Kylie Sonique Love

Sonique
Biographical Information
Drag Name	Sonique
Ethnicity	Caucasian
Date of Birth	May 2, 1983
Age	40
Hometown	Albany, Georgia
Season Information
Season	Season 2 Holi-Slay Spectacular
Place	9th
Eliminated	Episode 4
Sent home by	Morgan McMichaels
Challenge Wins	0

Kylie "Sonique" Love, also simply known as Sonique, is a drag queen, performer, actress and one of the Season 2 contestants of RuPaul's Drag Race (placed 9th).

Name Origin

Sonique's drag name comes from a same named British artist. She likes it because sounds powerful (like sonic powers) and it's a one word name, just as she wanted.

RuPaul's Drag Race

Sonique

Statistics	Season 2
Placement	9th Place
Main Challenges Won	0
Mini Challenges Won	0
Times in Bottom	1 (ep. 4)
Episode Eliminated	Episode 4

On Season 2, Sonique was declared safe in the 1st 3 episodes. However, on Episode 4, "Snatch Game", the contestants had to do a funny celebrity impersonation, Sonique attempted to do a funny Lady Gaga, but ended in the Bottom 2 with Morgan McMichaels. They lip-synced to "2 of Hearts" by Stacey Q. but, while Sonique was doing a gymnastic number, Morgan focused on a praised choreography, which caused Sonique to be eliminated.

Entance Quote

Holi-Slay Spectacular

"Looks like you were naughty this year... 'cause you got a bad bitch for Christmas."

Memorable Quotes

• "It looked like Mortal Kombat." (referring to Sahara Davenport vs. Shangela lip-sync)
• "Five dollars, try something new."
• "She showed up looking like Holiday Heart."
• "My time is valuable too, so hit it!"
• "Trust!" (as Lady Gaga on "Snatch Game")
• "Money, honey." (as Lady Gaga on "Snatch Game")

Farewell Message

Season 2

"☮♡ XO, Son!que “Trust”"

Trivia

• Sonique went to a military school when she was a kid. Later, she started take gym classes and also learned sing live;
• Sonique is a trans woman. She was the 1st contestant from "Drag Race" who came out as transgender, and was already transitioning prior to the show, but got off hormones before she left for filming. She is followed by Carmen Carrera, Stacy Layne Matthews, Kenya Michaels, Jiggly Caliente, Lashauwn Beyond, Monica Beverly Hillz, Gia Gunn and Peppermint.
• Her drag mother is The Goddess Raven.
• She's was part of the "Dreamgirls Revue", a group that features some of the best female/celebrity impersonators.
• She has done other appearances on other TV shows, including Jay Leno's "Tonight Show", Gene Simmons "Family Jewels", "The Mentalist", "LA Hair", "Joan and Melissa" and "Joan Knows Best"
• She was an alternate cast member for Season 1.
• She was the first contestant to be eliminated from the "Snatch Game"
• As of the "Holi-Slay Spectacular", Sonique is the first fully transitioned queen to compete on the show. Also, due to the entire cast winning the special, she is also the first trans winner.
• Following the Christmas special, Sonique has been strongly advocating for her return to the show on Instagram and Twitter, for a future season of "All Stars", along with Mayhem Miller.

Discography

Singles

• "Santa Please Come Home" (2018)
• "Hey Hater" (2019)

Social Media

• Sonique's Site | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

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  Sonique on YouTube | Apple Music | Wikipedia