World of Wonder and Voss Events today announced the full cast and tour dates for Werq The World News (WTWN 10), the tenth anniversary edition of the world’s largest touring drag production. Tuning in across 50 cities throughout the United States and Canada including Cincinnati, OH at Taft Theatre on March 30, the tour marks a decade of Werq The World and reimagines the touring franchise as a live broadcast event, a primetime variety hour where the news desk meets the main stage.
Anchoring both legs of the tour is RuPaul’s Drag Race fan favorite Asia O’Hara, stepping into the role of lead anchor, the Anchorma’am of Channel 10! Guiding audiences through breaking segments, special reports, and field correspondence from a rotating roster of Drag Race superstars including Asia O’Hara, Vanessa Vanjie, Jorgeous, Latrice Royale, Daya Betty, and Shannel.
About THE SHOW
This just in! The world is chaotic, the news is exhausting, and the queens of RuPaul’s Drag Race are here to report it their way. To celebrate its 10-year anniversary, RuPaul’s Drag Race Werq The World Tour returns with WTWN 10: Werq The World News, a high-camp global broadcast hosted by your Anchorma’am, Asia O’Hara. Featuring live reports in weather, sports, entertainment, breaking news and more from your favorite queens across the franchise and surprise guests from Season 19. It’s the biggest stories of the year delivered through drag, spectacle, comedy, and world-class performances, only on WTWN 10. Presented by Voss Events in collaboration with World of Wonder.
CAST BIOGRAPHIES
ASIA O’HARA is an American drag queen, costume designer, and television personality from Dallas, Texas. She first rose to international prominence as a Top 4 finalist on Season 10 of RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1, 2018). A celebrated pageant titleholder, Asia has been crowned Miss Gay America (2016), Miss Gay USofA (2007), and All American Goddess (2012). She has been a staple cast member of RuPaul’s Drag Race Live!, the franchise’s flagship Las Vegas residency at the Flamingo, since its 2020 debut, and has toured globally with Voss Events’ Werq The World, Christmas Queens, and Drive ‘N Drag productions. Asia is the founder of Helen of Seven, her custom costume design house.
VANESSA VANJIE is one of the most recognizable drag performers of her generation. A native of Tampa, Florida, and of Puerto Rican heritage, Vanjie first appeared on Season 10 of RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1, 2018), where her viral catchphrase “Miss Vanjie” became a global cultural moment. She returned to the franchise for Season 11, placing fifth, and competed again on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 9 (Paramount+, 2024), where she was named one of the season’s runners-up. Vanjie has appeared on MTV’s All Star Shore and headlined her own dating series, Vanjie: 24 Hours of Love (WOW Presents Plus). She has toured the world multiple times with Werq The World and remains one of the most-followed queens in Drag Race history.
JORGEOUS is a Mexican-American drag performer and dancer from San Antonio, Texas. She first appeared on Season 14 of RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1, 2022), where she was the season’s celebrated lip-sync assassin. She returned for RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 9 (Paramount+, 2024) and most recently placed as the runner-up on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 10 (2025)—making her, at age 24, the youngest queen ever to compete on three separate seasons of the franchise. Jorgeous has appeared in the music video for Troye Sivan, Mark Ronson, and Kacey Musgraves’ “Easy,” joined the cast of RuPaul’s Drag Race Live! in Las Vegas, and is widely regarded as one of the most explosive dance performers in the Drag Race universe. She has toured internationally with Werq The World.
LATRICE ROYALE is a RuPaul’s Drag Race Hall of Fame entertainer, recording artist, and television personality. Born in California and based in South Florida, she first competed on Season 4 of RuPaul’s Drag Race (Logo, 2012), where she placed in the Top 4 and was crowned Miss Congeniality. She returned for All Stars 1 (Logo, 2012) and All Stars 4 (VH1, 2018), placing fifth on the latter. Latrice has performed in RuPaul’s Drag Race LIVE! at the Flamingo Las Vegas and is featured in the second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race LIVE! Untucked (WOW Presents Plus). She is one of four featured hosts of HBO’s Emmy-winning unscripted series We’re Here, and has toured her acclaimed autobiographical one-queen show Here’s to Life and follow-up Life Goes On to sold-out audiences across North America and the UK, including two successful runs in London’s West End in Death Drop. New York magazine named her one of the most powerful drag queens in America.
DAYA BETTY is an American drag performer originally from Springfield, Missouri, and based in Chicago. Known for her 80s-inspired punk rock aesthetic, she placed in the Top 5 of Season 14 of RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1, 2022) and most recently competed on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 10 (2025). The drag daughter of Season 12’s Crystal Methyd, Daya is the first openly type 1 diabetic contestant in the franchise’s history and has partnered with Sanofi on national diabetes awareness campaigns. She holds a BFA in graphic design from Missouri State University and has released solo music as part of the Season 14 soundtrack catalog.
SHANNEL is a Las Vegas-based drag performer, character illusionist, makeup artist, and headliner with three decades in the industry. Born in Orange County, California, she made history as the very first queen to enter the RuPaul’s Drag Race Werk Room as a competitor on Season 1 (Logo, 2009), placing fourth, before returning to place third on All Stars 1 (2012) and competing most recently on All Stars 9 (Paramount+, 2024), where she earned her first challenge win—spanning a Drag Race career across three decades. Shannel served as a Drag Professor on all three seasons of RuPaul’s Drag U (Logo, 2010–2012), is a longtime Las Vegas Strip headliner with credits including Frank Marino’s Divas Las Vegas, Voss Events’ Drag Brunch and is a cast member of RuPaul’s Drag Race LIVE! at the Flamingo.
