Jinkx Monsoon & Ivy Winters
PHOTOS: Jinkx Monsoon was crowned winner of season five of RuPaul’s Drag Race in front of a crowd of thousands of fans at New York City’s XL Nightclub on Monday, May 6. Competition was fierce this season, with Roxxxy Andrews and Alaska coming neck and neck with Monsoon. Celebrity Drag Race judge Michelle Visage and local favorite Bianca del Rio were the rapid fire (and wickedly funny) hostesses for the evening, introducing all of the contestants from season five: Jinkx Monsoon, Alaska, Roxxxy Andrews, Detox, Coco Montrese, Alyssa Edwards, Ivy Winters, Jade Jolie, Lineysha Sparx, Honey Mahogany, Vivienne Pinay, Monica Beverly Hillz, Serena ChaCha, and Penny Tration. The crowd erupted when hometown gal, Ivy Winters nabbed the Miss Congeniality honor, and cheered Jinkx to the stage when Miss Sharon Needles crowned her America’s Next Drag Superstar.
Photography by Jeffrey James Keyes
Antonio Estrada, Lineysha Sparx, Jesus Estrada
Honey Mahogany
Alaska
Ivy Winters
Jade Jolie
Honey Mahogany, Roxxxy Andrews, Monica Beverly Hillz
Coco Montrese
Detox
Ivy Winters
Jinkx Monsoon
Penny Tration
Michelle Visage and the Absolut OUTrageous Boys
Sharon Needles
Jiggly Caliente
Milan
Serena ChaCha
Vivienne Pinay
Coco Montrese and Amanda Lepore
Shangela and Erin O’Keefe
Maddelynn Hatter & Pusse Couture
Dallas Dubois & Monica Beverly Hillz
Louie G & Andrew Werner
Mimi Imfurst
Alyssa Edwards