Rita Menu

Rita Menu is a drag performer. She won Kita Mean and Anita Wigl'it's "Drag Wars" competition. In 2019, Logo TV's Michael Musto included Rita Menu in a list of the 250 best drag names.{{Cite web |title=The 250 Best Drag Names of All Time |url=https://www.logotv.com/news/5b3px0/250-best-drag-names |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205211041/https://www.logotv.com/news/5b3px0/250-best-drag-names |archive-date=2022-12-05 |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=www.logotv.com |language=en}}

Rita Menu competed on season 3 of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under,{{Cite web |title=Drag Race: Can the Kiwi queens keep the crown in Aotearoa? |url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/07/28/drag-race-can-the-kiwi-queens-keep-the-crown-in-aotearoa/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230909211625/https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/07/28/drag-race-can-the-kiwi-queens-keep-the-crown-in-aotearoa/ |archive-date=2023-09-09 |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=1 News |language=en}} placing seventh overall. She is among the only contestants in the Drag Race franchise to eliminate two competitors in a single episode;{{Cite web |date=2023-08-30 |title=Rita Menu Dishes 'Drag Race Down Under', Double Eliminations & The Power of The RuPaul Critique - WERRRK.com |url=https://werrrk.com/2023/08/30/rita-menu-dishes-drag-race-down-under-double-eliminations-the-power-of-the-rupaul-critique/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002084818/https://werrrk.com/2023/08/30/rita-menu-dishes-drag-race-down-under-double-eliminations-the-power-of-the-rupaul-critique/ |archive-date=2023-10-02 |access-date=2024-01-04 |language=en-US}} Rita Menu eliminated Ivory Glaze and Ivanna Drink in lip-syncs to "Murder on the Dancefloor" (2001) by Sophie Ellis-Bextor and "Holding Out for a Hero" by Adam Lambert, respectively.{{Cite web |last=Magaletti |first=Douglas |date=2023-08-13 |title=Ivory Glaze Reveals The Reason She Fainted On Drag Race Down Under Season 3 |url=https://www.starobserver.com.au/artsentertainment/ivory-glaze-reveals-the-reason-she-fainted-on-drag-race-down-under-season-3/225636 |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=Star Observer |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816145015/https://www.starobserver.com.au/artsentertainment/ivory-glaze-reveals-the-reason-she-fainted-on-drag-race-down-under-season-3/225636 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Magaletti |first=Douglas |date=2023-08-14 |title=Drag Race Down Under Was A Roller Coaster Ride, Says Ivanna Drink |url=https://www.starobserver.com.au/artsentertainment/drag-race-down-under-was-a-roller-coaster-ride-says-ivanna-drink/225667 |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=Star Observer |language=en-US}} On the fourth episode, Rita Menu impersonated Cardi B for the Snatch Game challenge.{{Cite web |last=Guerra |first=Joey |date=2023-08-23 |title='Drag Race Down Under' Q&A: Rita Menu talks about being Cardi B in Snatch Game and that Kylie Minogue runway |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/movies_tv/article/drag-race-down-under-rita-menu-18303321.php |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=Houston Chronicle |language=en}} Her performance landed her in the bottom two, and she lost a lip-sync against Flor to "Secrets" by Kylie Minogue.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-18 |title=RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under: "Snatch Game" (S03 E04) - WERRRK.com |url=https://werrrk.com/2023/08/18/rupauls-drag-race-down-under-snatch-game-s03-e04/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002080848/https://werrrk.com/2023/08/18/rupauls-drag-race-down-under-snatch-game-s03-e04/ |url-status=live }} One of her looks on the show paid homage to the character Riff Raff from The Rocky Horror Picture Show.{{Cite web |title=DRDU's Rita Menu On The Pain & Pleasure Of Snatch Game & Who's In Her DMs |url=https://www.pride.com/interviews/drdus-rita-menu-on-the-pain-pleasure-of-snatch-game-whos-in-her-dms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823154938/https://www.pride.com/interviews/drdus-rita-menu-on-the-pain-pleasure-of-snatch-game-whos-in-her-dms |archive-date=2023-08-23 |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=www.pride.com |language=en}}

Rita Menu was raised in Hamilton, New Zealand.{{Cite web |last=Magaletti |first=Douglas |date=2023-08-20 |title=RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under's Rita Menu Has A Snatch Game Regret |url=https://www.starobserver.com.au/artsentertainment/rupauls-drag-race-down-unders-rita-menu-has-a-snatch-game-regret/225773 |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=Star Observer |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825121519/https://www.starobserver.com.au/artsentertainment/rupauls-drag-race-down-unders-rita-menu-has-a-snatch-game-regret/225773 |url-status=live }} Rita Menu uses the pronouns she/her in drag and he/him out of drag.{{Cite web |title=Meet the Queens of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under Series 3 |url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/mediapacks/bbc.com/mediacentre/mediapacks/drag-race-down-under-series-3/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

• RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under (season 3)

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• [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14990677/ Rita Menu] at IMDb

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