![]() By the middle of the season she became so expectedly strong at challenges and in the runway that what she put forward each week stopped being exciting. ![]() Perhaps if there’s one drawback from Gigi’s consistently good performances it’s that sense of redundancy. SEE All the tea on ‘Rupaul’s Drag Race’ 12 finale Through her outfits, Gigi showed her creativity and a subtle sense of humor, at times paying homage to the 90s teen dark comedy “Heathers” and in another taking on the character of Daphne from “Scooby Doo.” Her runways became known for showing off her long, thin legs as well as a tight and short silhouette that some would say was redundant. ("I do not ever see us losing contact from each other or falling out of love," she adds of Crystal.) She doesn't feel like she was robbed of the crown - only of the full Drag Race experience, due to the coronavirus pandemic - and in a few years, once she's had time to grow into the next phase of Gigi Goode, she might consider returning for All Stars.Miss Gigi entered the workroom on day 1 promising to be the fashion queen of the season and she delivered on that promise week after week, even if Michelle Visage wasn’t the biggest fan of the chaps she wore a few times. Gigi completed her Drag Race run with a deeper sense of self and confidence in her art, the support of her parents and a somethingship that defies defining. I have never believed in that," she laments. Everyone is conditioned to believe they have to be in a relationship and there has to be a label put on it. "I feel relationships nowadays are so much more than just a label. Naturally, she doesn't feel the need to define the relationship. "We're such different people with such similar values and moral beliefs and ways of thinking that, I don't know, it just is a perfect pairing." ![]() I thought I didn't give a sh*t about what people thought? When I met Crystal and understood that her drag is for nobody else except for her, that is, like, immediately when I fell head over heels for her," Gigi says. No one's just been willing to dig deep enough." "I think it's been hidden in plain sight. "I don't think that I have been concealing anything when it comes to my relationship with Crystal," Gigi counters. The two played coy when asked about it at the reunion. Gigi made it to season 12's grand finale alongside eventual winner Jaida Essence Hall and fellow runner-up Crystal Methyd, with whom Gigi sparked rumors of a Werk Room showmance. But he'll listen and he'll understand and respect, and that's something I never thought that I would get from him." "He doesn't know anything about drag, so there's nothing to talk to him about it. "Once that piece of the puzzle finally came in, it was like a liberation," says Gigi, then shrugs. Gigi credits her success to her mother's support, while it was through Drag Race that Gigi's father was able to come around and for the first time, tell his son that he is proud of him. At 21, Gigi was cast to compete on the biggest drag stage of them all, owning the Drag Race runway with a closet full of Kristi's designs: A pastel motorcycle look fashioned from their church's Easter tablecloths, an orange dress suit tallying some 25,000 hand-applied buttons, an '80s prom dress Kristi finished the night before Gigi left for the show. "She was making something for her son to wear in order to bring passion into his life and to make him feel comfortable in his own skin."Ī post shared by Gigi Goode wasn't long after that RuPaul came calling. "She wasn't making a dress for a drag queen," Gigi says. It wasn't long before Kristi was creating custom designs for Gigi. At the time, my dad didn't know about it, so it was almost like a little speakeasy," Gigi recalls. "My mom has this cedar closet in our basement that is packed full of vintage dresses and hats and accessories and jewelry. "I can remember the pitter patter of my heart to this day." His parents learned about that first gig via Snapchat and though they were initially disapproving, the self-proclaimed mama's boy soon found an ally in his mom, costume designer Kristi Geggie, as Gigi's aesthetic left Iggy Iggs behind for a '50s housewife phase. Still, "Imagine me, super queer at 15 years old, getting this opportunity to just play dress up and get onstage," Gigi recalls. Sans nails, pads or a mastery of contouring, that first performance was a far cry from the Gigi we know today. But I've been dressing up as a girl since as long as I can remember." He secretly ordered a lace front wig and donned a crop top and leather leggings to channel Iggy Azalea. "Because that's when I became aware of the actual term. Sam officially made his drag debut at 15.
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