Icesis Couture
Icesis Couture | |
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| Born | Steven Granados-Portelance February 3, 1987[citation needed] |
| Nationality | Canadian |
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Icesis Couture is the stage name of Steven Granados-Portelance,[1] a Canadian drag queen who won the second season of Canada's Drag Race.[2]
Career
He appeared on the second season of the documentary series Canada's a Drag in 2019,[3] and won Ottawa's Miss Capital Pride pageant in 2020.[4]
He competed in the second season of Canada's Drag Race,[5] winning two challenges over the course of the season and ultimately winning the competition over finalists Pythia and Kendall Gender.[6] On the night of the Canada's Drag Race finale, all three finalists were at a viewing party at Toronto's Danforth Music Hall, on a bill that also included Icesis's drag daughters Kimmy and Savannah Couture, as well as Makayla Walker Louboutin, an emerging Toronto drag artist who had appeared in the prom makeover episode as Couture's drag daughter "Ruby Couture".[7] On the same day, Couture released "La Pusetta", a bilingual English and Spanish pop single and music video created in collaboration with DJ and producer Velvet Code.[7]
In 2021, Couture modelled the Amsterdam Rainbow Dress, described as "a voluminous multicoloured gown that embodies a powerful statement about the global persecution of LGBTQ people", at Ottawa's National Gallery of Canada.[8][9]
Personal life
Granados-Portelance is of Salvadoran and French Canadian descent,[7] and lives in Ottawa, Ontario.[10] His younger brother Randy is also a drag queen, who performs under the name Savannah Couture.[1]
He is also a close friend of Kiki Coe, a drag performer who was contemporaneously a competitor in the first season of the drag competition series Call Me Mother.[7]
Filmography
Television
- Canada's Drag Race (season 2, 2021)
Discography
Singles
- "La Pusetta"
References
- ^ a b Peter Knegt, "All in the glamly: These real-life brothers are giving Ottawa drag a jolt of sister queen realness" Archived 2021-12-10 at the Wayback Machine. CBC Arts, February 13, 2019.
- ^ Jamie Samhan, "‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Names Season 2 Winner". ET Canada, December 17, 2021.
- ^ Leah Collins, "Meet the stars of Canada's a Drag Season 2" Archived 2021-12-10 at the Wayback Machine. CBC Arts, February 11, 2019.
- ^ Dani-Elle Dubé, "Virtual pride parade wraps up Pride Week with Miss Capital Pride 2020 Icesis Couture". CityNews, August 30, 2020.
- ^ Joey Nolfi, "Step your poutine up with the Canada's Drag Race season 2 queens" Archived 2021-12-13 at the Wayback Machine. Entertainment Weekly, September 14, 2021.
- ^ Kevin O'Keeffe, "‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 2 finale recap: A new Queen of the North is here". Xtra!, December 17, 2021.
- ^ a b c d Russ Martin, "Shantay she slayed! Icesis Couture is the winner of ‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 2". Xtra!, December 17, 2021.
- ^ Sandra Abma, "Sartorial symbol of LGBTQ persecution arrives in Ottawa-Gatineau" Archived 2021-12-10 at the Wayback Machine. CBC News Ottawa, December 8, 2021.
- ^ Megan Gillis (December 8, 2021). "Amsterdam Rainbow Dress makes Canadian début in the capital region". Ottawa Citizen. Archived from the original on December 10, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
- ^ Ryan, Anya (2021-12-08). "Canada's Drag Race series two: Everything you need to know". BBC Three. Archived from the original on 2021-12-10. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
