Willow Pill — not a big, but a Wiwwl Piwwl — is our big, herstory-making RuPaul's Drag Race season 14 winner.
After a wild batch of episodes filled with fantastically weird, brilliantly monstrous performances and killer runway looks, Mama Ru crowned the Denver-based drag oddity as the franchise's newest reigning superstar at the end of Friday night's grand finale, making her the first openly trans person to win the regular, non-All Stars edition of the Emmy-winning American version of the global series.
"I just really want to thank my family and my friends, and most of all I need to thank Kornbread's ankle," Willow said upon accepting the scepter from RuPaul and season 13 winner Symone.
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Willow won the longest season in Drag Race her-story after debuting two of the best lip-sync performances the show's annual season-closer has ever seen — the first of which was set to an original number titled "I Hate People," and saw the 27-year-old shimmy back and forth to a '90s house beat with molds of her own face perched on her shoulders and between her legs.
The Las Vegas finale — which featured RuPaul descending from the ceiling on a fan of giant candy bars before being presented the key to the city — saw the elimination of finalists Angeria Paris VanMicheals, Bosco, and Daya Betty, before Willow returned to the stage for a final lip-sync smackdown against Britain-born showgirl Lady Camden. Soundtracked by Cher's "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" ABBA cover, Willow began the set by side-stepping in an oversized pinstripe suit jacket, and ultimately tore the top off to reveal a giant pair of pants hiding underneath. She then stripped them off to reveal a figure-hugging body suit with thigh-high leggings, and finished the performance by writhing around on the ground alongside Camden (who attempted to channel her iconic Freddie Mercury fall-reveal from earlier this season, though she appeared to struggle with a second wig hiding under her first one).
In taking the crown, Willow also won the largest prize Drag Race has ever given, as she earned a $150,000 haul, while Camden finished with $50,000 as the runner-up. Her victory falls three years after her close friend and early-drag inspiration, Yvie Oddly (who's next set to appear on the all-winners All Stars 7 competition in May), won the same title on season 11 back in 2019.
Willow quickly became a fan-favorite competitor this year, for her oddball approach to the art form as well as her candor in discussing her experience in living with the kidney disease cystinosis.
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Joining Willow on the winner's podium during the finale was Kornbread "The Snack" Jeté, who was named the season's Miss Congeniality (winning $10,000 of her own) by last year's congenial queen, Lala Ri.
"What the f--- is wrong with y'all?" joked Kornbread, who was forced to leave season 14 early due to an ankle injury.
"Kornbread and I are close in a way that I don't think social media or the internet will understand. We both have dark pasts, we're both struggling human beings who are just kind of sad, tragic drag queens together. [Laughs] We both have a ditzy, whimsical spirit to us in drag, but behind the veil it's dark sludge and disgusting rottenness," Willow previously told EW of her special bond to Kornbread, who got a tattoo of Willow on her thigh. "For her to get a tattoo of my whimsical side, it's beautiful."
Check back with EW later for a full season 14 winner interview with Willow.
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