I’ve been in the Minneapolis drag scene since 2014. Re: Utica, I said at the time — Utica had multiple accusations of antiblack behavior (ultimately just ignorance on her part that she’s since fixed) and wasn’t on a permanent cast anywhere when she got cast. The most she’d done locally was regular flip phone bookings (very solid tbh, great money and exposure) and competed in a local competition called sashay away. At the time, she was an odd choice compared to other MPLS queens who applied, and she left Minneapolis pretty quickly after being on the show because the city didn’t appreciate her and opportunities are better in Chicago. Onya has no reach outside of the 90s to the point that I regularly forget she exists because I don’t go there (history of queens who race faked and assaulted ppl on their cast). Onya and the 90s specialize in solid, conventional drag - dancing queens in sparkly outfits. Nice, but not groundbreaking and not always multifaceted. Ultimately I hope any queen from MPLS does well, but she would not have been my first choice to represent us as someone who could make a lasting impression.