Meet the new queens of Canada's Drag Race season 7
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A new season of Canada’s Drag Race is coming to take over your screens.
This season features 11 fresh queens and one returning queen vying for a chance at the crown. Also up for grabs is a cash prize of $100,000 and the esteemed title of Canada’s Next Drag Superstar.
Official promos for the queens feature a fun beach bash theme, but the cutthroat competition will be anything but an island paradise.
Returning to the judging panel are Brooke Lynn Hytes and Traci Melchor, along with a rotating roster of celebrity guests.
Season 7 will premiere Thursday, November 19 on World of Wonder and Crave.
Meet the 12 new queens ready to make their mark on the world:
Batty Banks
Official Bio: A powerhouse performer known for their charisma, personality, and stunning looks, Batty Banks headlined Vancouver Pride 2023 events and has opened for Todrick Hall and Fefe Dobson. They are an Urban Wildlife Ecologist who was featured in two episodes of the CBC docuseries THE NATURE OF THINGS and has given guest seminars on the topic of Queer Ecology. Batty performs three times a week, including a monthly drag brunch and cross-country appearances.
Bliss
Official Bio: Originally from Ottawa, ON, Bliss has a background in illustration and is a self-taught fashion designer. She regularly hosts drag shows, serving face and style multiple times per week. When she’s not sewing her own fits and designing posters for her shows, Bliss is likely sharing her talents and doing so for others.
Caroltta Carlisle
Official Bio: When Old Hollywood glam meets over-the-top show girl, you get Carlotta Carlisle, the pride of Deer Lake, Newfoundland. Carlotta performs five nights a week in Toronto and even offers her audience a chance to send in live requests, proving she’s spontaneous and quick on her heels. She holds multiple titles, including “Miss Gay Universe,” “Miss Crews and Tangos,” and “Miss Toronto Continental Plus.
Chiquita Mére
Official Bio: Bold, funny, and fiercely authentic, Chiquita relishes the spotlight, having done improv, theatre, tap, stand-up, poetry, TV, and radio. She is also a published author, penning Des fleurs comme moi. After helping to launch the Moncton-Acadian drag scene, Chiquita made her way to Montreal where she co-produced and performed her one-woman theatre show following her transition through the eyes of a lobster.
Gravy
Official Bio: Gravy is a flavourful, quirky, and chaotic drag artist whose performance connects with kids, seniors, and everyone in between. Online, Gravy has gained quite a following and attention from the international drag community for writing her own verses to DRAG RACE favourites like “Dead or Alive.”
Guy Anabella
Official Bio: A professor at Sheridan College, powerlifter, and proud Guyanese queen, Guy Anabella brings the trifecta: brains, brawn, and beauty. Committed to sparking creativity and confidence in others, Guy weaves her culture into everything she does, from her vibrant runway looks inspired by Caribbean Carnival to representing her Guyanese roots with several performances a month, from brunches and educational gigs to club appearances.
Kara Juku
Official Bio:Kara Juku is a Vancouver ‘IT’ queen on the scene, serving up Asian excellence with standout choreography and a Barbie doll aesthetic. They have won Vancouver’s Next Drag Superstar 2020 and Vancouver Eastside Drag Phenomenon in 2019. Kara is the drag daughter of CANADA’S DRAG RACE finalist Kendall Gender and a part of the House of Rice, Canada’s all-Asian drag house. They are also part of the non-binary drag group, ENBY6.
Madee Lovegood
Official Bio: Madee Lovegood is a bold, beautiful, and bearded drag artist, with a theatrical sensibility and unapologetic charisma. One of Toronto’s hottest and most chaotic hosts, Madee performs four to five nights a week, advocating for her culture as one of the very few Assyrian drag artists worldwide. Her signature beard represents the pride she has for her community.
Moh Dafok
Offiicial Bio: Moh Dafok is a vibrant, flirtatious, and clown-hearted queen whose drag is built on joy and connection, proving that ‘drag is love and it is art.’ A Brazilian immigrant who speaks four languages, Moh Dafok is able to get laughs, no matter what language she speaks. Moh Dafok currently performs five to six shows a week, picking up private events, human birthdays, dog birthdays, human anniversaries, dog weddings, and any daytime job that pays.
Paolo Perfección
Official Bio: Paolo Perfección returns! A fan favourite in Season 6 of CANADA’S DRAG RACE, Paolo has alluded to her pork chop exit causing a citywide power outage. Paolo is a dazzling force of nature, blending high glam, sharp wit, and an unapologetic love for the spotlight. Starting her career performing in straight clubs in Montreal to huge acclaim, Paolo’s drag is smart, cheeky, and endearing
Paris Matik
Official Bio: Paris Matik is a seductive, high-energy popstar drag queen, drawing in the audience with her entertaining and electrifying performances. With strong skills in lip-syncing, choreography, hosting, and the ability to connect, Paris brings elegance and realness to her shows. Performing four to five shows per week at Toronto’s hottest drag spots, Paris is very in demand.
Pheromone Killz
Official Bio: Pheromone Killz is a Métis construction worker and drag queen known for being beautiful, bubbly, and in her own words, “a bit brash.” A fierce, philanthropic prairie queen with PEI roots, fundraising for local Indigenous and NFP groups is important to her as well, including last year’s appearance at the University of Alberta, on behalf of the Faculty of Native Studies for Indigenous Reconciliation Day. A foreman by day, she works the stage by night – winning drag competition titles since 2017.