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Jaida Essence Hall

Jared Johnson (born December 9, 1988), best known by the stage name Jaida Essence Hall, is an American drag queen and reality television personality best known for winning the twelfth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, and later returning to compete on the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, an all-winners season.[1] Since her season aired in 2020, Hall has been a staple of several domestic and international tours that feature Drag Race contestants, including Werq the World, A Drag Queen Christmas, and Drive 'N Drag. In October 2020, Johnson was a featured performer in Rihanna's Savage X Fenty Fashion Show Vol. 2.

Jaida Essence Hall
Jaida Essence Hall in 2022
Born
Jared Johnson

(1988-12-09) December 9, 1988 (age 35)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
OccupationDrag queen
Television
Websitejaidaehall.com

Early life

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Johnson was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is the third contestant from the city to compete on RuPaul's Drag Race and the second winner after Trixie Mattel (winner of All Stars Season 3). He cites Milwaukee's sense of community and diversity of drag as major influences, especially its country tongue. He performed for a period of time at Hamburger Mary's.[2]

Career

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Johnson began drag in the early 2010s.[3][4] Her name is a product of personal anecdotes and experiences that hold meaning. A friend called her "Jaida" when she put on a wig for the first time, and the name stuck. "Essence" came from her boyfriend, who called her "the essence of beauty" in a text message.[5] "Hall" is the name of her drag family; her mothers are Tajma Hall and Prada Diamond, and her drag sisters are Mercedes Iman Diamond, Naysha Lopez, Dida Ritz, and Kahmora Hall.[6][7][8]

She rose to prominence in the drag scene through pageantry, winning titles such as Miss Five, Miss Gay Madison, Miss Wisconsin Club, and Miss City of the Lakes.[3][4] She also performed a halftime show at a 2019 Milwaukee Bucks game.[4][9] Jaida is known for her design eye and makes many of her own outfits; her boyfriend makes her jewelry.[7] She is also a makeup artist and painted Silky Nutmeg Ganache's face for the season eleven finale of RuPaul's Drag Race.[10]

In July and August 2020, Hall on toured with Drive 'N Drag, a drive-in drag show held outdoors to accommodate social distancing restrictions imposed due to COVID-19.[11][12] Johnson was featured on the cover of the September issue of Attitude magazine in 2020.[13] In October 2020, Johnson was a featured performer in Rihanna's Savage X Fenty Fashion Show Vol. 2.[14] In September 2021, she performed alongside Christina Aguilera at LadyLand Festival.[15] The following month, she performed at PridetoberFest at Henry Maier Festival Park in Milwaukee,[16] and the 10th annual Night of the Living Drag: The North American Halloween Tour.[17] In December, she will perform at the 2021 A Drag Queen Christmas event, produced by Murray & Peter.[18]

In January 2022, Jaida Essence Hall was added to the rotating cast of a dozen Drag Race queens in RuPaul's Drag Race Live!, a Las Vegas show residency at the Flamingo Las Vegas.[19] In March, Jaida Essence Hall, alongside the rest of the RuPaul's Drag Race Live! cast, performed with Katy Perry during her Play concert residency at Resorts World Las Vegas.[20] In April 2022, she will host a Grammy-inspired Fashion Show sponsored by TikTok.[21] In July 2023, it was announced that Hall, alongside Priyanka and Sasha Velour, would be the new hosts of the fourth and final season of reality television series We're Here. The three replaced the previous hosts, Eureka, Shangela, and Bob the Drag Queen.[22] In 2024, she was announced as one of eight former Drag Race contestants participating in Painting with Raven, a spin-off of the WOW Presents Plus series Painted with Raven.[23][24]

RuPaul's Drag Race

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Jaida Essence Hall at RuPaul's DragCon LA in 2023

Jaida was announced as a contestant on the twelfth season of RuPaul's Drag Race on January 23, 2020.[25] During her time on the show, she won three main challenges, including the Fosse-style number on episode two ("You Don't Know Me"), the political debate on episode nine, and the makeover on episode ten. She also had one appearance in the bottom two, after a shaky performance in the one-woman show on episode eleven. Jaida ultimately sent fan favorite, and eventual Miss Congeniality winner Heidi N Closet home after a lip sync showdown to Prince's hit song "1999". She was crowned the winner (virtually) on May 29, 2020, after winning a three-way lip sync against Crystal Methyd and Gigi Goode to "Survivor" by Destiny's Child.[26][27] This performance earned Jaida a nomination for the 2020 People's Choice Awards, in the Competition Contestant category.[28]

She returned in the eleventh episode of the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars as a "Lip Sync Assassin", where she lipsynced against Eureka! to Little Richard's "Good Golly Miss Molly".[29] In April 2022, Jaida Essence Hall was announced as one of the eight returning winners that would be competing in seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, the first ever all-winners season of Drag Race.[30] She won the third episode, and successfully lipsynced against Trinity the Tuck to Beyonce's "Green Light".[31]

Personal life

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Johnson is queer and lives in West Allis.[32][33]

Filmography

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Movies

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Year Title Role Notes Ref
2020 Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 2 Herself Fashion special [14]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref
2019 Milwaukee Bucks game Herself Halftime Show Performer [9]
2020 RuPaul's Drag Race (season 12) Contestant Winner [25]
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked (season 11)
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Herself Guest [34]
2021 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Herself Guest [35]
RuPaul's Drag Race (season 13) Herself Guest [36]
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 6) Herself "Lip Sync Assassin" (episode 11) [29]
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked (season 3)
2022 RuPaul's Drag Race (season 14) Herself Guest [37]
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 7) Herself Contestant [30]
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked (season 4) [38]
Trixie Motel Guest appearance [39]
The View Guest appearance [40]
Countdown to All Stars 7: You’re a Winner Baby VH1 special [41]
2023 Drag Me to Dinner Hulu original [42]
Canada's Drag Race (season 4) Herself Guest judge
2024 We're Here (season 4) Herself HBO series, Season 4

Music videos

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Year Title Artist Ref.
2020 "Legends Never Die" Orville Peck, Shania Twain [43]
2021 "GAP" Heidi N Closet [44]
2022 "The Motto" (Official Drag Video) Ava Max and Tiësto [45]

Web series

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Year Title Role Notes Ref
2020 Cosmo Queens Herself Guest [46]
Whatcha Packin' [47]
Countdown to the Crown [48]
Exposed [49]
Bring Back My Ghouls Host [50]
GAP Chat Guest [51]
BINGE Podcast; guest [52]
Dragged Out Guest [53]
Hey Qween! [54]
2020-23 The Pit Stop [55][56][57]
2021 Snatched! Podcast; Guest [58]
The Awardist Guest [59]
2022 Drag Us Weekly [60]
Around the Table [61]
BuzzFeed Celeb [62]
Friendship Test [63]
Drip or Drop? [64]
Portrait of a Queen [65]

Discography

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Title Year Album
"You Don't Know Me"[66]
(with The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 12) 		2020 Non-album singles
"Madonna: The Unauthorized Rusical"[67]
(with The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 12)
"I Made It / Mirror Song/ Losing Is New Winning" (Las Vegas Live Medley)[68]
(with The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 12)
"The Shady Bunch"[69]
(with The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 12)
"Legends" (Cast Version)[70]
(RuPaul featuring the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, season 7) 		2022
"2gether 4eva" (The Other Girls)[71]
(with the Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, season 7)

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