As you may have seen on Huffington Post and NewNowNext, set photographer Denise Malone captured our previous RuPaul’s Drag Race queens Bebe Zahara Benet, Tyra Sanchez, Raja, Sharon Needles, Jinkx Monsoon, Violet Chachki, Chad Michaels, Raven, and Shannel.
As RuPaul himself explained to People about the day of shooting the 100th Drag Race episode:
As we were waiting for the power to come back on, the past winners – in full drag and in broad daylight – sat in a circle smoking and swapping war stories,” he explains. “It gave us a chance to stop, look each other in the eyes, and take a moment to realize how far our little show has come. How it has changed all of our lives. We couldn’t have planned a better reunion.
The power outage also gave rise to the opportunity for these photographs of some Drag Race royalty to be taken. Take a look: