{"id":281435,"date":"2026-06-29T18:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/281435\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T18:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:55:10","slug":"meet-the-latina-queens-competiting-in-drag-race-mexico-latina-royale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/281435\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Latina Queens Competiting in \u2018Drag Race M\u00e9xico: Latina Royale\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Latina drag queens from across the RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race franchise are coming together for a special competition in Drag Race Mexico: Latina Royale.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drag Race M\u00e9xico: Latina Royale is the first spin-off of the successful Mexican franchise. The first two seasons of Drag Race M\u00e9xico have seen <a href=\"https:\/\/remezcla.com\/features\/film\/interview-cristian-peralta-drag-race-mexico-representing-pansexual-community\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cristian Peralta<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/remezcla.com\/features\/film\/interview-leexa-fox-talks-winning-drag-race-mexico-season-2-non-binary-community\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leexa Fox<\/a> take the crown. Now there\u2019s 11 queens from Drag Race M\u00e9xico, RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race, Drag Race Germany, Drag Race Brasil, Drag Race Espa\u00f1a, and Drag Race Holland competing for the title of \u201cLatin Drag Superstar of the World\u201d in the Latina Royale spin-off. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And who\u2019s hosting? Lolita Banana and Taiga Brava are returning <a href=\"https:\/\/remezcla.com\/film\/who-are-the-hosts-for-drag-race-mexico-latina-royale\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to host<\/a> the competition!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The iconic veteran on the cast is Alexis Mateo. The Puerto Rican queen first competed on season three of RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race in 2011. She has since returned for season one and five of RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race All Stars and season two of Canada\u2019s Drag Race: Canada vs. the World.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barbie Q is a Bolivian drag queen that originally competed on the first season of Drag Race Germany in 2023. She was the Porkchop, or the first queen to be eliminated, that season.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DesiR\u00e9e Beck comes from season two of Drag Race Brasil. The Brazilian drag queen came in seventh place that season.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elektra Vandergeld was a fan favorite on the second season of Drag Race M\u00e9xico. The fashion queen of the season came in fifth place.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eva Blunt also comes from season two of Drag Race M\u00e9xico. She was one of the runners-up that season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Horacio Potasio was a finalist on the second season of Drag Race M\u00e9xico. Her drag mother is Gala Varo, who competed on the first season of Drag Race M\u00e9xico and RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race Global All Stars.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/remezcla.com\/film\/drag-race-espana-impersonating-host-caso-cerrado-ana-maria-polo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mariana Stars<\/a> was an explosive presence on season four of Drag Race Espa\u00f1a. The Venezuelan drag queen came in fifth place that season.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miss Abby OMG comes from the first season of Drag Race Holland. The Brazilian drag queen came in third place that season.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regina Voce was a finalist on the first season of Drag Race M\u00e9xico. Prior to that, she also competed on the drag singing competition Queen of the Universe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/remezcla.com\/film\/xunami-muse-drag-race-look-inspired-by-this-panamanian-artist\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Xumani Muse<\/a> was one of two drag queens that were the <a href=\"https:\/\/remezcla.com\/film\/drag-race-queens-make-history-first-daca-contestants\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first DACA recipients<\/a> to compete on RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race in 2024. The Panamanian performer was voted Miss Congeniality alongside Sapphira Crist\u00e1l on season sixteen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drag Race M\u00e9xico: Latina Royale will start streaming on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wowpresentsplus.com\/browse\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WOW Presents Plus<\/a> on July 30.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/remezcla.com\/film\/who-are-the-hosts-for-drag-race-mexico-latina-royale\/\" title=\"Here Are the Hosts for \u2018Drag Race M\u00e9xico: Latina Royale\u2019\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/header-dragrace.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Latina drag queens from across the RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race franchise are coming together for a special competition in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281436,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4942,5479,9,24,63,122,124,123,4943],"class_list":["post-281435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-drag-race","tag-drag-race-mexico","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-rupauls-drag-race"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}