{"id":145958,"date":"2018-06-25T01:12:44","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T01:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/rupauls-drag-race-who-should-win-season-10\/"},"modified":"2018-06-25T01:12:44","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T01:12:44","slug":"rupauls-drag-race-who-should-win-season-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/rupauls-drag-race-who-should-win-season-10\/","title":{"rendered":"RuPaul’s Drag Race: Who should win season 10?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aquaria, Kameron Michaels, Eureka and Asia O'Hara are the four queens competing in the season 10 final of RuPaul's Drag Race.<\/p>\n

Although, as Asia admitted in a recent episode, the real winner of the series is probably Vanessa Vanjie Mateo.<\/p>\n

Despite leaving in episode one Miss Vanjie made an impression that lasted an entire series.<\/p>\n

But it's one of the remaining queens who will be crowned America's next drag superstar when the final episode airs.<\/p>\n

Who deserves to take the title? We spoke to Drag Race superfans for their predictions on who they want to win - and why.<\/p>\n

Aquaria<\/h2>\n

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At 21, New Yorker Aquaria is the season's youngest contestant and after winning the most challenges is statistically the favourite to win. <\/p>\n

Like previous winners, she's never landed in the bottom two - so has never faced elimination.<\/p>\n

"I think people dismissed her initially as an 'Instagram queen'," says 26-year old superfan Hayden East, who followed Aquaria on social media before she entered the show.<\/p>\n

"Whereas previously Instagram queens have fallen short in other areas - like Miss Fame or Kim Chi who did really great in terms of looks but didn't quite reach the bar with dancing, performance, acting or comedy - I really feel like Aquaria has shown herself to be very well rounded."<\/p>\n

Hayden says she has surpassed previous young competitors and been portrayed as a fully-fledged star, rather than a rising talent. And she's also been impressed with her knowledge of drag and LGBT culture.<\/p>\n

"Aquaria is very young and to have all the cultural references, the confidence and the self-awareness is a real testament to her as a queen," he says.<\/p>\n

Kameron Michaels<\/h2>\n

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Shy queen Kameron mixes muscles with mascara and was labelled the "trade" of season 10 by contestants and viewers alike.<\/p>\n

Kameron shared stories of bullying during the series, which helped fans warm to a quiet contestant who received a relatively small amount of screen-time.<\/p>\n

"We've never really had a queen who blends the femininity and masculinity together like Kameron does," says 29-year-old viewer Lewis Peters.<\/p>\n

"The whole masculine look stems from the fact that she was bullied when she was younger.<\/p>\n

"Being part of the LGBT community we can all relate to that - being bullied growing up."<\/p>\n

Kameron was responsible for several fan-favourite contestants losing their place in the show and has been called the "lip sync assassin" of season 10.<\/p>\n

"Also," Lewis adds, "Kameron is hot."<\/p>\n

Eureka<\/h2>\n

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Originally a contestant on season nine, Eureka injured her knee and hobbled away from the 2017 show with an open invitation to return this year.<\/p>\n

But the 'elephant queen' hasn't been given the warmest reception by fans, despite a hilarious and successful ride into the 2018 final.<\/p>\n

"She's been called 'too loud' and 'too overbearing' but that is just her and that's what makes her so funny," says Hayley Minn, a 26-year-old Drag Race viewer who has been a fan of Eureka since her first appearance.<\/p>\n

Hayley says a win for a plus-size contestant would bring a great message of body positivity to the show.<\/p>\n

"She makes her silhouette look incredible and really knows how to frame her shape and 'proportionise'," she adds.<\/p>\n

Hayley says Eureka's standout moments include appearing as Honey Boo Boo in the Snatch Game episode and appearing nearly naked as a giant baby during a talk show challenge.<\/p>\n

Asia O'Hara<\/h2>\n

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Asia's kindness nearly became her undoing when she spent more time sewing costumes for others than she did for herself in an early episode of season 10.<\/p>\n

A win for the oldest of the finalists would be a triumph for drag culture, says 22-year-old Noni Makuyana.<\/p>\n

"Asia represents pageant drag and that isn't valued in the same way as Aquaria's drag is," says Noni.<\/p>\n

"Aquaria is praised because she's new and innovative but at the same time, that's doing away with the history of black queens in drag."<\/p>\n

Pageant drag queens focus on more traditional images of female beauty and this can be criticised for being "old and traditional", says Noni.<\/p>\n

But she believes it's Asia's motherly role to other contestants during the show that makes her a deserving winner.<\/p>\n

"You can tell she is a real down-to-earth, genuine, authentic person who is so caring. She's often lifted up so many other queens who have been in the race."<\/p>\n

Should the final four be more diverse?<\/h2>\n
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Noni, along with some viewers and even contestants, says she is disappointed by the lack of more queens of colour in the final four - in a series where the likes of Monet X Change, The Vixen and Monique Heart brought some of the most memorable moments.<\/p>\n

She says both Kameron and Eureka have been given second chances by the show's judges which would not have been given to contestants of colour.<\/p>\n

"Lots of black queens haven't been given the same time, support - space to be better," she says. <\/p>\n

"It echoes society that black women are judged more harshly and you have to be a certain way - if you're not then you're not important and you have to work ten times harder than everyone else."<\/p>\n

The season 10 final of RuPaul's Drag Race will screen in the UK on Netflix on 28 June 2018.<\/p>\n

Follow Newsbeat on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. <\/p>\n

Listen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 every weekday on BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra - if you miss us you can listen back here. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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