Juice Boxx
{{Short description|Canadian drag performer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Juice Boxx
| image = Juice Boxx at RuPaul's DragCon LA 2024 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Juice Boxx at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2024
| birth_place = Windsor, Ontario, Canada
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|9|20}}{{Cite tweet |user=JuiceBoxxQueen |number=1307709738923233280 |title=IM SORRY I SHARE A BIRTHDAY WITH W H O M?! Wow, queen shit. I'm not worthy mom @michellevisage Happy birthday !!}}{{cite web|url=https://draglicious.com.br/2021/10/04/whos-that-queen-juice-boxx/ |title=Who's That Queen? Juice Boxx |last=Vilhena |first=Arthur |website=draglicious.com |date=4 October 2021 |publisher=Draglicious |access-date=August 20, 2023}}
| birth_name = Joseph Primeau
| other_names = Jo Primeau
| occupation = Drag queen, Performer
| known_for = Canada's Drag Race (season 1)
}}
Joseph “Jo” Primeau,{{cite web |url=https://eyesonwindsor.com/entertainment-news/ginger-minj-delivers-world-class-drag-show-to-windsor/ |title=Ginger Minj Delivers World-Class Drag Show at Rockstar Windsor |last=Blondin |first=Kevin |website=eyesonwindsor.com |date=6 May 2019 |publisher=Eyes On Windsor |access-date=May 25, 2023 |archive-date=26 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526010919/https://eyesonwindsor.com/entertainment-news/ginger-minj-delivers-world-class-drag-show-to-windsor/ |url-status=dead }} better known by the stage name Juice Boxx (born September 20, 1988), is a Canadian 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.Trevor Wilhelm, [https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/two-essex-county-drag-queens-battle-it-out-on-canadas-drag-race "Two Essex County drag queens battle it out on Canada's Drag Race"]. Windsor Star, July 1, 2020. He has a degree in visual arts and a diploma in makeup artistry and special effects.{{Cite web|date=2020-06-30|title=Meet the queens of Canada's Drag Race|url=https://rts.org.uk/article/meet-queens-canada-s-drag-race|access-date=2022-01-18|website=Royal Television Society|language=en|archive-date=2021-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415162527/https://rts.org.uk/article/meet-queens-canada-s-drag-race|url-status=live}}
Career
Juice Boxx started performing and hosting in Toronto since 2016.{{Cite web|title=Celebrity Gaymer: Juice Boxx - Gayming Magazine|url=https://gaymingmag.com/2021/04/celebrity-gaymer-juice-boxx/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=gaymingmag.com|date=8 April 2021 |archive-date=2021-09-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929222508/https://gaymingmag.com/2021/04/celebrity-gaymer-juice-boxx/|url-status=live}} She frequently played the role of Baby Spice on the drag show Spice Queens Live.{{Cite web|date=2020-06-16|title=Meet Canada's Drag Race cast of queens on Instagram - Priyanka, Juice Boxx, Kyne!|url=https://www.realitytitbit.com/talent-shows/rupauls-drag-race/canadas-drag-race-cast|access-date=2022-01-18|website=Reality Titbit|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517173928/https://www.realitytitbit.com/talent-shows/rupauls-drag-race/canadas-drag-race-cast|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=The Cast of Canada's Drag Race Season 1 Revealed {{!}} Blog|url=https://yohomo.ca/blog/reveal-cast-of-canadas-drag-race-on-crave|access-date=2022-01-18|website=Yohomo|language=en-CA|archive-date=2020-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629090706/https://yohomo.ca/blog/reveal-cast-of-canadas-drag-race-on-crave|url-status=live}} She has also stated that she views her drag as a form of activism, especially in the wake of the Orlando nightclub shooting in 2016.Sarah Dziedzic, [https://www.tvo.org/article/the-working-life-of-a-drag-queen-after-orlando "The working life of a drag queen, after Orlando"]. TVOntario, July 4, 2016.
In 2018, she gave a surprise performance at the wedding of her friends Jonny Cooper and Jon Tuttle in Muskoka.Jen Kirsch and Rebecca Palladina, [https://torontolife.com/life/real-weddings-inside-lakeside-muskoka-retreat/ "Real Weddings: Jonny and Jon"]. Toronto Life, December 6, 2018. In January 2020, she performed at It's Just Drag, a drag event in Vancouver, British Columbia, whose bill included Monet X Change, Brooke Lynn Hytes, Priyanka, Tynomi Banks and Kendall Gender.[https://www.saanichnews.com/entertainment/drag-queens-take-victoria-by-storm-this-month/ "Drag queens take Victoria by storm this month"]. Saanich News, January 9, 2020.
In the first episode of Canada's Drag Race, Boxx suffered a panic attack on the main stage during critiques.{{Cite web|title=Juice Boxx reveals who the shadiest queen on Canada's Drag Race is {{!}} PopBuzz Meets|url=https://www.popbuzz.com/exclusives/video/juice-boxx-canadas-drag-race-interview/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=PopBuzz|language=en|archive-date=2021-04-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417060618/https://www.popbuzz.com/exclusives/video/juice-boxx-canadas-drag-race-interview/|url-status=live}} 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.{{Cite web|date=2020-07-06|title=Our interview with Juice Boxx proves why her time on Canada's Drag Race was cut too short|url=https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/our-interview-with-juice-boxx-proves-why-her-time-on-canadas-drag-race-was-cut-too-short/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=GAY TIMES|language=en-GB|archive-date=2020-11-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125112610/https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/our-interview-with-juice-boxx-proves-why-her-time-on-canadas-drag-race-was-cut-too-short/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=2020-07-03|title=Canada's Drag Race: Juice Boxx Exit Interview|url=https://screenrant.com/canadas-drag-race-juice-boxx-exit-interview/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=ScreenRant|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-12-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221060651/https://screenrant.com/canadas-drag-race-juice-boxx-exit-interview/|url-status=live}}
After the show, Boxx started a Twitch account in March 2021, where she plays various games.{{Cite web|date=2021-04-16|title=8 Drag Race queens you didn't know were on Twitch, from Detox to Crystal Methyd|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/16/rupauls-drag-race-queens-twitch-streamers/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=PinkNews|language=en-GB|archive-date=2021-05-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529141948/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/16/rupauls-drag-race-queens-twitch-streamers/|url-status=live}} In May, she was in the music video for Priyanka's "Cake".{{Citation|title=Priyanka - Cake (Official Video)| date=28 May 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXWzp4NJU4I|language=en|access-date=2022-01-18|archive-date=2021-11-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103091357/https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=PXWzp4NJU4I|url-status=live}} In a post-victory interview with Attitude, Priyanka also named Juice Boxx as the queen from the season most deserving of an opportunity to return to the competition in a future season.[https://www.attitude.co.uk/article/exclusive-priyanka-on-snatching-the-canadas-drag-race-crown-and-all-that-jeffrey-drama/23678/ "Exclusive: Priyanka on snatching the 'Canada's Drag Race' crown and all that Jeffrey drama"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129181406/https://www.attitude.co.uk/article/exclusive-priyanka-on-snatching-the-canadas-drag-race-crown-and-all-that-jeffrey-drama/23678/ |date=2022-01-29 }}. Attitude, September 7, 2020. In July 2021, Juice Boxx performed alongside BOA, Anastarzia Anaquway, Farra N. Hyte and TroyBoy at the inaugural Drag Starz at the Manor, a new drag event in Guelph, Ontario.Lauren Scott, [https://www.thestar.com/local-guelph/news/2021/07/16/queens-at-the-castle-guelph-strip-club-the-manor-to-host-first-drag-event-in-july.html "Queens at the castle: Guelph strip club the Manor to host first drag event in July"]. Toronto Star, July 16, 2021.
Filmography
=Television=
=Web series=
- Bring Back My Girls (2022)
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline| Juice Boxx}}
{{Canada's Drag Race}}
Category:21st-century Canadian LGBTQ people
Category:Canada's Drag Race contestants
Category:Canadian Twitch (service) streamers
Category:Drag performers from Ontario
Category:People from Essex, Ontario