James Jeffrey Wirth[3] (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.

Jaymes Mansfield
Jaymes Mansfield at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2022
Born
James Jeffrey Wirth[1]

(1990-02-19) February 19, 1990 (age 34)
OccupationDrag queen
Years active2013–present
Known forRuPaul's Drag Race
YouTube information
Channel
GenreBeauty
Subscribers192.00 thousand[2]
Total views25.03 million[2]
100,000 subscribers2020

Last updated: 15 Nov 2023
Websitejaymesmansfieldbeauty.com

Early life

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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.[4][5]

Career

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Jaymes Mansfield was announced as one of the 14 contestants for the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race on February 2, 2017.[6] 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.[7] She appeared as a guest for the first challenge in the premiere of season ten of Drag Race.[8] She made another appearance at the season 11 live finale with other alumni.[9] 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.[10] 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.[11]

On September 2, 2019, Mansfield launched her own wig company.[12]

In 2020 and 2021, Mansfield has also appeared on the YouTube wrestling quiz show "Quizzlemania" and won said quiz show one time.[13][14][15] She competed on the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2023).[16]

Discography

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As featured artist

Title Year Album
"God Rest the Nagging Children"
(Frosted Tip and the Holiday Land Drag Queens)
2018 The Holiday Dragtacular
"Up on the House Top"
(Frosted Tip and the Holiday Land Drag Queens)
"Money, Success, Fame, Glamour" (Disco version)
(with the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, season 8)
2023 Non-album single
"Estoy Perdida"
"J Cool Has an Emmy"
"Joan! The Unauthorized Rusical"
(with the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, season 8)
Joan! The Unauthorized Rusical Album[17]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2014 Diamonds to Dust Miscellaneous Crew / Gregg Tyler Documentary [18]
2019 Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts Herself Documentary [19]
2021 The Bitch Who Stole Christmas Delia Von Whitewoman VH1 Film [20]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Refs
2017–22 RuPaul's Drag Race Herself Contestant: Season 9 - 14th Place
Guest: Season 10 (Episode "10s Across the Board")
Guest: Season 14 (Episode "Save a Queen")
[6]
[21]
[22]
2017 RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked Companion show to RuPaul's Drag Race [6]
2017 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Guest [23]
2020 AJ and the Queen Drag Queen Guest appearance [24]
2022 Trixie Motel Herself Guest [25]
2023 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Herself Contestant [26]
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked

Web series

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2016–2019 Drag Herstory Herself Host [11]
2017 Transformations with James St. James Guest [27]
Drag Queen Carpool One episode, hosted by RuPaul [28]
Whatcha Packin' Eliminated Queen, Season 9, Episode 1 [29]
Cooking with Drag Queens [30]
Queen to Queen Guest, with Valentina
Wrestling with Wregret Guest
2018 Cosmo Queens Featured Queen [31]
Camp Wannakiki Cameo, Season 1, Episode 2 [32][33]
Hey Qween! Season 6 [34]
Bootleg Opinions All Stars 4 Press Party (with Yuhua Hamasaki) [35]
List It! Ring The Belle series
Sis Jenner Two episodes [36]
How To Makeup World of Wonder Productions [37]
2019 The Lost Snatch Game Audition Tapes World of Wonder Productions, Episode 101 [38]
2020–21 Quizzlemania Guest [13][14][15]
2023 Give It To Me Straight Guest [39]
2023 Meet the Queens Stand-alone special
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 8
[40]
2023 EW News Flash Guest [41]
2023 BuzzFeed Celeb Guest [42]
2023 React to TikTok Trends by Allure Guest [43]
2024 House of Laughs Herself WOWPresents Plus original [44]
2024 Drag Me to The Movies Various Produced by World of Wonder [45][46]

Music videos

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Year Title Artist Ref
2017 "Too Funky" Peppermint featuring Ari Gold [47]
2018 "So Juicy" Soju [48]
2019 "Rocking Around the Hanukkah Bush" Alexis Michelle [49]

References

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  2. ^ a b "About Jaymes Mansfield". YouTube.
  3. ^ "'RuPaul's Drag Race' season 9 episode 1: Lady Gaga, the Queens and spoilers". International Business Times AU. March 9, 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
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  6. ^ a b c "RuPaul's Drag Race Cast | logotv.com". Logo TV. Archived from the original on November 14, 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
  7. ^ Nichols, James Michael (April 2, 2017). "Last Words: Jaymes Mansfield Reflects on Her Time on 'RuPaul's Drag Race'". The Huffington Post. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  8. ^ "'RuPaul's Drag Race' 11 episode 1 recap: Which queen was sent packing on 'Whatcha Unpackin'? [UPDATING LIVE BLOG]". Goldderby. February 28, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  9. ^ "Scream! Christine and the Queens covers RuPaul's 'Sissy That Walk'". Dazed. March 31, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
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  11. ^ a b Jaymes Mansfield (May 29, 2016), Drag HerStory Episode 1: Who Do You Do? A Brief History of Celebrity Impersonation, retrieved June 18, 2019
  12. ^ Jaymes Mansfield (September 4, 2019), JAYMES MANSFIELD'S WIG TRANSFORMATION (MY FIRST PRODUCT LAUNCH), retrieved September 5, 2019
  13. ^ a b partsFUNknown (July 6, 2020). QuizzleMania XIII feat. Jaymes Mansfield & Denise Salcedo. YouTube. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  14. ^ a b partsFUNknown (June 23, 2021). QuizzleMania 37 - Pride Charity Show for Stonewall. YouTube. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  15. ^ a b partsFUNknown (July 8, 2021). QuizzleMania 38 feat. Big Damo (formerly Killian Dain). YouTube. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
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  30. ^ Allen, Timothy (April 8, 2017). "WATCH: Jaymes Mansfield gets messy in the kitchen on 'Cooking With Drag Queens'". www.queerty.com. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
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  32. ^ Camp Wannakiki (August 14, 2018). Camp Wannakiki S1 Ep2: "Straight Shooter". YouTube. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  33. ^ "INTERNET Hamburger Mary's camps it up with 'Wannakiki' - Gay Lesbian Bi Trans News Archive". Windy City Times. 22 August 2018. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  34. ^ Hey Qween (April 30, 2018). JAYMES MANSFIELD on Hey Qween! with Jonny McGovern. YouTube. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  35. ^ YuhuaHamasaki (December 8, 2018). All Stars 4 Press Party Bootleg Fashion Photo Ruview with Jaymes Mansfield!!!. YouTube. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  36. ^ WOWPresents (July 5, 2019). Sis Jenner: Guide to Basic Bitchery. YouTube. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  37. ^ WOWPresents (July 7, 2019). Jaymes Mansfield and Wig Teasing: HOW TO MAKEUP. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
  38. ^ WOWPresents (July 27, 2019). The Lost Snatch Game Audition Tapes Ep. 101: Jaymes Mansfield. YouTube. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
  39. ^ JAYMES MANSFIELD - "Give It To Me Straight" Ep6 - Hosted by Maddy Morphosis. YouTube. March 30, 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
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  44. ^ Medina, Joel (March 27, 2024). "First 'House of Laughs' Trailer Reveals the Illustrious Cast and Release Date [Exclusive]". Collider. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
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  49. ^ XS Studios (December 5, 2018). Rocking Around the Hanukkah Bush (Alexis Michelle) [Music Video]. YouTube. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
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