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Kandy Muse is an American drag queen and performer based in The Bronx, New York City and the Runner-Up of Season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race.

Kandy would later return to compete on the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, placing as the Runner-Up again.

In June 2024, Kandy was announced as one of the cast members of the first season of Slaycation.[4]

Drag Name Origin[]

She confirmed on her instagram story in answer to a fan's question that her name was taken from Beautiful Darling.

Track Records[]

Statistics USA Season 13 USA All Stars
Season 8
Ranking: 2nd Place
(Runner-up) 		2nd Place
(Runner-up)
Maxi Challenges Won: 1 (Ep. 12) 2 (Eps. 6, 10)
Mini Challenges Won: 2 (Eps. 11, 12) 0
Times as Team Captain: 0 0
Times in Bottom: 3 (Eps. 6, 8, 13) 2 (Eps. 8, 9)
Episode Eliminated: Episode 16 Episode 12

Memorable Quotes[]

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 13[]

  • "From the hood to Hollywood!" (Entrance Quote)
  • "Everyone can be a drag queen but not everyone can be a star. I'm a star!" (Confessional)
  • "Chicken feathers?" (about Joey Jay's entrance look)
  • "I also think she was a little bit jealous of me." (about Aja and the disbandment of the Haus of Aja)
  • "Come on Ms. Anastasia Beverly Hills! I want a sponsorship, thank you very much."
  • "Um, that's the former Haus of Aja."
  • "Not that shady ass question."
  • "First of all bitch, who is talking to you?"
  • "♪ Kandy Muse is in town, triple threat on the prow, bitches, bow down to the queen. I'm getting my crown, come on, Ru, pass it down, New York City gave birth to me. I'm ready to attack, it's a massive attack, you hoes better beware of thee. Sitting alone in the VIP, you could never compare to me. Ha-ha-ha, bitch! ♪" (verse in "ConDragulations")
  • "I'M OPTIMISTIC! I AIN'T GOING NO MOTHERFUCKING NOWHERE! AND IF I'VE GOTTA GO SOMEWHERE YOU'LL BETTER ROLL THEM CAMERAS! I'M GONNA GO UP TO THEM AND BE LIKE MISS RUPAUL [knock knock knock] LEMME HAVE A WORD WITH YOU! I'M NOT GOING NOWHERE."
  • "Oh my god, Joey Jay is so cute! And so feminine, I love feminine boys!"
  • "If I ain't gonna win a crown, I'ma win a man!"
  • "I was gonna pull it down, but my uh little beef tender rollies were gonna come out, and I'm trying to keep it family friendly!"
  • "I love it!" (To RuPaul)
  • "Joey, if you wanna quit drag we can get married, I can win the competition, and I can sustain both of us."
  • "If you don't have star quality, get the fuck outta here!" (About Tamisha Iman)
  • "If I am saying something arrogant, in the moment, call it out."
  • "Elliott, I think you need more self-awareness."
  • "I don't give a fuck about what any of the bottom girls have to say!"
  • "Suck it, bitch!"
  • "My boyfriend to be was just sent home! Joey Jay, I'm so sad!"
  • "Nonono no as in like yes."
  • "I know the difference! One has big, curly, bouncy hair. Very, you know, mahogany. And the other ones dead!"
  • "I think it's time to make that dream a REALITYYY! (About Rosé when she said that she had a nightmare that she went home)
  • "The only person I want to come through these walls is Joey Jay!"
  • "Chileeeeeee... Utica? You in danger girl!"
  • "Bitch, I want $1000!" (Kandy congratulating Olivia Lux on her second win)
  • "Thank you, for changing my life forever...that I can be who I wanna be into the world and not giving a fuck about what anyone has to say about me. And you made me feel so so special. I love you, Thank you so much." (to RuPaul after being told to sashay away)
  • "Bitch you didn't have to play with my emotions ho! Thank you so much!" (to RuPaul after being saved)
  • "You could tell me the sky is blue and I'm gon' cry."
  • "Baby, I don't know who the fuck Mary Queen of Scots is. But Rosé has this funny ass Ireland accent. Ireland accent? That's not a thing! Irish accent!" (Kandy trying to understand Rosé and her Scottish accent)
  • "Well, you have a natural comedy face!" (To Tina Burner in Untucked)
  • "Here's the thing, though. I thought my ass was gonna be out, so I shaved my ass last night! And then my ass isn't out, and my nipples are, so, but it's fine. They a little cold, but we live!"
  • "Um, first and foremost, I wanna say that I didn't know that Tina Burner owns flames, and the colours orange, red and yellow. You will never see Tina walk down the runway looking like a hoe, like this, looking flawless, number one! And number two, me and Gottmik had the hardest challenge in this entire group, cus I'm big, she's little, and yet we still made it work! All these bitches had the same size, so there's no excuse why they should look as weak, and Olivia and Denali seem like the weakest out of everyone on this stage. Just my opinion!"
  • "Is the bus still runnin'?"
  • "Tina Burner doesn't own flames!"
  • "Cheers to being skinny!" (In her soft drink commercial)
  • "If you have a leaf and you turn it over it's the same leaf." (Responding to Rosé using the phrase "turn a new leaf" in Untucked)
  • "Ain't no audience tonight. Michelle, don't that kind of remind you of your old concerts from back in the day?" (To Michelle on the Nice Girls Roast)
  • "You're perfect, you're beautiful, that performance in Rent: Live was ROUGH, bitch." (To Valentina in the Nice Girls Roast)
  • "Your Angel, needed an angel." (To Valentina in the Nice Girls Roast)
  • "You make my good Judy Miss Tina Burner look like a petite woman with those BIG-ASS SHOULDERS YOU GOT BITCH!" (To Nina West in the Nice Girls Roast)
  • "Drag Race is the Olympics of drag and baby, you're the stadium." (To Nina West in the Nice Girls Roast)
  • "I don't know what's worse, your fashion on Season 12... Ooh, no baby, ain't nothin' worse than that." (to Heidi N Closet in the Nice Girls Roast)
  • "How does being an extra on Soul Plane land you in this BIG-ASS GIG on Rupaul's Drag Race?" (to Loni Love in the Nice Girls Roast)
  • "Ya'll, RuPaul is so old that Jurassic Park brought back memories" (to RuPaul in the Nice Girls Roast)
  • "RuPaul is so old, I told her to act her age, bitch, she died." (to RuPaul in the Nice Girls Roast)
  • "She is a fashionista with the voice of a gargoyle." (introducing Symone in the Nice Girls Roast)
  • "What's the problem, cat got your tongue?"
  • "Have fun playin' with my pussy."
  • "NOOOOOOOOOO! MY WICKED BEAUTYYYY!"
  • "I want a boat because, I just want a boat. [chuckles]"
  • "At first I'm a hard-headed. I'm like well bitch, I know better thank you! But like, I'm also fucking delusional!"
  • "♪" Yo, the Muse is back, top four, bitch, on the track, she 'bout to bring it back, and you hoes better watch your backs. Queens wish thеy had my spot, they said I would go first, now I'm laughing from the top (Ha ha ha ha!). From the hood to Hollywood, with three bad bitchеs on my side, number one showstopping diva, now I'm ready for my crown, bitch!" ♪ (Verse in Lucky)
  • "There is no rulebook that says that America's next drag superstar has to be perfect. I have fallen 100 times and gotten up 101 times because I have the fire in my fucking belly. There is an entire community of Afro-Latinos, brown, loud little gay boys back in the 'hood that are looking up to this big bitch right here on this main stage like, damn. And that's what I wanna show the world—that it's okay to be big. it is okay to be loud. I feel like a fucking queen already. Crown it." (her speech as to why she should be crowned America's Next Drag Superstar)

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 8[]

  • (laugh) "The muse is back." (entrance quote)
  • "Do you think I'm sexy? 'Cause I think you're sexy."
  • "Baby, Symone said 'give me that shit'." (about the crown of season 13)
  • "Kandy is coming to give you a cavity, bitch."
  • "Every single detail is to to T, the same way RuPaul's outfit was built back in the 1800s." (about her Famous Then runway)
  • "Baby, crossing the pond. Oh, wait, no, Canada's above there." (about Jimbo's presence in the season)
  • "That's corny. I'm so sorry, that is so corny. Five, six, seven, eight, what? When the fuck have you seen a rock star doing that?" (during the Money, Success, Fame, Glamour choreographing)
  • "Red carpets, I've walked them, TV shows, I've done them, sold out more tours than this crazy conundrum, award-winning diva, she's giving you fever, if fame is the game now just follow the leader!" (Money, Success, Fame, Glamour verse)
  • "Why don't we just take both?" (about Monica and Darienne's lipsticks)
  • "Lower your expectations and go easy.. which, by the way, is the same exact thing Mrs. Kasha Davis said on her wedding night back in 1954!"
  • "You're crushing my tuck!" (as "Tiffany" in the Best Friends 4 Never sketch)
  • "Oh my god, I can't with the dramatics, I cannot, I cannot with the dramatics. Enough." (about Alexis Michelle crying for losing a part to her in Forensic Queens)
  • "She's so talented, I hope that one day I get to recognize one of her MANY hit song." (about Michelle Visage during the Roast of Carson Kressley)
  • "You and I have a lot more in common that you think: I love ketamine, you're an equestrian." (to Carson during the Roast of Carson Kressley)
  • "You know I was shocked when you went home early because I thought that the cleaning crew was booked for the entire season!" (to Monica Beverly Hillz during the reading challenge)

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 17[]

  • "Not too much…"
  • "Why you laughing?!"

Extras[]

  • "♪ The Muse is back another track, bitch beware it's a sneak attack. Feeling cunty, serving looks. I'll smack you down with a fierce right-hook. In the snow making bitches gag, designer looks check the tag. I don't wanna brag, Season 1 bitch in the bag. ♪" (Verse in I'm a Queen from Slaycation)

Trivia[]

Gallery[]

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 13[]

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 13 Looks[]

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 8[]

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 8 Looks[]

Slaycation Season 1[]

Slaycation Season 1 Looks[]

Videos[]

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 13[]

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 8[]

The Pit Stop[]

Filmography[]

TV[]

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2021 RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 13) Self Contestant (Placed 2nd)
RuPaul's Drag Race Untucked (Season 12)
2023 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (Season 8) Contestant (Placed 2nd)
2024 House of Villians (Season 2) Contestant (Placed 6th)
2024 Slaycation (Season 1) Contestant (Placed 2nd-6th)

Discography[]

Year Title Artwork
2021 Condragulations
2021 Lucky
2023 Money, Success, Fame, Glamour
2024 I'm a Queen

External Links[]

References[]

  1. ↑ Sibling Rivalry: The One With Kandy Muse | YouTube — January 29, 2025
  2. ↑ Kandy Muse Is Proud to Represent Afro-Latinos on RuPaul's Drag Race | People en Español — February 11, 2021
  3. ↑ Post by TheKandyMuse | X — August 8, 2021
  4. ↑ See the 6 returning Drag Race queens set to be dropped into the wilderness on new Slaycation series | Entertainment Weekly — June 6, 2024
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 KANDY MUSE | Give It To Me Straight | Ep 40 | YouTube — June 6, 2024
  6. ↑ Post by TheKandyMuse | X — March 27, 2021
  7. ↑ Post by TheKandyMuse | X — July 22, 2023
  8. ↑ House of Villains#Season 2
  9. ↑ Post by eaituvisse_ | Instagram — January 3, 2025

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