Chelazon Leroux

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Chelazon Leroux
Born
Layten Byhette [1]
NationalityCanadian
OccupationDrag queen
Television Canada's Drag Race (season 3)

Chelazon Leroux is the stage name of Layten Byhette, a Canadian drag performer who competed on season 3 of Canada's Drag Race .

Contents

Early life

Chelazon Leroux was raised in Saskatchewan. [2]

Career

Chelazon Leroux competed on season 3 of Canada's Drag Race . [2] [3] [4]

She walked in London Fashion Week in 2021, and is also a public speaker. [5]

Chelazon Leroux started using TikTok to educate and advocate for Indigenous peoples, [6] and has more than 541,000 followers on the platform. [7] [8] The app allowed her a space to use comedy as a way of sharing stories of her Indigenous upbringing. [6] She has also hosted a series of beauty tutorials called Deadly Like Auntie. [9]

Personal life

Chelazon Leroux is Two-spirit [2] and uses the pronouns he/she/they in and out of drag. [5] [10] She considers Buffalo River Dene Nation home. [11]

Filmography

Television

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