Lashauwn Beyond

Lashauwn Beyond (born November 11, 1989)

Drag career Lashauwn Beyond is a drag performer and costume designer. She became interested in drag at age 18, and took the name for her drag persona from her younger sister, Lashauwn. placing twelfth overall. She has reportedly kept a low profile since then. She has designed outfits for other contestants,

RuPaul's Drag Race According to Screen Rant, Lashauwn Beyond "showed great promise" on the premiere episode ("RuPocalypse Now!"), which tasked contestants with creating a post-apocalyptic look. She was eliminated on the second episode, which had a wrestling challenge, after placing in the bottom two and losing a lip-sync contest against The Princess to "Bad Girls" (1979) by Donna Summer. Lashauwn Beyond removed her shoes during the performance, against RuPaul's preference. In 2017, Thrillist's Brian Moylan ranked her number 69 out of the show's 113 contestants to date. Hanne Low included her in Screen Rant 2018 list of thirteen contestants eliminated too soon. In The Spinoff 2019 "definitive ranking" of Drag Race lip-syncs to date, Sam Brooks ranked the battle number 146 out of 162.

On the first episode of the companion series RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked, Lashauwn Beyond and fellow contestant Jiggly Caliente got into an argument after Lashauwn Beyond called Jiggly Caliente out for not knowing how to sew, and Jiggly Caliente was offended that Lashauwn Beyond did not share her thoughts about her look. The catchphrase became a meme and has been repeated on subsequent seasons of Drag Race. In 2018, Michael Cuby included the argument in Them list of the ten "messiest fights" in Untucked history, and the online magazine's John Paul Brammer said she should receive royalty payments for coining the catchphrase. The catchphrase was also included in IN Magazine 2019 list of the show's seven best to date, In 2023, Cailyn Szelinski of Screen Rant wrote, "Lashawun Beyond may not have been a part of season 4 for long, but she did leave her mark on the show by being a part of one of the most heated backstage fights during Untucked ... and made herself a permanent part of Drag Race herstory."

Personal life Lashauwn Beyond has lived in Plantation and Fort Lauderdale. She came out as a trans woman following her appearance on Drag Race. She is the "drag mother" of Malaysia Babydoll Foxx.

Outside of her drag career, Lashauwn Beyond has run her own sewing business.

Filmography Television Year Title Role 2012 RuPaul's Drag Race (season 4) Contestant (12th place) RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked Herself