DeVayne in 2016 (Image by Matthew Rettenmund) RuPaul's Drag Race Season 8 contestant Chi Chi DeVayne aka Zavion Davenport has died at 34, not long after being hospitalized with what was suspected to be kidney failure.
EW reports the Shreveport siren was hospitalized in July with high blood pressure and other ailments, but was released. She had been in a hospital for a week this time, asking fans to keep her in her prayers.
She said on Saturday she expected to be “back soon.” When I interviewed her four years ago, one of over 100 RDR stars I've spoken to, I wrote that her sweetness shone through, and that she seemed down to earth.