A trend that hit gay culture by storm!
Vanessa Vanjie Mateo, the first queen to be eliminated this season, made an impression on the fans with her larger-than-life attitude and her interactions in the workroom with the other queens.
But it was after the queen found herself sashaying away from the competition that a meme was born. Walking backwards down the runway and jooshing her hair, Mateo exclaimed the now-iconic phrase “Miss Vanjie” three times before finally departing the competition. Her fabulous exit sent the Internet into a tailspin, constantly referencing and joking about the moment until people who didn’t watch Drag Race started questioning what “Miss Vanjie” meant.
Gay culture is exiting a room backwards and saying “Miss Vanjie.... Miss Vanjie...”
My intention is to always come from a place of love, but sometimes you just have to get Vanjie with a motherfucker.
Always be yourself. Unless you can be Miss Vanjie. Then always be Miss Vanjie
Miss Vanjie, aka Vanessa Vanjie Mateo, was a contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race season 10, and was the first to be told to sashay away by hostess RuPaul after losing in a lip sync battle. Her departure from the stage was meme-worthy due to her bizarrely yelling her own name three times as she walked backwards toward the stage exit.
The term is still evolving in its meanings, but it is primarily used to describe a cringy exit or a person who, though they failed to leave gracefully (especially after being defeated), is still lovable and endearing.
when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.
This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.