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Duc Tran Nguyen, better known as Plastique Tiara Edwards, or simply Plastique Tiara, is a Vietnamese American drag queen, performer, model, dancer, social media influencer, and content creator. Nguyen is most recognized for appearing as a contestant in Season 11 of the TV show RuPaul's Drag Race. Nguyen's net worth is courted to be an estimated $2 million.
Nguyen, unfortunately, didn’t win the competition but she did finish in 8th place. During and after her time on the show, her popularity would go onto other social media, where she would regularly start putting out content. As of now, she has amassed a following of 2 million on Instagram, over 9.9 million followers on TikTok, and on Twitter and YouTube, she has 227k followers and 180k subscribers respectively.
She was recognized as “Asian Barbie” on RuPaul's Drag Race and her drag mother was Alyssa Edwards. Tiara’s drag queen success began to shine in January 2019 when she was announced as one of the fifteen contestants to compete in the 11th season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race”. Tiara became the youngest contestant in the history of the show. Tiara made her debut and was immediately well-received.
She participated in the show’s first six-way lip-sync challenge with Scarlet Envy, Ra’Jah O’Hara, Shuga Cain, A’keria Davenport, and Honey Davenport in the 3rd episode, and she became the winner of the main challenge in the 7th episode. Tiara eventually was eliminated in the 9th episode after losing out in a lip-sync tournament to Vanessa Vanjie Mateo, finishing at eighth place. Tiara garnered a lot of attention on Instagram which led her to set the record for the most Instagram followers among other contestants. Her popularity grew even further as Tyra Banks shared some of her pictures.
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Apart from the fame, Nguyen is also popularly known for being a hairdresser. Tiara has made wigs for many drag queens, including Aquaria, Naomi Smalls, Vanessa Vanjie Mateo, PatrickStarrr, and others. Tiara is also a music artist, releasing his debut single entitled “Irresistible” in April 2019.
Duc Tran Nguyen was born on April 11th, 1997, in Ho Chi Ming City, Vietnam. He and his family moved to Dallas, Texas, the United States at the age of 11. The identities of his parent are yet to be revealed. Nguyen went to a beauty school and speaks both Vietnamese and English languages fluently. Nguyen still resides in Texas and his current relationship status is unknown.
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Most of her earnings come from her social media presence as a content creator, brand collaborations, modeling, hairdressing, Television, Live performances, Music, and merchandise.
On TikTok, the creator could potentially earn upwards of an estimated $10k per post, excluding brand-sponsored deals.
On Instagram, she could earn an estimated $7k for a brand-sponsored post.
On YouTube, her average earnings are around the $1.6k mark per video, excluding brand-sponsored deals, for which she could charge upwards of $3k per video.
Tiara has associated herself with several top brands over her influencing career. We, unfortunately, do not have the figures to justify how much she could earn from these sponsored collaborations, but we can assume that the figures are of a hefty sum. This could be one of her major sources of income.
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Tiara has worked as a model with several other brands as well, but we currently do not know how much she could earn as a model, although we can safely assume that it would be a hefty sum.
As a hairdresser, Duc Tran has had several top clients, making wigs for some of the biggest names in drag such as drag queens, including Aquaria, Naomi Smalls, Vanessa Vanjie Mateo, PatrickStarrr, and numerous others. Apart from wigs, Duc Tran has serviced several celebrities.
It is currently unknown how much Tran could make from this venture as he has not revealed, or there haven’t been any reports suggesting it. We can safely assume that Duc Tran makes a substantial amount from this venture.
Tiara appeared on the TV show RuPaul's Drag Race. She is considered to have earned amongst the top ten highest on the show. Some could have earned up to $100k a season, but this has not been confirmed.
Tiara could have earned between $2k to $5k per episode but cannot confirm it. We can safely assume that she could make upwards of the 6-figure mark every season.
When it comes to Live performances, Tiara has performed at a lot of events over the course of her career. Unfortunately, it is unknown how much she could charge for a live performance or how much she could make from ticket sales, depending on the event organizers.
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Tiara has also had a successful music career. Her music is available on streaming brands, such as Apple Music, Amazon Music, and Spotify. It is currently unknown how much she could earn from record sales as well as streams. We can safely assume that she makes upwards of the 5-figure mark each year from her music.
Tiara also sells merchandise on her website as well as other third-party websites which are catered to her fans. Her store mostly sells apparel and with prices ranging between $15 to $35, we can speculate that Vertes earns towards the 5-figure mark each year in sales.
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It is currently unclear what Tiara could have spent her earnings on, as she has managed to keep that under wraps. We can only assume that Tiara would have invested in beauty and fashion products, like apparel and accessories, that she has showcased on her social media platforms, as well as hair products that she would often use on clients as well as herself.
Tiara is a professional hairdresser and we could speculate that she has a specific place to conduct her practice. It is unknown if she does or not, but we could assume that she does particularly with the kinds of clientele she has honed over the years in this industry.
Tiara also currently runs a successful YouTube channel, which would require her to invest in audio and video equipment to create better quality content. This could include, lights, props, high-end cameras, sound recording equipment, audio, and video editing software, high-end machines to run these software, and other such subsidiaries that would enhance the content. She very actively produces content on short-form formats as well, which requires a different set of equipment.
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Subsequently, Tiara could also outsource her video creation duties to other professionals who could charge her a premium cost depending on the individual/team’s abilities. In turn, she could have also assembled a team to help create the content that she does, which could also include managing all of her social media interactions.
Tiara could also have to spend on management fees if she is under the management of a talent agency. She could spend a premium price as a fee for the company's management and logistics services, depending on the company and the number of celebrities/talents they have on its roster. It is, of course, speculative but there is a possibility. We currently do not know how much she could spend on this.
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A. Plastique Tiara's net worth is courted to be an estimated $2 million.
A. Yes. Plastique Tiara has confirmed that she is gay.
A. No. Reports suggest that Tiara and Tim are currently not together.
A. Plastique Tiara stands at 6 feet 2 inches tall.
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