And the winner is...

Miss Tyra Sanchez (the other Tyra)



in case you've been living without LOGO (which surprisingly many people still are) you might not have been up to snuff. Tyra Sanchez won the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race.

You can now exhale.

What a race it was! From the get-go Sanchez (real name James Ross) was immediately pegged as the "bitch" of the show. And for good reason, she was downright scary. But what could not be denied is Tyra's fashion sense, hunger and killer instinct. People seem to forget while watching the show that this was indeed a competition and not the running to be the next humanitarian of the world contest.

After Tyra's win the interweb was abuzz that Raven and Jujubee were simply robbed of the title. People are listing all kind of crazy reasons, but perhaps more unsettling, they're calling "reverse racism."

Hahahaha, silly internet geeks don't you know tricks are for kids?

The accusation that Tyra Sanchez won based on race, is racist in of itself. Just because the competition has had two black winners in a row (Bebe Zahara Benet of Camaroon,Africa) does not equate to anything, folks. I'm not going to go into the details of the double standard at work here, but if you can catch it, great.

What is upsetting though is that Tyra's win is being overshadowed by all these whack allegations and the such. Horrible personalities win reality shows all the time. For example, an audience favorite, Raven, was not so cute and cuddly when the cameras were off. She was mean-spirited at times and flatly rude. Had she won, would that personality attribute meant anything to the title? Yes and No. In fact, Raven's constant belittling of other contestants (Tatianna, Pandora, Tyra, take your pick) in a way stopped her from winning. While Tyra was mean, she was also doggedly focused.

Furthermore,Tyra did make an effort to be better towards the latter half of the show. The Reunion show did show progress on her part and even her once-foe Tatianna noticed a change (I love Tatianna). Editing does wonders people, it can make you look like a complete jerk or an angel. One has to watch reality shows with a grain of salt, of course it's not reality! Personalities are compartmentalized and reduced to usually, one or two traits that archetypes are built on.

Sooo with all that aside, Tyra deserved to win. If you don't like it, sorry to say, oh well.