Venus (drag queen)
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.
Career
[edit]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 descent, following Trixie Mattel, Yvie Oddly, and Sasha Colby, also making her the first non-American indigenous winner.[citation needed]
Personal life
[edit]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]
Filmography
[edit]Television
[edit]- Canada's Drag Race (season 4) (Winner)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Drag queen Kendall Gender's legacy of helping others persists despite newfound fame, say her drag daughters". Yahoo News. 2022-02-19. Archived from the original on 2022-03-16. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- ^ "West coast diva Kendall Gender on representing Vancouver in Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World". The Georgia Straight. 2022-11-17. Archived from the original on 2023-12-08. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- ^ "Out in Vancouver: Nov 16–22, 2017 | Xtra Magazine". 2017-11-15. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- ^ "7 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Wednesday, April 3". The Georgia Straight. 2019-04-02. Archived from the original on 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- ^ "RuPaul's Drag Race winner coming to celebrate Pride at Playland this summer | Listed". dailyhive.com. Archived from the original on 2023-06-28. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- ^ "10 phenomenal Pride Week events to check out in Vancouver | Listed". dailyhive.com. Archived from the original on 2023-08-08. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- ^ "Happyland returns to PNE with world-famous drag performers for Pride". The Georgia Straight. 2023-04-12. Archived from the original on 2023-07-27. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- ^ a b "Meet the Queens of 'Canada's Drag Race' Season 4". www.out.com. Archived from the original on 2023-11-28. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- ^ "Canada's Drag Race Series 4: Meet the Queens". www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2023-12-15. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
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