Monét X Change is the stage name of Kevin Bertin.She competed on the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, where she came in 6th place and was voted Miss Congeniality. She was known on the show for her beauty, comedy, charisma, lip-syncs, and sponges.
Later, Monét went on to compete on All Stars 4 and won along with Trinity The Tuck in the first ever double-win. This win also makes her the first ever Miss Congeniality to win a season of RuPaul's Drag Race.
"Oh, don't mind me. I'm just here to sweep up the competition girl."
All Stars 4
"Guess who's black in the house, bitch!"
Drag Name Origin
While eating chicken wings one day, she looked across the street at a currency exchange booth. Thinking, she took "money" to become "Monet", and accenting the E, "Monét". X Change is a play on the word "exchange".
She also used to perform under the name Monét X Change-Davenport after her drag mother, Honey Davenport.
She is the drag sister of Season 8's Bob the Drag Queen.
RuPaul's Drag Race
Monét X Change
Season Competed
Season 10
All Stars 4
Ranking:
6th (Miss Congeniality)
Winner
Mini-Challenges Won:
2 (ep. 1, 3)
0
Times as Team Captain:
1 (ep. 3)
0
Main Challenges Won:
0
3 (ep. 2, 5, 8)
Times in Bottom Two:
3 (eps. 4, 5, 10)
2 (ep. 4, 9)
Episode Eliminated:
Episode 10
N/A
Monét is one of the 14 queens to compete on the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. She won the first mini challenge of the season, and made a dress out of sponges for the "Drag on a dime" challenge. She was declared safe, despite criticism from her fellow queens.
In episode 4, she was in the bottom two along with Dusty Ray Bottoms. She won the lipsync, and sent Dusty home.
She was also in the bottom two with Mayhem Miller in episode 5, and won that lipsync as well.
After being in the bottom two twice, Monét performed very well and got great critiques for four weeks straight until episode 10, where she got eliminated.
She finished in sixth place and was voted Miss Congeniality by her fellow queens. This was the first time in Drag Race herstory that the Miss Congeniality title was decided on by the queens themselves.
Farewell Message
"Long Live the Sponge!!! MXC" "Chaching mother fucker cha ching"
Memorable Quotes
VH1 congratulating Monét after winning Miss Congeniality.
"I'm Monét X Change and you better get your currency in check, bitch."
"RuPaul, do you know why the cage bird sings?...Because Mariah Carey lost the key." (as Maya Angelou in the Snatch Game)
If these hoes try to come for me, I surely will cut thee. I will not hesitate to put thou in a ditch, because Maya Angelou ain't no punk bitch." (as Maya Angelou in the Snatch Game)
While Season 10 was airing, Monét held a bi-weekly YouTube series called "Readdit", where she answers fan questions from Reddit.
The sponge dress she wore in the first episode of Season 10 has become a meme in the Drag Race community. It has even been recreated by Season 10 contestant Yuhua Hamasaki.
She is the first queen to ever walk backstage during a lip-sync.
Monét has the current record for being in the "High" category for 4 episodes in a row without winning a challenge.
She is also the second queen to break a lightbulb onstage during a lip-sync, the first being Robbie Turner.
Monét often got critiqued by Ru and Michelle for wearing small "pussycat" wigs. However, the episodes she wore a bigger wig to please the judges, was in the Bottom 2. This is similar to Milk and Max on their seasons, who got critiqued for certain aspects of their style and got eliminated the episode they started listening to the judges' critiques.
The only time when Monet used a big wig and was not placed in the bottom was in episode 7.
Monét is the second youngest queen to win Miss Congeniality, the youngest being Valentina.
She is the first queen to win the title of Miss Congeniality as voted by her fellow contestants rather than the viewers.
She is also the third queen to be elected Miss Congeniality without winning a Maxi Challenge in her season (the other two being Pandora Boxx and Cynthia Lee Fontaine), and the first (and thus far, only) Miss Congeniality to place 6th.
She is the second Miss Congeniality to win both a Maxi Challenge and a Lip Sync for your Legacy in an All Stars season, the first being BenDeLaCreme.
She is the second Miss Congeniality to make it to the finale in an All Stars season, the first being Katya.
She is the second queen to be invited to All Stars while her season was still airing, the first being Aja.
Monét is the fourth queen to win at least two Maxi Challenges in an All Stars season without winning a Maxi Challenge in their original season (the first being Shannel).
