Miss Fiercalicious

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Miss Fiercalicious
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Miss Fiercalicious at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2024
Born
Paulo Fortes

(1996-08-07) August 7, 1996 (age 28)
Alma mater University of Western Ontario
OccupationDrag performer
Television

Miss Fiercalicious is the stage name of Paulo Fortes (born August 7, 1996), [2] a Canadian drag performer who competed on the third season of Canada's Drag Race , the first season of The Traitors Canada , [3] and the second season of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World . [4]

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Education

Fortes studied at the University of Western Ontario where he majored in Biology, and minored in French. [5]

Career

Miss Fiercalicious competed on season 3 of Canada's Drag Race , placing in the top four. [6] She eliminated Chelazon Leroux from the competition, after placing in the bottom two of the "Ruets" challenge and winning a lip-sync to "Don't Call Me Baby" by Kreesha Turner. [7] Miss Fiercalicious impersonated Kourtney Kardashian for the Snatch Game challenge. [8] This aired in 2022.

She appeared on the first season of the Canadian series The Traitors . [9] This aired in 2023. She also appeared in the film Jump, Darling (2020), [10] as well as the music video for Lights' song "Prodigal Daughter". [11]

Personal life

Miss Fiercalicious is based in Toronto. She uses the pronouns she/her in drag and he/him/they out of drag. [11]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2020 Jump, Darling Herself

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2021Sort OfHerself
Canada's Drag Race HerselfContestant; season 3
2023 The Traitors Canada HerselfContestant; season 1
2024 Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World HerselfContestant; season 2

Web

YearTitleRoleNotes
2021Cosmo QueensHerself [12]
2023 Bring Back My Girls Herself Canada's Drag Race season 3 reunion

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References

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