Jaymes Mansfield
{{Short description|Drag queen and TV personality}}
{{Distinguish|Jayne Mansfield}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jaymes Mansfield
| image = RuPaul DragCon 2022 (52073258001) (cropped).jpg
| birth_name = James Jeffrey Wirth{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/202913544:62209 |title=James Jeffrey Wirth |website=Ancestry Institute |publisher=Ancestry |access-date=November 12, 2022}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|02|19}}
| birth_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
| caption = Jaymes Mansfield at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2022
| other_names =
| occupation = Drag queen
| years_active = 2013–present
| known_for = RuPaul's Drag Race
| website = {{URL|https://www.jaymesmansfieldbeauty.com/|jaymesmansfieldbeauty.com}}
| module2 = {{Infobox YouTube personality|embed=yes
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| channel_display_name = Jaymes Mansfield
| pseudonym =
| genre = Beauty
| subscribers = 192 thousand
|views = 25 million
| silver_button = yes
| silver_year = 2020
| gold_button =
| gold_year =
| stats_update= 15 November 2023
}}
}}
James Jeffrey Wirth{{cite news|url=http://www.ibtimes.com.au/rupauls-drag-race-season-9-episode-1-lady-gaga-queens-spoilers-1546235|title='RuPaul's Drag Race' season 9 episode 1: Lady Gaga, the Queens and spoilers|date=March 9, 2017|work=International Business Times AU|access-date=October 18, 2018}} (born February 19, 1990), better known as Jaymes Mansfield, is an American drag queen, TV personality, and YouTuber. She is best known for competing on the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, and playing the part of Delia Von Whitewoman in the film The Bitch Who Stole Christmas.
Early life
Wirth performed as a puppeteer, visual artist and later drag queen in Milwaukee, in 2016 she was cast to appear on RuPaul's Drag Race.{{cite web|url=https://milwaukeerecord.com/city-life/new-rupauls-drag-race-season-will-feature-milwaukee-contestant/|title=New 'RuPaul's Drag Race' season will feature Milwaukee contestant|last=Maas|first=Tyler|date=February 3, 2017|website=Milwaukee Record|access-date=June 18, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://outinjersey.net/rupauls-drag-race-begins-the-new-season/|title="RuPaul's Drag Race" begins the new season|last=Cook|first=Michael|date=April 7, 2017|website=Out In Jersey|access-date=June 18, 2019}}
Career
Jaymes Mansfield was announced as one of the 14 contestants for the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race on February 2, 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.logotv.com/shows/rupauls-drag-race/cast|title=RuPaul's Drag Race Cast {{!}} logotv.com|website=Logo TV|access-date=October 18, 2018|archive-date=November 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114103309/http://www.logotv.com/shows/rupauls-drag-race/cast|url-status=dead}} After being safe in episode one, she was placed in the bottom two in the second episode with Kimora Blac and lost the lip sync for the song "Love Shack" by The B-52's, becoming the first queen eliminated.{{cite news|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rupauls-drag-race-jaymes-mansfield_n_58dec1cee4b0c777f78765ad|title=Last Words: Jaymes Mansfield Reflects on Her Time on 'RuPaul's Drag Race'|last=Nichols|first=James Michael|date=April 2, 2017|work=The Huffington Post|access-date=June 24, 2021}} She appeared as a guest for the first challenge in the premiere of season ten of Drag Race.{{cite web|url=https://www.goldderby.com/article/2019/rupauls-drag-race-season-11-episode-1-recap-live-blog-news/|title='RuPaul's Drag Race' 11 episode 1 recap: Which queen was sent packing on 'Whatcha Unpackin'? [UPDATING LIVE BLOG]|date=February 28, 2019|website=Goldderby|access-date=March 1, 2019}} She made another appearance at the season 11 live finale with other alumni.{{cite web|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/article/44661/1/christine-and-the-queens-cover-rupaul-sissy-that-walk-drag-race-finale|title=Scream! Christine and the Queens covers RuPaul's 'Sissy That Walk'|date=March 31, 2019|website=Dazed|access-date=June 18, 2019}} In 2022, Mansfield returned to the show as a guest on the 5th episode of the 14th season, along with Tempest DuJour and Kahmora Hall.
Mansfield created a YouTube channel in 2013, where she frequently uploads videos.{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/best-youtube-drag-channels/|title=The best drag queen channels on YouTube|last=Ling|first=Thomas|website=Radio Times|access-date=June 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624051537/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/best-youtube-drag-channels/|archive-date=June 24, 2021|url-status=live}} In her ongoing series Drag Herstory, she explains the history of drag queens and drag culture. The first episode was available on May 29, 2016.{{Citation|author=Jaymes Mansfield|title=Drag HerStory Episode 1: Who Do You Do? A Brief History of Celebrity Impersonation|date=May 29, 2016|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVvIpqnWQ1k|access-date=June 18, 2019}}
On September 2, 2019, Mansfield launched her own wig company.{{Citation|author=Jaymes Mansfield|title=JAYMES MANSFIELD'S WIG TRANSFORMATION (MY FIRST PRODUCT LAUNCH)|date=September 4, 2019|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODAyTNWVgDo|access-date=September 5, 2019}}
In 2020 and 2021, Mansfield has also appeared on the YouTube wrestling quiz show "Quizzlemania" and won said quiz show one time. She competed on the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2023).{{Cite magazine |last=Nolfi |first=Joey |date=April 20, 2023 |title='RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 8' cast of returning queens revealed |url=https://ew.com/tv/rupauls-drag-race-all-stars-8-cast-promo-looks/ |access-date=2023-04-20 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en}}
Discography
As featured artist
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| style="width:20em;"| Title
! Year ! Album |
|---|
| scope="row"| "God Rest the Nagging Children" (Frosted Tip and the Holiday Land Drag Queens) | rowspan="2"| 2018 | rowspan="2"|The Holiday Dragtacular |
| scope="row"| "Up on the House Top" (Frosted Tip and the Holiday Land Drag Queens) |
| scope="row"| "Money, Success, Fame, Glamour" {{small|(Disco version) (with the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, season 8)}} | rowspan="4"| 2023 | rowspan="3" {{non-album single}} |
| scope="row"| "Estoy Perdida" |
| scope="row"| "J Cool Has an Emmy" |
| scope="row"| "Joan! The Unauthorized Rusical" (with the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, season 8) | Joan! The Unauthorized Rusical Album{{Cite web |title=Joan! The Unauthorized Rusical |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/5h6BaDtMczvvaCWs52YZap?si=b6_m3snmSW20dWJNKQGBIw&nd=1 |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=Spotify |language=en}} |
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Title !Role !Notes !Ref. |
| 2014
|Diamonds to Dust |Miscellaneous Crew / Gregg Tyler |Documentary |{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/New-Jayne-Mansfield-Bio-Film-DIAMONDS-TO-DUST-Released-on-iTunes-and-Vudu-20150407|title=New Jayne Mansfield Bio-Film DIAMONDS TO DUST Released on iTunes and Vudu|last=Robbins|first=Caryn|date=May 1, 2019|website=BroadwayWorld|access-date=December 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207212824/https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/New-Jayne-Mansfield-Bio-Film-DIAMONDS-TO-DUST-Released-on-iTunes-and-Vudu-20150407|archive-date=December 7, 2019|url-status=live}} |
| 2019
|Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts |Herself |Documentary |
| 2021
|The Bitch Who Stole Christmas | Delia Von Whitewoman |VH1 Film |
= Television =
= Web series =
=Music videos=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left;" |
| Year
! Title ! Artist ! Ref |
|---|
| 2017
|"Too Funky" |Peppermint featuring Ari Gold |
| 2018
| "So Juicy" |Soju |
| 2019
|"Rocking Around the Hanukkah Bush" |
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Jaymes Mansfield}}
- {{IMDb name|5356342}}
{{RuPaul's Drag Race}}
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