Drag Race Royalty Valentina Says Hosting Drag Race Will Change How Queer People Are Viewed In Mexico

During DragCon weekend in LA (May 12 to be exact), it was announced that RuPaul's Drag Race fan favorite Valentina would be co-hosting Drag Race: Mexico alongside Drag Race France top four queen Lolita Banana.

In a recent interview, the 32-year-old fashion queen opened up about what an honor it is for her to co-host Drag Race's latest spinoff.

“To be coming into a position of now being a host, it’s such an artistic challenge and a graduation,” she recently told Remezcla. “The next level in my career is in changing the history of the way people view queer people and queer stories in Mexico. It’s truly an honor.”

Even though Valentina grew up in Bell, California, both of her parents are Mexican, which she said helped her to “know a lot of the references” when it came to hosting Drag Race Mexico.

“I was in a bilingual household where both languages were being spoken,” she explained.

“Having worked in Mexico for very long periods of time is something that I’m using as a big source of inspiration for things that I do artistically.

“I’m 100 per cent Californian. I’m 100 per cent Mexican and it is an honour to be waving both of those flags at this moment.”

Even though the shows first season is set to premiere in June, and we have no idea which queens have made it into the Mexican Werk Room, Valentina did tease fans as to what they can expect from the upcoming season.

“They have to be creative,” she shared with Remezcla. “Some of these girls come from a big city. Some of these girls are from pueblos, so my queens are under a lot of pressure to deliver top-notch drag with their resources.”

Even though Drag Race has a plethora of spin-offs already in existence, I am really excited for the Mexican version because there's so much talent pouring out of Mexico that need their moment to shine.