Based on her new book, the life of RuPaul is anything but a drag.
The cross-dressing actor and model’s new book “Workin’ It! RuPaul’s Guide to Life, Libertyand the Pursuit of Style” (It Books, $19.99) 
debuts next week along with the second season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” a reality-show competition for drag queens on Logo (Monday night at 9).
“It makes great TV,” said RuPaul, in a telephone interview from his production studio in Los Angeles. “Shows like this have been pitched to me for 10 years, but the timing wasn’t right (before).
“I knew the public would embrace it as they have,” he said.
Surprisingly stellar ratings from season one led the show to up its edge in the second season, RuPaul said.
“The new crop (of contestants) came in with strategies and agendas. They’re kind of ruthless,” he said, adding that there are occasions when contestants “actually came to blows.”
“Little boys who were ostracized and grew up to be drag queens have coping skills that other young kids wouldn’t have. They’re very evolved, but very fragile people,” he said.
And though the new season promises some hot-tempered moments, RuPaul’s offscreen life is decidedly more low-key. Maintaining a high profile in a business that tosses midlifers to the side is a continuous exercise in illusion.
“You can include a little witchcraft in how you present yourself. The book gives shortcuts to that,” he said.
“Workin’ It” was written in response to fans’ questions about his sense of style.
There are Ru-Dimentary Suggestions on fashion: “when wearing all white, always wear a black bra and panties” - and an incredible step-by-step breakdown of RuPaul’s drag face. It involves five different shades of foundation, toupee tape and even a pulley system to hoist his cheekbones.
“And voila! Instant face-lift.”
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