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The Vivienne          

Welsh Drag Performer; Season 1 Winner of RuPaul's Drag Race UK

James Lee Williams, better known by the stage name The Vivienne, is a Welsh drag queen, known for being appointed the first UK RuPaul's Drag Race ambassador in 2015, winning the first series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK in 2019, and later returning to compete in the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. As part of her victory, she was awarded her own online television series, later titled "The Vivienne Takes on Hollywood." The series premiered in 2020 on BBC Three and follows her trip to Hollywood to produce her own music video.

In 2019, The Vivienne was announced as one of the ten contestants to be competing in the first series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK. In September of that year, she participated in Jag Race, a racing competition in collaboration with Jaguar Cars, and raced for Sahir House, a charity based in her hometown of Liverpool that provides a space in which people can speak freely without fear of prejudice, stigma, abuse or exploitation in relation to HIV. In November 2019, she was crowned the first winner of RuPaul's Drag Race UK. In November to December 2019, The Vivienne, alongside the cast of the first series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK embarked on a tour hosted by Drag Race alum Alyssa Edwards.

In April 2022, The Vivienne was announced as part of the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, making her the first international contestant to participate on a US franchise of RuPaul's Drag Race.

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The Vivienne says that trying to live up to her Trump Snatch Game on RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 7 was the "scariest thing" she's ever done.

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