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Venus D-Lite is a retired american drag performer, actor, dancer, Madonna impersonator, and one of the Season 3 contestants of RuPaul's Drag Race, where she was eliminated first, placing 13th in the competition overall.
Drag Name Origin[]
At the moment of starting drag, she was young and poor and didn't have a computer nor internet, so she would go to Kinkos to check her e-mail. The song "Venus" by Bananarama was on the radio and after hearing the verse "And Venus was her name…", she thought that would be a very cool name. She went home to her boyfriend and he helped come up with the last name D-Lite.[2]
Track Records[]
Statistics | USA Season 3 |
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Ranking: | 13th Place |
Maxi Challenges Won: | 0 |
Mini Challenges Won: | 0 |
Times as Team Captain: | 0 |
Times in Bottom: | 1 (Ep. 2) |
Episode Eliminated: | Episode 2 |
Memorable Quotes[]
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 3[]
- "You can be my friend or you can be my enemy, just say it to my face."
- "That's shady to me."
- "I do lots of characters, but I've had plastic surgery to look more like Madonna."
- "I don't think you can be the next Drag Superstar with no confidence."
- "You're under the microscope now, bitch."
- "Me, and then the bitches stole it."
Farewell Message[]
"Don't Be Shady!! Be A Lady! Love Ya VenusDLite"
Trivia[]
- Adam is of Italian descent.[citation needed]
- Venus started doing drag in 2002.[citation needed]
- Venus is the first contestant to place 13th.
- Besides Madonna, one of her idols is Marilyn Monroe, and her favorite diva is Toni Braxton.[citation needed]
- Her first performance in drag was as Marilyn Monroe on the 40th Anniversary of Monroe's death.[3]
- Venus has had facial procedures done on his cheekbones and chin to look like Madonna.
- She was influenced by Viva Sex, a legendary Southern California entertainer.[citation needed]
- She buys her male and drag persona’s clothing at thrift stores.[citation needed]
- She had several other reality TV and Music Videos appearances.
- She was on Ricki Lake's Talkshow as Madonna, performing "Like a Virgin".[4]
- She appeared in Christina Aguilera's video, "Hurt" in 2006.[3]
- She appeared on E! show "Botched", in the episode "Like a Surgeon", where she wanted to receive a rhinoplasty to further look like Madonna.[5]
- In 2014, she appeared on TLC's "My Strange Addiction" in season 6's sixth episode "Grandma Lover/Addicted to Being Madonna".[6]
- She is the least followed queen of Season 3, and one of the least followed out of the entire franchise, including international versions.
- She expressed dismay at the fact that she was not invited for Season 12's Madonna Rusical.[citation needed]
- In her Hey Qween interview from 2018, she stated that her and RuPaul knew each other before Season 1. She was asked to be on alongside the rest of the Dreamgirls Revue (including Delta Work and Chad Michaels), but refused because they weren't sure whether the show would be received positively. She also auditioned for Season 2 and was encouraged to audition for Season 3 by World of Wonder.[7]
- On the Exposed: Dragged Out podcast, Venus revealed that she indirectly orchestrated the argument between Mimi Imfurst and Shangela on Season 3, as while they were shooting the promos for the season she told Mimi that she had heard from a mutual friend that Shangela had a sugar daddy.[8]
- In 2021, Venus revealed that she was HIV-positive, having been diagnosed in 2014, and since then had been made fun of by fans, other queens and ex-boyfriends for her weight after she began taking prescription medicine that had steroids in it. However now she has begun taking different meds and has had liposuction to get back to her old weight and has a much more supportive social circle and boyfriend.[9]
- On Very Delta, Delta Work mentioned that Venus has an extensive library of impersonations other than Madonna and that some of her most impressive impersonations from their time at the Dreamgirls Revue included Paris Hilton and Billy Idol.[10]
- Venus has quit Drag[11]
Gallery[]
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 3[]
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 3 Looks[]
External Links[]
References[]
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Winner | Raja |
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Runners-Up | 2nd: Manila Luzon • 3rd: Alexis Mateo |
Other Contestants | 4th: Yara Sofia (Miss Congeniality) • 5th: Carmen Carrera • 6th: Shangela • 7th: Delta Work • 8th: Stacy Layne Matthews • 9th: Mariah • 10th: India Ferrah • 11th: Mimi Imfurst • 12th: Phoenix • 13th: Venus D-Lite |
Judges | RuPaul • Santino Rice • Michelle Visage • Billy B |
Pit Crew | Jason Carter • Shawn Morales |