Juice Boxx

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Juice Boxx
Born
Joseph Primeau

(1988-09-20) September 20, 1988 (age 35)
Canada's Drag Race (season 1)

Joseph “Jo” Primeau,

drag performer best known for being the first contestant to be eliminated on Canada's Drag Race, the Canadian version of RuPaul's Drag Race
.

Early life

Primeau was born in Windsor and grew up in Essex.[4] He has a degree in visual arts and a diploma in makeup artistry and special effects.[5]

Career

Juice Boxx started performing and hosting in

Orlando nightclub shooting in 2016.[9]

In 2018, she gave a surprise performance at the wedding of her friends Jonny Cooper and Jon Tuttle in

In the first episode of Canada's Drag Race, Boxx suffered a panic attack on the main stage during critiques.[12] She later placed in the bottom two and lip synced against Lemon to Carly Rae Jepsen's "I Really Like You". She lost, which was met with debate on social media, include Shea Couleé voicing support for her. She is considered the "Porkchop" of Canada due to being the first contestant to ever be eliminated in a Drag Race series.[13][14]

After the show, Boxx started a

Farra N. Hyte and TroyBoy at the inaugural Drag Starz at the Manor, a new drag event in Guelph, Ontario.[18]

Filmography

Television

Web series

References

  1. ^ @JuiceBoxxQueen (September 20, 2020). "IM SORRY I SHARE A BIRTHDAY WITH W H O M?! Wow, queen shit. I'm not worthy mom @michellevisage Happy birthday !!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Vilhena, Arthur (4 October 2021). "Who's That Queen? Juice Boxx". draglicious.com. Draglicious. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
  3. ^ Blondin, Kevin (6 May 2019). "Ginger Minj Delivers World-Class Drag Show at Rockstar Windsor". eyesonwindsor.com. Eyes On Windsor. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  4. ^ Trevor Wilhelm, "Two Essex County drag queens battle it out on Canada's Drag Race". Windsor Star, July 1, 2020.
  5. ^ "Meet the queens of Canada's Drag Race". Royal Television Society. 2020-06-30. Archived from the original on 2021-04-15. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  6. ^ a b "Celebrity Gaymer: Juice Boxx - Gayming Magazine". gaymingmag.com. 8 April 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-09-29. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  7. ^ "Meet Canada's Drag Race cast of queens on Instagram - Priyanka, Juice Boxx, Kyne!". Reality Titbit. 2020-06-16. Archived from the original on 2021-05-17. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  8. ^ "The Cast of Canada's Drag Race Season 1 Revealed | Blog". Yohomo. Archived from the original on 2020-06-29. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  9. TVOntario
    , July 4, 2016.
  10. ^ Jen Kirsch and Rebecca Palladina, "Real Weddings: Jonny and Jon". Toronto Life, December 6, 2018.
  11. ^ "Drag queens take Victoria by storm this month". Saanich News, January 9, 2020.
  12. ^ "Juice Boxx reveals who the shadiest queen on Canada's Drag Race is | PopBuzz Meets". PopBuzz. Archived from the original on 2021-04-17. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  13. ^ "Our interview with Juice Boxx proves why her time on Canada's Drag Race was cut too short". GAY TIMES. 2020-07-06. Archived from the original on 2020-11-25. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  14. ^ "Canada's Drag Race: Juice Boxx Exit Interview". ScreenRant. 2020-07-03. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  15. ^ "8 Drag Race queens you didn't know were on Twitch, from Detox to Crystal Methyd". PinkNews. 2021-04-16. Archived from the original on 2021-05-29. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  16. ^ Priyanka - Cake (Official Video), archived from the original on 2021-11-03, retrieved 2022-01-18
  17. ^ "Exclusive: Priyanka on snatching the 'Canada's Drag Race' crown and all that Jeffrey drama" Archived 2022-01-29 at the Wayback Machine. Attitude, September 7, 2020.
  18. ^ Lauren Scott, "Queens at the castle: Guelph strip club the Manor to host first drag event in July". Toronto Star, July 16, 2021.