Words Tim Heap Images Magnus Hastings
When Trixie Mattel first walked into the workroom of RuPaul’s Drag Race during the show’s seventh series, in 2015, no one could have anticipated the star she’d become just a few years later.
Originally from the Midwestern state of Wisconsin, she recently claimed the All Stars 3 crown after beating seasoned pageant queen Kennedy Davenport in the competition’s final lip-sync, in a season that was dogged by twists and turns to the format — instigated by Ru himself and the contestants.