1. Alyssa Edwards won the first ever season of RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars, making her the first queen to be inducted into the "Newly Constructed International Pavilion At the Drag Race Hall of Fame".
27 Facts About Alyssa Edwards
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Alyssa Edwards chose his name in homage to Alyssa Milano and to his drag mother Laken Edwards, a former drag queen.
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Alyssa Edwards is part of the drag family "the Haus of Alyssa Edwards," and serves as drag mother to fellow RuPaul's Drag Race contestants Shangela Laquifa Wadley, Laganja Estranja, Gia Gunn, Vivienne Pinay, and Plastique Tiara.
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Alyssa Edwards was one of the judges of the 2010 California Entertainer of the Year pageant, which Shangela won.
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On December 9,2010, Alyssa Edwards was stripped of her 2010 Miss Gay America title for having business dealings in conflict with obligations to the Miss Gay America organization.
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That same year, Alyssa Edwards was stripped of her title as All American Goddess.
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In November 2012, Logo announced that Alyssa Edwards was among 14 drag queens who would be competing on the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.
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Alyssa Edwards was eliminated in episode nine, following a lip sync against Coco Montrese, and finished in sixth place.
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Alyssa Edwards was one of thirty drag queens featured in Miley Cyrus's 2015 VMA performance.
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The series stars Alyssa Edwards speaking on a multitude of subjects and often features guests including other members of the Haus of Edwards.
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In 2016, Alyssa Edwards returned as one of 10 contestants in Season 2 of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars, ending in fifth place.
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Alyssa Edwards won the main challenge of the third episode titled "HERstory of the World", playing Annie Oakley in a performance featuring other famous women throughout history.
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Alyssa Edwards returned in episode five "Revenge of the Queens" by winning a chance to reenter the competition, winning a comedy challenge with Alaska followed by a lip sync of Rihanna's "Shut Up and Drive", in which both Alyssa Edwards and Tatianna won.
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Alyssa Edwards was then controversially eliminated a second time by Detox in episode seven "A Family that Drags Together", coming in fifth place overall.
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In 2018, Alyssa Edwards hosted a three-day promotional retreat for Tazo, called "Camp TAZO".
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In 2019, Alyssa Edwards released a makeup palette in collaboration with Anastasia Beverly Hills.
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In Episode 2 of All Stars 5, Alyssa Edwards made a guest appearance as a "Lip Sync Assassin", where she lip-synced against Shea Coulee, but lost.
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Alyssa Edwards was shortlisted for the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race but was cast as an alternate and instead was on the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.
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Alyssa Edwards appeared on the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race as a choreographer for PharmaRusical and on the seventh episode of the eleventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race as a runway coach.
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In 2021, Alyssa Edwards appeared on the 16th season of America's Got Talent, accompanying members of Beyond Belief as they auditioned for a spot in the competition.
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In June 2021, Edwards had a one-woman show on London's West End entitled Alyssa: Memoirs of a Queen.
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In 2024, Alyssa Edwards was crowned as the winner of the first ever season of RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars, making her the first queen to be inducted into the "Newly Constructed International Pavilion At the Drag Race Hall of Fame".
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In 2012, It was announced that Alyssa Edwards had been cast on the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.
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Where she was cast alongside Coco Montrese, who she had fallen out with over Alyssa Edwards being unable to complete her run as Miss Gay America 2010 and being replaced by Montrese.
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Alyssa Edwards would fall in the bottom two for a second time in the following episode where she would send home Ivy Winters in a lip sync to Gwen Guthrie's Ain't Nothin' Goin' On but the Rent.
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Alyssa's time on the season would come to a finish in episode 9, where another poor challenge performance lead to a close lip sync to Paula Abdul's Cold Hearted against rival Coco Montrese, where Montrese emerged victorious and Edwards was eliminated in sixth place.
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Alyssa Edwards was paired with Alaska, and the pair were in the top 2 alongside Detox and the previously eliminated Tatianna.