Coco Montrese

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Coco Montrese
Biographical Information
Drag Name	Coco Montrese
Ethnicity	African American
Date of Birth	July 2, 1974[citation needed]
Age	50
Hometown	Miami, FL, USA[citation needed]
Location	Las Vegas, NV, USA
Season Information
Season	Season 5
Place	5th
Eliminated	Episode 10
Sent home by	Detox
Challenge Wins	1
Season	Season 2
Place	10th
Eliminated	Episode 1
Sent home by	Roxxxy Andrews
Challenge Wins	0

Coco Montrese is an American drag contestant, performer, pageant contestant, reality television personality, Las Vegas entertainer and a contestant on Season 5 of RuPaul's Drag Race.

In 2016, Coco returned to compete on RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 2 where she placed 10th overall.

Coco later returned in the first episode of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 6 as a Lip-Sync Assassin, to which she won the lip-sync against Yara Sofia.

On April 3, 2024, Coco was announced as one of eight contestants to appear in RuPaul's Drag Race Live Untucked.

Drag Name Origin

Her drag mother Mokha Montrese named her Coco Montrese. Coco almost named herself Paris.^{[citation needed]}

Track Records

Statistics	USA Season 5	USA All Stars Season 2
Ranking:	5th Place	10th Place
Maxi Challenges Won:	1 (Ep. 7)	0
Mini Challenges Won:	1 (Ep. 4)	0
Times as Team Captain:	1 (Ep. 4)	0
Times in Bottom:	4 (Eps. 3, 6, 9, 10)	1 (Ep. 1)
Episode Eliminated:	Episode 10	Episode 1

Memorable Quotes

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 5

• "Oh boys, the diva has arrived!" (entrance quote)
• "I'M NOT JOKING, BITCH!" (To Alyssa Edwards)
• "I lost all hope today."
• "Serena ChaCha... Better ChaCha your way outta here! Olé!"
• "Don't TRY it, 'lil boy!" (To Serena ChaCha in Episode 2's untucked)
• "EXCEPT YOU!!"
• "No RuPaulogies."
• "I'm not no dummy y'all."
• "Get her, Jade!"
• " ♪ I lost all hope today, My car broke down, I'm empty. So I went to a friendly bar.. There was a show.. This one's different. ♪ " (verse in "Can I Get An Amen?")
• "The only thing funny about Alyssa is her overbite."
• "You a shady bitch."
• "Yeah, thanks Detox."
• "All tea. All shade"
• "Yes girl! Look how orange I look!" (To Alyssa Edwards)
• "Fuck you, Alyssa!"
• "Someone forgot to tell them that black people don’t swim. Thank God I’m Dominican." (In Episode 1, during the confessionals of the photo shoot mini challenge)
• "I am getting my life on this bus!"
• "You go with Michelle farther than you go back with me. You knew Michelle when Michelle was Michael." (during the RuPaul Roast)
• "So I'm flipping through the channels, I say, 'You seen Ru? Ru on TV!' I say, 'What the HELL is he thinking?'" (during the RuPaul Roast)
• "You know, at the beginning of the show, you come in the room, girl. "Hello, Hello!" Girl, you look like the black Pee-Wee Herman." (during the RuPaul Roast)
• "Pants so high, he look like he in New Orleans in Hurricane Katrina girl." (during the RuPaul Roast)

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 2

• "Orange you girls happy to see me?" (entrance quote)
• "Oh I'm not holding shit back, oh at all." (after being told she can return for RuVenge on Episode 5)

Trivia

• During RuPaul's Drag Race Season 5's Snatch Game, Coco impersonated singer Janet Jackson, a celebrity she regularly impersonates during her Las Vegas show.^{[citation needed]}
• She is the first contestant to be eliminated with the "Lip Sync For Your Legacy" format.
• She is one of three contestants, along with Ra'Jah O'Hara (on RuPaul's Drag Race Season 11) and Heidi N Closet (on RuPaul's Drag Race Season 12), to lip sync for her life four times in one regular season before the finale.
• She appeared on Toddlers & Tiaras as a judge of the Mr. and Ms. Nevada pageant along with Chad Michaels and Derrick Barry.^{[citation needed]}
• She is the drag mother of Kahanna Montrese.^{[citation needed]}
• Coco Montrese won Miss Gay America in 2010, replacing Alyssa Edwards..^{[citation needed]}
• Coco trained Alexis Mateo for her first pageant.^{[citation needed]}
• Coco is the second contestant to place 5th on her original season to go home first in an All Stars season. She followed Pandora Boxx in RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 1 and she was followed by Derrick Barry in RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 5.
• In 2008, Coco won the inaugural Miss Gay Days pageant.^{[citation needed]}
• Coco is the first "first-out" that won a challenge in their original season, she was later followed by Morgan McMichaels on RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 3 and Derrick Barry on RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 5.
• Coco is the sixth Drag Race contestant to be impersonated during Snatch Game, after Sharon Needles & Alyssa Edwards, Alaska, Jasmine Masters, and Tammie Brown. She was portrayed by her drag daughter, Kahanna Montrese.

Gallery

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 5

Underwater Photoshoot

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 5 Looks

Promo Look

Entrance Look

Trash Couture Look

Best Drag Look

Think Pink Look

Divalicious Look

Snatch Game Look – Janet Jackson

Deadliest Snatch Look

Favorite Body Part Look

RuPaul Roast Look

Company Spokeswoman Look

Spanish Telenovela Realness Look

Drag Makeovers Look – Coco and Horchata Montrese

Finale Look

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 2

Mini Promo

Promo Banner

Meet The Queens

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 2 Looks

Promo Look

Premiere Look

Confessional Look

Entrance Look

All Star Talent Show Extravaganza Look

Re-Entrance Look/Unaired 2 in 1 look

Comedy Challenge Look (with Phi Phi O'Hara)

Reunion Look

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 6

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 6 Looks

Lip Sync Assassin Look

Lip Sync Assassin Look (Reveal)

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