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The Sun
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
MTV star reveals she lost 200 pound weight loss WITHOUT Ozempic or surgery and shows off jaw-dropping transformation
MTV STAR Mistress Isabelle Brooks has revealed she lost 200 pounds WITHOUT Ozempic or surgery. The reality star, who shot to fame on RuPaul's Drag Race, has left fans stunned with her jaw-dropping transformation. 4 4 4 Mistress Isabelle became a star when she appeared on the 15th season of Drag Race, and now has revealed her incredible weight loss. Outlining her she did it, she revealed she had shed the pounds through sheer hard work, without any medical help. Taking to Instagram, Mistress Isabelle shared before and after pics which show off her huge transformation. Writing a lengthy post, the drag star penned: "I've lost nearly 200 pounds in a year and a half. "That's so crazy to say. For a year straight I've gone to the gym nearly Every. Single. Day. "Even when I'm dog tired on the road, after the gigs. "For a year straight I've logged everything that has gone in my mouth. (and yes its annoying af). "Many people have their speculations on what I did to get here; like it has to be surgery, medicine or something extreme. "However the truth is quite simple… if you want something… just get off your ass and go get it." Continuing, she said: "Everyone's journey and reasoning is different, and mine has been quite a complex one. Trailer for RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 7 "I was never someone who felt disgusted or less than because I was big; which is probably why I have been for such a majority of my life. "This journey/transformation is more than just the physical. It has been a lesson in forgiveness, patience, determination and evolution." Mistress Isabelle also had some words of encouragement for anyone undergoing a similar weight loss journey. "For anyone working towards a goal, the best advice I can give you is to take things one day at a time," she penned. "The longer you put something off the longer it will take you to see the results you desire. "Life is too short to deny yourself the pleasure of being who and what you envision. "I'm not where I want to be just yet, but damn am I getting there." 4 BECOMING A STAR Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Mistress Isabelle started doing drag as a teenager. After realising her talent, she was an original cast member at the drag-themed restaurant chain Hamburger Mary's, and also regularly performed at JR's Bar and Grill. But Mistress Isabelle got her big break in 2023 when she joined the cast of a very famous MTV show. The star was picked to appear on the 15th season of RuPaul's Drag Race. Due to her popularity on the show, she was snapped up for the All Stars spin off show, which is airing now on MTV. Talking about being on the show, Mistress Isabelle told Gay Times: "Going into All Stars 10, I really didn't want to prove anything. "I think that's what makes my character so relaxed and what allows me to have fun. "I, at the end of the day, have already become a star from being on Drag Race."
Forbes
01-06-2025
- Business
- Forbes
‘All Stars 10' Reminds Us That Drag Race Verses Are A Brand Strategy
RuPaul's Drag Race, like many other reality competition shows, has recurring challenges that fans eagerly anticipate each season. For example, in addition to Drag Race contestants needing to bring looks to fit their runway themes, there are several challenges that they have to prepare for. Of course, some challenges are meant to be fresh and new to keep the audience engaged, but every fan of Drag Race knows there's going to be 4 challenges that the queens are going to have to survive if they want a chance at winning the crown. The first being the sewing challenge where queens have to make an outfit from scratch, the second being the snatch game where the contestants have to do a funny improved impersonation of an iconic character or personality alongside their competitors, the second being the roast where the queens have to make fun of a particular host, guest, or their fellow contestants, and the final challenge being the girl group challenge where the contestants music work together to make a convincing song with their teammates and still manage to stand out. MILAN, ITALY - NOVEMBER 12: Mistress Isabelle Brooks performs RuPaul's Drag Race: Werq The World ... More Tour at Mediolanum Forum of Assago on November 12, 2023 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by) This time around, RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 10 elected to combine the roast challenge and the girl group challenge, dubbing it the 'Rappin' Roast.' The queens were tasked with performing a song where they rapped and roasted their fellow contestants. This added a new layer to two already iconic staples in the Drag Race franchise that had already shown in prior seasons to be difficult for even the best of competitors in the show. Stacked with masters of shade like Mistress Isabelle Brooks, Nicole Paige Brooks, and Jorgeous, this challenge required not only wit, but cadence and memorable verses. From iconic songs in Drag Race's history like Break Up Bye Bye made famous by the Frock Destroyers in the first season of Drag Race Uk and the legendary Read U Wrote U from the final four of Drag Race All Stars 2, the contestants are no strangers to the opportunities that songs on the show can bring. There isn't a single long-time fan of Drag Race that doesn't know the lyrics 'Yekaterina Petrovna Zamolodchikova, but your dad just calls me Katya.' That line, again from Read U Wrote U, gave Katya of Season 7 of Drag Race, All Stars 2, and Unhhh fame a direct link to her fans to show them her persona, creativity, and branding all at once. These songs, which later get added to streaming platforms, keep queens top of mind with fans and keep them engaged for if said queens ever release music on their own. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 1: In this image released on October 1, Shea Couleé is seen ... More onstage during Rihanna's Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 2 presented by Amazon Prime Video at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California; and broadcast on October 2, 2020. (Photo byfor Rihanna's Savage X Fenty Show Presented by Amazon Prime Video) Shea Coulee, from season 9 of Drag Race and the winner of All Stars 5, released an EP after performing Category Is… with her castmates. Doing that offered her an avenue that inevitably led to her first EP Couleé-D while her season was still top of mind, building upon her brand and showing fans that she versatile in more than just her looks on the runway. With All Stars 10 steady underway and queens teasing new music, alongside other queens, like Megami from season 16 of Drag Race and Ocean Kelly, a well known performer and rapper in the Drag Race orbit, who aren't on the latest season of the show but are branding themselves by admitting they helped write and shape several of the verses fans are hearing on the stage, expanding their platforms and clientele if the verses are well received and future contestants come to them for ghostwriting. What started as a fun and quirky challenge has turned into an entire expansion for queens to build their brands and start their musical platforms. All Stars 10 continues to prove that these challenges are always more than just being about winning or losing; they're a vehicle for reinvention.
