Venus | |
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 Venus at RuPaul's DragCon UK, 2024 | |
| Nationality | Canadian |
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| Occupation | Drag queen |
| Television | Canada's Drag Race (season 4) |
| Website | legallyvenus |
Venus (also known as Venus Kunt and Venus Sherwood) [1] is a Canadian drag performer and the winner of season 4 of Canada's Drag Race .
Venus is a drag performer and entertainer. She is a member of the non-binary drag group ENBY6, as well as the Gender Drag family with her "drag mother" Kendall Gender, [2] who competed on the second season of Canada's Drag Race . In 2017, Venus co-hosted the Sin City Military Fetish Ball in Vancouver. [3] She was a guest on Tommy Genesis' God Is Wild Tour in 2019. [4] In 2023, she hosted and performed with ENBY6 at the Happyland Festival in conjunction with Pride. [5] [6] [7]
Venus is the winner of the fourth season of Canada's Drag Race. [8] She started watching Drag Race in 2017, when she worked at a hair salon with contestant Beth. [9] She is the fourth winner of the Drag Race franchise of Indigenous decent, following Trixie Mattel, Yvie Oddly, and Sasha Colby, also making her the first non-American Indigenous winner.[ citation needed ]
Based in Vancouver, Venus is a Red River Métis two-spirit person. Venus uses the pronouns she/her in drag, and has no preferred gender pronouns out of drag. [8]
Alexis Mateo Pacheco, best known as Alexis Mateo, is a Puerto Rican drag queen, performer, reality television personality, fashion designer, and the winner of All American Goddess 2016, Miss Gay Days 2016 and National Showgirl 2017. She became internationally known as a contestant on season three of RuPaul's Drag Race, seasons one and five of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars and season two of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World. Alexis Mateo is also drag mother of viral sensation and "RuGirl" Vanessa Vanjie Mateo.
Vancouver's LGBT community is centered on Davie Village. Commercial Drive has historically acted as a gayborhood for the Vancouver lesbian community. Historically, LGBT people have also gathered in the Chinatown and Gastown neighborhoods. Former establishments include Dino's Turkish Baths, a gay bathhouse on Hastings, and the city's first drag bar, BJ's, on Pender Street.
Eureka, also known as Eureka O'Hara and Eureka!, is the stage name of Eureka D. Huggard, an American drag queen and reality television personality. Eureka rose to prominence competing on the ninth and tenth seasons of RuPaul's Drag Race. She was removed from the ninth season due to a knee injury, becoming the first contestant in the history of the show to be sent home due to injury; she was then given an automatic berth to season 10, where she placed as runner-up. In 2021, Eureka competed on the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, where she once more placed as a runner-up. In 2024, she competed on the second season of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World.
Canada's a Drag is a Canadian documentary series that premiered on CBC Gem on March 7, 2018. The show was created by Peter Knegt and Mercedes Grundy. Each episode focuses on a drag performer from a different Canadian city, inclusive of drag queens, drag kings and transgender or non-binary performers. It is produced by CBC Arts.
Ilona Verley is a Canadian-American drag queen, most known for competing on the first season of Canada's Drag Race.
Icesis Couture is the stage name of Steven Granados-Portelance, a Canadian drag queen who won the second season of Canada's Drag Race in 2021. She later returned to compete on the first season of the spin-off series, Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World, in 2022.
Victoria Scone is the stage name of Emily Diapre, a British drag queen and cabaret performer based in Cardiff, Wales. She is best known for competing on the third series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK in 2021, where she was the first cisgender female contestant on any series of the Drag Race franchise. She returned to compete in the first season of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World in 2022.
Beth is the stage name of Rolland Bissonette, an Indigenous Canadian (Métis) and two-spirit drag performer who competed on season 2 of Canada's Drag Race.
Gia Metric is the stage name of Giorgio Triberio, a Canadian drag performer most known for competing on the second season of Canada's Drag Race.
Kendall Gender is the stage name of Kenneth Wyse, a Canadian drag performer most known for competing on season 2 of Canada's Drag Race in 2021. She returned to compete in Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World in 2022.
Stephen Pasay, better known by the stage name Stephanie Prince, is a Filipino-Canadian drag performer most known for competing on the second season of Canada's Drag Race and the first season of its spin-off Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World. Born in the Philippines, she resides in Calgary, Alberta.
Blair Constantino, known by the stage name Bosco, is an American drag performer who competed on season 14 of RuPaul's Drag Race in 2022.
Maddy Morphosis is the stage name of Daniel Truitt, a drag performer most known for competing on season 14 of RuPaul's Drag Race. He is the show's first openly heterosexual male contestant. Since 2023, he has hosted his own talk show webseries Give It to Me Straight.
Willow Patterson, known by the stage name Willow Pill, is an American drag performer. She is best known as the winner of season 14 of RuPaul's Drag Race in 2022.
Chelazon Leroux is the stage name of Layten Byhette, a Canadian drag performer, comedian, model, and activist who competed on season 3 of Canada's Drag Race.
Kimmy Couture is a Filipino-Canadian drag queen known for being the first transgender contestant on Canada's Drag Race when she competed on season 3 of the series.
Sasha Kekauoha, best known by the stage name Sasha Colby, is an American drag performer and beauty pageant competitor. In 2012, she won the Miss Continental competition. In 2023, she was crowned the winner of season 15 of RuPaul's Drag Race.
Aimee Yonce Shennel is a Dominican-born Canadian drag performer who competed on season 4 of Canada's Drag Race.
Melinda Verga is the stage name of Mike Derrada, a Canadian drag performer known for competing on season 4 of Canada's Drag Race.
Nearah Nuff is a Canadian drag performer who competed on season 4 of Canada's Drag Race.
