Yvie Oddly

Yvie Oddly
Oddly at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2023
Born
Jovan Jordan Bridges[1]

(1993-08-22) August 22, 1993 (age 31)
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Drag queen
  • fashion designer
  • rapper
  • recording artist
Years active2012–present
Television
PredecessorAquaria
SuccessorJaida Essence Hall
SpouseDoug Illsley (m. 2023)[2]
Websitewww.OddlyYvie.com

Jovan Jordan Bridges (born August 22, 1993), known by the stage name Yvie Oddly,[3] is an American drag queen, performer, fashion designer, rapper, and recording artist from Denver, Colorado who came to international attention in 2019 when she won the eleventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race. She later returned to compete on the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, an all-winners season, in 2022. Oddly has been on the worldwide Werq the World drag concert tour since 2019. In addition to music videos and performances, she explores what she sees as a transformative power of drag by making thrift store finds into wearable art in Yvie Oddly's Oddities series on WOW Presents Plus. She released her debut album, Drag Trap, in 2020.

On June 19, 2024, Oddly released their biography,[4] All About Yvie: Into The Oddity, which became a USA Today Best Seller.[5] The book is co-written by Michael Bach.

  1. ^ "Jovan Jordan Bridges". Ancestry Institute. Ancestry. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference spouse was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Denver's Yvie Oddly — "the future of drag" — on the art and politics of poking at society". The Denver Post. June 11, 2017. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  4. ^ "Yvie Oddly Has A Bestseller! – Seattle Gay Scene". Seattle Gay Scene. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
  5. ^ "All about Yvie: Into the Oddity". USA TODAY. Retrieved July 31, 2024.