Monica Beverly Hillz is an American drag queen who rose to fame after appearing on the fifth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, where she placed 12th. She is known for being the first queen to publicly announce that she is a transgender woman during the show’s taping. Monica’s name comes from her love for a Bollywood movie featuring an Indian goddess named Monica and her fascination with Hollywood and Beverly Hills. She later added “Hills” to her name when she moved to Kentucky and changed the “s” to a “z” to add some Latin spice to it.