Jujubee, also known as Airline Inthyrath, (born June 21, 1984) is an American drag queen and reality television personality from Boston, Massachusetts. She is best known as a contestant on Season 2 of RuPaul's Drag Race and RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars.
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RuPaul's Drag Race
Jujubee appeared on RuPaul's Drag Race when she was 25, finishing the season in third place. Jujubee, along with fellow contestants Raven, Pandora Boxx, and Morgan McMichaels served as drag professors on RuPaul's Drag U, a spin-off of Drag Race that premiered on the Logo network in June 2010. She was also nominated for a 2010 NewNowNext Award for "Most Addictive Reality Star." On 6 August 2012, it was announced that Jujubee was one of twelve past Drag Race contestants selected to join the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars that premiered on the Logo network on 22 October 2012. Paired with contestant Raven to form Team Rujubee the duo managed to make it to the finals which aired on 26 November 2012, where she landed in third/fourth place with fellow contestant Shannel. Jujubee later appeared in the music video "Queen" by Mimi Imfurst's band Xelle, along with other RuPaul's Drag Race contestants.
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Personal life
Jujubee is of Laotian descent. She grew up in Boston performing in local gay nightclubs. Jujubee's drag mother is Boston performer Karisma Geneva-Jackson Tae. Jujubee appeared in the music video for RuPaul's song "Jealous of My Boogie" and in Xelle's music video "Queen".
He has stated that his parents gave him the somewhat unique name Airline because they wanted to give their son an American name, but did not know any since they just landed off the plane to America. So his parents named him the first word they saw, which was 'Airline'.
References
External links
- Official website
- Airline Inthyrath on IMDb
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