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Icesis Couture is a Canadian drag performer and one of the contestants of the second season of Canada's Drag Race.

Icesis would later be crowned Canada's Next Drag Superstar at the finale.

Icesis would later return to compete on Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs The World Season 1.

Drag Name Origin[]

"I'm a big nerd and I just like, l collect books. One of my books happens to be like a baby name book and l always just like write down the ones that are interesting and this just the one that l liked the most"[7]

Track Records[]

Seasons Competed: Canada Season 2 Canada vs The World
Season 1
Ranking: 1st Place
(Winner)
6th Place
(Quit)
Maxi Challenges Won: 2 (Eps. 1, 6) 1 (Ep. 2)
Mini Challenges Won: 2 (Eps. 4, 6) 0
Times as Team Captain: 0 0
Times in Bottom Two: 2 (Eps. 2, 8) 0
Episode Eliminated: N/A Episode 4

Memorable Quotes[]

Canada's Drag Race Season 2[]

  • "I'm Icesis Couture, and I'm here to make a friend! Just a single friend." (In Meet The Queens)
  • "My drag is literally just a sexy nightmare. Boo bitch." (In Meet The Queens)
  • "Did hell just freeze over? Because the ice queen has arrived." (Entrance Quote)
  • "Fuck, they hurt."
  • "Remember when I said I had bad knees? I lied, bitch."
  • "I make all my stuff, and I think your outfit was the worst last week. Isn't that right, Brooke Lynn?" (Responding to Kendall's read)
  • "The delusion is real."
  • "Gia Metric, you are definitely one of the most talented queens here, that talent will take you so far, and I hope you stay there."
  • "Eve 6000. Sister to sister, let me give you some advice. Don't ever be ashamed of who you are. That's your parents' job."
  • "My English is not very good, and neither is this accent." (as La Veneno in Snatch Game)
  • "Si, lo puedo, la pusetta!" (as La Veneno in Snatch Game)
  • Adriana: "Ay, you don't even know what it means!'
    • Icesis: "Ay, scandalo!"
  • "There goes my jacket."
  • "Damn you to hell!"
  • "♪ Once upon a time there was a little Latin boy. Who heard his man was cheating with a dirty-ass gnome. He said that he need me, and he want to make it right, but I'm tired of his lies and his silly lullaby. Jack be nimble, Jack be quick. Grab your bags 'cause it's time to split. This time Jack, you ain't ever comin' back! ♪" (Verse in Bye Flop)
  • "It's the first time her outfit has been louder than her mouth."
  • "But enough about the cast of Snow Dogs, and Kimora as Cuba Gooding Jr."
  • "Baby Baby!"
  • "Since we're roasting I'm gonna try one on you. Are you ready? *clears throat* Pythia, you are this week's design challenge winner."
  • "Girl no. I'm not buying a ticket to that show. I am scared, I want to go home. I need an adult."
  • "Emma Hunter, the host of Pop Quiz. Since Emma seems to enjoy playing games, let's play one ourselves. I'll give you all five seconds to Google 'Who the fuck is Emma Hunter'?"
  • "You're welcome, Emma. I hope your stay here was comfortable...whoever you are."
  • "Oh, I'm done? Oh, no." (Respoding to her time for the Roast being over)
  • "Not a teen showing up already a drag queen with her merch in the parking lot."
  • "She really said I'm on Canada's Drag Race as contestant number thirteen."
  • "Girl, I kicked her ass." (After sending Adriana home)
  • "I don't understand what is happening. I'm confused, I'm tired, I peed a little. We're not... I'm not doing this."
  • "You nasty bitch."
  • "C'mon hair in my mouth."
  • "But I did good on Snatch Game. Did you?" (to Priyanka)
  • "We could tell." (after Priyanka said she didn't make anything she brought)
  • "♪ *laughter* Did Hell just freeze over? 'Cause the ice queen has arrived, The new Queen of the North, rah! Walking down the runway you know what to do. Get out the way, Couture's coming through. Give you what you want from the start to the end. Look over here, 'cause she's always on trend. Serving all the fashion every day and every night. Haters gonna hate, but my star will shine bright. Took me a minute, but the Queen has arrived. Bitches wouldn't know how the fuck to survive. Come on Brooke! ♪" (verse in Queen of the North)
  • "Not grandma winning the whole damn show."

Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs The World Season 1[]

  • "You thought winter was over? The Ice Queen's back to snatch another crown." (entrance quote)
  • "I-C-E-S-I-S, y'all already know, this queen's the best! Season 2 winner, so this queen's no beginner. Are you ready for dinner, I'm the drag queen sinner. I got the call, that it's time to brawl. I'm the fashion doll, time to win another ball. I'm the Queen of Ice, head to toe precise. Time to roll the dice, your girl's here to win it twice. Fashion, beauty, runway, pose! Icesis nails it on the nose! Eeny, meeny, miney, mo! All these girls have got to go! (verse in Bonjour, Hi)
  • "It's pronounced *in an Italian accent* Donatella Versace, not *in Canadian accent* Donatella Versace."
  • "Darling, the most important thing somebody could give is me, a lighter. I have been sitting here for the past 30 minutes smoking a cigarette that is not even lit." (as Donatella Versace in the Snatch Summit)
  • "Darling, for the first half of this show, I thought you were a pelican. A talking pelican." (To Brooke Lynn Hytes as Donatella Versace in the Snatch Summit)
  • "Darling, at this point, I don't give a fuck." (in the Snatch Summit)
  • "Unhhhhh!" (during the Weather Ball)
  • "Thanks, Brad." (during the Weather Ball)

Trivia[]

  • Icesis, alongside fellow Season 2 competitor Adriana, are the first queens of Latin American descent to compete on Canada's Drag Race.
    • This makes her the first Latin American winner on the Canadian series.
  • Icesis has a younger brother, named Randy Granados, that also does drag. Their drag name is Savannah Couture.[8][9]
  • Icesis is Miss Capital Pride 2020.[10][11]
  • Icesis is the second queen to win her first episode and lipsync the following episode, after Denali.
    • However, Icesis is the first to do this within the first two episodes.
  • Icesis won both design challenges in her season, which were both her overall wins (two).
  • Icesis shares a few similarities with Season 1 runner-up Rita Baga. Both of them won episodes 1 and 6, placed in the bottom two twice (one of their bottoms being the Makeover Challenge and the last possible competitive bottom placement of the season) and lip synced the last three episodes.
  • Icesis also shares a few similarities with Season 1 winner Priyanka. As both won two maxi challenges and had two bottom placements.
  • Icesis the first winner to lip sync for their life in episode 2.
  • In both episodes that Pythia won (episodes 2 and 8), Icesis was in the bottom two.
  • When she was younger, Icesis had transitioned and lived as a trans woman for a certain period of time.[12]
  • Her drag daughter, Kimmy Couture, is a contestant on Season 3 of Canada's Drag Race, the season that followed her own season.
  • Makayla Couture, Icesis' makeover partner, later went on to appear on Call Me Mother Season 2.
  • Icesis is the second winner to compete on an elimination-format All Stars/a vs. the World season, after BeBe Zahara Benet when she appeared on RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (Season 3).
    • However, she is the first winner to be announced alongside the main cast, as BeBe was revealed as a surprise contestant during All Stars 3's premiere.
  • Icesis spent $70,000 dollars for Canada vs The World.[13]
  • Icesis is the only contestant from Canada vs The World to never place below safe.
  • She is the first queen to quit on a vs The World season.
  • The outfit that Icesis wore for the Season 2 reunion was actually a mini challenge outfit because production told the Top 4 that they were preparing for a mini challenge, yet when they arrived on the Main Stage, it turned out to be a reunion.[11]
  • Icesis is open to compete in an All Stars/All Winners season.[14]
  • In an unseen exclusive on the Canada's Drag Race social medias, Canada's Drag Race season 5 contestant Uma Gahd confirmed her and Icesis dated when in high school, before either had started drag.[15]

Gallery[]

Canada's Drag Race Season 2[]

Canada's Drag Race Season 2 Looks[]

Canada's Drag Race Season 3[]

Canada's Drag Race Season 3 Looks[]

Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs The World Season 1[]

Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs The World Season 1 Looks[]

Videos[]

Filmography[]

TV[]

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2021 Canada's Drag Race (Season 2) Self Contestant (Placed 1st)
2022 Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs The World (Season 1) Self Contestant (Placed 6th)

Discography[]

Singles and EPs[]

Year Title Notes
2021 "La Pusetta - Radio Edit" feat. Velvet Code

Appearances/Features[]

Year Title Artwork Notes
2021 "Bye, Flop! (Giddy Girls)" by The Cast of Canada's Drag Race
2022 "Bonjour, Hi! (Maple She-Rups)" by The Cast of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs the World

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