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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Juice Boxx
| name = Juice Boxx
| image = Juice Boxx at RuPaul's DragCon LA 2024 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Juice Boxx at [[RuPaul's DragCon LA]], 2024
| birth_place = [[Windsor, Ontario]], Canada
| birth_place = [[Windsor, Ontario]], Canada
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|9|20}}<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=JuiceBoxxQueen |number=1307709738923233280 |title=IM SORRY I SHARE A BIRTHDAY WITH W H O M?! Wow, queen shit. I’m not worthy mom @michellevisage Happy birthday !!}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://draglicious.com.br/2021/10/04/whos-that-queen-juice-boxx/ |title=Who's That Queen? Juice Boxx |last=Vilhena |first=Arthur |website=draglicious.com |date=4 October 2021 |publisher=Draglicious |access-date=August 20, 2023}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|9|20}}<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=JuiceBoxxQueen |number=1307709738923233280 |title=IM SORRY I SHARE A BIRTHDAY WITH W H O M?! Wow, queen shit. I'm not worthy mom @michellevisage Happy birthday !!}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://draglicious.com.br/2021/10/04/whos-that-queen-juice-boxx/ |title=Who's That Queen? Juice Boxx |last=Vilhena |first=Arthur |website=draglicious.com |date=4 October 2021 |publisher=Draglicious |access-date=August 20, 2023}}</ref>
| birth_name = Joseph Primeau
| birth_name = Joseph Primeau
| other_names = Jo Primeau
| other_names = Jo Primeau
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In the first episode of ''Canada's Drag Race'', Boxx suffered a panic attack on the main stage during critiques.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Juice Boxx reveals who the shadiest queen on Canada's Drag Race is {{!}} PopBuzz Meets|url=https://www.popbuzz.com/exclusives/video/juice-boxx-canadas-drag-race-interview/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=PopBuzz|language=en|archive-date=2021-04-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417060618/https://www.popbuzz.com/exclusives/video/juice-boxx-canadas-drag-race-interview/|url-status=live}}</ref> She later placed in the bottom two and lip synced against [[Lemon (drag queen)|Lemon]] to [[Carly Rae Jepsen]]'s "[[I Really Like You]]". She lost, which was met with debate on social media, include [[Shea Couleé]] voicing support for her. She is considered the "[[Victoria "Porkchop" Parker|Porkchop]]" of Canada due to being the first contestant to ever be eliminated in a ''Drag Race'' series.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-06|title=Our interview with Juice Boxx proves why her time on Canada's Drag Race was cut too short|url=https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/our-interview-with-juice-boxx-proves-why-her-time-on-canadas-drag-race-was-cut-too-short/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=GAY TIMES|language=en-GB|archive-date=2020-11-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125112610/https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/our-interview-with-juice-boxx-proves-why-her-time-on-canadas-drag-race-was-cut-too-short/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-03|title=Canada's Drag Race: Juice Boxx Exit Interview|url=https://screenrant.com/canadas-drag-race-juice-boxx-exit-interview/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=ScreenRant|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-12-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221060651/https://screenrant.com/canadas-drag-race-juice-boxx-exit-interview/|url-status=live}}</ref>
In the first episode of ''Canada's Drag Race'', Boxx suffered a panic attack on the main stage during critiques.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Juice Boxx reveals who the shadiest queen on Canada's Drag Race is {{!}} PopBuzz Meets|url=https://www.popbuzz.com/exclusives/video/juice-boxx-canadas-drag-race-interview/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=PopBuzz|language=en|archive-date=2021-04-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417060618/https://www.popbuzz.com/exclusives/video/juice-boxx-canadas-drag-race-interview/|url-status=live}}</ref> She later placed in the bottom two and lip synced against [[Lemon (drag queen)|Lemon]] to [[Carly Rae Jepsen]]'s "[[I Really Like You]]". She lost, which was met with debate on social media, include [[Shea Couleé]] voicing support for her. She is considered the "[[Victoria "Porkchop" Parker|Porkchop]]" of Canada due to being the first contestant to ever be eliminated in a ''Drag Race'' series.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-06|title=Our interview with Juice Boxx proves why her time on Canada's Drag Race was cut too short|url=https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/our-interview-with-juice-boxx-proves-why-her-time-on-canadas-drag-race-was-cut-too-short/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=GAY TIMES|language=en-GB|archive-date=2020-11-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125112610/https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/our-interview-with-juice-boxx-proves-why-her-time-on-canadas-drag-race-was-cut-too-short/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-03|title=Canada's Drag Race: Juice Boxx Exit Interview|url=https://screenrant.com/canadas-drag-race-juice-boxx-exit-interview/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=ScreenRant|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-12-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221060651/https://screenrant.com/canadas-drag-race-juice-boxx-exit-interview/|url-status=live}}</ref>


After the show, Boxx started a [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] account in March 2021, where she plays various games.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-16|title=8 Drag Race queens you didn't know were on Twitch, from Detox to Crystal Methyd|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/16/rupauls-drag-race-queens-twitch-streamers/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=[[PinkNews]]|language=en-GB|archive-date=2021-05-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529141948/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/16/rupauls-drag-race-queens-twitch-streamers/|url-status=live}}</ref> In May, she was in the music video for [[Priyanka (drag queen)|Priyanka]]'s "Cake".<ref>{{Citation|title=Priyanka - Cake (Official Video)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXWzp4NJU4I|language=en|access-date=2022-01-18|archive-date=2021-11-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103091357/https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=PXWzp4NJU4I|url-status=live}}</ref> In a post-victory interview with ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]'', Priyanka also named Juice Boxx as the queen from the season most deserving of an opportunity to return to the competition in a future season.<ref>[https://www.attitude.co.uk/article/exclusive-priyanka-on-snatching-the-canadas-drag-race-crown-and-all-that-jeffrey-drama/23678/ "Exclusive: Priyanka on snatching the 'Canada's Drag Race' crown and all that Jeffrey drama"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129181406/https://www.attitude.co.uk/article/exclusive-priyanka-on-snatching-the-canadas-drag-race-crown-and-all-that-jeffrey-drama/23678/ |date=2022-01-29 }}. ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]'', September 7, 2020.</ref> In July 2021, Juice Boxx performed alongside [[BOA (drag queen)|BOA]], [[Anastarzia Anaquway]], [[Farra N. Hyte]] and TroyBoy at the inaugural Drag Starz at the Manor, a new drag event in [[Guelph]], [[Ontario]].<ref>Lauren Scott, [https://www.thestar.com/local-guelph/news/2021/07/16/queens-at-the-castle-guelph-strip-club-the-manor-to-host-first-drag-event-in-july.html "Queens at the castle: Guelph strip club the Manor to host first drag event in July"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', July 16, 2021.</ref> In October 2023, she appeared on an episode of ''[[Battle of the Generations]]'', representing the [[Millennials|Millennial]] generation.<ref>{{Cite instagram |user=canadasdragrace |postid=Cyduhl5roPS |title=Are you Team Gen Z 💛 Team Millennial 🩷 Team Gen X 💙 or Team Boomer 💜? |date=October 16, 2023}}</ref>
After the show, Boxx started a [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] account in March 2021, where she plays various games.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-16|title=8 Drag Race queens you didn't know were on Twitch, from Detox to Crystal Methyd|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/16/rupauls-drag-race-queens-twitch-streamers/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=[[PinkNews]]|language=en-GB|archive-date=2021-05-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529141948/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/16/rupauls-drag-race-queens-twitch-streamers/|url-status=live}}</ref> In May, she was in the music video for [[Priyanka (drag queen)|Priyanka]]'s "Cake".<ref>{{Citation|title=Priyanka - Cake (Official Video)| date=28 May 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXWzp4NJU4I|language=en|access-date=2022-01-18|archive-date=2021-11-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103091357/https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=PXWzp4NJU4I|url-status=live}}</ref> In a post-victory interview with ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]'', Priyanka also named Juice Boxx as the queen from the season most deserving of an opportunity to return to the competition in a future season.<ref>[https://www.attitude.co.uk/article/exclusive-priyanka-on-snatching-the-canadas-drag-race-crown-and-all-that-jeffrey-drama/23678/ "Exclusive: Priyanka on snatching the 'Canada's Drag Race' crown and all that Jeffrey drama"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129181406/https://www.attitude.co.uk/article/exclusive-priyanka-on-snatching-the-canadas-drag-race-crown-and-all-that-jeffrey-drama/23678/ |date=2022-01-29 }}. ''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]'', September 7, 2020.</ref> In July 2021, Juice Boxx performed alongside [[BOA (drag queen)|BOA]], [[Anastarzia Anaquway]], [[Farra N. Hyte]] and TroyBoy at the inaugural Drag Starz at the Manor, a new drag event in [[Guelph]], [[Ontario]].<ref>Lauren Scott, [https://www.thestar.com/local-guelph/news/2021/07/16/queens-at-the-castle-guelph-strip-club-the-manor-to-host-first-drag-event-in-july.html "Queens at the castle: Guelph strip club the Manor to host first drag event in July"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', July 16, 2021.</ref>
==Filmography==
===Television===
* ''[[Canada's Drag Race]]''

===Web series===
* ''[[Bring Back My Girls]]'' (2022)


== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline| Juice Boxx}}


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Juice Boxx
Juice Boxx at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2024
Born
Joseph Primeau

(1988-09-20) September 20, 1988 (age 36)[1][2]
Other namesJo Primeau
Occupation(s)Drag queen, Performer
Known forCanada's Drag Race (season 1)

Joseph “Jo” Primeau,[3] better known by the stage name Juice Boxx (born September 20, 1988), is a Canadian drag performer best known for being the first contestant to be eliminated on Canada's Drag Race, the Canadian version of RuPaul's Drag Race.

Early life

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Primeau was born in Windsor and grew up in Essex.[4] He has a degree in visual arts and a diploma in makeup artistry and special effects.[5]

Career

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Juice Boxx started performing and hosting in Toronto since 2016.[6] She frequently played the role of Baby Spice on the drag show Spice Queens Live.[7][8] She has also stated that she views her drag as a form of activism, especially in the wake of the Orlando nightclub shooting in 2016.[9]

In 2018, she gave a surprise performance at the wedding of her friends Jonny Cooper and Jon Tuttle in Muskoka.[10] In January 2020, she performed at It's Just Drag, a drag event in Vancouver, British Columbia, whose bill included Monet X Change, Brooke Lynn Hytes, Priyanka, Tynomi Banks and Kendall Gender.[11]

In the first episode of Canada's Drag Race, Boxx suffered a panic attack on the main stage during critiques.[12] She later placed in the bottom two and lip synced against Lemon to Carly Rae Jepsen's "I Really Like You". She lost, which was met with debate on social media, include Shea Couleé voicing support for her. She is considered the "Porkchop" of Canada due to being the first contestant to ever be eliminated in a Drag Race series.[13][14]

After the show, Boxx started a Twitch account in March 2021, where she plays various games.[6][15] In May, she was in the music video for Priyanka's "Cake".[16] In a post-victory interview with Attitude, Priyanka also named Juice Boxx as the queen from the season most deserving of an opportunity to return to the competition in a future season.[17] In July 2021, Juice Boxx performed alongside BOA, Anastarzia Anaquway, Farra N. Hyte and TroyBoy at the inaugural Drag Starz at the Manor, a new drag event in Guelph, Ontario.[18]

Filmography

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Television

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Web series

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References

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  1. ^ @JuiceBoxxQueen (September 20, 2020). "IM SORRY I SHARE A BIRTHDAY WITH W H O M?! Wow, queen shit. I'm not worthy mom @michellevisage Happy birthday !!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Vilhena, Arthur (4 October 2021). "Who's That Queen? Juice Boxx". draglicious.com. Draglicious. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
  3. ^ Blondin, Kevin (6 May 2019). "Ginger Minj Delivers World-Class Drag Show at Rockstar Windsor". eyesonwindsor.com. Eyes On Windsor. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  4. ^ Trevor Wilhelm, "Two Essex County drag queens battle it out on Canada's Drag Race". Windsor Star, July 1, 2020.
  5. ^ "Meet the queens of Canada's Drag Race". Royal Television Society. 2020-06-30. Archived from the original on 2021-04-15. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  6. ^ a b "Celebrity Gaymer: Juice Boxx - Gayming Magazine". gaymingmag.com. 8 April 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-09-29. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  7. ^ "Meet Canada's Drag Race cast of queens on Instagram - Priyanka, Juice Boxx, Kyne!". Reality Titbit. 2020-06-16. Archived from the original on 2021-05-17. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  8. ^ "The Cast of Canada's Drag Race Season 1 Revealed | Blog". Yohomo. Archived from the original on 2020-06-29. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  9. ^ Sarah Dziedzic, "The working life of a drag queen, after Orlando". TVOntario, July 4, 2016.
  10. ^ Jen Kirsch and Rebecca Palladina, "Real Weddings: Jonny and Jon". Toronto Life, December 6, 2018.
  11. ^ "Drag queens take Victoria by storm this month". Saanich News, January 9, 2020.
  12. ^ "Juice Boxx reveals who the shadiest queen on Canada's Drag Race is | PopBuzz Meets". PopBuzz. Archived from the original on 2021-04-17. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  13. ^ "Our interview with Juice Boxx proves why her time on Canada's Drag Race was cut too short". GAY TIMES. 2020-07-06. Archived from the original on 2020-11-25. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  14. ^ "Canada's Drag Race: Juice Boxx Exit Interview". ScreenRant. 2020-07-03. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  15. ^ "8 Drag Race queens you didn't know were on Twitch, from Detox to Crystal Methyd". PinkNews. 2021-04-16. Archived from the original on 2021-05-29. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  16. ^ Priyanka - Cake (Official Video), 28 May 2021, archived from the original on 2021-11-03, retrieved 2022-01-18
  17. ^ "Exclusive: Priyanka on snatching the 'Canada's Drag Race' crown and all that Jeffrey drama" Archived 2022-01-29 at the Wayback Machine. Attitude, September 7, 2020.
  18. ^ Lauren Scott, "Queens at the castle: Guelph strip club the Manor to host first drag event in July". Toronto Star, July 16, 2021.
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