Hey y’all. I’m back. Sorry about the laziness. Oprah’s trying to help me through it, but I’m really stubborn.
Anyway, there has been a lot of crazy pop culture happening lately: the Super Bowl and all it included (hang in there, Xtina!), blizzards, Ricky Gervais at the Globes, etc. But tonight, I want to talk about two of my favorite things, which have come together so perfectly I couldn’t be a happier hag. Of course, those two things are ANTM and RuPaul’s Drag Race.
Now, I was super super excited for Drag Race to be back. It’s hard to put into words how much I love that show. And imagine my surprise and delight, when watching the casting special, I realized that one of the contestants is none other than Sutan (Drag name: Raja), the make-up artist from Top Model! And Adam Lambert was in her audition video! Fabulous! Sutan had appeared as Raja on Top Model at least once before, maybe twice. And it was clear in that first episode she was going to do Tyra proud.
What a better way to learn how to be a great drag queen than from ANTM? Take a look at cycle 14, where Tyra herself wore nothing but jumpsuits. No seriously, take a look. They’re all on this Web site. Tell me she doesn’t look like a drag queen in half of those pictures. And her tuck isn’t even that good. Not to mention all the drag queen-esque contestants, including Jaeda (Remember her? Awful) and one winner: Jaslene “Cha-cha Diva.”

Here’s the best part of the whole thing: if (when) Raja wins, she’ll be far more present in entertainment than any of the Top Models. I’m not saying they’re not successful, but with the exception of “Top Models in Action,” have you ever seen one of their CoverGirl commercials? And remember when they started doing the double covers of Seventeen? The ANTM winner on one side and Selena Gomez or whoever on the other. But I see info on shows past drag racers are doing all the time. And the Absolut ads are on Logo continuously. Why doesn’t the CW run the models CG ads like that? Who knows.
Maybe Cycle 16 (Yes. 16!), starting February 23rd, will finally give us a “Top Model,” who can lend her pretty face to some actor’s love life and political causes. Plus shoot a Disney TV movie (Life Size, anyone?). And maybe Cycle 16 will bring one last Raja appearance before she got too big even for Tyra.