Ariel Versace (born April 13th 1992) is an American Drag Queen and recording artist. Ariel has a large following on Instagram however their popularity rose after their appearance on the eleventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race where they finished in eleventh place overall.
Ariel co-owns her own wig company, "Drag by Chariel" alongside her partner and fellow drag queen, Chastity St. Cartier.
During her run on RuPaul's Drag Race, she often stated that she wished others wouldn't immediately dismiss her as just an "Instagram Queen" who was only talented at looking good in photographs. She also had a storyline involving leaving wigs behind for other queens left in the competition which was brought up in the reunion episode after a disagreement.
Ariel has her own YouTube channel where she does make-up tutorials. She is also a recording artist, having released her single, Venomous on June 4th 2019.
Ariel Versace provides examples of the below tropes:
- Flat Character: Struggled to step out of the idea that she was only known for being an "Instagram Queen" however the other competitors during RuPaul's Drag Race reassured her that this was not the case.
- Snowball Lie: During the reunion episode, it's brought up that Ariel had left behind some wigs after she was eliminated. Plastique Tiara had assumed they were for her as they were in her station in the werk room, however Ariel claims that she had only left one wig behind and it was for Silky Nutmeg Ganache. On Twitter, Ariel had stated she had left them for Plastique and when Ariel is brought back to the competition, she starts searching for any wigs left as these were an accident. Eveything gets rather confusing and no one including Ariel seems to know what actually happened.
- Youthful Freckles: Paints these on in drag but also has these out of drag.
