Power List 2013: RUPAUL CHARLES

Actor/Producer/Author, 52

Gender pronouns have never been as fluid in everyday conversation as they are after six successful seasons of RuPaul's Drag Race and its unprecedented ratings success for Logo, which is available in 51 million households across the country. The tireless drag performer, singer, and actor has certainly paid his dues with his ups ("Supermodel (You Better Work)," which charted at number 2 in '93) and downs (the absence of media attention a decade later). But now he's back.

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