'Queer Eye' Season 5: Fab Five help Rahanna revive her confidence and her failing dog grooming business
Episode 2 of Queer Eye focuses on the 27-year old Rahanna. She's a dog groomer by profession who a couple of years ago was booked out weeks in advance but one day her recreational vehicle (RV) broke down and everything went downhill ever since. She couldn't fix the RV on her own as the repairs ran into a couple of hundred dollars. Her business 'Stylish Pooch' began to fail and she lost customers because she wasn't mobile anymore. Her broken down RV was parked in the lawn of her parents' house and she used their electricity to keep it functioning and work on a few loyal customers who would still bring their dogs to her for grooming.
Rahanna admitted to the Fab Five that she's come to believe that whenever she's about to do something with her business, something happens and she fails. Another aspect about herself that affects her the most is her towering height. Rahanna stands 6 feet 3 inches tall and tries to fade in the background by wearing cycling shorts or workout clothes mainly to avoid the stares she is subjected to because of her height. She also moved in with her boyfriend Josh recently and the latter in a conversation with Karamo Brown mentioned that he'd betrayed her trust and cheated on her. Brown figured that this was one reason for her dipping confidence and it was confirmed when he sat Josh and Rahanna down over tea to speak about their future and how to move forward from all the past hurt.
Rahanna is obsessed with dogs and she admitted she wants to get into producing dog treats, biscuits, merchandise, etc and also do dog shows but lack of funds stopped her. The Fab Five helped her organize a dog show in her very own neighborhood and also helped her market the show and her business as well. The turn out was great at the show and when the time came to announce a winner, Rahanna was the only one winning. A brand new RV with all the facilities and the branding of Stylish Pooch all over it had pulled up at the show venue and Rahanna and her family broke down in tears when they saw it. After an emotional thank you to the Fab Five, Rahanna also promised that the only way for from this point is - forward. The episode ended with her and the Fab Five at a scrapyard, destroying her old RV. The vehicle was symbolic of her holding back herself and along with the vehicle, she let go of all self-esteem issues.
'Queer Eye' Season 5 is now streaming on Netflix.