Arrietty (drag queen)

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Luis Luviano, known professionally as Arrietty the Elf (or simply Arrietty; born October 8, 1996), is an American drag performer most known for competing on the seventeenth season of the television series RuPaul's Drag Race.{{cite web |last=Baird |first=Josephine |title=Spotlight on Julia's casts shadow: Drag performers leave venue over labor dispute |url=https://www.sgn.org/story.php?307451 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=Seattle Gay News |publisher= |archive-date=July 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715053057/https://www.sgn.org/story.php?307451 |url-status=live }}

Early life

Luviano is originally from Hesperia, California.{{Cite web |last=Suchman |first=Kurt |date=June 18, 2024 |title=How Dreamland Built Seattle's Most Decadent Drag Brunch |url=https://seattle.eater.com/2024/6/18/24175493/seattle-drag-brunch-dreamland-diner-fremont |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207093038/https://seattle.eater.com/2024/6/18/24175493/seattle-drag-brunch-dreamland-diner-fremont |archive-date=December 7, 2024 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=Eater Seattle |publisher=Vox Media |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Helms |first=Ian |date=April 13, 2024 |title=Seattle's Drag Royalty: 25 Drag Queens and Kings to Know |url=https://www.queerty.com/seattle-drag-queens-and-kings-that-have-us-gooped-gagged-20240413 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240901134304/https://www.queerty.com/seattle-drag-queens-and-kings-that-have-us-gooped-gagged-20240413 |archive-date=September 1, 2024 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=Queerty |language=en}} He is of Mexican descent.{{cite web |last=Villa |first=Lucas |date=December 5, 2024 |title=Here Are the Latinas Competing on 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 17 |url=https://remezcla.com/film/here-are-the-latinas-competing-rupauls-drag-race-season-17/?amp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241206143122/https://remezcla.com/film/here-are-the-latinas-competing-rupauls-drag-race-season-17/?amp |archive-date=December 6, 2024 |access-date=December 5, 2024 |website=Remezcla |publisher=}}

Career

Luviano's drag persona is Arrietty the Elf, or simply Arrietty. She competed on the seventeenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.{{Cite web |last=Tinoco |first=Armando |date=December 4, 2024 |title='RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 17 Cast Photos, Trailer & Premiere Date Set At MTV |url=https://deadline.com/gallery/rupauls-drag-race-season-17-cast-photos-trailer-premiere-date-mtv/ |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=Deadline Hollywood |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Arrietty called 911 when she was cast on 'Drag Race' |url=https://www.pride.com/interviews/arrietty |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=Pride.com |publisher=Here Media |language=en}}{{Cite magazine |title='Drag Race' elf Arrietty responds to queens naming her villain of season 17: 'That's a lie!' |url=https://ew.com/rupauls-drag-race-season-17-arrietty-villain-of-season-8768547 |access-date=2025-02-25 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |publisher=Dotdash Meredith |language=en |issn=1049-0434 |oclc=21114137}}{{Cite web |date=2025-01-27 |title=The Seattle queen you can watch on Season 17 of 'RuPaul's Drag Race' - New Day NW |url=https://www.king5.com/video/entertainment/television/programs/new-day-northwest/the-seattle-queen-on-rupauls-drag-race-season-17-new-day-nw/281-b61b8f15-d58c-4ffc-90ed-dcfebff8d0f2 |access-date=2025-02-25 |website= |publisher=KING-TV |language=en-US}} On the fifth episode, she placed in the bottom two but was spared from elimination. Arrietty won the main challenge on the sixth episode. For the Snatch Game challenge on the seventh episode, she impersonated Baby Cupid.{{Cite web |date=2025-02-17 |title='RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 17, Episode 7 recap: Snatched by the nails |url=https://xtramagazine.com/culture/rupauls-drag-race-season-17-episode-7-recap-271238 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250218113217/https://xtramagazine.com/culture/rupauls-drag-race-season-17-episode-7-recap-271238 |archive-date=February 18, 2025 |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=Xtra Magazine |publisher=Pink Triangle Press |language=en-CA |issn=0829-3384}}{{Cite magazine |title=Every 'Drag Race' season 17 'Snatch Game' character: See all the stars the queens played |url=https://ew.com/rupaul-drag-race-season-17-snatch-game-celebrities-11679947 |access-date=2025-02-25 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en |archive-date=February 18, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250218113200/https://ew.com/rupaul-drag-race-season-17-snatch-game-celebrities-11679947 |url-status=live }} In the eighth episode's Rusical, Arrietty portrayed the Scarecrow.{{Cite web |last=Gregory |first=Drew Burnett |date=2025-02-22 |title='RuPaul's Drag Race' Episode 1708 Recap: Popular |url=https://www.autostraddle.com/rupauls-drag-race-1708-recap/ |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=Autostraddle |language=en-US}} She was eliminated on the tenth episode, which tasked contestants with performing stand-up comedy in a roast of former Drag Race contestants.{{Cite web |last=Huff |first=Matthew |date=2025-03-07 |title=Past Villains Get Roasted! Who Went Home on 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 17 Tonight? |url=https://parade.com/tv/who-was-eliminated-rupauls-drag-race-season-17-episode-10-spoilers-2025 |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=Parade |publisher=Parade Media |language=en |oclc=1772138}}{{Cite web |date=2025-03-08 |title=Seattle's Arrietty cut from 'RuPaul's Drag Race' |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattles-arrietty-cut-from-rupauls-drag-race/ |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}} Arrietty stole jokes from fellow contestant Jewels Sparkles during the comedy challenge.{{Cite web |last=Huff |first=Matthew |date=2025-03-08 |title='RuPaul's Drag Race' Star Arrietty Stands By Stealing Jewels Sparkles' Roast Jokes (Exclusive) |url=https://parade.com/tv/arrietty-season-17-rupauls-drag-race-exit-interview |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=Parade |language=en}}{{Cite magazine |title='Drag Race' star Arrietty spills on feeling 'backstabbed' and 'hurt' over Jewels Sparkles drama |url=https://ew.com/rupauls-drag-race-arrietty-elimination-interview-jewels-sparkles-drama-11692139 |access-date=2025-03-12 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en |archive-date=March 8, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250308191352/https://ew.com/rupauls-drag-race-arrietty-elimination-interview-jewels-sparkles-drama-11692139 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Damshenas |first=Sam |date=2025-03-10 |title=Drag Race: Here's why Jewels Sparkles didn't expose Arrietty |url=https://www.gaytimes.com/culture/drag-race-heres-why-jewels-sparkles-didnt-expose-arrietty/ |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=Gay Times |language=en-US |issn=0950-6101}} She also left a "hateful"{{Cite web |last=Robledo |first=Jordan |date=2025-03-13 |title=Drag Race: Arrietty addresses "hateful" mirror message that made Onya Nurve cry |url=https://www.gaytimes.com/drag/drag-race-arrietty-addresses-hateful-mirror-message-that-made-onya-nurve-cry/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Gay Times |language=en-US}} message about Onya Nurve after being eliminated and was deemed the "villain" of the season.{{Cite magazine |title=Onya Nurve forgives Arrietty for villainous 'Drag Race' message: 'Life moves on' (exclusive) |url=https://ew.com/onya-nurve-forgives-arrietty-villainous-rupauls-drag-race-message-exclusive-11697806 |access-date=2025-03-19 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en}}{{Cite magazine |title='Drag Race' elf Arrietty responds to queens naming her villain of season 17: 'That's a lie!' |url=https://ew.com/rupauls-drag-race-season-17-arrietty-villain-of-season-8768547 |access-date=2025-03-19 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Duncan |first=Charlie |date=2025-05-26 |title=Drag Race's Arrietty 'threw things' on set after elimination |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/26/rupauls-drag-race-arrietty-elimination/ |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=PinkNews |language=en-US}} Arrietty apologized to Onya Nurve on the fifteenth episode, when she returned to compete in the tournament of lip-sync contests ahead of the season finale. Arrietty's Instagram following grew by 476 percent while the show aired.{{Cite web |title=Here's how many IG followers Drag Race S17's queens snatched |url=https://www.out.com/drag/rupauls-drag-race-season-17-queens-instagram-most-popular#rebelltitem1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250427053005/https://www.out.com/drag/rupauls-drag-race-season-17-queens-instagram-most-popular#rebelltitem1 |archive-date=April 27, 2025 |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=Out |language=en}}

In Seattle, Arrietty performs at Queer Bar on Capitol Hill and Dreamland in the Fremont neighborhood.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-01 |title=Seattle's Arrietty to compete on 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 17 |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/tv/seattles-arrietty-to-compete-on-rupauls-drag-race-season-17/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250101184404/https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/tv/seattles-arrietty-to-compete-on-rupauls-drag-race-season-17/ |archive-date=January 1, 2025 |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=The Seattle Times |publisher=The Seattle Times Company |language=en-US |issn=0745-9696 |oclc=9198928}} She and fellow Drag Race contestant Acacia Forgot performed at White Center's Lumber Yard Bar in 2025.{{Cite web |title=PRIDE MONTH IN WEST SEATTLE: Here's our updated list |url=https://westseattleblog.com/2025/06/pride-month-in-west-seattle-heres-our-updated-list/ |access-date=2025-06-08 |website=West Seattle Blog |language=en-US}}

Before pursuing drag full-time, Luviano worked as a dishwasher and as a retail worker for Target.

Personal life

Luviano is based in Seattle and lives in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. He moved from California to Seattle in {{circa}} 2017 with his now ex-boyfriend after hearing that the drag scene in the city was prosperous.

Arrietty's former{{Cite web |last=Duncan |first=Charlie |date=2025-05-20 |title=Drag Race star Irene says former drag daughter Arrietty 'tried it' |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/20/rupauls-drag-race-all-irene-the-alien-arrietty/ |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=PinkNews |language=en-US |archive-date=May 20, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250520040803/https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/20/rupauls-drag-race-all-irene-the-alien-arrietty/ |url-status=live }} "drag mother" is season 15 contestant Irene the Alien (formerly known as Irene Dubois).{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=December 4, 2024 |title='RuPaul's Drag Race' Announces Season 17 Cast, Updated 'Rate-a-Queen' Twist |url=https://variety.com/lists/rupauls-drag-race-season-17-cast/acacia-forgot/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204202520/https://variety.com/lists/rupauls-drag-race-season-17-cast/acacia-forgot/ |archive-date=December 4, 2024 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=Variety |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |language=en-US |issn=0042-2738 |oclc=60626328}} The two have had a falling out, and Arrietty has apologized to Irene for comments made online.{{Cite web |title=Drag Race's Arrietty apologizes to Irene for racist claims |url=https://www.out.com/drag/rupauls-drag-race-irene-the-alien-arrietty-drama-explained-apology-update#rebelltitem2 |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=Out |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Damshenas |first=Sam |date=2025-05-23 |title=Drag Race: Arrietty issues apology to Irene over "deeply hurtful and unnecessary" accusations |url=https://www.gaytimes.com/drag/drag-race-arrietty-issues-apology-to-irene-the-alien/ |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=Gay Times |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Duncan |first=Charlie |date=2025-05-20 |title=Drag Race star Irene says former drag daughter Arrietty 'tried it' |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/20/rupauls-drag-race-all-irene-the-alien-arrietty/ |access-date=2025-06-08 |website=PinkNews |language=en-US |archive-date=May 20, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250520040803/https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/20/rupauls-drag-race-all-irene-the-alien-arrietty/ |url-status=live }}

Arrietty got her drag name from the Studio Ghibli film The Secret World of Arrietty.{{YouTube|id=G8GNLRrGDfM&t|title=Meet The Queens of Drag Race Season 17}}

Filmography

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RuPaul's Drag Race (season 17, 2025)
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked (2025)

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Whatcha Packin' (2025), hosted by Michelle Visage{{YouTube|id=A0KOjwtY89E|title=Whatcha Packin’ 🧵 S17 E10 - RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 17}}
Hello Hello Hello (2025), hosted by Kyran Thrax, World of Wonder{{YouTube|id=agHx0_Q9EaI|title= FULL EPISODE - HELLO HELLO HELLO The Road to RuPaul's Drag Race Season 17: Arrietty}}