Max (drag queen)
{{Short description|American drag performer}}
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| birth_name = Max Malanaphy
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| birth_place = Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S.
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| occupation = Drag queen
| television = RuPaul's Drag Race (season 7)
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Max Malanaphy, or simply Max, is an American drag performer who competed on season 7 of RuPaul's Drag Race.{{Cite web |title=RuPaul's Max Malanaphy is a 'Tarantino Bitch' in New Web Action Series |url=https://www.out.com/popnography/2017/3/07/rupauls-max-malanaphy-tarantino-bitch-new-web-action-series |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=www.out.com |language=en |archive-date=2023-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131002600/https://www.out.com/popnography/2017/3/07/rupauls-max-malanaphy-tarantino-bitch-new-web-action-series |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Carlos |title=The 'dark magic' of Minneapolis drag queen Max |url=https://www.startribune.com/the-dark-magic-of-drag-queen-max/294118041/ |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=Star Tribune |date=26 February 2015 |archive-date=2021-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118170029/https://www.startribune.com/the-dark-magic-of-drag-queen-max/294118041/ |url-status=live }}
Early life
Career
Max competed on season 7 of RuPaul's Drag Race. She impersonated Sharon Needles for the Snatch Game challenge,{{Cite web |last=Allen |first=Timothy |date=2015-04-15 |title=Max Apologizes to Sharon Needles on Twitter and Gets Greatest Response Ever! |url=https://www.queerty.com/max-malanaphy-rupauls-drag-race-season-7-snatch-game-sharon-needles-twitter-apology-20150415 |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=Queerty |archive-date=2016-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160716160751/http://www.queerty.com/max-malanaphy-rupauls-drag-race-season-7-snatch-game-sharon-needles-twitter-apology-20150415 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Guerra |first=Joey |date=2015-04-17 |title=Max talks 'RuPaul's Drag Race' elimination |url=https://www.chron.com/culture/tv/article/Max-talks-RuPaul-s-Drag-Race-elimination-6207139.php |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=Chron |language=en |archive-date=2023-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202202405/https://www.chron.com/culture/tv/article/Max-talks-RuPaul-s-Drag-Race-elimination-6207139.php |url-status=live }} and placed ninth overall.{{Cite web |date=2020-12-11 |title=Hamline grad Ethan Mundt, aka Utica Queen, to compete on 'RuPaul's Drag Race' |url=https://www.twincities.com/2020/12/10/hamline-grad-ethan-mundt-aka-utica-queen-to-compete-on-rupauls-drag-race/ |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=Twin Cities |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202190050/https://www.twincities.com/2020/12/10/hamline-grad-ethan-mundt-aka-utica-queen-to-compete-on-rupauls-drag-race/ |url-status=live }} Max starred in the web series Agent Max in 2017.{{Cite web |title=Max Malanaphy Pursues a Trust Fund Villain in First Action-Packed 'Agent Max' Webisode |url=https://www.out.com/popnography/2017/3/14/max-malanaphy-pursues-trust-fund-villain-first-action-packed-agent-max-webisode |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=www.out.com |language=en |archive-date=2023-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602021104/https://www.out.com/popnography/2017/3/14/max-malanaphy-pursues-trust-fund-villain-first-action-packed-agent-max-webisode |url-status=live }}