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'RuPaul’s Drag Race' winner Yvie Oddly on performing with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and chronic pain: 'I don't know what my time limit is'

#RuPaulsDragRace #YvieOddly #DragQueen #JovanBridges #HypermobileEDS #Ehlers-Danlossyndrometype3 Newly crowned  RuPaul’s Drag Race  queen Yvie Oddly went into Season 11 as an obvious fierce frontrunner, but it wasn’t until she pushed herself too hard and injured her ankle, during the “Draglympics” dance challenge, that viewers found out that she was living with an invisible disability and near-constant pain. The 25-year-old punk-rock drag performer, whose real name is Jovan Bridges, had been battling chronic pain throughout the competition, and throughout her entire life, because of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type 3, or hypermobile EDS (hEDS) — an incurable connective tissue disease that causes hyper-flexibility due to a lack of collagen production, and affects the skin, bones, blood vessels, and many organs. "I don't produce a whole lot of collagen, so I have extra skin everywhere," Yvie explained to  Drag Race  producers, demonstratively stretching the loose sk

RuPaul's Drag Race Live! makes its Vegas debut: See your favorite queens performing in Sin City

DENISE TRUSCELLO #RuPaul'sDragRaceLive #DragQueen #LasVegas #SinCity #AsiaOHara #DerrickBarry,#KameronMichael #NaomiSmalls #VanessaVanjieMateo #YvieOddly Sin City just got snatched!  RuPaul's Drag Race Live!  opened Thursday, Jan. 30, at the Flamingo Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, and  the  queen herself,  RuPaul , welcomed the audience, which serves, essentially, as the judge of an "episode" of the  Emmy-winning reality competition .  Asia O'Hara, Derrick Barry, Kameron Michael, Naomi Smalls, Vanessa Vanjie Mateo, and Yvie Oddly — and a six-man pit crew — sashay, dance, descend from the ceiling, fly across the stage, lip-sync, death-drop, and so much more in the interactive show.

Tonight!: Ru-Paul's Drag Race Season 11 Finale - Who's Gonna Win?

#BrookeLynHytes #Rupaul #RuPaulsDragRace #SilkyNutmegGanache #AKeriaChanelDavenport #YvieOddly 4th: Silky Nutmeg Ganache METTIE OSTROWSKI FOR EW Aside from what certain fans might think (Silky’s larger-than-life personality hasn’t exactly received the warmest welcome from some viewers), RuPaul — and Drag Race — are clearly in love with the four-course meal of extra-extra-extra personality and glitz this beauty queen has served since episode 1. That being said, it’s likely that Silky’s made-for-TV attitude is what kept her around for so long, as her runway looks haven’t been (and the judges have said as much) up to par with what the other girls have produced — even girls like Ra’Jah O’Hara and Scarlet Envy, who went home many weeks before Silky cemented a spot in the finale. For all the ways Silky has rubbed America wrong this season, it’s important to remember we’re simply watching a minuscule portion of a complete stranger’s life unfold via brief, heavily