Kylie Sonique Love
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Born | Kylie Love May 3, 1983 |
Occupation(s) | Drag queen, dancer |
Website | http://www.xosonique.com/ |
Sonique is the stage name of Kylie Love,[1] an American drag queen, dancer, reality television personality and transgender activist. She is best known for competing on the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race and placing ninth, as well as the first Drag Race contestant to come out as transgender.
Early Life
Sonique was born Jason Edwards on May 3, 1983 in Atlanta, Georgia.[2][3] She came out as transgender to her mother at 15 and later was sent to military school to try to be "more masculine". She received a GED at the Albany Technical College.[4]
Career
Sonique was announced to be one of twelve contestants for season two of RuPaul's Drag Race on February 1, 2010.[5] She was placed in the bottom two in episode four and lost a lip sync to "Two of Hearts" by Stacey Q against Morgan McMichaels.[6] She revealed to be a transgender woman during the reunion episode.[7]
She was one of 30 drag queens for Miley Cyrus's 2015 VMA performance.[8]
In June 2018, Sonique was a backup dancer with McMichaels and Farrah Moan for Christina Aguilera at LA pride.[9] She appeared in the RuPaul's Drag Race Holislay Spectacular with seven other Drag Race alumni on December 7, 2018.[10][11]
Music
Sonique contributed to Tammie Brown's 2018 EP "A Little Bit Of Tammie".[12] She released her first single "Santa, Please Come Home" the same day as the Holi-slay Spectacular.[13]
Filmography
Television
Year | Title | Role |
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2010 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Herself |
2018 | RuPaul's Drag Race Holislay Spectaclar | Herself |
Web series
Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
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2018 | Hey Qween! | Herself | [14] |
2018 | Cosmo Queens | Herself | [15] |
Discography
Singles
Year | Title |
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2018 | "Santa Please Come Home" |
References
- ^ "The herstory of trans women on RuPaul's Drag Race". Gay Star News. 2017-05-04. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
- ^ Dec 22, Mike Fleming |; Am, 2014 | 11:59. "'RuPaul' queen Sonique brings Kylie Love home". Project Q. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
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- ^ Dec 22, Mike Fleming |; Am, 2014 | 11:59. "'RuPaul' queen Sonique brings Kylie Love home". Project Q. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
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has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Meet the Fierce Contestants of RuPaul's Drag Race!". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
- ^ Lee, Josh (2016-04-26). "RuPaul's Drag Race: The 10 best ever lip-syncs ranked". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
- ^ "RuPaul's Drag Race's Peppermint on What It Would Mean to Be the First Transgender Winner | TV Guide". TVGuide.com. 2017-03-13. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
- ^ Lamour, Joseph. "Meet All 30 Of Miley's Day-Glo Dancers From Her Insane VMA Performance". MTV News. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
- ^ "Christina Aguilera treats LA Pride to surprise performance". Mail Online. 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
- ^ "RuPaul's 'Holi-Slay Spectacular' Slated For Dec. 7". The Vital Voice. 2018-11-26. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
- ^ Harp, Justin (2018-11-02). "RuPaul's Drag Race gets Xmas special with iconic queens". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
- ^ "'Drag Race' Star Tammie Brown Releases Folky 'A Little Bit of Tammie' EP: Listen". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
- ^ Nolfi, Joey (December 7, 2018). "Sonique dishes on THAT 'RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-Slay Spectacular' twist ending". EW.com. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
- ^ Hey Qween, SONIQUE on Hey Qween! Beach House with Jonny McGovern | Hey Qween, retrieved 2018-12-08
- ^ Cosmopolitan, Sonique | Cosmo Drag Queens | Cosmopolitan, retrieved 2018-12-08