Vivienne Pinay

Vivienne Pinay is the stage name of Michael Donehoo, a drag performer who competed on season 5 of RuPaul's Drag Race.

Early life
Donehoo became interested in drag at a young age after seeing RuPaul on VH1.

Career
Pinay is a drag performer; he has said of his female persona Vivienne Pinay: "Vivienne is named after my Southern Grandmother. And Pinay means Filipino girl." Pinay also sells wigs.

Vivienne Pinay competed on season 5 of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2013. On the fourth episode, she and Honey Mahogany placed in the bottom two of a challenge in which contestants performed in a ballet based on the life of RuPaul. Neither contestant impressed RuPaul enough during a lip-sync to "Oops!... I Did It Again" (2000) by Britney Spears, and both were eliminated from the competition in the show's first-ever double elimination. Thrillist's Brian Moylan ranked Vivienne Pinay number 75 out of the show's 113 contestants in 2017. In 2019, Bernardo Sim of Screen Rant called the lip-sync between Honey Mahogany and Vivienne Pinay "so bad, so boring, and so low-energy", and wrote: "It is fair to say that Ru made the right call to send them both contestants home that week, and fans have certainly enjoyed forgetting about that lip sync." Since Drag Race, Vivienne Pinay "decided to keep a low profile and abandoned this drag persona", according to Out magazine.

In 2015, Vivienne Pinay was among Drag Race contestants to appear on stage at the MTV Video Music Awards during Miley Cyrus and Wayne Coyne's performance of "Dooo It!" (2015).

Personal life
Pinay was born and raised in Atlanta and is of Filipino descent. In 2013, he had a boyfriend and two dogs.

Filmography

 * RuPaul's Drag Race (season 5, 2013)
 * Vivienne Pinay's Holiday Takeover (2013)
 * Haus of Edwards Holiday Special (2015)
 * RuPaul Drives
 * Alyssa's Secret