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Jinkx Monsoon is the stage name of American drag performer, and winner of RuPaul's Drag Race season 5.
Jerick Hoffer was born in Portland, Oregon. The oldest of four children, he attended daVinci Arts for middle school and graduated from Grant High School. He came out as gay in middle school, also identifying as genderless. He first performed in drag at the age of 15 at the underage nightclub, Escape.
Hoffer was raised Catholic. When he was eighteen, he found Russian-Jewish ancestry on his mother's side. His drag character, Jinkx, is characterized as Jewish. Hoffer also suffers from narcolepsy, a fact that he revealed in the season premiere of RuPaul's Drag Race.
Hoffer worked as a janitor through college and graduated summa cum laude with a BFA in theater from Cornish College of the Arts in 2010. He has lived in Seattle, Washington since 2006.
RuPaul's Drag Race: In November 2012, Logo announced that Jinkx Monsoon was among 14 drag queens who would be competing on the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. Hoffer was inspired to audition after seeing Sharon Needles, another high-concept, character-driven drag queen, on the fourth season of the show. Monsoon won the main-challenges for the episodes "Snatch Game" and "Drama Queens." For the "Snatch Game," Monsoon impersonated Edith Bouvier Beale, who was known for appearing in the documentary Grey Gardens. Monsoon also impersonated third season contestant Mimi Imfurst for the episode "Lip Synch Extravaganza Eleganza."[29] As part of RuPaul's Drag Race, Monsoon sang on the "We Are the World"-inspired song "Can I Get an Amen?" The song's proceeds helped benefit the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center. Monsoon also holds the record for most consecutive weeks being in the top, at 8 weeks. On May 10, 2013, Monsoon was named the Season 5 winner of RuPaul's Drag Race, winning the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar."
Discography: Albums: The Inevitable Album, Released: May 6, 2014.
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