{"id":385735,"date":"2026-04-18T11:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T11:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/385735\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T11:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T11:20:09","slug":"rupauls-drag-race-names-season-18-winner-miss-congeniality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/385735\/","title":{"rendered":"RuPaul’s Drag Race Names Season 18 Winner, Miss Congeniality"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t[This story contains\u00a0major\u00a0spoilers from the finale of RuPaul<\/a>\u2018s Drag Race season 18.]<\/p>\n

\n\tRuPaul has crowned America\u2019s Next Drag Superstar!<\/p>\n

\n\tSeason 18 of RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race has come to an end, and Myki Meeks has snatched the crown.<\/p>\n

\n\tHeading into Friday night\u2019s finale, Darlene Mitchell, Myki Meeks and Nini Coco were named the top three of the competition. Each drag artist dished out a performance to their own original song in the cumulative episode, though it was Myki and Nini who RuPaul named the top two queens of season 18<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tDarlene was named second runner-up, and before she exited the stage to make way for the lip sync, she jokingly turned back to RuPaul and asked, \u201cYou sure?\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tBut before RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race named its mint winner, Jane Don\u2019t was presented with the coveted title of Miss Congeniality, voted on by the cast<\/a>. While she did not win season 18, Jane Don\u2019t was a frontrunner throughout the season, with her elimination in episode 13 coming as a surprise. (She unpacked her Drag Race tenure with THR here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

\n\tMiley Cyrus was on hand to receive the Giving Us Lifetime Achievement Award, and the top two queens performed in a Lip Sync for the Crown to her song \u201cEvery Girl You\u2019ve Ever Loved.\u201d <\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tMyki Meeks and Nini Coco in the final lip sync of RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race season 18.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMTV<\/p>\n

\n\tBoth queens dished out impressive performances, but it was Myki who ultimately won the lip sync, also securing her newfound title of America\u2019s Next Drag Superstar. Onya Nurve<\/a>, winner of Drag Race season 17, presented Myki with their crown and scepter.<\/p>\n

\n\tHailing from Orlando, Florida, Myki was a dominating force throughout the tailend of season 18, consecutively winning the final three challenges of the installment. She won a total of four challenges, joining a lucrative list of queens from the Drag Race universe who have won a quartet of episodes on the series.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis is for my friends, my family, all of Orlando, live fiercely, love boldly, and write it in the books baby, the Meeks shall inherit the crown!\u201d Myki said after snatching the top spot.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe season 18 winner won a cash prize of $200,000, and for the first time, an official makeup collaboration with Anastasia Beverly Hills Cosmetics. During the finale episode, Darlene, Myki and Nini each visited the makeup company\u2019s headquarters, where they spoke with president Norvina about what their potential collaboration would look like. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAfter a season of extraordinary charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent, it is my pleasure to crown Myki Meeks the champion of\u00a0RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race\u00a0season 18!\u201d RuPaul said in a statement. \u201cFrom the beginning, Myki has demonstrated the true essence of a superstar. I\u2019m excited to experience more of her special brand of joy, laughter and love throughout her brilliant career.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSee how the queens of RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race season 18 finished below.<\/p>\n

\n\tMyki Meeks (WINNER)
Nini Coco (2nd place)
Darlene Mitchell (3rd place)
Juicy Love Dion (4th place)
Jane Don\u2019t (5th place)
Discord Addams (6th place)
Kenya Pleaser (7th place)
Athena Dion (8th place)
Mia Starr (9th place)
Vita VonTesse Starr (10th place)
Ciara Myst (11th place)
Briar Blush (12th place)
Mandy Mango (13th place)
DD Fuego (14th place)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[This story contains\u00a0major\u00a0spoilers from the finale of RuPaul\u2018s Drag Race season 18.] RuPaul has crowned America\u2019s Next Drag…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,1093,101336,101338,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-385735","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-reality-tv","13":"tag-rupaul","14":"tag-rupauls-drag-race","15":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}