RuPaul's Drag Race Season 12 Is Nearly Here! Meet All the Fabulous Queens

Hailing from Acworth, Georgia, Aiden's drag persona embraces punk, gothic, and spooky influences. Who says drag has to be all sparkles and sequins?

The NYC-based drag queen is famous for her fabulous lip-syncs.

With a gleefully eyebrow-raising name and some extreme eye makeup, Crystal will definitely be turning heads.

Brooklyn-born and LA-based Dahlia has a Drag Race connection already: she's the "drag daughter" of Aja, who appeared on both season nine and All-Stars season three.

Gigi has a particularly awesome specialty in her LA-based drag: when she's not glamming it up as iconic characters, she turns fashion illustrations into real-life versions.

The cheekily-named drag queen from small-town Ramseur, North Carolina does more than just performing. On her website, she describes an organisation she's founded, Heidi's Rainbow Brunch, which "is operated by volunteers and a portion of all proceeds are donated to local charities that support the LGBTQ+ community."

Jackie is a Canadian-born performer with Iranian heritage and a New Yorker at heart. Not only does she create her own drag performances, but she does some fantastic drag cosplay too.

Jaida, who is from Milwaukee, pulls double duty: not only does she perform, but she designs and makes all her own stunning costumes. Her Instagram is packed with sketch-to-stage transformations!

New Yorker Jan is a Broadway geek at heart. Peep at her Instagram for plenty of musical theatre references and costumes along with her super-glam looks.

Nicky is currently based out of New York, but she's actually from much further away: the former Parisian is now the first-ever French contestant on Drag Race.

The San Francisco drag queen takes major inspiration from anime and manga in her creative looks!

Sherry leans heavily into comedy in her NYC drag performances — you're as likely to see her parodying iconic characters as creating her own elaborate looks.

Kansas City might not be the first place that comes to mind when you think of drag, but that's where Widow calls home. She's got a not-so-secret talent, too: she's a master with a fan!