — May 4, 2014
  21. The Final Lap: Tatianna | YouTube, RuPaul's Drag Race — September 3, 2016
  22. Tea with Tati: Partying | YouTube, WOWPresents — September 26, 2018
  23. Alaska Thunderfuck - The T (feat. Adore Delano) [Official] | YouTube, Alaska Thunderfuck — October 14, 2016
  24. Tatianna - Use Me [Official Music Video] | YouTube, TatiannaNow — November 28, 2017
  25. Tatianna - CYA [Official Music Video] | YouTube, TatiannaNow — August 30, 2018
  26. Tatianna - Hurt My Feelings [Official Music Video] | YouTube, TatiannaNow — July 12, 2019

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