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Venus (drag queen)

This article is about the Canadian drag queen. For the American drag queen, see Venus D-Lite.
Venus
Venus at RuPaul's DragCon UK, 2024
NationalityCanadian
Other names
  • Venus Kunt
  • Venus Sherwood
OccupationDrag queen
TelevisionCanada's Drag Race (season 4)
Websitelegallyvenus.com

Venus (also known as Venus Kunt)[1] is the stage name of Venus Sherwood,[2] a Canadian drag performer and the winner of season 4 of Canada's Drag Race.

Career

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,[3] who competed on the second season of Canada's Drag Race. In 2017, Venus co-hosted the Sin City Military Fetish Ball in Vancouver.[4] She was a guest on Tommy Genesis' God Is Wild Tour in 2019.[5] In 2023, she hosted and performed with ENBY6 at the Happyland Festival in conjunction with Pride.[6][7][8]

Venus is the winner of the fourth season of Canada's Drag Race.[9] She started watching Drag Race in 2017, when she worked at a hair salon with contestant Beth.[10] 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

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.[9] She changed her legal first name to Venus in September 2020.[2]

Filmography

Television

See also

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ a b @legallyvenus (September 15, 2020). "Hello, my name is Venus Sherwood" – via Instagram.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Out in Vancouver: Nov 16–22, 2017 | Xtra Magazine". 2017-11-15. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "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.
Preceded by Winner of Canada's Drag Race
Canada season 4 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_(drag_queen)