2020Winner
Best Performance
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 2
Jaida Essence Hall
Actor · Director
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
December 9, 1986
Biography
Jaida Essence Hall is the stage name of Jared Johnson, an American drag performer, costume designer, and makeup artist, best known for winning the twelfth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. "Jaida" was the name a friend gave her the first time she did drag. "Essence" comes from when her boyfriend said she was "the essence of beauty." "Hall" comes from her drag mother, Tajma Hall.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2022Winner
Best Performance
PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation
2025Nominee
Best Performance
RuPaul's Drag Race Live: 1,000th Show
Career Highlights
2020Highlight
Best Performance
Drive 'N Drag
2020Highlight
Best Performance
RuPaul's Drag Race: Bring Back My Ghouls
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Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 2
RuPaul's Drag Race: Bring Back My Ghouls
Bring Back My Ghouls