Mesmerizing: Watch This 'Drag Race' Contestant Turn Into Nicki Minaj

By Tracie Egan Morrissey | May 17, 2013 | 8:10pm

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Vivienne Pinay, a contestant from RuPaul’s Drag Race season five, posts amazing drag makeup tutorials on YouTube, and in this one she documents every step in the process of her transformation into rapper Nicki Minaj. It’s riveting.

Does contouring count as blackface? Or are drag queens exempt from that because they’ve made an art out of transforming into specific people using makeup? Serious question.