
Kiara, also known as Kiara Schatzi or Kiara Benetton, is a French Canadian drag performer, actor, musical artist and one of the Season 1 contestants of Canada's Drag Race.
Drag Name Origin[]
Kiara's name comes from the character Kiara in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride. She chose it because she is a Leo and likes lions.
Track Records[]
Seasons Competed: | Canada Season 1 |
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Ranking: | 8th Place |
Maxi Challenges Won: | 0 |
Mini Challenges Won: | 0 |
Times as Team Captain: | 0 |
Times In Bottom Two: | 1 (Ep. 5) |
Episode Eliminated: | Episode 5 |
Memorable Quotes[]
Canada's Drag Race Season 1[]
- "En français, s'il vous plaît." (entrance quote)
- "I'm pretty, and I'm versatile!" [winks]
- "A ticket home!" (upon hearing Kyne's excitement about what prize she will win)
- "The Pit Crew's coming in and the hormones are coming in too, honey, I feel so hot."
- "I like that." (upon hearing Juice Boxx's entrance quote)
- "Kyne is delusional. There is no way she should've won this challenge. She was losing her balls on the runway."
- "Miss Safe at-large." (to Anastarzia Anaquway)
- "Honey, this is Christmas, baby!" (as Mariah Carey)
- "♪ KiKi wanna kai-kai, but none of these queens are my type. I'm sexy, so they want a bite-bite. They can try me, but I will decline-cline. Miss Anaquway, you can sashay, I want a real star, no tea, no safe. Ilona, you're on the same lane. Double chin, double teeth, baby, desolé! ♪" (verse in "Not Sorry Aboot It")
- "Kiki, wanna be on All Stars! OK!?" (exit quote)
Farewell Message[]
"KIARA Love you guys, have fun cleaning"
Trivia[]
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- Kiara attended Cégep de Sainte-Foy in Quebec City, and later began attending Concordia University in Montréal to study film.
- Rita Baga gave Kiara her first gig.
- Kiara is part of the Spice Drags, a Montréal-based Spice Girls impersonation group, as Scary Spice.[2] Giséle Lullaby is also part of the group.
- Kiara is a member of the Kiki House of Benetton, the first Ballroom Kiki house founded in Montréal.
- Kiara's lip-sync with Priyanka is the first lip-sync ever aired to exceed 3 minutes.
- Kiara and Paloma from the first season of Drag Race France have the same entrance line: "En français, s'il vous plaît."
- This makes them the second pair of contestants to have the same entrance line, after Farrah Moan and Gothy Kendoll on the ninth season of the American series and the first season of the British series respectively.
- She is not the first queen to speak French as her entrance line though, as this distinction goes to Dida Ritz.
- Kiara is the second queen of Cameroonian descent, following BeBe Zahara Benet from the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race.
- Coincidentally, both contestants competed on the first season of their respective franchises.
Gallery[]
Canada's Drag Race Season 1[]
Canada's Drag Race Season 1 Looks[]
Videos[]
Filmography[]
TV[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2020 | Canada's Drag Race (Season 1) | Self | Contestant, Placed 8th |
Discography[]
Appearances/Features[]
Year | Title | Notes |
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2020 | "Not Sorry Aboot It" | by The Cast of Canada's Drag Race, Season 1 |
External Links[]
- Instagram (Main Account)
- Instagram (Merch Account)
- Linktree
- Snatched Merch
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- Wikipedia (FR)
References[]
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Winner | Priyanka |
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Runners-Up | 2nd & 3rd: Rita Baga & Scarlett BoBo |
Other Contestants | 4th: Jimbo • 5th: Lemon • 6th: Ilona Verley • 7th: BOA • 8th: Kiara • 9th: Tynomi Banks (Miss Congeniality) • 10th: Anastarzia Anaquway • 11th: Kyne • 12th: Juice Boxx |
Hosts | Brooke Lynn Hytes • Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman • Stacey McKenzie |
Judges | Brooke Lynn Hytes • Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman • Stacey McKenzie |
Pit Crew | Eric Timm • Evan "Ev" Boutsov • Kai Gbamanja • Lucas Kitteridge • Michael Chung • Mina Gerges • Ming Yao • Riley Duster • Seth Falk • Travis L'Henaff |