‘Drag Race’ Winner Onya Nurve on Her Final Lip Sync and Dreams of Being on ‘Abbott Elementary’

Onya Nurve On Winning 'Drag Race' Season 17, Infusing Black Culture In Her Art: 'Best Believe I'm Going To Do It'

Onya Nurve is our new reigning queen! The winner of Season 17 of RuPaul’s Drag Race says that winning the season “feels so surreal.” “I don’t honestly feel like it’s all clicked yet, be it that it just kind of happened, but I feel a level of relief and that I can find and like be proud and enjoy everything that I’ve done,” she told Blavity’s Shadow and Act shortly after winning. She said that getting through the lip sync meant she had to draw fr…

Drag Race season 17: Jewels Sparkles leaves social media due to toxic finale discourse

Jewels Sparkles has stepped away from social media in response to the toxic fan reaction to the Drag Race finale. On 18 April, RuPaul inducted a brand-new champion into the Drag Race Hall of Fame during the final episode of season 17. After weeks of intense maxi-challenges, showstopping runways, and jaw-dropping lip-syncs, Jewels, Onya Nurve, Sam Star, and Lexi Love reunited in front of a studio audience for one final face-off for the crown. Lik…

Onya Nurve Wanted to Be Drag Race’s ‘Moment of Surprise’

When Onya Nurve walked into season 17 of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race,’ ‘There were so many things that I kept close to my chest because I didn’t want people to think that I was a certain type of queen. I’m almost every type of queen.’

Onya Nurve Crowned Winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race

Source: Santiago Felipe / Getty Ohio just snatched a crown. Onya Nurve was officially named America’s Next Drag Superstar during the Season 17 finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race, securing the title and a $200,000 cash prize. Nurve (whose real name is Justin Woody) becomes the first Cleveland queen to take home the crown, and the first to appear on the show since Akashia competed in Season 1. RELATED: RuPaul’s Online Book Marketplace Allstora Empowers …

Drag Race runner-up quits social media over finale fan reaction

RuPaul’s Drag Race season 17 runner up Jewels Sparkles has taken a break from social media following the reaction from Onya Nurve’s win, saying it ‘breaks her heart’ for the pair to be ‘pit … against each other’ by fans. After the splashiest season of RuPaul’s Drag Race yet, the Drag Race Hall of Fame has welcomed its newest entrant; the one, and only, Onya Nurve. Onya beat our her fellow top four competitors in the finale of the season (19 Apri…

‘Drag Race’ Winner Onya Nurve on Her Final Lip Sync and Dreams of Being on ‘Abbott Elementary’

"RuPaul's Drag Race" winner Onya Nurve on her final lip sync and dreams of being on "Abbott Elementary."