[3] India Ferrah has worked as a drag entertainer and costume designer,[1] and was named Miss Gay Roanoke in 2006.
[1] India Ferrah was picked up without permission by fellow contestant Mimi Imfurst during their lip sync to Thelma Houston's "Don't Leave Me This Way" during the fourth episode;[9][10] the incident has been described as "infamous",[11][12] and prompted RuPaul to enforce a new rule: "drag is not a contact sport".
[18] She had a "public breakup" with drag and criticized the series immediately following her appearance, but recovered from the experience and worked to redeem her image.
(2020), a variety show residency at Flamingo Las Vegas,[24] and competed on the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2020).
[27] Thrillist contributor Brian Moylan ranked her number 111 in his similar list for 2017, and said she had "one of the worst drag names of all time".
[28] In 2018, Instinct's Ryan Shea ranked India Ferrah number 112 in his "definitive list" of all 126 contestants, writing, "Sweet queen, but only remembered for being lifted up by Mimi Imfurst.