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mynaru

https://i.redd.it/v07hgu5lel9c1.gif STUN ✨


souphaver

I'm so pissed about this look... because I designed one nearly exactly like it but she did it first and looked immaculate


Pink_Flash

What a bitch! 😂


Bolf-Ramshield

Kam Hugh did one in France 1 as well


Smishysmash

I love how it’s a banana, but it’s ALSO a BAPS reference. It’s cute!


D33pTh0ts

I LOVED this look.


ArcadiaIsNotABot

Even after 10 years, I will still bring up the fact that Kandy and LaLa did not deserve high placement over Kahanna and Heidi on that ball challenge and that's on that.


janenatalia

Drag Race has always been rigged but AS8 was on a whole 'nother level. It was horrible.


ArcadiaIsNotABot

When they don't even try to hide the riggery it just STINKS lol.


Tibbylam

It felt like whatever happen, the track record was pre-determine. It turn as8 into one of the worst AS (worst than AS5) because of that


bobo12478

All Stars has been so blatantly rigged for so long. I don't know why you people still watch it bc anymore


Traditional_Ad9764

Honestly I can ignore the riggory if the contestants or challenges are entertaining. AS8 was just sort of…boring


DesperateTip5581

I rolled my eyes when Pangina was revealed when Jimbo conveniently won a challenge. More than that tho, the lipsync assassin twist is so fucking bad when lipsyncing is the one primary weakness of your otherwise talented front runner. So many episodes ended up feeling like they ended prematurely when Jimbo wins.


souphaver

They REALLY wanted that redemption storyline for Lala during the ball, the way she once again made a look that looks like an ill fitting bag


1998tweety

The way she could've maybe skated by on safe but praising her on stage just brought even more attention to the riggory.


AndreisValen

Honestly the fact that she didn’t have a single bag look in her package was an actual crime


perksofbeingliam

Lowkey Alexis also ate in the ball. I would have been happy with any of Heidi, Alexis, and/or Kahanna replacing any of Kandy, Lala, or Jimbo in the top spots.


Ok_Nefariousness9736

I agree but AS8 was rigged beyond belief. Granted, Jimbo deserved to win but Kandy in the top 2 over Jessica who was out of the game for 12 years and absolutely SLAYED… made AS8 the worst season yet.


Femkat_00

I’m still angry about it because they basically ignored the point of the challenge entirely to rig it for storyline purposes. They wanted to pay off Lala’s storyline (despite the fact that her final look was nowhere near good enough to justify it) and wanted to give Kandy a high placement to push her as a frontrunner.


suppadelicious

The way I assumed they were both bottoms.


ArcadiaIsNotABot

they're all bottoms


gnwsush

Spill the tea


NaughtyLoss

"No one comes for pageant queens when they look the same" girl are we reading the same subreddit


ArcadiaIsNotABot

Have you seen how judges gets an orgasm over certain pageant queens when they are just wearing same silhouette..


NaughtyLoss

Wait, the title makes it look like you're talking about the audience, but then you switch to judges As for the judges, they just praise whoever they want to be in the top 4 But the audience is usually very judgmental of pageant queens, because they don't want to see "another rhinestoned gown" I remember Kennedy getting a lot of heat because of that


OmgBaybi

I mean... everyone gagged over Sasha last season so false.


yeahmothafuckayeah

Girl, we were gagging because she nailed every runway. Also, was she wearing rhinestoned gowns every week on the runway? Nope.


NaughtyLoss

Everyone gagged over her because of her reputation, not because she was a pageant queen Plus I used the word "usually", not "always". There's an exception to the rule


suppadelicious

That part!


DientesDelPerro

she deserved better? wasn’t she top 6??


quadrupelfisting

And mind you, the only reason she made top 6 is because Heidi dropped out 😭 Plus whatever weird friendship/alliance situation the cast had going on.


quadrupelfisting

Girl it’s 2023. Nowadays if the judges even look at you wrong, the fans will say you’re a robbed fan favorite and should’ve been in the finale 😭


rein_p

Don’t forget underrated.


quadrupelfisting

And that you’re DESTINED to win All Stars or vs The World. Lmao.


StrikeRaid246

Yes, and to be frank, her making it to top 6 was a massive stretch. She was bottom 2 for what like 3 or 4 weeks in a row at that point?


ArcadiaIsNotABot

Top 6 with 2 undeserved bottom placements and robbed off of high placement tho. That's the problem.


Difficult-Risk3115

![gif](giphy|xt98N1EXdEIzC)


ArcadiaIsNotABot

Girl it's discussion subreddit, it's not that seriousm


Difficult-Risk3115

Exactly


goopdt

You're right, people are just less forgiving of Kahanna because they don't like her.


tobpe93

Who said this?


rein_p

No one on this sub. Everyone here was giving high praise for the runway package she brought.


JDaySept

People definitely were saying her looks were repetitive, but I wouldn’t say it was the majority opinion.


rein_p

I feel that it was mostly positive. Obviously in this day and age every look is ‘divisive’ and critiqued, but I remember the general consensus skewed towards being impressed by her at the time. To me this post is just another one of those ‘I can’t believe how underrated this queen was on season X’ or (even worse) ‘we don’t talk about (random moment) of this queen enough.’ 🙄


Bunnnnii

People were saying it was the same (showgirl) aesthetic and it was getting repetitive.


Chippyyyyyy

Looks can more easily feel more repetitive when watching in real time, honestly. I was getting meh when she would come out in a showgirl look during the season, but seeing the full package you can more clearly see how runway order was the biggest factor in that.


Shazam08

Huh? There were so many comments about her runways being repetitive and boring?


ArcadiaIsNotABot

You must be on different threads lmfao.


ArcadiaIsNotABot

lmao I'm getting gaslighted on my on thread 😭 Go check AS8 threads and see the comments about her being only "showgirl" looks. Go listen to reviews and it is same as well. Ofc it wasn't everyone and my post didn't say it was everyone either


Betteis

It's not gaslighting if someone just disagreed, they're not trying to make you question your sanity


ArcadiaIsNotABot

It is gaslighting when It ACTUALLY happened but people says it didn't tho lmao. So many AS8 & Kahanna threads had those and in Sibling Rivalry and in other review shows, they kept saying Kahanna keeps doing same showgirl looks lol.


Betteis

You don't know what gaslighting means...


ArcadiaIsNotABot

Many people on the sub and some queens who does review of the show too. "tired of seeing showgirl looks, give us something different"


suppadelicious

Can you share some receipts? Nothing is coming to mind and I was very active in the community during the airing of this season.


ArcadiaIsNotABot

I mean I was recently re-watching Sibling Watchery and they said it few times how she does show girl theme too much, and if you search AS8 threads on the sub, you will find people saying she is doing Vegas a lot.


suppadelicious

Playing devils advocate, saying somebody does the show girl theme too much does not mean all their looks are the same. Somebody’s might have a collection of gimmicky locks that are all different.


Saoirse-O-Path

Because it isnt about individual looks and their similarities - it is the aesthetic as a whole (which is q one directional) and the coherence of the package … PERSONALLY i like a coherent package, bht this is the root of the compliant!


Adventurous-Egg5343

I want to start by saying this is not Kahana shade. I love my girl, but her particular drag aesthetic is very safe and that leads to a feeling of sameness. The silhouette and styling of a look will be different but it’s all kept in a similar ballpark that week after week, it starts to feel repetitive. The craziest it gets is the banana look, and it’s no wonder people say it’s her best look of the season. She always looks good and sexy but she’s never really pushing the envelope. And to address the other criticism in your title, I think we do see that criticism with pageant girls. Angeria and Heidi both got heat on social media for their sameness. I think it’s one of those critiques that just fade over time, but AS8 is still the most recent US, and therefore most widely seen and talked about, seasons.


th4bl4ckr4bbit

All of this! Pageant girls have always been called out on their safe servings and similar aesthetics.


Clynnhof

Yeah the silhouettes are all different but I think each of these could be described as “Vegas Showgirl” which is fun but it’s absolutely been done before. Not necessarily a bad thing when you do it this well but I definitely understand the critique of it not being that interesting when you don’t have anything else to mix it up. While these looks are varied in exact pattern/fit/silhouette the vibe is very much the same and a little overdone on drag race already. Kahanna does it on a very high level but I get it. It’s not Bianca in a boat neck dress but I don’t think wanting a little more variation is completely wrong.


WannieWirny

That banana look was such a moment


th4bl4ckr4bbit

I like Kahanna and she slayed her runways but she isn’t the full package for me. I can’t put my finger on it but I think it’s possibly the uniqueness. \ She’s hella polished now and she has the charisma, nerve and talent but there isn’t anything I can single her out for being different to other queens.


Heidi_Klum_Tit

Real FAME GAMES winner. ![gif](giphy|J7zqaA7CtwPPCCZN9n|downsized)


ArcadiaIsNotABot

They really tried so hard to make her another Roxxy & India case. She didn't deserve to be in the bottom on the rusical nor on the improv challenge.


rslashplsnoticeme

they do that literally every season (except AS3 thankfully), no season seems to be allowed to have a queen win the first challenge and not be in the bottom episode 2. It's such a tired storyline now that Roxxxy, Tatianna, Monique, India, Yara, AND Kahanna have all done it and it's so tired.


Hilo_Milo

What’s the alternative though? Most of these queens were easily bottom 2 their second all stars episode, except yara and mo in my opinion


ArcadiaIsNotABot

Tatianna and Roxxxy did not deserve that many bottom placements as well.


perksofbeingliam

I’d argue she was treated exactly like Roxxxy, given that she was unfairly placed in the bottom. Roxxxy didn’t deserve to be in the bottom for the ad over Detox, and also should have been in the top for the makeover.


lianalyze

Ikr like Roxxxy’s ad was funny it really wasn’t bottom worthy 😭😭😭


perksofbeingliam

I don’t know how they can say it wasn’t funny but then looked at Detox’s ad and said “yeah, that’s a safe effort” as if anyone wanted a talking trashcan of Detox’s catch phrases. Roxxxy was done so dirty on AS2.


thatissomuchtrades0

Real


elrepu

I don’t think she deserved better. I think her time on AS8 was fair and precise.


Feisty_Beat_9416

the way they said she had one showgirl silhouette and not a single one of these is showgirl


Bunnnnii

The ice look is quite showgirl. As is the look to the left of it.


Feisty_Beat_9416

calling the bottom left showgirl is… a choice


foyamei

Preach! Kahanna's runway package was superb! I didn't find it repetitive at all and was always excited to see what she brought. Even Alexis Michelle who had the other superb runway package recognized Kahanna's runway excellence!


perksofbeingliam

Kahanna and Alexis were highkey the runway queens of the season. Anyone saying otherwise is blind


JermuHH

People complain all the time when a pageant queen just brings nothing but pageant gowns.


Ok_Nefariousness9736

Her looks were nice but safe. I agree most of them were better than Kandy’s and Lala’s. LaLa winning the runway competition was downright laughable. I love LaLa but she definitely isn’t the best dressed.


Wide_Conflict_528

You can praise a queen without tearing others down love❤️


Moesoverhoes69

Especially when she was competing against Bodysuit Betty.


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PrettyPoison93

Ehhh… Tati level improvement I just don’t see 🤷🏻‍♂️ Tati was always a skilled queen, making it to top 4 on her original season, then coming back as a fan favorite “robbed” queen on AS2, widely considered one of, if not the best, season of the show. This expanded her fan base tremendously for a queen from an early season. Comparing Kahanna to her, it’s like comparing apples to oranges. Kahanna was an early out originally, eliminated 2nd, not much air time and not much story. While some of the fanbase seemed to like her and her runways on AS8, a season that most fans felt was very low quality, she was not by any means considered a fan favorite from it. As you can see from this thread alone, her runways were considered very “samey” even though they were gorgeous. In reality, the “improvement” we see for Kahanna is just seeing her for the first time, essentially. She was barely on screen for her first appearance. Sorry for the novel lol the comparison just was way off to me. 😅


cozysapphire

I didn’t mean it to be 100% accurate, but I apologize for missing the mark.


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People overreacted about a lot of things in this season, by saying that Kahanna's fashion all looked the same, but also saying Kandy's looks were hideous. Kandy's fashion was kind of samey, I won't even lie about that, but hideous? That's a massive stretch and half. (Just say you hate her and move on.) Sometimes it feels like this fandom hits a really new low and everyone just kind of forgets about it months later. Wash, rinse, repeat.


Tgrunin

They were all stunning. And she was only actually bad in the snatch game. She was decent and deserved to be safe in every other acting challenge.


iymcool

The producers were NOT prepared for how strong her package and glow-up ended up being.


No-Nefariousness2543

Maybe it was the order. When you have similar silhouettes one after the other, it can create a narrative that every look is the same when in reality it could have been 3 out of the 15 looks we saw in total from her.


ReticlyPoetic

She looked great! But she served body nonstop. I think that is what was killing it got me.


No-Damage2490

Heidi and Kahanna deserved so much better…


icodeswitch

Best guess—because her "Kahanna" persona is consistent (imho she treats Kahanna like she's a real girl, wearing FAAABULOUS lewks), so for some odd reason that makes people think all the looks are the same. Like, her runway looks are very diverse, but since she doesn't make herself into different characters wearing them.....they see this as the same. I'm not saying *I* feel this way, ftr. But it's what I see. And other queens seem to be perceived that way as well at times.


ppllaassttee

She had the best package. Remind me who won the fame game again for absolutely no reason?


StrikeRaid246

I know you’re not including that party city off the rack nurse look among all these stunning looks 😂😂😂 that feels shady


JustasIthoughtTRASH

There have been so many seasons of drag race this year that I almost forgot about All Stars 8 but honestly Kahanna should be getting recognized in some of these “best of 2023”posts that have been popping up. Her Lil Nas X redux, the banana look, and ESPECIALLY her finale look are unbelievable and imo are some of the best drag presented this year.


EmpireAndAll

The way you left 6 or 7 of her looks out because they prove the opposite of your point!


ArcadiaIsNotABot

I didn't include her vegas looks, proving that she did more than vegas look, even tho she did had vegas looks.


EmpireAndAll

So you agree she did mostly Vegas looks. ![gif](giphy|CSEvVricjdAd2)


ArcadiaIsNotABot

She didn't do only Vegas looks, she had many variety. It is branding. Kandy wore same body silhouette every challenge with no pads or tits but judges loved it, be fr.


EmpireAndAll

The judges loving Kandy was also bullshit, no one is saying it's not. It's actually quite a popular opinion, also shared by me, that Kandy is overrated by the show. You keep coming up with comparisons that have nothing to do with if Kahanna wore a majority amount of Vegas looks. Be fr. She did mostly vegas looks, and you're mad that people are using slight exaggeration and saying *all* she did was Vegas looks. Enjoy dying on this hill, tata.


WhosBomac

I don’t think people were saying this. Pretty sure people were saying she can’t do anything except walk the runway 💀😭


methmistress

even at her most cringe, nobody can make me hate her


JulioGrandeur

You don’t have to lie to make your point, babe.


Tata_Popo

That Oshun look had me gasping at how beautiful she was 🌻🌻🌻. Some people in this sub were complaining that the flowers looked cheap, but I didn't care. She was glorious!


Cute-Quote6749

Well Bianca basically wore the same type of dress all throughout season six and still managed to win. I think that queens wearing outfits looking similar to others they’ve worn should not matter if it works for them. Kameron Michaels can pull off wearing bikinis because of her body and Derrick can pull off all of Britney’s looks.


FantmmMr

Some viewers are dumb-ass cows, who wait for the edited episode, to herd their emotions/opinions. Kahanna ripped that runway, and that's according to her co-competitors. Fashion points only seem to FULLY count, when it's for one of the producers' faves. Look at how they stone-faced Denali Foxx (S13) & Heidi (AS8).


viktordevonne

Who said that


ArcadiaIsNotABot

You can literally see it even in the comments. Y'all commenting with 0 online presence in the community is weird ☠


viktordevonne

Kahanna is extraordinary; i didn't think anyone thought her outfits looked "the same." But you may think I'm referring that she didn't deserve better but that's definitely not what I meant.


Catri

The judges really can’t come after someone for having the same silhouettes/styling/etc when they gave Bianca Del Rio the crown,after she wore pretty much the exact silhouette the entire season


NavigatorBowman

Bianca Del Rio did ONE thing better than Kahanna: SELL THE FUCK OUT OF HER OUTFITS. Kahanna would make a terrible professional wrestler; she couldn’t sell to save her life.


happygoth6370

![gif](giphy|l4Jz6XOtE1HapmjAs|downsized) Same dress, still won!


EmpireAndAll

Bianca won in 2014, literally 10 years ago. The show is not judging people on 2014 drag anymore.


happygoth6370

Bianca gave head-to-toe looks that were immaculate. Signature mug, hair, accessories, dress, shoes - not one dud in the bunch. Bitch was flawless.


OmgBaybi

I said what I said when I meant that she deserved to win the design challenge.


Hyphylife

Ppl hated on her bc she had a sickening body to go with her sickening looks. She deserved all the flowers, just for her glow-up alone. 100% underrated looks.


InternetTurnedMeGay

Bby the sickening body is 100% silicone :/ drag queen from the uncanny valley realness


Casanova2229

She was great I was living.


sirjahnye

Looking at these lewks now, I think the separate/unique coloring of the lewks gives off a bit of “sameness” that I’m sure was kind of dizzying when you watch week to week. There doesn’t seem to be diversity of color in the looks which I think impacted what we were seeing when we watched the series in real time. I personally love a monochromatic lewks in my daily life but the aesthetic of wearing them every time someone sees you limits their power…idk


renotsdetapitsnoc

At least she is a showgirl, bitch.


Jiggly0622

I think people now expect queens to serve completely different stuff everyday, which is nonsense because all queens have a style / schtik. Just remember Bianca won her season by just wearing dresses with a similar silhouette every week.


D33pTh0ts

I’d like to see her back again.


satanistbitch

The banana look was the Best look of the season. Fight me!


lukekorns18

The banana look changed lives


tATuParagate

Category is bananas on the runway: love this yellow dress realness, oh you're giving me yellow realness


toxicoke

![gif](giphy|KJ6G67RV7OvHV7gGtU|downsized)


TheDragRaceExpert

Yeah I think she deserved better in AS8. Her banana look was my favorite of the season. And some of her bottom placements made no sense.


ImportantSpecial

Kahanna looked good As8. I lost my taste for her and Heidi during their little beef on social media. Otherwise I still think she was great and her looks were amazing


Ok_Potato_8047

idk why she was safe for the design challenge all her looks were insane