Penny Tration
Penny Tration in 2007
Born
Tony Cody
NationalityAmerican
OccupationDrag queen
TelevisionRuPaul's Drag Race (season 5)

Penny Tration is the stage name of Tony Cody,[1] an American drag performer. Penny Tration competed on season 5 of RuPaul's Drag Race.

Early life

Tony Cody was raised in Los Angeles.[2]

Career

Penny Tration has been described as a "premier" drag performer of Cincinnati.[3] Her original drag name was The Drag Queen Helga.[4] She founded The Cabaret above Below Zero Lounge,[5] and has performed in the annual K-State Drag Show many times.[6]

Penny Tration competed on season 5 of RuPaul's Drag Race. She was voted onto the show by fans[1][7] and was the first contestant eliminated, placing fourteenth overall. On the first episode, she placed in the bottom two of a design challenge and lost a lip-sync against Serena ChaCha to "Party in the U.S.A." (2009) by Miley Cyrus. Penny Tration continues to perform, mostly in Ohio.[8][9]

Out of drag, Cody has been a waiter and he has made and sold wigs.[8][9] He was also a product manager for a design firm.[10]

Personal life

Cody is based in Ohio and married.[8][11]

See also

Filmography

Television

References

  1. 1 2 "First Eliminated "Drag Race" Contestant Speaks: "It Felt Like a Setup."". www.logotv.com. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  2. ↑ "Strange Fruit: Penny Tration Waxes Philosophical on Drag Performance". Louisville Public Media. 2013-02-23. Archived from the original on 2022-12-07. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  3. ↑ "A Conversation With Drag Performer Penny Tration". WVXU. 2018-03-02. Archived from the original on 2023-12-20. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  4. ↑ "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Queens Who Had Different Names Before The Show". www.pride.com. Archived from the original on 2023-11-15. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  5. ↑ "Cincinnati After Dark: Our Favorite Reasons To Stay Out Late". Cincinnati Magazine. 2017-05-15. Archived from the original on 2022-11-30. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  6. ↑ Forester, Jakki (2013-02-11). "Annual drag show challenges audience to rethink issues of gender, sexuality". The Collegian. Archived from the original on 2022-08-30. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  7. ↑ Perry, Sarah Anne (2012-11-08). "Dragged In: "RuPaul's Drag Race's" Penny Tration discusses the "big and sparkly" evolution of drag culture". The Red and Black. Archived from the original on 2023-12-20. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  8. 1 2 3 Bump, Emily (2020-09-13). "RuPaul's Drag Race Season 5: Where Are They Now?". ScreenRant. Archived from the original on 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  9. 1 2 Kern, Jac. "Local Drag Queen Penny Tration Is Off to the Races". Cincinnati CityBeat. Archived from the original on 2022-09-25. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  10. ↑ Lyman, David. "It's here: Sassy, brassy, raucous 'Kinky Boots'". The Enquirer. Archived from the original on 2020-08-14. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  11. ↑ "13 Updates on Every Queen Eliminated First on 'RuPaul's Drag Race'". www.advocate.com. Archived from the original on 2020-11-07. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
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