Vivienne Pinay

</ref> a drag performer most known for competing on the of the American television series RuPaul's Drag Race. She has also appeared on Skin Wars.
Early life
Donehoo became interested in drag at a young age after seeing RuPaul on VH1.
Career
Pinay is a drag performer; he has said of his female persona Vivienne Pinay: "Vivienne is named after my Southern Grandmother. And Pinay means Filipino girl." and both were eliminated from the competition in the show's first-ever double elimination. Thrillist's Brian Moylan ranked Vivienne Pinay number 75 out of the show's 113 contestants in 2017. Stephen Daw of Billboard included the double elimination in a 2018 list of the show's "most shocking" moments. In 2019, Bernardo Sim of Screen Rant called the lip-sync between Honey Mahogany and Vivienne Pinay "so bad, so boring, and so low-energy", and wrote: "It is fair to say that Ru made the right call to send them both contestants home that week, and fans have certainly enjoyed forgetting about that lip sync." Sim also included the double elimination in the website's 2020 list of the show's ten "most shocking" eliminations. Similarly, Mariana Fernandes included the double elimination in the website's 2020 overview of the ten "most shocking" eliminations on the show and . She also included the performance in a 2020 list of the ten worst lip-syncs on Drag Race.
Since Drag Race, Vivienne Pinay "decided to keep a low profile and abandoned this drag persona", according to . In 2015, she was among Drag Race contestants to appear on stage at the MTV Video Music Awards during Miley Cyrus and Wayne Coyne's performance of "" (2015). She also appeared on the series Skin Wars.
Personal life
Donehoo was born and raised in Atlanta and is of Filipino descent.
Vivienne Pinay is a member of the Haus of Edwards, which has also included Drag Race contestants Alyssa Edwards, Cheryl Hole, Gia Gunn, Laganja Estranja, Plastique Tiara, and Shangela.
Filmography
* RuPaul's Drag Race (, 2013)
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* Vivienne Pinay's Holiday Takeover (2013)
* Haus of Edwards Holiday Special (2015)
* RuPaul Drives
* Alyssa's Secret
* Skin Wars (2015)
* Skin Wars: Naked Truth (2015)

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