Gigi Goode

Gigi Goode is the stage name of Samuel Geggie,[1] an American drag queen who is best known for being a runner-up on the twelfth season of the US television program RuPaul's Drag Race. In 2020, Gigi Goode won the "Competition Contestant" category of the 46th People's Choice Awards.

Gigi Goode
Born
Samuel Geggie

1997/1998 (age 22–23)[1]
NationalityAmerican
EducationMillikin University
OccupationDrag queen
TelevisionRuPaul's Drag Race (season 12)
Websitethegigigoode.com

Early life and education

Geggie was born in Woodstock, Illinois,[2] and has Scottish and Scandinavian ancestry.[3] Geggie's mother Kristi is a costume and interior designer.[4][5] Geggie was introduced to LGBT culture at the age of 12 by their uncle, who is openly gay.[6] As a teenager, Geggie started drag with the help of their mother, who was initially disapproving.[7] Geggie has said their "drag became very 1950s and 1940s inspired. I would wear strictly vintage dresses, which came in handy because my mom, as a costume designer, has a cedar closet in our basement full of vintage dresses".[3]

Geggie attended Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, and majored in art.[8] In 2017, they were awarded the David S. Monroe Art Award, which honors "outstanding achievement in art, recognizing students for their major, excellence in their work and exhibiting a professional attitude".[9]

After the family moved from Chicago to Los Angeles, Geggie wanted to become an influencer and started an Instagram profile as a "beauty boy in make-up" but found they hated the influencer culture and changed to drag.[10]

Career

Gigi Goode was the youngest contestant of the twelfth season of the reality competition series RuPaul's Drag Race.[11] Gigi Goode and her mother collaborated on many of the outfits she wore on the show.[4] She won the main challenges in episodes 4, 6, 7 ("Madonna: The Unauthorized Rusical"), and 12.[12] She impersonated Maria the Robot, a character based on the experimental humanoid robot Sophia,[13][14] during Snatch Game.[15] Jezebel called the portrayal "physical comedy gold" and "incredibly witty".[16] Entertainment Tonight's John Boone‍ considered Gigi Goode a front-runner of the show, noting she stumbled for the first time in episode nine.[17] Dylan B. Jones of The Guardian considered her "undeniably the most cut-glass fashion queen of the season".[18] Gigi Goode made the top three but lost to Jaida Essence Hall.[19] Jessica Bumpus of Harper's Bazaar described her as a "superstar" and a "breakout star" after the season aired.[10]

Gigi Goode was the only contestant from season 12 to participate in Werq the World Battle Royale, a live-streamed fundraiser that was held during the COVID-19 pandemic and was called the "largest drag show on the planet" and.[20] In mid-2020, she was one of a dozen former Drag Race contestants who were cast in the Drive 'N Drag concert series, which was held at outdoor drive-in venues because of the pandemic.[21] She and other season 12 contestants appeared in Bring Back My Ghouls, a Halloween variety special airing on World of Wonder's YouTube channel and WOW Presents Plus in late October 2020.[22]

Gigi Goode appears in the music video for Chester Lockhart's 2018 cover version of "I Put a Spell on You".[23] In 2020, she and fellow Drag Race contestant Valentina appeared in the music video for "I'm Ready" by Sam Smith and Demi Lovato.[24] Gigi Goode and fellow Drag Race contestants Jaida Essence Hall and Shea Couleé participated in Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 2, a fashion show to promote Rihanna's lingerie brand Savage X Fenty that was streamed on Prime Video in 2020.[25] In 2020, Gigi Goode won a People's Choice Award in the "Competition Contestant of 2020" category at the 46th People's Choice Awards.[26]

Personal life

Geggie identifies as genderfluid.[6][15][27] They were living with the Los Angeles-based House of Avalon, which was described by Vogue's Liam Hess as a "troupe of queer creatives", as of April 2020.[1] Gigi Goode had approximately 1,000,000 followers on Instagram, as of May 2020.[28] They have been criticized for some of their comments and posts on social media; in 2020, they posted an "insensitive" and "tone deaf" shaved-head joke about Britney Spears and were criticized for tweeting "I cannot breathe" about their anticipation for the Drag Race finale following the killing of George Floyd and the protests that followed.[29][30][31]

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2020 RuPaul's Drag Race (season 12) Herself Runner-up
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked Herself Contestant
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 2 Herself

Web series
Year Title Ref
2020 Whatcha Packin'
[32]
2020 Bring Back My Ghouls [33]

Music videos
Year Title Artist
2018 "I Put a Spell on You" Chester Lockhart
"Born to Bleed"[34] Disasterina
2020 "I'm Ready" Sam Smith and Demi Lovato

Discography
Title Year Album Ref
"I'm That Bitch"
(with the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race season 12)		 2020 Non-album singles [35]
"Madonna: The Unauthorized Rusical"
(with the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race season 12)		 [36]
"I Made It/Mirror Song/Losing Is the New Winning" (Las Vegas Live Medley)
(with the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race season 12)		 [37]
"The Shady Bunch"
(with the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race season 12)		 [38]

Awards and nominations
Year Award Giving Body Category Results Ref
2020 People's Choice Awards The Competition Contestant of 2020 Won [26]

See also

References
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