The Vivienne

The Vivienne is the stage name of James Williams, the Winner of Season 1 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK.

Name Origin

"I love Vivienne Westwood and when I moved to Liverpool everyone used to call me Vivienne as I was head to toe in Westwood, so when I started doing drag it was a natural progression, but I didn’t want one of those cheap, nasty, slutty drag names so I thought of 'The Vivienne' and here she is, there’s only one of them." The Vivienne explain about her drag name on a ITW.

RuPaul's Drag Race UK

Entrance Quote

• "Don't get too comfy, girls. This is gonna take two minutes." *laughs*

Memorables Quotes

• *laugh* "You liar." (talking to RuPaul about the first Photoshoot Challenge)
• "Let's go guerls"
• "OKURRRRRR? Trademark" (as Cardi B)
• "Who put 50p in Cheryl ?"
• "Are you local?"
• "All tea, no collusion, specially with Russia or China" (as Donald Trump in Snatch Game)
• "I can sing, Cheryl can dance, Crystal is... skinny"
• *Cough*
• "Yeah, it was good..."
• "Think you can control me, When you both look like men, Don't dictate what I'm wearing, bitch, I'm the Vivienne, I do what I want to, You don't own me, I'm not your possession, You're not my cup of tea (tea, tea, huh)" (verse on Break Up (Bye Bye) by Filth Harmony.)
• "A red wig and a silver dress." (refering to DDC)
• "So mum have you shaved ya minge?"
• "It's been absolutely great, it's been tremendous thank you" (Winner acceptance speech)

Trivia

• The Vivienne was the first ever queen to be confirmed as a contestant on Drag Race UK.
• She was born in Colwyn Bay, Wales, and moved to Liverpool at 16.
• She started doing drag in 2007.
• She became the UK Drag Ambassador in 2016.
• She was the first queen to win a main challenge on Drag Race UK.
• Her (and Baga Chipz) are the first to share a conjoined win on Drag Race UK.
  • They are the two first winners of "Snatch Game" in the UK too.
• She is the first UK contestant to win a challenge after lip-syncing for her life in the previous episode.
• She is the only queen from her season to lip-sync twice and not be eliminated.
• She is the first UK queen to never place SAFE.
  • She is the third in RuPaul's Drag Race herstory to make it to the finale while not placing SAFE. The first being Nina Flowers — Runner-Up from Season 1 — and the second being Brooke Lynn Hytes — Runner-Up from Season 11. This makes her the first winner to never place SAFE on a non-all stars season.
• She got married on December 15th, 2019.

Gallery

UK Season 1 Looks

Videos

The Vivienne Meet The Queens Drag Race UK (Season One)

The Vivienne Keep Calm and Meet the Queens

Discography

Singles

• "Break Up (Bye Bye)" with Cheryl Hole and Crystal, as Filth Harmony. (2019)
• "To the Moon" ft. The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, by RuPaul. (2019)

Filmography

TV

• Transformations, as The Vivienne (Special Guest). (2015)
• Absolutely Fabulous: Le Film, as The Vivienne (Featured Drag Artist). (2016)

• RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 1, as Winner, placed 1st. (2019)

Web Series

• Morning T&T (with Baga Chipz) as Donald Trump.

Social Media

• The Vivienne's Site | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
• The Vivienne on Youtube | Wikipedia | IMDB

ITW

1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/rpdr-2019/the-vivienne

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