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40th Place: Tatianna (Season 2, All Stars 2) - finished 4th and 6th, respectively
We're down to the nitty and gritty now and each of the placements are starting to hurt. This one'll probably upset a lot, as she'd make at least the top 20 of most of yours, but hear me out: she didn't do that greatly in either season and she hasn't really done much post-Drag Race to justify placing her any higher.
A brief history of Tatianna then: in season two she posed as a 21 year old despite being 20 at the time. It is perhaps unsurprising, considering it was season two and she was so young, that her drag was routinely undermined and described - by the more seasoned queens like Raven, Morgan and Jujubee - as so pedestrian and "off the rack". Indeed, some of the dresses she wore in the S2 runway were pretty much just... things you might spot at a River Island. But for all of her lacklustre runways, she had a few star moments; she won the first ever Snatch Game as a genius take on Britney Spears, and her makeover of her older partner almost saw her take the crown thanks to a wheelchair performance that is so underrated 
the gold moment is at 2:10
Otherwise, Tatianna is best remembered for Untucked drama and there was a lot of it. Her talking heads were pretty vicious and she often had a lot to say about the cliquey bitchiness of Raven/Sonique/Morgan and the ridiculousness that was Tyra Sanchez. It's actually inconceivable for another season in future to be anywhere near as vitriolic and authentically-bitchy as Season 2 was, although season 3 sure eclipsed it. This video best encapsulates where Tatianna was coming from - and whilst the reunion episode definitely made Raven look more of the "bitch", I would still venture that Tatianna gave as good as she got and the majority of Season 2 is spent with her whining and bitching in confessionals about how nasty and stinky everyone was. It was a bit of a headache.
the "I'm not done talking yet. You'll speak when I'm done  " bit is a tad cringe, too
Surprising everyone and finishing 4th, it shouldn't really have come as any surprise that she should feature in All Stars 2... but compared to your frontrunners like Katya, Alaska, Alyssa and Adore, she was very much an afterthought in most fans' minds.
That, of course, changed, with one little song.
It's kinda funny, really, how massively this impacted Tatianna's reception on the show. Aside from a pretty comfortable stand-up comedy challenge, paired with Detox, she otherwise did pretty terribly at All Stars and her Ariana Grande was perhaps an all-time low (especially disappointing considering she won the very first, although I did laugh at her being unable to keep in character when Detox started interrogating her as Nancy Grace). It was a little irritating seeing fans leap to her defence when she again bombed at the advert challenge with an awkward, confused "Tea with Tati" product that only really had one LOL moment (".............she's a fucking cunt  " )
In both seasons, Tatianna divided opinions but came across relatively well and secured a strong number of fans. But I just don't know if I really see her as this wowing talent that I see in some of the other queens I've placed higher, so her journey ends here in this ranking  sorry
Memorable quote(s): "Umm... I don't think that the judges are seeing that Tyra is a complete bitch "
"Your outside is gorgeous, Raven, but your insides are dark and nasty."
Best Runway(s): Obviously her Pants runway in AS2.
Best Moment(s): Did you think I'd go this whole writeup without mentioning the Alyssa lipsync?
Remaining queens
Acid Betty - Alaska - Alexis Mateo - Alyssa Edwards - Asia O'Hara - Bebe Zahara Benet - Bendelacreme - Bianca Del Rio - Bob the Drag Queen - Chad Michaels - Courtney Act - Darienne Lake
Detox - Eureka - Ginger Minj - Jinkx Monsoon - Jujubee - Katya - Kennedy Davenport - Latrice Royale - Manila Luzon - Mariah - Monet X Change - Monique Heart - Nina Bo'nina Brown - Nina Flowers
Raja - Raven - Roxxxy Andrews - Shangela - Sharon Needles - Shea Coulee - Stacy Layne Matthews - Tammie Brown - Thorgy Thor - Trinity the Tuck - Willam - Yara Sofia
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