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6	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/valentina_8.png]]
7	[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Tagline}} Hello, it's me... Valentina]]!]]
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9	Valentina (born May 19, 1991), is the stage name of an American drag queen, actress, singer, and television personality.
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11	Valentina is best known for participating on the ninth season of ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'', where she finished in seventh place. Despite being a fan favorite with a [[NoDamageRun spotless record]] in the competition, she made show history as the only contestant to ever make [=RuPaul=] restart a lip sync when she wouldn't remove a mask covering her mouth, which ultimately led to her {{shocking elimination}}. Regardless, she was still named "Miss Congeniality" of that season, [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer which many of her fellow competitors took issue with]]. She eventually returned to the competition in ''All Stars'' 4, redeeming herself by winning a lip sync (to a song by [[Music/ArianaGrande the same artist]], no less), ultimately finishing seventh for a second time. She would later be named co-host of ''Series/DragRaceMexico'', alongside Lolita Banana from ''Series/DragRaceFrance''.
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13	After ''Drag Race'', Valentina made her professional acting debut in Creator/{{FOX}}'s production of ''Theatre/{{Rent}}: Live'', where she portrayed Angel Dumott Schunard, citing her own non-binary gender identity as something that made her uniquely suited to the role.
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16	!! Selected filmography:
17	* ''Series/RupaulsDragRace'' (2017) {{as herself}}
18	** ''[=RuPaul=]'s Drag Race All Stars'' (2018 -- 2019)
19	** ''Series/DragRaceMexico'' (host; 2023)
20	* ''Series/AmericasNextTopModel'' (2018) as herself
21	* ''Theatre/{{Rent}}: Live'' (2019) as Angel Dumott Schunard
22	* ''Series/AJAndTheQueen'' (2020) as herself
23	* ''Series/TheHouseOfFlowers'' (2020) as Camila Cervantes
24	* ''Film/InTheHeights'' (2021) as [[TheDanza Valentina]]
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26	!! Valentina provides examples of:
27	* MyGreatestSecondChance: Valentina's main arc in ''All Stars'' concerned her lip sync fumble in season nine & rehabilitating her image following claims that she's let fame get to her head from her fellow competitors. Luckily for her, she managed to fulfill both goals.
28	* SpicyLatina: Her drag persona is a notable aversion to this, originally going for TheIngenue feel before crossing over into {{Cloudcuckoolander}} territory by the time ''All Stars'' came around.

Context Creator / Valentina