Raja's evening gown design wowed the judges, but Manila Luzon was declared the winner of the challenge.
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 3, Episode 13 Recap: It's All About the Benjamins
It's down to the final four on RuPaul's Drag Race and the competition is tight among the queens for that final prize of $75,000 and all the other goodies that go with the title of America's Next Drag Superstar. The episode began with Raja recovering after being in the bottom two for the first time against Carmen Carrera. The mini-challenge consisted of coming up with a product idea and pitching it to Ru in a video. Yara Sofia won the challenge with a giant ponytail thingie, although I thought Manila Luzaon deserved to win with her can of hairspray that could be used for all kinds of stuff (and which came with a free cap). For the main challenge, the women had to come up with three looks and then choreograph a dance number for the usual judges, along with guest judges LaToya Jackson and Gigi Levangie Grazer (sp?). As usual, Michelle Visage tore apart Alexis's outfit (in this case a swimsuit), since Michelle obviously finds curvy women unattractive, while Manila and Raja shined with their evening gown numbers. The judges were not impressed with Yara's designs and placed her in the bottom two with Alexis. During the lipsynch for your life, Yara had a breakdown and fell down to her knees and stopped lipsynching. Yara, at this point, knew that she was going home and was eliminated, in spite of telling the judges earlier that she really deserved to win because she was "broke". Yara's elimination caused Alexis to breakdown in tears as well and, apparently, thousands of fans worldwide are not happy with the decision. That's show business... BTW, is it wrong that Latoya is my favorite Jackson???
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