Vivienne Pinay

Vivienne Pinay
Biographical Information
Drag Name	Vivienne Pinay
Ethnicity	Filipino American
Date of Birth	August 2, 1985
Age	39
Birthplace	Atlanta, GA, USA
Hometown	Brooklyn, NY, USA
Location	Los Angeles, CA, USA
Season Information
Season	Season 5
Place	10th/11th
Eliminated	Episode 4
Eliminated by	RuPaul (Double Elimination with Honey Mahogany)
Challenge Wins	0

Vivienne Pinay is a former Filipino American drag performer from New York City, New York. Pinay is best known for being a contestant on Season 5 of RuPaul's Drag Race, and was the fourth contestant in series history to be of Filipino descent.

Drag Name Origin

Vivienne comes from her southern grandmother's name, and Pinay means "filipino girl".

Track Records

Vivienne Pinay

Statistics	USA Season 5
Ranking:	10th/11th Place
Maxi Challenges Won:	0
Mini Challenges Won:	0
Times as Team Captain:	0
Times in Bottom:	1 (Ep. 4)
Episode Eliminated:	Episode 4

Other Work

Since her appearance on Season 5, she is currently working as the personal assistant to fellow contestant Alyssa Edwards, and is featured on her WOW Presents Plus web-show "Alyssa's Secret". She can often be seen fixing Alyssa's hair and makeup.

Memorable Quotes

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 5

• "Hey, y'all!" (Entrance Quote)
• "Vivienne is all about glamour. My beauty is everything."
• "I did shit in my pants"
• "We're watching the lipsync and we're all thinking, 'oh my god'. Coco is serving it up!" (during Coco Montrese's lipsync against Monica Beverly Hillz)
• "I will always be the fishiest queen today, tomorrow, next month, the past seasons, and the next seasons to come."
• "Double elimination? Of course it is, why wouldn't it be?"

Farewell Message(s)

Season 5

"I love all my girls. Here's to the revolution of FISH! Always, Vivienne Pinay"

Trivia

• Vivienne, along with Honey Mahogany, were the first two queens to be eliminated in a double elimination.
• Vivienne no longer does drag.
• Vivienne considered herself to be the fishiest contestant on Season 5.
• Vivienne is now a wig stylist and owns a wig business called FairyTale Wigs, which mostly focuses on wigs for cosplayers, specializing in Disney Princess Wigs.
• Vivienne appeared in the ninth season of SyFy channel reality series, Face-Off, as one of the couples who were married as part of the main challenge.
• Vivienne appeared as a guest on the second season of reality series Skin Wars.

Gallery

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 5

Underwater Photoshoot

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 5 Looks

Promo Look

Entrance Look

Trash Couture

Best Drag Look

Think Pink Look

Divalicious Look

Reunion Look

Social Media

• Vivienne's Facebook
• Vivienne's Instagram
• Vivienne's X
• Vivienne's FairyTale Wigs Website
• Vivienne's YouTube