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 Season 2 contestant Beth.[10] She won the premiere challenge of the season, placed in the top for five others, including the Snatch Game and Rusical challenges, and never placed in the bottom. At the finale, she was ultimately crowned the winner over runner-up Aurora Matrix. 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.
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