You better work (Picture: Santiago Felipe/Getty Images)

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK is just weeks away, and we are gagging at the thought.

And as a little amuse bouche, the UK queens have jetted to DragCon to show their US counterparts that they mean business.

The 10 queens set to do battle to be named the UK’s next drag superstar by Mama Ru were pictured at 2019’s RuPaul’s DragCon in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York, and they looked what? Sickening.

Gothy Kendoll, Vinegar Strokes, Divina De Campo, Sum Ting Wong, Crystal, The Vivienne, Blu Hydrangea, Baga Chipz, Cheryl Hole and Scaredy Kat showed they are forces to be reckoned with, bringing everything from high glamour to camp to avant garde to the convention.


Baga Chipz (Picture: Getty)

The Vivienne (Picture: Santiago Felipe/Getty Images)

Sum Ting Wong (Picture: Santiago Felipe/Getty Images)

Baga made sure people knew where she was coming from, wearing a very Geri Halliwell inspired Union Jack dress beneath a fringed rainbow jacket, while rocking extremely Elton pink sunglasses and huge hair with a cone of chips in.



The Vivienne wasn’t shady but a lady in a chic black and white striped dress with gold heels and immaculate pink make-up, while Sum Ting Wong clashed cultures with a tartan dress teamed with a fan.

Gothy Kendoll was a walking work of art in her daring blue and red outfit, and Blu was serving Tonya Harding meets Marie Antoinette in her turquoise and white skater dress.

Gothy Kendoll (Picture: Santiago Felipe/Getty Images)

Blu Hydrangea (Picture: Santiago Felipe/Getty Images)

Vinegar Strokes (Picture: Santiago Felipe/Getty Images)

Cheryl Hole kept the popstar vibes of her namesake going in a yellow mini dress and snakeskin heels, Vinegar was an explosion of blue ruffles over a printed robe, and Scaredy Kat – a newbie to the drag world – was giving us kawaii vibes with her pigtails, doll makeup and printed shift dress.

Divina served glamour in a semi-embellished gold and nude dress which was set off by her postbox red hair, and Crystal donned a skintight catsuit edged with tonnes of tulle – all topped off with cat eyes and a mohawk.

Because if you can’t at DragCon, when can you?

Cheryl Hole (Picture: Santiago Felipe/Getty Images)

Scaredy Kat (Picture: Santiago Felipe/Getty Images)

Crystal (Picture: Santiago Felipe/Getty Images)

Divina De Campo (Picture: Getty)

The contestants joined RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 3 winner Trixie Mattel, who performed at the convention, as well as season 11 darling Nina West.

Season 11 champion Yvie Oddly was serving all things weird and wonderful, while Manila Luzon, Naomi Smalls, Thorgy Thor, Aquaria and Blair St Clair were also pictured/

Drag Race is finally coming to the UK in October via BBC Three, and as expected, the judging line-up is pretty great.

Trixie Mattel (Picture: Getty)

Nina West (Picture: Getty)

Yvie Oddly (Picture: Getty)

Manila Luzon (Picture: Getty)

Cheryl, Maisie Williams, Andrew Garfield, Twiggy, Jade Thirlwall, Geri Horner, Michaela Coel, Stacey Dooley and Lorraine Kelly are all guest judges, while MNEK will appear as a vocal coach.

Love Island star Curtis Pritchard and Strictly professional AJ will also appear as choreographers.

And as for who will be sitting beside RuPaul and his right hand woman Michelle Visage – who is set to begin her Strictly journey tonight – Graham Norton and Alan Carr will be taking turns at lending their advice.

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK begins on 3 October.

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