Kenya Pleaser

Kenya Pleaser made history as the first queen based in South Carolina to compete on RuPaul's Drag Race, carrying Columbia's Capital Club, the state's oldest gay bar, onto the Season 18 main stage., in Manning, SC, she took her drag name from her real middle name paired with the flirty tag 'can you please her?' Only two years into her drag career when she was cast (she started in 2022 with a Cece Peniston number), Kenya became one of the season's most-watched underdogs, surviving four lip-syncs on her way to a 7th-place finish and earning the affectionate title of 'lip-sync survivor.' She's a celebrated Lizzo impersonator whose performances marry heart, humor, and full-throttle Southern hospitality, and she's the drag daughter of fellow Season 18 contestant Mia Starr.