Yara Sofia

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Yara Sofia
Biographical Information
Drag Name	Yara Sofia
Ethnicity	Afro-Puerto Rican
Date of Birth	May 8, 1984
Age	40
Birthplace	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Hometown	Manati, Puerto Rico
Location	Las Vegas, NV, USA
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Season Information
Season	Season 3
Place	4th (Miss Congeniality)
Eliminated	Episode 13
Eliminated by	Alexis Mateo
Challenge Wins	1
Season	Season 1 Season 6
Place	Season 1 – 5th/6th Season 6 – 10th
Eliminated	Season 1 – Episode 4 Season 6 – Episode 4
Eliminated by	Season 1 – Jujubee & Raven Season 6 – The Group
Challenge Wins	Season 1 – 1 Season 6 – 1

Yara Sofia is a Puerto Rican drag performer and actor now living in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is best known for competing in the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race, in which she placed fourth and won the title of Miss Congeniality. She later competed on All Stars 1, in which she placed 5th/6th alongside her season 3 sister, Alexis Mateo.

She would later return to compete on All Stars 6, in which she placed 10th.

Track Records

Yara Sofia

Statistics	USA Season 3	USA All Stars Season 1	USA All Stars Season 6
Ranking:	4th Place (Miss Congeniality)	5th/6th Place	10th Place
Maxi Challenges Won:	1 (Ep. 11)	1 (Ep. 2)	1 (Ep. 1)
Mini Challenges Won:	1 (Ep. 13)	2 (Eps. 3, 4)	0
Times as Team Captain:	0	0	0
Times in Bottom:	2 (Eps. 9, 13)	1 (Ep. 4)	2 (Eps. 2, 4)
Episode Eliminated:	Episode 13	Episode 4	Episode 4

Drag Name Origin

The dance academy she used to work for produced a funny beauty pageant, and she was Miss Cuba. She was told to have a tropical Latin name so she was going to be Yara Sofia Carrasquillo. She chose Yara from her high school friend that was also a dancer who had beautiful legs. She used to wear heels before doing drag and everyone told her she had beautiful legs like her friend. Her friend chose her last name for her.

Memorable Quotes

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 3

• "The difference between an onion, and a 14 inch dick... both makes me cry!" (during the Stand-Up Challenge)
• "WHAT THE HELL IS CHICKEN?!" (during the Stand-Up Challenge)
• "Cha, cha, echa pa’lante!" (during the fitness challenge)
• "It's not kissing for your life." (during her lip-sync against Carmen Carrera)
• "Are you joking, Ru?" (after being told nobody is going home)
• "I'm always looking for perfection and a complete look, and that's my strength."
• "What do you think about me?" (to Alexis Mateo)
• "I'm broke! But I'm still fabulous."
• "I'm crying because there's a lot of emotions. I'm thinking too much, I'm so angry and I'm so disappointed. I'm a mess." (after breaking down mid lip-sync)
• "How dare they?!"
• "This is for Puerto Rico. So I'm gonna echa pa’lante, darling! I'm fine. I'm so happy. I did my best and this is me. I don't know. I have too much to offer."

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 1

• "Yes, mami... la perra is in the house!" (Entrance quote)
• "Because they need someone to go home first." (referring to Mimi Imfurst)
• "I'm gonna let Raven have it." (after replacing Alexis in the Don't Cha lip-sync)

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 6

• *howling* "I hope you like it doggystyle." (Entrance quote)
• "People say that I have an accent, I'm from Missipippi." (During her Meet the Queens segment)
• “Back in the day, we didn't have... makeup lines were racist, they didn't have all of the shades. Now we have A LOT!!”
• “Well, it's a lot of pressure there. And the worst: no porn.” (referring to Drag Race)
• “Other queens think that like I'm stupid or dumb, I like it.”
• “I can be funny, I can be fierce, I can be dark. Just give me a challenge and just give me the runway and I will whoop your asses!”
• "Serena ChaCha. Cha! Cha! ¡Echa pa' fuera!" (To Serena ChaCha during the reading challenge)
• "Jiggle, jiggle, jiggle those titties, jiggle those tittles"
• ”Next time, give the queen a fucking dollar!”
• "Fuck you all!" (after her elimination)

Farewell Message

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 3

"Echa pa' lante, no mires pa' atras pa' coger impulso, and you know what f&%k you haha"

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 6

"Fuck You All! I'm kidding HAHAHA You Guys are Hilarious ✡✡✡ Yara Sofia"

Trivia

• Yara made a dress for Kimora Blac which Kimora had planned on wearing for the Season 9 finale.
• Yara Sofia appeared on the Reality Television competition Skin Wars, which is judged by RuPaul, as a model alongside other Drag Race queens during the episode "Miss Skin Wars", and ended up winning the titular pageant thanks to her assigned body painter, Allison.^{[citation needed]}
• She is tied with Miz Cracker and Crystal Methyd for the latest first main challenge win out of many contestants, all three winning their first challenge in their 10th episode competing on the show.
  • Coincidently, both queens lip-synced the week after that their first Win. Though Miz Cracker was eliminated and Crystal stayed.
• She shares a birthday with India Ferrah, Kenya Michaels, and Soju (May 8).
• Along with Carmen Carrera, Yara is the first queen to be part of a double shantay.
• She won the same amount of challenges in three different seasons, winning one challenge in every seasons she competed in.
  • Yara was the first Ball challenge winner to not go on to win their season; she was followed in the same season by Manila Luzon.
  • Yara is the only Miss Congeniality to win a Ball challenge (Episode 11).
  • Yara is the only queen to win the Ball challenge and not make it into the finale.
• Yara's stand-up routine character from episode 8, Season 3 was based on Kenya Michaels.^{[citation needed]}
• Yara is the fourth contestant in the Drag Race franchise to win a Mini Challenge on the episode she got eliminated, after Jade in Season 1, Mystique Summers in Season 2, and Phoenix in Season 3
  • She was then followed by Madame LaQueer and Kenya Michaels in Season 4, Alexis Mateo & herself in All Stars 1, Serena ChaCha, Ivy Winters and Alyssa Edwards in Season 5, BenDeLaCreme in Season 6, Mrs. Kasha Davis in Season 7, Aja in All Stars 3, and Tamisha Iman in Season 13.
  • She is the only one to have had that happened to her twice, both in Season 3 and All Stars 1.
• Yara, along with Jan and Jiggly Caliente, has competed in two seasons with 13 cast members.
  • Yara is one of seven Drag Race contestants who have competed in two seasons with the same number of contestants, with Raven, Jujubee, Pandora Boxx, Jiggly Caliente, Eureka! and Jan.
• Yara is the seventh queen to be in the top two for the first challenge, then 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, the third and fourth being Roxxxy Andrews and Tatianna in All Stars 2, the fifth being Monique Heart in All Stars 5 and the sixth being India Ferrah in All Stars 5).
  • She was then followed by Kahanna Montrese on All Stars 8.
• Both times Yara returned to All Stars, she won one challenge and was eliminated on the 4th competitive episode.
• Yara is the 3rd queen to win a Maxi Challenge across three seasons after Manila Luzon and Latrice Royale.
  • However, she is the only one to have only won a single challenge each season.
• Yara’s Entrance Look incorporated a dog mask which was a tribute to the designer's dog passing away while working on the outfit.
• Yara is the first contestant to win a Ball and and be eliminated on a Ball in the same season. She would later be followed by Scarlett Harlett on the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race UK.
• Yara only has one drag daughter, Amalara Sofía.

Gallery

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 3

Christmas Card Photoshoot

Scandalous Red Carpet Photoshoot

Nude Photoshoot

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 3 Looks

Promo Look

Entrance Look

Confessional Look

Christmas Couture Look

Futurama Glamorama Look

Favorite Body Part Look

Extravagant Drag Look

Snatch Game Look – Amy Winehouse

Favorite Drag Look

Cake Couture Look – Strawberry Shortcake

Stand Up Look

Patriotic Drag Look

RuPaul-a-palooza Look

Classic Hairstyle Look

Modern Red Carpet Look

Fantasy Hair Extravaganza

Jocks Makeover Look

Swimsuit Body Beautiful Look

Cocktail Attire After 5 Look

Money Ball Look

Reunion Look

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 1

Mini Promo

Mini Trailer

Half-Baked Photoshoot – with Alexis Mateo

Opposites Attract Photoshoot – with Alexis Mateo

Butch Selfies Photoshoot

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 1 Looks

Promo Look

Confessional Look

Entrance Look

Opposites Attract Look

60's Glam Look

Bad Girls Chic Look

Girl Group Superstars Look

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10 Looks

Past Alumni RuTurn Look

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 6

Mini Promo

Promo Banner

Mini Trailer

Queens RuVeal

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 6 Looks

Promo Look

Press Week Look

Stonewall Inn Look

Premiere Look

Confessional Look

Entrance Look

All Stars Star-Studded Variety Extravaganza Look

LSFYL Look

LSFYL Look (Reveal)

Blue Betta Work Look

Blue Jean Baby Look

Blue Ball Bonanza Look

RuDemption Runway Look - Promo Look (S3)

Half-Time Show Look – Shakira

The Frill of It All Look

Unaired Clash of the Patterns Look

Rudemption Lip-Sync Smackdown Round 3 Look

Rudemption Lip-Sync Smackdown Round 3 Look (Reveal)

Unaired All Star Hall of Fame Eleganza Extravaganza Look

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