Rita Menu (born 1998 or 1999) is a New Zealand drag performer who competed on season 3 of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under.
Rita Menu | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1998 or 1999 (age 24–25)[1] |
| Television | RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under (season 3) |
Career edit
Rita Menu is a drag performer. She won Kita Mean and Anita Wigl'it's "Drag Wars" competition.[1] In 2019, Logo TV's Michael Musto included Rita Menu in a list of the 250 best drag names.[2]
Rita Menu competed on season 3 of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under,[3] placing seventh overall. She is among the only contestants in the Drag Race franchise to eliminate two competitors in a single episode;[4] Rita Menu eliminated Ivory Glaze and Ivanna Drink in lip-syncs to "Murder on the Dancefloor" (2001) by Sophie Ellis-Bextor and "Holding Out for a Hero" by Adam Lambert, respectively.[5][6] On the fourth episode, Rita Menu impersonated Cardi B for the Snatch Game challenge.[7] Her performance landed her in the bottom two, and she lost a lip-sync against Flor to "Secrets" by Kylie Minogue.[8] One of her looks on the show paid homage to the character Riff Raff from The Rocky Horror Picture Show.[9]
Personal life edit
Rita Menu was raised in Hamilton, New Zealand.[10] Rita Menu uses the pronouns she/her in drag and he/him out of drag.[11]
Filmography edit
Television edit
- RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under (season 3)
References edit
- ^ a b "Meet the Queens of 'RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under' Season 3". www.out.com. Archived from the original on 2023-08-02. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ "The 250 Best Drag Names of All Time". www.logotv.com. Archived from the original on 2022-12-05. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ "Drag Race: Can the Kiwi queens keep the crown in Aotearoa?". 1 News. Archived from the original on 2023-09-09. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ "Rita Menu Dishes 'Drag Race Down Under', Double Eliminations & The Power of The RuPaul Critique - WERRRK.com". 2023-08-30. Archived from the original on 2023-10-02. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ Magaletti, Douglas (2023-08-13). "Ivory Glaze Reveals The Reason She Fainted On Drag Race Down Under Season 3". Star Observer. Archived from the original on 2023-08-16. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ Magaletti, Douglas (2023-08-14). "Drag Race Down Under Was A Roller Coaster Ride, Says Ivanna Drink". Star Observer. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ Guerra, Joey (2023-08-23). "'Drag Race Down Under' Q&A: Rita Menu talks about being Cardi B in Snatch Game and that Kylie Minogue runway". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ "RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under: "Snatch Game" (S03 E04) - WERRRK.com". 2023-08-18. Archived from the original on 2023-10-02. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ "DRDU's Rita Menu On The Pain & Pleasure Of Snatch Game & Who's In Her DMs". www.pride.com. Archived from the original on 2023-08-23. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ Magaletti, Douglas (2023-08-20). "RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under's Rita Menu Has A Snatch Game Regret". Star Observer. Archived from the original on 2023-08-25. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ "Meet the Queens of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under Series 3". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2024-01-04.[permanent dead link]