All the 'RuPaul's Drag Race' queens who won crowns in 2025

It's official: The overall RuPaul's Drag Race franchise has crowned fewer winners in 2025 when compared to recent years.

While some fans engaged in discourse surrounding a so-called "Drag Race fatigue," 2025 was being a wild year for the LGBTQ+ community around the world. Several countries faced anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, censorship, transphobic rhetoric, and a very conservative push against anything fabulous and queer — making TV shows like Drag Race more timely and necessary than ever.

Thankfully, there's still plenty of Drag Race all over the world, and many of them are even launched their own All Stars-like seasons for the very first time. The push for Drag Race in more countries also continues, with never-ending rumors, theories, and subsequent announcements of brand-new spinoffs in countries where Mama Ru's queendom has never been before.

Keep scrolling to see the RuPaul's Drag Race queens who have won crowns in 2025 so far.

The Virgo Queen — 'Canada's Drag Race' Season 5

It was an absolute delight to kick off 2025 with The Virgo Queen as this year's first crowned winner.

Despite having an evened-out track record of two maxi challenge wins and two bottom placements, The Virgo Queen was a force to be reckoned with who snatched the crown of Canada's Drag Race season 5 without needing to prove anything else to the fans and the judges. A lovely addition to the select group of Canadian winners.

Onya Nurve — 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 17

Onya Nurve was a clear frontrunner from the very beginning of Drag Race season 17, and this multihyphenate queen was indeed able to Ru-define what "Nurve" meant on the show.

As other queens went overboard trying to do everything, everywhere, all at once, Onya stuck to her instincts and snatched the crown without having to do a single reveal in the finale lip sync. Besides Onya's crowning being a well-deserved victory overall, this moment also felt like a cultural reset for the flagship U.S. series.

Ginger Minj — 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' Season 10

Fourth time was the charm for Ginger Minj, who competed in a Tournament of All Stars against 17 other queens and emerged victorious as the latest drag superstar to enter the Drag Race Hall of Fame.

Over the course of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 10, Ginger won four maxi challenges: the design challenge, the girl-groups challenge, the improv challenge, and the Snatch Game.

Mami Watta — 'Drag Race France All Stars' Season 1

The first edition of Drag Race France All Stars had a sickening top 4 consisting of Mami Watta, Elips, Misty Phoenix, and Piche.

Just like the Drag Race season 17 finale, the top 2 queens of France All Stars also had to lip sync for the crown to "Abracadabra" by Lady Gaga. Ultimately, Mami Watta outperformed Elips and was crowned the first-ever winner of France All Stars.

​Ruby Nox — '​Drag Race Brasil​' Season 2

Ruby Nox won three maxi challenge wins — the choreography challenge, the comedy roast challenge, and the makeover challenge — and never had to lip sync for her life as a bottom-two competitor.

Upon reaching the grand finale of Drag Race Brasil season 2 alongside Mellody Queen, Melina Blley, and Poseidon Drag, Ruby was crowned as Brazil's Next Drag Superstar.

Brigiding — 'Drag Race Philippines: Slaysian Royale' Season 1

Brigiding just had one of the most iconic Ru-demptions of all time on her way to snatching the crown of Drag Race Philippines: Slaysian Royale!

From not winning a single maxi challenge in the first season of Drag Race Philippines — but lip syncing for her life three times until her elimination — to winning an astonishing five challenges on Slaysian Royale and not being eligible for elimination even once, Brigiding seemed like the perfect winner for a first All Stars-like season of the Philippines series. But even without taking any of that meta narrative into consideration, Brigiding also dominated the competition and was the indisputable frontrunner who should’ve been crowned at the finale no matter what.

Thankfully, that’s the decision Mama Pao made at the grand finale, giving fans a legendary Drag Race finale to watch and celebrate.