Tatianna  Joey Santolini (born December 1, 1988), better known by his stage name Tatianna, is an American drag queen, musician, and reality television personality from Washington, D.C.. He is best known for competing on the second season of "RuPaul's Drag Race" and later the second season of "". Santolini was born on December 1, 1988 in Arlington, Virginia. He is of Italian and African American descent. He received a license in cosmetology after his senior year in high school. He started dressing as a girl when he was fourteen, and started drag professionally in 2007. He originally applied for season one of "Drag Race", but was rejected for being too young. Tatianna was announced as one of twelve contestants for the second season of "RuPaul's Drag Race" on November 2009. During the show, he won the first edition of the annual "Snatch Game" challenge, playing Britney Spears in episode four. She overall placed fourth in the competition after losing a lip sync of Aretha Franklin's "Something He Can Feel" to competitor Jujubee. Six years later, she was selected as one of ten contestants for the second season of "RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars", which was announced on June 17, 2016. He placed in the top two in the first episode, but lost a lip sync to Roxxxy Andrews. He was eliminated by Alaska the following episode after placing in the bottom for his second snatch game as Ariana Grande. He returned in episode five and won $5,000 with Alyssa Edwards after a double-save lip sync to Rihanna's "Shut Up and Drive". He was eliminated by Alaska again for placing in the bottom that following episode. He finished in sixth place overall. Outside of "Drag Race", he hosted his own web show on WOWpresents called "Tea With Tati" which premiered in April 2018. He announced on June 18, 2018 the release of a new fragrance called Choices produced by Xyrena. Tatianna performed live with Charli XCX on October 13, 2018, singing a duet of Charli's song "1999". He portrayed Ariana Grande in the music video for Taylor Swift's "You Need to Calm Down" on June 17, 2019. On August 26 2019, Tatianna performed alongside Taylor Swift during her 2019 MTV Video Music Awards performance. Tatianna released his first single, "True" on November 8, 2010.