The runnerup for the Best Drag Race winner is Alaska Thunderfuck 5000... from the planet Glamtron. Alaska, out of any queen has had the most extensive history with the show. She heard about Drag Race before it even existed and auditioned all the way back for Season 1. After not getting on Seasons 1, 2 and 3, Alaska made it all the way to the Top 20 for Season 4 with her boyfriend at the time, Sharon Needles (who had only auditioned once). After her fourth try, Alaska didn’t make the cut and watched her boyfriend go on Season 4, then end up winning the entire thing. As you can imagine, that probably made for a very interesting dynamic in their relationship. Alaska was always seen in the audience at Drag Race events supporting Sharon and was known simply as “the boyfriend.” Then Season 5 rolled around and Alaska finally made it on the show. However, she was now branded as being the boyfriend of the previous winner and a second-rate version of him. Despite the early criticisms, Alaska managed to have a successful run on Season 5 even while being associated with the clique Rolaskatox. She made it all the way to the end and after coming close to winning, she was eventually the runner-up to Jinkx Monsoon. This was a defeat that genuinely hurt Alaska. Not only was it something she wanted for five years, but she also had to deal with not being able to accomplish what her boyfriend did the year before. This didn’t stop her though. As soon as Season 5 wrapped, Alaska got her ass to work and put out incredible content, and performed incredible shows making her one of the most popular Ru girls ever. Although she wasn’t a winner she had built a career that rivaled the other winners, and fans absolutely loved her and associated her with royalty. There was always talk that if there was ever a second season of All Stars, Alaska would without a doubt win. Then All Stars 2 did roll around and Alaska was cast. Week after week she slayed the competition like no other, tying four challenge wins with Sharon! It wasn't easy though. Everyone predicted her as a winner, but now weren’t rooting for her as much as before because it was too obvious she would win and she was up against the most beloved queen, Katya. She was forced with a twist on All Stars having to eliminate other queens, and fans criticized some of her decisions dubbing her “a snake.” Then a week before the finale, Alaska did the worst at a challenge and placed in the bottom for the first time. Due to the queens pact on how they would eliminate, Alaska thought she’d be the one to go and had a meltdown, because it was an extremely long journey for her to get to where she was. She advanced and ended up winning the crown, rightfully so. Alaska is a queen who truly does it all. Looks, acting, comedy, lip syncs, music, and above all DRAG, she does drag extremely well! She is the biggest fan of the show itself and winning definitely meant more to her than most. In a way Alaska winning was the show crowning itself. As Katya put it in her Hey Qween interview, Alaska really is Ru’s protige, and is the closest a queen has come to having a legacy similar to Ru’s. This is why Alaska’s at the top of the list. But there’s just one bitch she couldn’t beat…