Her drag persona was inspired by Beyoncé and she even received a statement of praise from the Queen B in a 2013 Flaunt magazine interview: "I love it and Miss Tyra is fabulous!"
Tyra Sanchez ran into some social media trouble following her win. When a Twitter user tweeted that Sanchez was annoying, she told them to kill themselves. When criticized for the comment, she doubled down and stated people who take their own lives are "cowards" who "give up and give in."
The tweet was later deleted, and the hosts of the show defended her, saying any sarcasm or "snark" is misunderstood on Twitter.
In 2017, she caused more drama when she created a fake obituary for fellow season two competitor Morgan McMichaels, who was still alive. Sanchez later apologized.
Yet more fallout came after she made apparently threatening comments about fellow "RuPaul" contestants ahead of RuPaul's 2018 DragCon in Los Angeles, including references to bombs, and she was banned from the event.
When organizers asked for an apology, she reportedly said, in part: "Multiple times I have stated that violence is not the answer and that queens of my upbringing sometimes express ourselves different than most. I understand you may not understand this as you have only appropriated our lives, our attitudes and our mannerisms."