Naomi Smalls

Naomi Smalls is the stage name of American drag queen Davis Heppenstall. He is known for appearing on the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, where she was runner-up, and competed on RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 4.
New York magazine named Smalls one of the top 100 Most Powerful Drag Queens in America in June 2019.

Early life 
Heppenstall was born in Redlands, California, and was later adopted.

Career 

The name Naomi Smalls comes from supermodel Naomi Campbell and rapper Biggie Smalls.

RuPaul's Drag Race
Smalls was announced as one of twelve contestants for the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race on February 1, 2016. She was in the bottom two in the fifth episode where she played Tiffany Pollard for the annual "Snatch Game" competition. She lip synced to "Causing a Commotion" by Madonna against Acid Betty and won. She won the sewing challenge the following episode, where she designed an outfit for one of the Little Women: LA cast members. She reached the final three in the season, but lost to Bob the Drag Queen, and tied with Kim Chi for runner-up.

On November 8, 2018, it was announced that Smalls would be returning to compete in the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. She was in the bottom for the roast of Lady Bunny but won against Gia Gunn in a Lipsync in the "LaLaPaRuZa" to keep her place. She was in the bottom the following episode, but was saved by Latrice Royale. She won the makeover challenge, becoming the first ever queen to win two makeover challenges, and the only one to only win the makeover challenge on each of her seasons, but she controversially eliminated front-runner Manila Luzon from the competition. Smalls reached the final, and finished 3rd/4th place with Monique Heart.

After Drag Race
Outside of Drag Race, Smalls was a co-host with Kim Chi for the WoWPresents internet series M.U.G. where they critique queens makeup looks. She makes recurring appearances on the internet series "Fashion Photo Ruview" filling in for Raja or Raven.

Smalls did an interview with Cardi B for Cosmopolitan in February 2018.

She started her own YouTube series, Small's World, where she documents her life touring across the country. The first episode premiered on February 16, 2018.

In September 2019, at RuPaul’s DragCon NYC, Smalls was named as one of a rotating cast of a dozen Drag Race queens in RuPaul's Drag Race Live!, a Las Vegas show residency from January to August 2020 at the  Flamingo Las Vegas. The show will feature RuPaul’s music and seven of the twelve queens: Smalls, Aquaria (winner of season ten), Asia O'Hara (season ten), Coco Montrese (season five, All Stars season two), Derrick Barry (season eight), Eureka O'Hara (season nine and ten), India Ferrah (season three), Kahanna Montrese (season eleven), Kameron Michaels (season ten), Kim Chi (season eight), Yvie Oddly (winner of season eleven), and Shannel (season one, All Stars one).

Music 
Smalls released a music video for her first single, "Pose", on December 16, 2018.

She also appeared in Manila Luzon’s music video for "Go Fish".

Personal life 
Heppenstall has eleven brothers and sisters. Many of her siblings including herself are adoptees.

Controversy 
In May 2017, Smalls received backlash from fans after making a joke about the Manchester Arena bombing on Twitter. She later apologized for the tweet.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Web series

Discography

Singles

References

External links
 

Category:Living people
Category:American drag queens
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