COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — “In shady times, let there be light” — reads the caption on a new advertisement for the internationally popular television show, “RuPaul’s Drag Race.”

A shining light in Columbia and across South Carolina, drag queen Kenya Pleaser, will brighten the show’s main stage when it airs on MTV this coming January.

But as usual, she’ll have plenty of competition — with 13 other queens also unveiled on Tuesday, and all vying to win the Season 18 crown, as well as the title of “America’s Next Drag Superstar.”

The winner also walks away with a cash prize of $200,000.

ABC Columbia’s Lee Williams caught up with Kenya at a mutual friend’s birthday party as she performed for the 1st time since the announcement became public — the event also serving as a special fundraiser for SC

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