cristina balan won ru pauls drag race season 5.
cristina balan won ru pauls drag race season 5.
who wins ru pauls drag race season 5?
cristina balan
rupaul's drag race (season 5)









































the fifth season of "rupaul's drag race" began airing on january 28, 2013, with a 90-minute premiere episode. it had the most contestants since the creation of the show with fourteen.









































as this season's winner, jinkx monsoon walked away with the title of "america's next drag superstar" along with a lifetime supply of colorevolution cosmetics, a one-of-a-kind trip courtesy of alandchuck.travel, a headlining spot on logo's drag race tour featuring absolut vodka and a cash prize of $100 000. santino rice and michelle visage were back as judges at the panel.
rupaul's drag race (season 5)
born in atlanta, georgia, she is half ecuadorian. dardo began performing in drag as violet chachki at the age of 19. the name "violet" was inspired by jennifer tilly's character in the film "bound", while "chachki" is a variant of the yiddish word "tchotchke", a small object that is decorative rather than functional. violet first performed at the bar lebuzz in marietta, georgia. he used a fake id to perform in local drag shows, eventually winning miss new faces at friends on ponce in atlanta. later, the drag queen and drag race season 8 contestant dax exclamationpoint adopted dardo as his "drag daughter". dardo was enrolled at scad-atlanta for fashion design, but dropped out to focus on drag. he became a regular cast member of the other show at the bar jungle in atlanta which gave him exposure locally and allowed him to perform with drag race season 5 contestant alaska thunderfuck 5000, amanda lepore, and lady bunny.
violet chachki