JIMBO the Drag Clown is full of surprises. As in, bounding onto season one of Canada’s Drag Race as an unknown, untried, off-kilter clowning queen who would go on to finish in fourth place. Exiting the show in hilariously ungraceful fashion, the London, Ontario-born performer-designer — James Insell, out of drag — also left CDR with a growing flock of fans who would support the rising star out on the road.
Next competing on the first edition of RuPaul’s Drag Race: UK vs. the World, JIMBO shocked viewers, not by landing in the top on the first two episodes, but by going out in only episode three. Of course, you can’t keep a drag clown down, so, this past year, the irrepressible queen returned to the Drag Race stage on the fiercely competitive eighth cycle of All Stars.
This time, to no one’s surprise, JIMBO aced the competition, earning a record-tying four …