Skin Wars (2014–…): Season 3, Episode 4 - Miss Skin Wars - full transcript
- In the intense world
- of competitive body painting,
you can either keep your cool
or turn up the heat.
- ♪ This ain't no illusion,
babe ♪
♪ Yeah, you're heaven made ♪
- It's a sizzling season three
of "Skin Wars."
The art of body painting
is more powerful than ever.
12 of the most talented artists
from around the world
will push themselves
week after week...
You painted your heart out.
- Proving who is brilliant
- with a brush...
- Yeah!
- Just amazing.
- Loved it.
- I came here to win.
- And who can't handle
- the pressure.
- I'm freaking out.
- Wow.
- What?
Almost there.
- How dare you disgrace
this competition
with your bull****?
- Do you want to leave
the competition?
This week, nine remain
to fight for the grand prize:
$100,000 and the ultimate title
of "Skin Wars" champion.
- Just coming out of
almost being eliminated
at the last challenge,
I feel that I really
need to step up my game.
I'm not ready to go home.
- Hello, painters.
- Hi, there.
- Today's challenge is all about
beauty, brains, and talent.
That's right, there's
gonna be a pageant.
- Oh, honey.
- Wait a minute, that's
not a woman.
This is a drag queen,
and I am so excited!
- Yes!
- Good evening, ladies,
- gentlemen, and my distinguished
panel of judges.
- Oh ****, we're
painting drag queens.
- Hailing from Mesquite,
Texas, I am Alyssa Edwards.
Miss Lead.
- I am representing the
great state of Illinois.
I'm Phi Phi O'Hara,
and I'm Miss Happening.
- Representing the great
- state of Massachusetts,
I am Joslyn Fox, Miss Behaved.
Wonk, wonk.
- Representing
- Dominican Republic,
I'm Lineysha Sparx,
and I'm Miss Informed.
- Representing the Lone Star
state, I am Kennedy Davenport,
Miss Taken.
- Representing the
great state of Florida,
I'm Tyra Sanchez,
Miss Diagnosed.
- Representing
Puerto Rico,
my name is April Carrion,
Miss Fire.
- I'll whip the competition
and milk it for all it's worth.
Representing the great
state of New York,
I'm Milk, Miss Fit.
- Representing the great
state of prostitution.
Nevada,
I am Yara Sofia,
Miss Understood.
Yes, they love drag queens.
- Painters, let's give it up
for these gorgeous queens
from RuPaul's Drag Race.
This pageant will consist
of two categories,
a swimsuit competition and
a queen's choice competition.
- Today, for your first challenge,
- you will be competing
in a swimsuit portion
of the pageant.
This will be a 360 degree
design, and you may cover
as much skin as you choose.
Keep in mind that the
swimsuit competition will have
- an effect on your
- overall placement in this
pageant challenge.
Each painter has been
randomly paired
with one of the queens.
You will be working with
them on both challenges.
- Awesome.
- You have two hours
for this challenge.
Your time starts now.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- The men are here.
- Hey, ladies.
- Milk can beautiful.
Milk can be weird.
Milk can be, like, gross.
- I don't actually drink milk,
- so I was thinking
doing, like, cow print.
- All right, I love that idea.
- I am so nervous.
This piece that we do now
will count for our final score
for who's going home.
- So what are you thinking?
- I just want to first,
like, design something.
- Okay, you want to
- design something.
- Well, I'll set up while
- you sketch if you want.
- Oh, that's perfect.
- My drag queen, she tells me,
- "Oh, let me sketch something
"out 'cause I'm a fashion
designer," and I know
I have to incorporate my
ideas as well because it just
can't be her creativity,
otherwise I know it's gonna
have effect on me.
- I trust you.
- You're in good hands.
- I promise.
- Let me see everything here.
Okay, cool.
- You do a lot of competitions
- all over, or what?
- Yeah, that's our job, and we
just get to dress up as girls
and be fabulous.
- This has definitely
taken my comfort zone
and shot it right to hell.
I've never painted a drag queen.
I don't know any drag queens.
This is, like, all new to me.
- All right, can I have
you turn around for me?
- I'm used to being catered to.
- Put him to work girl.
Put him to work.
- All the boys, they weren't
- expecting this one today
whatsoever.
- Everyone's here straight?
- Except for Michael.
- Yeah, yeah.
- I decide to do a very
pop, contrasted bathing suit,
and I use her favorite colors,
which are black and pink.
I'm also putting a little
bit of humor into my work.
She stole the Speedo
from the lifeguard.
- Oh, yeah, do my booty.
- Absolutely.
- I've said that before.
- I'm kind of thinking this,
- like, retro bathing suit.
It's got, like,
cow print on it.
And Milk has giant panties on,
and that is not taking
any paint at all.
- I'm going with a lot of
- colors here because the white
is not covering your underwear.
I'm trying with the brush.
I'm trying with the airbrush.
None of these are working.
How am I gonna get this done?
- Nothing is working for you.
- Yeah, what is going on?
I am freaking the **** out.
- Oh, oh!
- This is the pageant.
Get your best swimwear,
your tightest tuck.
- Yeah.
- This is a big booty.
- All right, turn this
way for me, this way.
Yeah, just like that.
I feel way out of my comfort
zone with my drag queen.
I'm worried about my piece,
'cause mine does not
look like a swimsuit.
- So I look over at Rick, and I
realize he's struggling.
I don't see any girls going
to the beach and wearing that.
- I am living art, baby.
- 45 minutes, bitches.
- Apparel is my thing,
and I'm finally, like,
- in my comfort zone,
- gonna play to strengths,
- gonna do
- what I know I'm good at,
and just paint my ass off.
- One minute.
- Oh, ****.
- All right, painters,
- time's up.
Put your tools down.
Wow.
- The judges can't wait
- to see your work.
You ready to show them?
Yes.
- Follow me.
Let's start the show.
Yara Sofia.
Miss Understood.
- Yara Sofia is
working that swimsuit.
And it looks real.
- I feel like
- I totally killed it.
I got the folds of the fabric
in there, I got drop shadows.
That's top three
material right there.
- Alyssa Edwards.
Miss Lead.
- This girl can
- pull off anything.
She's got so much personality.
She's hilarious.
- She could be wearing
- a plastic trash bag
and work it.
- Milk.
Miss Fit.
- This challenge
- was really tough.
I've gone with a
really original choice,
- but this stupid,
- stupid underwear.
It's really fuzzy, and I
just wish I could've made
a cleaner piece.
- April Carrion.
Miss Fire.
- Watching my model
strutting her stuff.
We got a good solid one-piece.
I opened up the sides and
put a bunch of designs
and flames and stuff.
I'm feeling confident
about my paint.
- Sassy.
- Mm-hmm.
- Lineysha Sparx.
Miss Informed.
- I'm feeling really good.
I like what I see.
The colors are very vibrant,
they pop to your eye,
and I'm just so proud of that.
- Someone saved on paint.
- Tyra Sanchez.
Miss Diagnosed.
- She looks absolutely
stunning.
The colors are absolutely
beautiful.
I'm totally feeling
extremely confident
about where she's at.
- Joslyn Fox.
Miss Behaved.
- My model looks badass.
She's rocking this bathing suit
better than any other.
My piece is just popping
in your face beautiful,
and I really liked my Speedo.
- It's fun.
- It's sexy.
My piece
is definitely the best.
- Phi Phi O'Hara.
Miss Happening.
- I'm a little nervous
because I chose to do
like a full-piece bathing suit.
- They might not like as it
- as much
because it's not a bikini.
In one way, it really stands
out, but in the other way,
I'm like, "Ah, did I go
in the right direction?
- Kennedy Davenport.
Miss Taken.
- My favorite part is
that I put all these crazy
swirls around her body and
just kind of made it flow
with the body.
But I know it does not
look like a swimsuit.
So we'll see.
- Whoo-hoo!
- Thank you, painters.
We'll be back in a few minutes
to announce the winner.
So judges, what'd you think?
- I feel like maybe Hans,
his piece was very simple.
If it's gonna be
that simple with the star
as the main focus,
- one arm of the star
- didn't even line up.
- I felt like the star could've
- come further down,
and it could have worked
better for her body.
- Like Luis.
- Those colors were
- so complimentary
to Lineysha's skin tone,
and it really worked out well.
- I love Michael's just
because I think he was the one
that took the creativity
the furthest with his little
lifeguard Speedo on the leg.
And I think it was very
flattering to her body.
- And fun.
- What about Alison?
- I loved how that pink
looked on Yara Sofia's skin,
and I love the accessories.
The gladiator boots were
beautifully matched
to her shoes, and I like that.
- How about Tiffany?
- You know, at first I
thought the contouring
- on Phi Phi's cleavage looks
- cartoonish,
but from a distance,
I didn't mind it because
it all was pretty cohesive.
- What about Jess?
- I was a little
confused by that pattern.
It was almost an abstract
version of a cow's hide.
- To me, it did read like
cowhide, but my brain
couldn't make sense of
applying that material
to a swimsuit.
- Okay, so have you
made your decision?
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Okay.
- Let's go tell them.
- Let's do it.
- Painters, you all
did amazing work.
But there was one swimsuit
that was pageant perfect.
- So far, I haven't
won a challenge.
- We're, like, halfway
- through the competition.
I just want to
win one challenge.
Please, just one.
- Painters, you had two hours
to paint stunning swimsuits
on our gorgeous pageant queens.
Michael,
Tiffany,
Alison.
You had the most
beautiful beachwear today.
Please step forward.
- Tiffany, I loved the
detail in your suit.
It was super retro
and really fun.
- Thank you.
- Michael, your suit was so
flattering to our little
Joslyn Fox.
- Thank you.
- Alison, you nailed
that fabric look.
You got those highlights
and those shadows.
Very well done.
- Thank you.
- You all did amazing work.
But there was one swimsuit
that was pageant perfect.
And the winner of
this challenge is...
Michael!
Congratulations,
you're the winner.
- Michael, I got to tell you,
a stroke of genius adding
that stolen lifeguard's
bathing suit.
I thought that was so much fun.
- And Michael remember,
- this win counts towards
the final outcome
of this pageant.
Well done, Michael,
and thank you Joslyn.
- Wonk, wonk.
- This is officially my
first win on "Skin Wars."
Whoo.
- Painters, are you ready
for your next challenge?
Yes.
- Part two of the Miss Skin Wars
Beauty Pageant
is a concept challenge
called Queen's Choice.
Each of these queens came to
this pageant with passions,
dreams, and a style all her own.
You must paint a 360
degree head-to-toe design,
- illustrating a concept
- that speaks
to her individual
personality.
You have five hours to
complete your painting.
- Make sure you communicate
- well with the queen.
Remember; she's your client.
- And I have a feeling they're
gonna have a lot to say.
- I guarantee it.
- Good luck, painters.
See you later.
- I'm feeling super strong
right now because I was
- in the top three with
- the swimsuit challenge.
- And not only has that
- given me an advantage with
the judges, but also my drag
queen has more trust in me,
and that is really important
in a challenge like this.
- How are you?
- Good.
- All right.
- It's great because we did
- the whole Texas story.
Now this is like the
internal story of me.
- I have to be
- strategic with today.
We have decided to do
a theme on how it feels
to be not accepted in
Texas as a drag queen.
- It has a message.
- It has a message.
- And I think that
- people can relate to it.
I think that this is a struggle,
so this is so perfect.
- Hi, love, how are
you this morning?
For this challenge, we came
up with a warrior theme.
Because Tyra's name
means god of war.
And so I wanted to bring a
bit of beauty along
with a strong empowerment.
And I really want her to have
the title because I really
want the title myself.
- This is definitely
- kind of more my style.
So I'm gonna have fun with it.
Milk really wants to create
a story
about where she came from.
She found herself in her
drag persona in kind of
the '90s club scene, and
she's really inspired by crazy
puppets and a lot of
different weird aesthetics.
We're tossing up ideas
for a face, and she's like,
"Well, one of my trademarks
is doing a beard."
I'm okay with this
'cause I like weird.
- I kind of want to see
- what you're thinking of.
- Oh, I already--oh, okay.
I already love this.
- Okay.
So I'm talking to my
drag queen Phi Phi O'Hara,
and I find out that she loves
cosplay, and she immediately
has this idea to be dressed
kind of like a superhero.
She wants a body suit,
and she wants
a really badass body suit.
- I want to be like
a **** sea goddess.
- Yeah, there you go.
- Take advantage of me, daddy.
- This is supposed to
- be like a beach scene.
- Palm trees.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, I get that.
- Like, we don't need
- to be beauty makeup.
It's your vision.
- I want to work
- with you too, so...
For this week's challenge,
both points are cumulative.
I not only have to work
with a drag queen once,
I got to work with them twice.
In the first challenge,
I felt way outside
of my comfort zone.
- But I kind of shake off
- the nerves a little bit,
and I'm starting to have fun.
I want to get you fully colored
in before the four-hour mark.
- Is that how, like,
- making outfits works?
You make it bigger
and then trim away?
- Mm-hmm.
- Oh, okay.
- Come on Lineysha, crafting.
- This is her forte, so she's
teaching me how to make
my design pretty much to life.
I'm definitely a little worried.
Yesterday, Lineysha designed
the entire swimsuit.
I'm not used to having clients
that are very demanding,
and now Lineysha, she pretty
much just throws so much
ideas at me, I just want to
incorporate all of them.
Make them straight?
- No.
- I know I have to incorporate
- my ideas as well,
but she's being very specific
of what she wants.
I don't understand.
I don't want to get it wrong.
- I was looking around,
and I see this beard,
and I was like what's
going on there?
I think it's interesting
considering we're in
a beauty pageant, and it's
supposed to be all about
clean and beautiful.
- Sorry if I fart.
- Just don't do it
while my face is right here.
- Hey, judges.
- Hey, painters.
Hey, models.
- Are you all taking
care of my queens?
- Oh, yeah.
- Yes, indeed.
- Good, because of if you don't,
they're gonna tell Mama Ru.
- Luis and Lineysha.
- Well, tell us
- about your concept.
- The main inspiration
from this was her name,
Miss Sparx.
- I asked her,
- I was like,
- "What do you like?
- What do you don't like?"
- She was like, "Let's
- incorporate some feathers,
some bright colors,
light bulbs and all that."
And on the back, kind of
like a 3-D kind of thing
with the feathers.
- So I get the different
elements, but they do seem
a little all over the place.
- As soon as I hear those
words, I know this is bad.
- We've got bird feathers,
we've got light bulbs,
we've got a sunset.
Is there an overall
concept you're going for?
- It's about making the
drag queen happy, so...
The judges' faces are just...
There's no expression.
My confidence is destroyed.
- Jess.
- Hello.
- Oh, my goodness.
Nice reveal.
- Does the garden
match the front yard?
- Are you known for
incorporating facial hair
into your drag?
- Yeah. I've done a lot
- of facial hair.
I've done flower beards.
- Keep in mind, this
- is a beauty pageant.
Jess, are you worried that
this might not be seen
as pageant material?
- If you don't think
- this is beautiful,
then really, I think
we're in the wrong place.
- Today, we're doing a midnight
phoenix in Puerto Rico.
I'm gonna really
hot fire her dress.
That's gonna just wrap right
around her, really form-fitting.
- After the base coat,
- we're gonna do all the makeup
'cause I'm still a rookie
at some of the makeup,
but he's just got a lot
more faith in me so,
we're bouncing around some
ideas and seeing which
ways that she really
wants to go with it.
- You keep saying, he, she, he.
- I'm getting used
to the whole thing,
and she's a rock star,
so she's really
helping me out on this.
- No, I always say,
- you can call me he,
you can call me she, you can
call me Regis and Kathie Lee.
- We're going with sort
of an atomic jungle bomb.
Because she told me she's
explosive and wanted
to have some tropical, jungle,
elements with a waterfall.
- Now, have you applied this
bald cap with duct tape?
- Yeah.
- It's an eye lift.
- Yeah, it's called eyebrow--
she knows.
- That's the drag
queen face lift.
- Don't be telling
Mama's secrets.
- Okay, painters, your
work's really coming along.
We can't wait to see
your final designs.
- This is a pageant,
so we want to be dazzled.
- See you soon, good luck.
- Bye.
- Whoo!
- Yes, bitch, please, yes.
- We love your ass.
- All right, boys,
girls, and lady boys,
- let the countdown
- to the crown begin.
'Cause we got 59 minutes!
- Oh, my gosh!
- She's not gonna win,
- but she is
gonna win Miss Cellulite
right here.
- We only have a little
- bit of time left.
How you feeling, girl?
- This is a lot of...
It's a lot of skin to cover.
I'm used to competition.
Last year I ranked fourth
- at the World Body
- Painting Festival.
But I worried a little
bit about this challenge
because I think I bit
off more than I can chew,
and I didn't think about
how much time
each element would take.
- I'm gonna win
- Miss Skin Wars with the help
of my two friends.
- Oh, please and
thank you, I'm ready.
- I'm going to get some rings.
- Do you want colors
- or just clear?
- Clear.
- I want to be the
first Miss Skin Wars,
the emeritus, okay.
- Dream on.
- Dream on, mama.
- Ya'll are so hateful.
- I'm happy you
- have dreams, mami.
- All of ya'll follow
the arrows to stage left.
- You, mama.
- This one go here.
- This one goes here?
- Uh-huh.
- Like that, yeah?
- No.
- Luis.
Yeah, he going home.
He going home today.
- At least mine looked like
a swimsuit the first time.
- All right.
- That's why your
painting wasn't on top.
- All right.
You have to know how to
take it to give it honey.
- The other queens are making
fun of what we're doing.
I'm kind of freaking out
because if the judges don't
like it, I'm the one
that's gonna go home.
- All right guys,
you better pick it up.
You got 15 minutes left.
15 minutes!
- This piece, it's
not really glamorous,
but all I've got to do is not
be in the bottom and then
I'm safe.
- It's all we can do.
- Time's up, tools down.
Wow.
The judges can't wait
to see your work.
Follow me to the stages.
- Welcome back, painters.
Hello.
- You each had five
hours to paint your queen's
passions and dreams.
And results of both
the swimsuit challenge
and the queen's choice
challenge will be taken
into consideration when
the judges decide who
is tonight's winner,
and who is going home.
Okay, lets take a look
at your paintings.
Joslyn Fox.
Miss Behaved.
- Joslyn looks badass,
the colors are stunning,
and her face is gorgeous.
The chains chain
everything together.
- Milk, Miss Fit.
- I'm definitely not happy
with how finished it is.
I think there are bits that
are definitely rough.
- I love the face,
- and I love the beard.
I think we took a risk on that.
It was fairly rushed, but I
feel like it was pretty good
for that time that I had.
- Yara Sofia.
Miss Understood.
- I'm looking at the
piece and loving it.
Her face and hair
just look amazing.
She has green and gold
and gemstones for eyebrows
and leaves in the hair.
It's all fabulousness.
- Kennedy Davenport.
Miss Taken.
- So as I see Miss Taken,
she actually looks
like an underwater
vision of a mermaid.
But I notice it doesn't
look as bright
like it did in the studio.
I like the illusion of the
light coming from the top.
I think I did the right
illusion of underwater.
- Tyra Sanchez.
Miss Diagnosed.
- Man, she is fierce.
Her face looks so gorgeous.
And the purple and
gold look beautiful.
She's rocking the runway,
and couldn't have worked out
any better.
- Lineysha Sparx.
Miss Informed.
- I smile, but I'm
ashamed about the work
'cause it just--
it wasn't me at all.
- I listened to
- my model too much,
and I lost my artistic self.
- April Carrion.
Miss Fire.
- My model was born and
- raised in Puerto Rico.
So we had the Puerto
Rican flag down her arm,
and the phoenix
is like a rebirth.
It is a good metaphor
for her going through
what she went through in life
to get to where she's at.
And this entire paint, it
was a way for me to open up
my eyes, and that makes me
feel good about what I did.
- Phi Phi O'Hara.
Miss Happening.
- I love all the glitter,
and I love all
the stones I incorporated.
But one thing that I know
that I wish I could've done
was add just a little bit more
highlights on the bodysuit.
I'm looking at her, and I'm
just like, you know what,
- she's having
- the time of her life.
I got to give her
that experience.
- Alyssa Edwards.
Miss Lead.
- I love how the
arrows show directions
of the actual Texas desert.
- Front, I have the drag
- queen with her
eyes closed in shame.
And then I have
the transformation
to the larger face
with the eyes open.
Identity found.
I've shown identity,
understanding with the mirror
in the back that also
shows the roundness of
the entire back and pulls
that hourglass figure
into my character.
I'm really proud of
my work right now.
- Judges, what'd you think?
- Extravaganza eleganza!
- Okay, Hans.
- This piece is called
Inner Reflection Direction.
It's the story of all people
that are going through
that struggle trying
to be accepted.
Yesterday, I heard the
story from her about
- where this lovely lady
- came from and how she made
her way, and now she is--
you know, she's Miss Lead.
- I'm in love with this piece,
and that piece on the
back, which could have
really turned out bad.
- Because you know you do
- have that bra strap there,
but you know what, it
turned out really good.
- And I really appreciate
the heart that you put
into the work.
The combination of her
story, the story of queens
in general,
the references to Texas.
- Thank you.
- Michael, please step to
- the center of the stage.
- This whole experience
- has been mind blowing
for me, and I'm so happy to
have worked with Joslyn,
Miss Behaved.
- It's a big risk to do
such a drastic change
of palette from front to back.
And I think because you kept
the illustration very similar,
then it managed to
pull it together.
- Okay, Jess, your turn.
- Our concept is showing
how Miss Fit, otherwise
known as Milk, discovered
herself through drag.
We're telling a little bit
of a story here that starts
where a young boy called
Milk has come across a pot hole,
and there's a completely
different world there,
and there's some pretty
crazy and trippy puppets
who are trying to entice
him down to that world.
And if you turn around,
Milk's name is up in lights,
and she's a feature in the
club scene where she really
is finding her community.
- Jess, those puppets down
- on her legs are not cohesive
with the rest of your painting.
- I'm not super crazy about
the placement of those
puppets' arms.
I'm feeling like she's got a
big piece of sushi down there.
I'm just not sure what...
- Sushi roll, sushi roll.
- Is going on.
But you know on her back,
her name's in lights.
If you hadn't told me, I don't
know if I would have gotten
that because I wasn't clear
what those spotlights were.
- It's not necessarily like
- a neon.
It's more like Milk
is up on the stage performing
rather than having
just a diva on a stage.
It's kind of more of an
abstract representation of that.
- Okay, Tiffany, you're next.
- This is my queen,
Miss Phi Phi O'Hara.
And she loves cosplay.
- Love what you've done,
but those segments were
supposed to be like little,
you know,
flared ribs or something.
So little individual
highlights would have created
a different vibe.
- Well, Tiffany,
- you've done real good.
- Thank you.
- That makeup is gorgeous.
And again with the proportion,
which I'm a stickler for,
this really does fit
Phi Phi's body to a T.
And it's perfect, and I
can tell the way Phi Phi
is wearing it
that she loves it,
loves it, loves it.
- I do.
You made this gay nerd happy.
- Yay.
- Okay Luis, your turn.
- Her name is Sparx,
and I pretty much, you know,
- did the whole thing off
- something that she would
be sparkling.
The fireworks.
- I put this light bulb right
- here as a necklace, you know.
When you get a good idea, you
just get that light bulb lit.
- Lineysha, how do you
feel about your painting?
- No matter how much fun
the other girls was doing,
I respect his piece, and what
I tried to do is just sell it.
- Lineysha, I commend you.
You are really selling
this painting.
- Yes.
- Unfortunately for Luis,
I am not buying it.
- I can tell on Craig's
face that he hates it.
I could be going home.
- Lineysha, you are really
selling this painting.
- Yes.
- Unfortunately for Luis,
I am not buying it.
Luis, the peacock feather
comes out of nowhere
for me and feels like
it's just placed there.
- I think what this piece
could have used
is just some editing.
The light bulbs, the fireworks,
the fashion, the feathers,
it's just--it's too much.
- I should have trusted my
intuition because I listened
to my drag queen too much.
Sadly, this could cost
me the competition.
- Okay, Brittney,
you're up next.
- This was my lovely
queen for the day,
Tyra Sanchez.
- I was very interested to
- find out that her name
meant god of war, and I
wanted to portray her as this
very strong and dominant
and elegant warrior.
- I appreciate all
the design work.
I was a little confused about
which culture all of this
design work is coming from.
Was it Greek, Aztec, or Mayan?
- I was thinking more Aztec.
- Can we turn around?
I don't know what planet
this thing comes from,
but I bow down to it.
'Cause it's giving me life!
- Okay, Rick, you're up.
- She has dreams of being
a mermaid
and living underwater.
- I love the front of the legs.
I'm really buying that
that's underwater.
You gave us some sort of
highlight to kind of, like,
hook our eye on.
I wish you would have done
that more in the back.
You go real dark.
- Okay, Otto, you're up.
- This was the very first
- drag queen I've ever
got a chance to work with.
She broke my cherry.
I keep on looking at it like
the bird's eye view of beauty.
Puerto Rico at midnight,
and that's where the phoenix,
the colors come from.
I really wanted the hot colors.
- I think you could have
rendered the fire better.
But you've got great
contrast in your design.
It makes you want to
see what's going on.
- April, you look so
other-worldly, and the phoenix,
of course, is just, like,
this perfect symbolism
for both of you, just by
getting to know each other.
- Okay, Alison, you're next.
- Yara Sofia is the
atomic jungle bomb.
She's wearing a hint of an
apparel-type costume design
that's cracking open her
inner self with this
atomic explosion here.
And here's her beautiful
waterfall in the jungle.
- I love it.
I am absolutely gaga over
the green
in those leaves on her thighs.
I just love how it works up
against the other colors.
- The judges obviously have
their work cut out for them.
We're gonna do some talking,
and we'll call you back out.
- Ru, you go first.
- All right, you know what,
- I got to tell you,
I was in love with Hans' work.
He painted on his model
the beauty of Texas.
- I did love all those details.
But now we're supposed to
take into consideration
the swimsuit portion
of the competition.
And Hans, you know,
we weren't really thrilled
with his swimsuit.
- That's true.
- Michael was again
- one of my favorites.
He just created such
a beautiful storybook.
- It's just a beautiful design.
And then being able to
switch colors from one side
to the other without causing
any trouble whatsoever.
- Which could've been risky.
- 'Cause it's very
- risky, but it wasn't.
And he won the bathing suit
challenge, which was phenomenal.
It was a beautiful bathing
suit, but you know Alison
did so well in the bathing
suit challenge as well.
And Yara Sofia sold it.
- I'm a big fan of
Alison's work tonight.
- I love the coolness of
that waterfall in the back
and the heat of that
explosion on her chest.
I thought that was
beautifully juxtaposed.
- I really loved what
Brittney did with Tyra.
You know, it just was
all so well-balanced.
- Really well-balanced, and it
- was actually very modern.
Especially the way that cut
in the stocking went down
the center like that.
- One thing that really
moved me tonight was
the relationship
between Otto and April.
- I love the relationship
they had more
- than I loved the
- artwork on that.
It could've been way sexier,
and then I've seen fire
rendered a million times,
and this was
at the bottom of the scale.
- Rick is not listening.
His ship was beautiful,
but you can't see it.
It's so dark.
- How about Jess?
- It was messy, Jessie.
Actually the color scheme,
I didn't want to look at it.
I wanted to shield
my eyes from it.
It did fit Milk's personality,
which is all over the place.
- There were things in it
that I could at least
recognize and connect to.
Whereas with Luis's work,
I just felt disconnected.
- She gave him a list
of things that she liked,
and somehow he felt obligated
to include every single
one of them in his painting.
- Are you ready to crown the
first ever Miss Skin Wars?
- I thought you'd never ask.
- Welcome back to the first
ever Miss Skin Wars Pageant.
The judges have
made their decision.
Remember how you
performed in the swimsuit
challenge weighs in
the total evaluation.
And the top three
painting are...
Yara Sofia, Miss Understood...
Joslyn Fox, Miss Behaved...
Tyra Sanchez, Miss Diagnosed.
- I am pissed that I'm
not in the top three.
I put a lot of heart into that
piece and a lot of empathy
- of thinking about that
- community and all the struggles
- and challenges
- they've gone through.
It's a little bit
upsetting to me.
- Brittney, Alison and Michael.
Congratulations, you are
the top three painters.
- Alison, your painting had
energy, contrast, and it took
risks, and those risks were
as explosive as the queen
you painted.
- Michael, those chains,
those colors, and the face
on your queen.
All with a really great
concept.
Good work.
- Thank you.
- Brittney, you pulled a
lot of influences
together beautifully.
From that gold
necklace to the lotus.
You brought out Tyra's
inner warrior beautifully.
- We're about to crown a
queen as the first ever
Miss Skin Wars.
Here we go.
- We're about to crown a queen.
- The painting that is the second
- runner up for
the Miss Skin Wars Pageant is...
Tyra Sanchez, Miss Diagnosed.
- I love it.
- The painting that is
first runner up is...
Joslyn Fox, Miss Behaved.
That means Yara Sofia,
you are the first ever
Miss Skin Wars Pageant winner.
- This is insane.
- Especially after being all the
- way at the bottom to be all
the way at the top is just
exactly what I needed to propel
me to the $100,000.
- Alison, you transformed your
queen into an earth goddess.
Condragulations.
- As the winner, you also
win unlimited glitter
for a year
from Glitter Body Art.
- Yes!
Yeah!
- Write down my address, girl,
and I'll send you some.
- Congratulations,
you may all leave the stage.
- Bye.
- Luis, Jess, Rick.
You were the bottom
three painters.
- That means the rest
- of you are safe.
You may head back to the lounge.
Luis and Jess, you are the
bottom two painters tonight.
That means Rick, you are safe.
You may head back to the lounge.
- I'm really shocked.
This isn't my challenge to win.
I just don't want to go home.
All I've got to do is
beat one other person.
- Luis, I admire your
ambition, but you need to learn
to edit your ideas.
- Jess, you have your queen's
story, but there was a lot
of detail missing in the back.
And the puppets on the
front were not cohesive
with the rest of your painting.
- Luis...
you're safe.
That means Jess, you'll
be going home tonight.
Luis, please head
back to the lounge.
- I haven't prepared for this.
I'm completely
and utterly blindsided.
- Jess, you have so much
style in your work already.
I wish you continued success
in the future as an artist.
- This is the most challenging
- body painting
I have ever done.
- Jess, it's time to
wash off your canvas.
- Good luck.
- Bye.
- I came here to become a
better artist, and I feel like
I've shown what I
can do creatively.
But I haven't shown the
full range of what I can do.
I was not expecting that.
- None of us were.
- A little bit like getting hit
by a semi trailer.
- See you, guys.
- Safe travels.
- The actual experience
has been amazing.
And it is something that
you will never get a chance
to do again.
I still can't really
believe that I'm going home.
Like, on a plane,
like, 14 hours.
Across--back to Sydney.
- Next time on "Skin Wars"...
- Oh, my God.
- Oh, my God.
- We need more time.
We need more time.
- I look over, and Alison's
doing the same thing.
- A lot of people are
- going crazy today.
- As if by magic, we have
the perfect guest judge,
Kristin Gearhart.
- Hey, painters.
- You're afraid that you
might hurt some feelings.
- Basically, yeah.
- I'm over Hans.
- This is a game, and
- I have to play it.
- If you don't want to
be here, then get out.
- No.
- How the hell did they
- choose your piece
over his piece today?
- Do you want to leave
- the competition?
- of competitive body painting,
you can either keep your cool
or turn up the heat.
- ♪ This ain't no illusion,
babe ♪
♪ Yeah, you're heaven made ♪
- It's a sizzling season three
of "Skin Wars."
The art of body painting
is more powerful than ever.
12 of the most talented artists
from around the world
will push themselves
week after week...
You painted your heart out.
- Proving who is brilliant
- with a brush...
- Yeah!
- Just amazing.
- Loved it.
- I came here to win.
- And who can't handle
- the pressure.
- I'm freaking out.
- Wow.
- What?
Almost there.
- How dare you disgrace
this competition
with your bull****?
- Do you want to leave
the competition?
This week, nine remain
to fight for the grand prize:
$100,000 and the ultimate title
of "Skin Wars" champion.
- Just coming out of
almost being eliminated
at the last challenge,
I feel that I really
need to step up my game.
I'm not ready to go home.
- Hello, painters.
- Hi, there.
- Today's challenge is all about
beauty, brains, and talent.
That's right, there's
gonna be a pageant.
- Oh, honey.
- Wait a minute, that's
not a woman.
This is a drag queen,
and I am so excited!
- Yes!
- Good evening, ladies,
- gentlemen, and my distinguished
panel of judges.
- Oh ****, we're
painting drag queens.
- Hailing from Mesquite,
Texas, I am Alyssa Edwards.
Miss Lead.
- I am representing the
great state of Illinois.
I'm Phi Phi O'Hara,
and I'm Miss Happening.
- Representing the great
- state of Massachusetts,
I am Joslyn Fox, Miss Behaved.
Wonk, wonk.
- Representing
- Dominican Republic,
I'm Lineysha Sparx,
and I'm Miss Informed.
- Representing the Lone Star
state, I am Kennedy Davenport,
Miss Taken.
- Representing the
great state of Florida,
I'm Tyra Sanchez,
Miss Diagnosed.
- Representing
Puerto Rico,
my name is April Carrion,
Miss Fire.
- I'll whip the competition
and milk it for all it's worth.
Representing the great
state of New York,
I'm Milk, Miss Fit.
- Representing the great
state of prostitution.
Nevada,
I am Yara Sofia,
Miss Understood.
Yes, they love drag queens.
- Painters, let's give it up
for these gorgeous queens
from RuPaul's Drag Race.
This pageant will consist
of two categories,
a swimsuit competition and
a queen's choice competition.
- Today, for your first challenge,
- you will be competing
in a swimsuit portion
of the pageant.
This will be a 360 degree
design, and you may cover
as much skin as you choose.
Keep in mind that the
swimsuit competition will have
- an effect on your
- overall placement in this
pageant challenge.
Each painter has been
randomly paired
with one of the queens.
You will be working with
them on both challenges.
- Awesome.
- You have two hours
for this challenge.
Your time starts now.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- The men are here.
- Hey, ladies.
- Milk can beautiful.
Milk can be weird.
Milk can be, like, gross.
- I don't actually drink milk,
- so I was thinking
doing, like, cow print.
- All right, I love that idea.
- I am so nervous.
This piece that we do now
will count for our final score
for who's going home.
- So what are you thinking?
- I just want to first,
like, design something.
- Okay, you want to
- design something.
- Well, I'll set up while
- you sketch if you want.
- Oh, that's perfect.
- My drag queen, she tells me,
- "Oh, let me sketch something
"out 'cause I'm a fashion
designer," and I know
I have to incorporate my
ideas as well because it just
can't be her creativity,
otherwise I know it's gonna
have effect on me.
- I trust you.
- You're in good hands.
- I promise.
- Let me see everything here.
Okay, cool.
- You do a lot of competitions
- all over, or what?
- Yeah, that's our job, and we
just get to dress up as girls
and be fabulous.
- This has definitely
taken my comfort zone
and shot it right to hell.
I've never painted a drag queen.
I don't know any drag queens.
This is, like, all new to me.
- All right, can I have
you turn around for me?
- I'm used to being catered to.
- Put him to work girl.
Put him to work.
- All the boys, they weren't
- expecting this one today
whatsoever.
- Everyone's here straight?
- Except for Michael.
- Yeah, yeah.
- I decide to do a very
pop, contrasted bathing suit,
and I use her favorite colors,
which are black and pink.
I'm also putting a little
bit of humor into my work.
She stole the Speedo
from the lifeguard.
- Oh, yeah, do my booty.
- Absolutely.
- I've said that before.
- I'm kind of thinking this,
- like, retro bathing suit.
It's got, like,
cow print on it.
And Milk has giant panties on,
and that is not taking
any paint at all.
- I'm going with a lot of
- colors here because the white
is not covering your underwear.
I'm trying with the brush.
I'm trying with the airbrush.
None of these are working.
How am I gonna get this done?
- Nothing is working for you.
- Yeah, what is going on?
I am freaking the **** out.
- Oh, oh!
- This is the pageant.
Get your best swimwear,
your tightest tuck.
- Yeah.
- This is a big booty.
- All right, turn this
way for me, this way.
Yeah, just like that.
I feel way out of my comfort
zone with my drag queen.
I'm worried about my piece,
'cause mine does not
look like a swimsuit.
- So I look over at Rick, and I
realize he's struggling.
I don't see any girls going
to the beach and wearing that.
- I am living art, baby.
- 45 minutes, bitches.
- Apparel is my thing,
and I'm finally, like,
- in my comfort zone,
- gonna play to strengths,
- gonna do
- what I know I'm good at,
and just paint my ass off.
- One minute.
- Oh, ****.
- All right, painters,
- time's up.
Put your tools down.
Wow.
- The judges can't wait
- to see your work.
You ready to show them?
Yes.
- Follow me.
Let's start the show.
Yara Sofia.
Miss Understood.
- Yara Sofia is
working that swimsuit.
And it looks real.
- I feel like
- I totally killed it.
I got the folds of the fabric
in there, I got drop shadows.
That's top three
material right there.
- Alyssa Edwards.
Miss Lead.
- This girl can
- pull off anything.
She's got so much personality.
She's hilarious.
- She could be wearing
- a plastic trash bag
and work it.
- Milk.
Miss Fit.
- This challenge
- was really tough.
I've gone with a
really original choice,
- but this stupid,
- stupid underwear.
It's really fuzzy, and I
just wish I could've made
a cleaner piece.
- April Carrion.
Miss Fire.
- Watching my model
strutting her stuff.
We got a good solid one-piece.
I opened up the sides and
put a bunch of designs
and flames and stuff.
I'm feeling confident
about my paint.
- Sassy.
- Mm-hmm.
- Lineysha Sparx.
Miss Informed.
- I'm feeling really good.
I like what I see.
The colors are very vibrant,
they pop to your eye,
and I'm just so proud of that.
- Someone saved on paint.
- Tyra Sanchez.
Miss Diagnosed.
- She looks absolutely
stunning.
The colors are absolutely
beautiful.
I'm totally feeling
extremely confident
about where she's at.
- Joslyn Fox.
Miss Behaved.
- My model looks badass.
She's rocking this bathing suit
better than any other.
My piece is just popping
in your face beautiful,
and I really liked my Speedo.
- It's fun.
- It's sexy.
My piece
is definitely the best.
- Phi Phi O'Hara.
Miss Happening.
- I'm a little nervous
because I chose to do
like a full-piece bathing suit.
- They might not like as it
- as much
because it's not a bikini.
In one way, it really stands
out, but in the other way,
I'm like, "Ah, did I go
in the right direction?
- Kennedy Davenport.
Miss Taken.
- My favorite part is
that I put all these crazy
swirls around her body and
just kind of made it flow
with the body.
But I know it does not
look like a swimsuit.
So we'll see.
- Whoo-hoo!
- Thank you, painters.
We'll be back in a few minutes
to announce the winner.
So judges, what'd you think?
- I feel like maybe Hans,
his piece was very simple.
If it's gonna be
that simple with the star
as the main focus,
- one arm of the star
- didn't even line up.
- I felt like the star could've
- come further down,
and it could have worked
better for her body.
- Like Luis.
- Those colors were
- so complimentary
to Lineysha's skin tone,
and it really worked out well.
- I love Michael's just
because I think he was the one
that took the creativity
the furthest with his little
lifeguard Speedo on the leg.
And I think it was very
flattering to her body.
- And fun.
- What about Alison?
- I loved how that pink
looked on Yara Sofia's skin,
and I love the accessories.
The gladiator boots were
beautifully matched
to her shoes, and I like that.
- How about Tiffany?
- You know, at first I
thought the contouring
- on Phi Phi's cleavage looks
- cartoonish,
but from a distance,
I didn't mind it because
it all was pretty cohesive.
- What about Jess?
- I was a little
confused by that pattern.
It was almost an abstract
version of a cow's hide.
- To me, it did read like
cowhide, but my brain
couldn't make sense of
applying that material
to a swimsuit.
- Okay, so have you
made your decision?
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Okay.
- Let's go tell them.
- Let's do it.
- Painters, you all
did amazing work.
But there was one swimsuit
that was pageant perfect.
- So far, I haven't
won a challenge.
- We're, like, halfway
- through the competition.
I just want to
win one challenge.
Please, just one.
- Painters, you had two hours
to paint stunning swimsuits
on our gorgeous pageant queens.
Michael,
Tiffany,
Alison.
You had the most
beautiful beachwear today.
Please step forward.
- Tiffany, I loved the
detail in your suit.
It was super retro
and really fun.
- Thank you.
- Michael, your suit was so
flattering to our little
Joslyn Fox.
- Thank you.
- Alison, you nailed
that fabric look.
You got those highlights
and those shadows.
Very well done.
- Thank you.
- You all did amazing work.
But there was one swimsuit
that was pageant perfect.
And the winner of
this challenge is...
Michael!
Congratulations,
you're the winner.
- Michael, I got to tell you,
a stroke of genius adding
that stolen lifeguard's
bathing suit.
I thought that was so much fun.
- And Michael remember,
- this win counts towards
the final outcome
of this pageant.
Well done, Michael,
and thank you Joslyn.
- Wonk, wonk.
- This is officially my
first win on "Skin Wars."
Whoo.
- Painters, are you ready
for your next challenge?
Yes.
- Part two of the Miss Skin Wars
Beauty Pageant
is a concept challenge
called Queen's Choice.
Each of these queens came to
this pageant with passions,
dreams, and a style all her own.
You must paint a 360
degree head-to-toe design,
- illustrating a concept
- that speaks
to her individual
personality.
You have five hours to
complete your painting.
- Make sure you communicate
- well with the queen.
Remember; she's your client.
- And I have a feeling they're
gonna have a lot to say.
- I guarantee it.
- Good luck, painters.
See you later.
- I'm feeling super strong
right now because I was
- in the top three with
- the swimsuit challenge.
- And not only has that
- given me an advantage with
the judges, but also my drag
queen has more trust in me,
and that is really important
in a challenge like this.
- How are you?
- Good.
- All right.
- It's great because we did
- the whole Texas story.
Now this is like the
internal story of me.
- I have to be
- strategic with today.
We have decided to do
a theme on how it feels
to be not accepted in
Texas as a drag queen.
- It has a message.
- It has a message.
- And I think that
- people can relate to it.
I think that this is a struggle,
so this is so perfect.
- Hi, love, how are
you this morning?
For this challenge, we came
up with a warrior theme.
Because Tyra's name
means god of war.
And so I wanted to bring a
bit of beauty along
with a strong empowerment.
And I really want her to have
the title because I really
want the title myself.
- This is definitely
- kind of more my style.
So I'm gonna have fun with it.
Milk really wants to create
a story
about where she came from.
She found herself in her
drag persona in kind of
the '90s club scene, and
she's really inspired by crazy
puppets and a lot of
different weird aesthetics.
We're tossing up ideas
for a face, and she's like,
"Well, one of my trademarks
is doing a beard."
I'm okay with this
'cause I like weird.
- I kind of want to see
- what you're thinking of.
- Oh, I already--oh, okay.
I already love this.
- Okay.
So I'm talking to my
drag queen Phi Phi O'Hara,
and I find out that she loves
cosplay, and she immediately
has this idea to be dressed
kind of like a superhero.
She wants a body suit,
and she wants
a really badass body suit.
- I want to be like
a **** sea goddess.
- Yeah, there you go.
- Take advantage of me, daddy.
- This is supposed to
- be like a beach scene.
- Palm trees.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, I get that.
- Like, we don't need
- to be beauty makeup.
It's your vision.
- I want to work
- with you too, so...
For this week's challenge,
both points are cumulative.
I not only have to work
with a drag queen once,
I got to work with them twice.
In the first challenge,
I felt way outside
of my comfort zone.
- But I kind of shake off
- the nerves a little bit,
and I'm starting to have fun.
I want to get you fully colored
in before the four-hour mark.
- Is that how, like,
- making outfits works?
You make it bigger
and then trim away?
- Mm-hmm.
- Oh, okay.
- Come on Lineysha, crafting.
- This is her forte, so she's
teaching me how to make
my design pretty much to life.
I'm definitely a little worried.
Yesterday, Lineysha designed
the entire swimsuit.
I'm not used to having clients
that are very demanding,
and now Lineysha, she pretty
much just throws so much
ideas at me, I just want to
incorporate all of them.
Make them straight?
- No.
- I know I have to incorporate
- my ideas as well,
but she's being very specific
of what she wants.
I don't understand.
I don't want to get it wrong.
- I was looking around,
and I see this beard,
and I was like what's
going on there?
I think it's interesting
considering we're in
a beauty pageant, and it's
supposed to be all about
clean and beautiful.
- Sorry if I fart.
- Just don't do it
while my face is right here.
- Hey, judges.
- Hey, painters.
Hey, models.
- Are you all taking
care of my queens?
- Oh, yeah.
- Yes, indeed.
- Good, because of if you don't,
they're gonna tell Mama Ru.
- Luis and Lineysha.
- Well, tell us
- about your concept.
- The main inspiration
from this was her name,
Miss Sparx.
- I asked her,
- I was like,
- "What do you like?
- What do you don't like?"
- She was like, "Let's
- incorporate some feathers,
some bright colors,
light bulbs and all that."
And on the back, kind of
like a 3-D kind of thing
with the feathers.
- So I get the different
elements, but they do seem
a little all over the place.
- As soon as I hear those
words, I know this is bad.
- We've got bird feathers,
we've got light bulbs,
we've got a sunset.
Is there an overall
concept you're going for?
- It's about making the
drag queen happy, so...
The judges' faces are just...
There's no expression.
My confidence is destroyed.
- Jess.
- Hello.
- Oh, my goodness.
Nice reveal.
- Does the garden
match the front yard?
- Are you known for
incorporating facial hair
into your drag?
- Yeah. I've done a lot
- of facial hair.
I've done flower beards.
- Keep in mind, this
- is a beauty pageant.
Jess, are you worried that
this might not be seen
as pageant material?
- If you don't think
- this is beautiful,
then really, I think
we're in the wrong place.
- Today, we're doing a midnight
phoenix in Puerto Rico.
I'm gonna really
hot fire her dress.
That's gonna just wrap right
around her, really form-fitting.
- After the base coat,
- we're gonna do all the makeup
'cause I'm still a rookie
at some of the makeup,
but he's just got a lot
more faith in me so,
we're bouncing around some
ideas and seeing which
ways that she really
wants to go with it.
- You keep saying, he, she, he.
- I'm getting used
to the whole thing,
and she's a rock star,
so she's really
helping me out on this.
- No, I always say,
- you can call me he,
you can call me she, you can
call me Regis and Kathie Lee.
- We're going with sort
of an atomic jungle bomb.
Because she told me she's
explosive and wanted
to have some tropical, jungle,
elements with a waterfall.
- Now, have you applied this
bald cap with duct tape?
- Yeah.
- It's an eye lift.
- Yeah, it's called eyebrow--
she knows.
- That's the drag
queen face lift.
- Don't be telling
Mama's secrets.
- Okay, painters, your
work's really coming along.
We can't wait to see
your final designs.
- This is a pageant,
so we want to be dazzled.
- See you soon, good luck.
- Bye.
- Whoo!
- Yes, bitch, please, yes.
- We love your ass.
- All right, boys,
girls, and lady boys,
- let the countdown
- to the crown begin.
'Cause we got 59 minutes!
- Oh, my gosh!
- She's not gonna win,
- but she is
gonna win Miss Cellulite
right here.
- We only have a little
- bit of time left.
How you feeling, girl?
- This is a lot of...
It's a lot of skin to cover.
I'm used to competition.
Last year I ranked fourth
- at the World Body
- Painting Festival.
But I worried a little
bit about this challenge
because I think I bit
off more than I can chew,
and I didn't think about
how much time
each element would take.
- I'm gonna win
- Miss Skin Wars with the help
of my two friends.
- Oh, please and
thank you, I'm ready.
- I'm going to get some rings.
- Do you want colors
- or just clear?
- Clear.
- I want to be the
first Miss Skin Wars,
the emeritus, okay.
- Dream on.
- Dream on, mama.
- Ya'll are so hateful.
- I'm happy you
- have dreams, mami.
- All of ya'll follow
the arrows to stage left.
- You, mama.
- This one go here.
- This one goes here?
- Uh-huh.
- Like that, yeah?
- No.
- Luis.
Yeah, he going home.
He going home today.
- At least mine looked like
a swimsuit the first time.
- All right.
- That's why your
painting wasn't on top.
- All right.
You have to know how to
take it to give it honey.
- The other queens are making
fun of what we're doing.
I'm kind of freaking out
because if the judges don't
like it, I'm the one
that's gonna go home.
- All right guys,
you better pick it up.
You got 15 minutes left.
15 minutes!
- This piece, it's
not really glamorous,
but all I've got to do is not
be in the bottom and then
I'm safe.
- It's all we can do.
- Time's up, tools down.
Wow.
The judges can't wait
to see your work.
Follow me to the stages.
- Welcome back, painters.
Hello.
- You each had five
hours to paint your queen's
passions and dreams.
And results of both
the swimsuit challenge
and the queen's choice
challenge will be taken
into consideration when
the judges decide who
is tonight's winner,
and who is going home.
Okay, lets take a look
at your paintings.
Joslyn Fox.
Miss Behaved.
- Joslyn looks badass,
the colors are stunning,
and her face is gorgeous.
The chains chain
everything together.
- Milk, Miss Fit.
- I'm definitely not happy
with how finished it is.
I think there are bits that
are definitely rough.
- I love the face,
- and I love the beard.
I think we took a risk on that.
It was fairly rushed, but I
feel like it was pretty good
for that time that I had.
- Yara Sofia.
Miss Understood.
- I'm looking at the
piece and loving it.
Her face and hair
just look amazing.
She has green and gold
and gemstones for eyebrows
and leaves in the hair.
It's all fabulousness.
- Kennedy Davenport.
Miss Taken.
- So as I see Miss Taken,
she actually looks
like an underwater
vision of a mermaid.
But I notice it doesn't
look as bright
like it did in the studio.
I like the illusion of the
light coming from the top.
I think I did the right
illusion of underwater.
- Tyra Sanchez.
Miss Diagnosed.
- Man, she is fierce.
Her face looks so gorgeous.
And the purple and
gold look beautiful.
She's rocking the runway,
and couldn't have worked out
any better.
- Lineysha Sparx.
Miss Informed.
- I smile, but I'm
ashamed about the work
'cause it just--
it wasn't me at all.
- I listened to
- my model too much,
and I lost my artistic self.
- April Carrion.
Miss Fire.
- My model was born and
- raised in Puerto Rico.
So we had the Puerto
Rican flag down her arm,
and the phoenix
is like a rebirth.
It is a good metaphor
for her going through
what she went through in life
to get to where she's at.
And this entire paint, it
was a way for me to open up
my eyes, and that makes me
feel good about what I did.
- Phi Phi O'Hara.
Miss Happening.
- I love all the glitter,
and I love all
the stones I incorporated.
But one thing that I know
that I wish I could've done
was add just a little bit more
highlights on the bodysuit.
I'm looking at her, and I'm
just like, you know what,
- she's having
- the time of her life.
I got to give her
that experience.
- Alyssa Edwards.
Miss Lead.
- I love how the
arrows show directions
of the actual Texas desert.
- Front, I have the drag
- queen with her
eyes closed in shame.
And then I have
the transformation
to the larger face
with the eyes open.
Identity found.
I've shown identity,
understanding with the mirror
in the back that also
shows the roundness of
the entire back and pulls
that hourglass figure
into my character.
I'm really proud of
my work right now.
- Judges, what'd you think?
- Extravaganza eleganza!
- Okay, Hans.
- This piece is called
Inner Reflection Direction.
It's the story of all people
that are going through
that struggle trying
to be accepted.
Yesterday, I heard the
story from her about
- where this lovely lady
- came from and how she made
her way, and now she is--
you know, she's Miss Lead.
- I'm in love with this piece,
and that piece on the
back, which could have
really turned out bad.
- Because you know you do
- have that bra strap there,
but you know what, it
turned out really good.
- And I really appreciate
the heart that you put
into the work.
The combination of her
story, the story of queens
in general,
the references to Texas.
- Thank you.
- Michael, please step to
- the center of the stage.
- This whole experience
- has been mind blowing
for me, and I'm so happy to
have worked with Joslyn,
Miss Behaved.
- It's a big risk to do
such a drastic change
of palette from front to back.
And I think because you kept
the illustration very similar,
then it managed to
pull it together.
- Okay, Jess, your turn.
- Our concept is showing
how Miss Fit, otherwise
known as Milk, discovered
herself through drag.
We're telling a little bit
of a story here that starts
where a young boy called
Milk has come across a pot hole,
and there's a completely
different world there,
and there's some pretty
crazy and trippy puppets
who are trying to entice
him down to that world.
And if you turn around,
Milk's name is up in lights,
and she's a feature in the
club scene where she really
is finding her community.
- Jess, those puppets down
- on her legs are not cohesive
with the rest of your painting.
- I'm not super crazy about
the placement of those
puppets' arms.
I'm feeling like she's got a
big piece of sushi down there.
I'm just not sure what...
- Sushi roll, sushi roll.
- Is going on.
But you know on her back,
her name's in lights.
If you hadn't told me, I don't
know if I would have gotten
that because I wasn't clear
what those spotlights were.
- It's not necessarily like
- a neon.
It's more like Milk
is up on the stage performing
rather than having
just a diva on a stage.
It's kind of more of an
abstract representation of that.
- Okay, Tiffany, you're next.
- This is my queen,
Miss Phi Phi O'Hara.
And she loves cosplay.
- Love what you've done,
but those segments were
supposed to be like little,
you know,
flared ribs or something.
So little individual
highlights would have created
a different vibe.
- Well, Tiffany,
- you've done real good.
- Thank you.
- That makeup is gorgeous.
And again with the proportion,
which I'm a stickler for,
this really does fit
Phi Phi's body to a T.
And it's perfect, and I
can tell the way Phi Phi
is wearing it
that she loves it,
loves it, loves it.
- I do.
You made this gay nerd happy.
- Yay.
- Okay Luis, your turn.
- Her name is Sparx,
and I pretty much, you know,
- did the whole thing off
- something that she would
be sparkling.
The fireworks.
- I put this light bulb right
- here as a necklace, you know.
When you get a good idea, you
just get that light bulb lit.
- Lineysha, how do you
feel about your painting?
- No matter how much fun
the other girls was doing,
I respect his piece, and what
I tried to do is just sell it.
- Lineysha, I commend you.
You are really selling
this painting.
- Yes.
- Unfortunately for Luis,
I am not buying it.
- I can tell on Craig's
face that he hates it.
I could be going home.
- Lineysha, you are really
selling this painting.
- Yes.
- Unfortunately for Luis,
I am not buying it.
Luis, the peacock feather
comes out of nowhere
for me and feels like
it's just placed there.
- I think what this piece
could have used
is just some editing.
The light bulbs, the fireworks,
the fashion, the feathers,
it's just--it's too much.
- I should have trusted my
intuition because I listened
to my drag queen too much.
Sadly, this could cost
me the competition.
- Okay, Brittney,
you're up next.
- This was my lovely
queen for the day,
Tyra Sanchez.
- I was very interested to
- find out that her name
meant god of war, and I
wanted to portray her as this
very strong and dominant
and elegant warrior.
- I appreciate all
the design work.
I was a little confused about
which culture all of this
design work is coming from.
Was it Greek, Aztec, or Mayan?
- I was thinking more Aztec.
- Can we turn around?
I don't know what planet
this thing comes from,
but I bow down to it.
'Cause it's giving me life!
- Okay, Rick, you're up.
- She has dreams of being
a mermaid
and living underwater.
- I love the front of the legs.
I'm really buying that
that's underwater.
You gave us some sort of
highlight to kind of, like,
hook our eye on.
I wish you would have done
that more in the back.
You go real dark.
- Okay, Otto, you're up.
- This was the very first
- drag queen I've ever
got a chance to work with.
She broke my cherry.
I keep on looking at it like
the bird's eye view of beauty.
Puerto Rico at midnight,
and that's where the phoenix,
the colors come from.
I really wanted the hot colors.
- I think you could have
rendered the fire better.
But you've got great
contrast in your design.
It makes you want to
see what's going on.
- April, you look so
other-worldly, and the phoenix,
of course, is just, like,
this perfect symbolism
for both of you, just by
getting to know each other.
- Okay, Alison, you're next.
- Yara Sofia is the
atomic jungle bomb.
She's wearing a hint of an
apparel-type costume design
that's cracking open her
inner self with this
atomic explosion here.
And here's her beautiful
waterfall in the jungle.
- I love it.
I am absolutely gaga over
the green
in those leaves on her thighs.
I just love how it works up
against the other colors.
- The judges obviously have
their work cut out for them.
We're gonna do some talking,
and we'll call you back out.
- Ru, you go first.
- All right, you know what,
- I got to tell you,
I was in love with Hans' work.
He painted on his model
the beauty of Texas.
- I did love all those details.
But now we're supposed to
take into consideration
the swimsuit portion
of the competition.
And Hans, you know,
we weren't really thrilled
with his swimsuit.
- That's true.
- Michael was again
- one of my favorites.
He just created such
a beautiful storybook.
- It's just a beautiful design.
And then being able to
switch colors from one side
to the other without causing
any trouble whatsoever.
- Which could've been risky.
- 'Cause it's very
- risky, but it wasn't.
And he won the bathing suit
challenge, which was phenomenal.
It was a beautiful bathing
suit, but you know Alison
did so well in the bathing
suit challenge as well.
And Yara Sofia sold it.
- I'm a big fan of
Alison's work tonight.
- I love the coolness of
that waterfall in the back
and the heat of that
explosion on her chest.
I thought that was
beautifully juxtaposed.
- I really loved what
Brittney did with Tyra.
You know, it just was
all so well-balanced.
- Really well-balanced, and it
- was actually very modern.
Especially the way that cut
in the stocking went down
the center like that.
- One thing that really
moved me tonight was
the relationship
between Otto and April.
- I love the relationship
they had more
- than I loved the
- artwork on that.
It could've been way sexier,
and then I've seen fire
rendered a million times,
and this was
at the bottom of the scale.
- Rick is not listening.
His ship was beautiful,
but you can't see it.
It's so dark.
- How about Jess?
- It was messy, Jessie.
Actually the color scheme,
I didn't want to look at it.
I wanted to shield
my eyes from it.
It did fit Milk's personality,
which is all over the place.
- There were things in it
that I could at least
recognize and connect to.
Whereas with Luis's work,
I just felt disconnected.
- She gave him a list
of things that she liked,
and somehow he felt obligated
to include every single
one of them in his painting.
- Are you ready to crown the
first ever Miss Skin Wars?
- I thought you'd never ask.
- Welcome back to the first
ever Miss Skin Wars Pageant.
The judges have
made their decision.
Remember how you
performed in the swimsuit
challenge weighs in
the total evaluation.
And the top three
painting are...
Yara Sofia, Miss Understood...
Joslyn Fox, Miss Behaved...
Tyra Sanchez, Miss Diagnosed.
- I am pissed that I'm
not in the top three.
I put a lot of heart into that
piece and a lot of empathy
- of thinking about that
- community and all the struggles
- and challenges
- they've gone through.
It's a little bit
upsetting to me.
- Brittney, Alison and Michael.
Congratulations, you are
the top three painters.
- Alison, your painting had
energy, contrast, and it took
risks, and those risks were
as explosive as the queen
you painted.
- Michael, those chains,
those colors, and the face
on your queen.
All with a really great
concept.
Good work.
- Thank you.
- Brittney, you pulled a
lot of influences
together beautifully.
From that gold
necklace to the lotus.
You brought out Tyra's
inner warrior beautifully.
- We're about to crown a
queen as the first ever
Miss Skin Wars.
Here we go.
- We're about to crown a queen.
- The painting that is the second
- runner up for
the Miss Skin Wars Pageant is...
Tyra Sanchez, Miss Diagnosed.
- I love it.
- The painting that is
first runner up is...
Joslyn Fox, Miss Behaved.
That means Yara Sofia,
you are the first ever
Miss Skin Wars Pageant winner.
- This is insane.
- Especially after being all the
- way at the bottom to be all
the way at the top is just
exactly what I needed to propel
me to the $100,000.
- Alison, you transformed your
queen into an earth goddess.
Condragulations.
- As the winner, you also
win unlimited glitter
for a year
from Glitter Body Art.
- Yes!
Yeah!
- Write down my address, girl,
and I'll send you some.
- Congratulations,
you may all leave the stage.
- Bye.
- Luis, Jess, Rick.
You were the bottom
three painters.
- That means the rest
- of you are safe.
You may head back to the lounge.
Luis and Jess, you are the
bottom two painters tonight.
That means Rick, you are safe.
You may head back to the lounge.
- I'm really shocked.
This isn't my challenge to win.
I just don't want to go home.
All I've got to do is
beat one other person.
- Luis, I admire your
ambition, but you need to learn
to edit your ideas.
- Jess, you have your queen's
story, but there was a lot
of detail missing in the back.
And the puppets on the
front were not cohesive
with the rest of your painting.
- Luis...
you're safe.
That means Jess, you'll
be going home tonight.
Luis, please head
back to the lounge.
- I haven't prepared for this.
I'm completely
and utterly blindsided.
- Jess, you have so much
style in your work already.
I wish you continued success
in the future as an artist.
- This is the most challenging
- body painting
I have ever done.
- Jess, it's time to
wash off your canvas.
- Good luck.
- Bye.
- I came here to become a
better artist, and I feel like
I've shown what I
can do creatively.
But I haven't shown the
full range of what I can do.
I was not expecting that.
- None of us were.
- A little bit like getting hit
by a semi trailer.
- See you, guys.
- Safe travels.
- The actual experience
has been amazing.
And it is something that
you will never get a chance
to do again.
I still can't really
believe that I'm going home.
Like, on a plane,
like, 14 hours.
Across--back to Sydney.
- Next time on "Skin Wars"...
- Oh, my God.
- Oh, my God.
- We need more time.
We need more time.
- I look over, and Alison's
doing the same thing.
- A lot of people are
- going crazy today.
- As if by magic, we have
the perfect guest judge,
Kristin Gearhart.
- Hey, painters.
- You're afraid that you
might hurt some feelings.
- Basically, yeah.
- I'm over Hans.
- This is a game, and
- I have to play it.
- If you don't want to
be here, then get out.
- No.
- How the hell did they
- choose your piece
over his piece today?
- Do you want to leave
- the competition?