Three years (how?) after conquering the inaugural season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, The Vivienne is sashaying back into the werkroom for the first ever winners’ season of All Stars, becoming the first UK alum to compete on the US franchise. The seven other queens returning to the fold for the coveted title of “Queen of Queens” and the series’ largest cash prize ever at $200,000 (!) are as follows: Jaida Essence Hall, Jinkx Monsoon, Monet X Change, Raja, Shea Couleé, Trinity the Tuck and Yvie Oddly. Ahead of All Stars 7’s premiere on 20 May, we thought we’d get a little more acquainted with the Bitch on Heels songstress before she embarks on another “long, hard, stiff, competition” with a conversation about her favourite queer icons throughout herstory.

Pete Burns

“Pete Burns, definitely, so ahead of his time. He was so in tune with what was actually going on, I think he showed that in Big Brother. If you look at the Big Brother clips now, especially with the conversations about gender, he was on to it. There was that great conversation between him and Jodie Marsh where she says, “Why do you wear a dress?” and he says, “Well you are sat there in pants.””