28 Facts About Ginger Minj

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Ginger Minj appeared in the 2022 film Hocus Pocus 2, the sequel to Hocus Pocus.

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Ginger Minj competed on the seventh season of the reality television competition RuPaul's Drag Race, which was announced on March 2,2015.

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Ginger Minj ultimately lost to Violet Chachki in the final episode, placing as a runner-up alongside Pearl.

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Ginger Minj was announced as one of ten contestants for the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars on June 17,2016.

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Ginger Minj was eliminated in the third episode, placing eighth overall.

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Ginger Minj then appeared as a guest for the first challenge in the premiere episode of season eleven.

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In 2016, Ginger Minj was a part of Battle of the Seasons rotating roster of queens.

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Ginger Minj hosted the Haters Roast tour, though controversially was later fired from the event.

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Ginger Minj later hosted Queens United in November 2017, a benefit put together by Phi Phi O'Hara in an effort to raise money for people affected by Hurricane Maria.

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Ginger Minj returned the following year for the second annual Digital Drag Fest, in May 2021.

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On May 26,2021, Ginger Minj was announced as a contestant for the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.

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Ginger Minj won another $20,000 in the eighth episode of the season, Snatch Game of Love, after winning a lip sync against Heidi N Closet and making her the second queen to win the Snatch Game twice, after BenDeLaCreme.

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Ginger Minj has competed in many pageants throughout their career, holding several titles including "Miss National Comedy Queen 2012" and "Miss Gay United States 2013".

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Ginger Minj released their first single, "Ooh Lala Lala", on June 1,2015.

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Ginger Minj contributed to the compilation album Christmas Queens 3 in 2017.

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Ginger Minj performed the title track "Gummy Bear" on the first episode of All Stars 6.

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In September 2021, Ginger Minj released their third album, Double Wide Diva.

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Ginger Minj co-wrote each original song on the album, six of which alongside Brandon Stansell and Jeffrey James with producer Aaron Aiken.

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In May 2022, Ginger Minj will portray the voice of Puss Puss Dubois in Alaska's Drag: The Musical, a studio recording of a planned stage production about two rival drag bars that go head-to-head while struggling through financial troubles.

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Ginger Minj began their career as a child actor, acting in Christian films and books on tape.

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Ginger Minj was with Katya and Alyssa Edwards on commercial bumpers for a Mama's Family marathon for the Logo channel.

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In 2014, Ginger Minj played Mrs Lovett in Sweeney Todd at Orlando's Clandestine-Arts.

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Ginger Minj voiced the character Lemon Chiffon in the 2018 Netflix original series Super Drags.

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In 2018, Ginger Minj starred in the Netflix musical comedy feature film Dumplin'.

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In 2020, Ginger Minj portrayed Tommy and drag queen Fanny Pak on the Netflix comedy AJ and the Queen, alongside RuPaul, in the episode "Fort Worth".

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In October 2021, Ginger Minj signed a six-figure book deal with Atria Books to publish her first book, "Southern Fried Sass".

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In 2023 Ginger Minj released a stand up comedy special, Bless Your Heart.

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Ginger Minj is from Florida, and was married to Ceejay Russell by Michelle Visage at a DragCon convention in 2017.