Joella was raised in
Corona, California.
Career Joella is a
drag performer also known as Joella Perry. The first drag performance she saw was
Frank Marino's celebrity impersonation show in
Las Vegas, Nevada. She decided to start performing after being shown clips of
Alyssa Edwards,
Tatianna, and
Sasha Velour competing on
Drag Race by her friend. She began performing at 340 Nightclub in
Pomona where she met her "drag mother", Reina. In 2023, Joella appeared in the
music video for
Baby Tate's song "Wig". The first name of Joella's drag persona came from a friend from high school. On the
seventeenth season of ''
RuPaul's Drag Race'', Joella was eliminated on the fourth episode ("
Bitch, I'm a Drag Queen!") after placing in the bottom two and losing a
lip-sync contest against
Kori King. Joella placed 13th overall. Joella was labelled a "breakout star" of the season for her "mixture of confidence, emotional outbursts, and quotable commentary". Her titling herself "
the Slaysian diva of Los Angeles" sparked numerous commentaries and parodies. The runway outfit she wore during her elimination, resembling a "mattress... with a face-hole cut out of it and a giant print of
RuPaul's
Born Naked album cover photo", became beloved among the show's fans for its "absurd" and "camp" qualities. Her Instagram following grew by 346 percent while the show aired. == Personal life ==