Mystique Summers Madison
{{Short description|American drag performer}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Mystique Summers Madison
| image = RuPaul DragCon 2022 (52073257151).jpg
| alt = Photograph of a drag performer wearing an outfit with a floral print
| caption = Mystique Summers Madison at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2022
| birth_name = Donté Sims
| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|25|2010|01|29}}{{cite news |title=Meet the Fierce Contestants of 'RuPaul's Drag Race' ! |url=https://people.com/celebrity/meet-the-fierce-contestants-of-rupauls-drag-race/ |access-date=December 22, 2023 |work=People |date=January 29, 2010 |archive-date=August 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829225923/https://people.com/celebrity/meet-the-fierce-contestants-of-rupauls-drag-race/ |url-status=live |issn=0093-7673 |oclc=794712888 |publisher=Dotdash Meredith}}
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| nationality = American
| other_names = Mystique Summers
| occupation = Drag performer
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| television = RuPaul's Drag Race (season 2)
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Mystique Summers Madison (or simply Mystique Summers){{Cite web |date=2021-04-17 |title=On Point With: Mystique Summers |url=https://thotyssey.com/2021/04/17/on-point-with-mystique-summers/ |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=Thotyssey |language=en |archive-date=2023-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112150705/https://thotyssey.com/2021/04/17/on-point-with-mystique-summers/ |url-status=live }} is the stage name of Donté Sims, an African-American drag performer who competed on the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race. Based in Texas, Mystique Summers Madison continues to perform in drag shows and participate in Drag Race-related events such as RuPaul's DragCon LA.
Career
Sims is a drag performer who competed as Mystique Summers Madison on the second season (2010) of RuPaul's Drag Race, at the age of 25.{{Cite book |last1=Brennan |first1=Niall |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oLsyDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Mystique+Summers%22+%22RuPaul%22&pg=PA15 |title=RuPaul's Drag Race and the Shifting Visibility of Drag Culture: The Boundaries of Reality TV |last2=Gudelunas |first2=David |date=2017-08-25 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-319-50618-0 |language=en |access-date=2023-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222215244/https://books.google.com/books?id=oLsyDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA15&lpg=PA15&dq=%22Mystique+Summers%22+%22RuPaul%22&source=bl&ots=tgGOfPZi2m&sig=ACfU3U0CBPIb-osbnosEpr_w3cMVi4Qi_Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj7uqaJ9qODAxV-LTQIHUSpBmk4PBDoAXoECAIQAw#v=onepage&q=%22Mystique%20Summers%22%20%22RuPaul%22&f=false#v=onepage&q=%22Mystique%20Summers%22+%22RuPaul%22&f=false |archive-date=2023-12-22 |url-status=live}} She has continued to perform in drag shows and host events, mostly in Texas.{{Cite web |title='RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 2 Queens: Where Are They Now? |url=https://www.out.com/television/2022/8/23/rupauls-drag-race-season-2-queens-where-are-they-now |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230820041248/https://www.out.com/television/2022/8/23/rupauls-drag-race-season-2-queens-where-are-they-now |archive-date=2023-08-20 |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=Out |language=en |issn=1062-7928}}{{Cite web |last=Szelinski |first=Cailyn |date=2022-12-14 |title=RuPaul's Drag Race Season 2: Where Are They Now? |url=https://screenrant.com/rupauls-drag-race-season-2-where-are-they-now/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623192258/https://screenrant.com/rupauls-drag-race-season-2-where-are-they-now/ |archive-date=2023-06-23 |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=Screen Rant |language=en}} In 2015, she was part of the line-up of "Big Phat Loser", an event in Philadelphia spearheaded by Mimi Imfurst featuring "plus-size" contestants from Drag Race.{{Cite web |title=The Plus-Size Girls of RuPaul's Drag Race Go On Tour |url=https://www.out.com/popnography/2015/7/07/plus-size-girls-rupauls-drag-race-go-tour |access-date=2023-12-26 |website=Out |language=en |archive-date=2023-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603223152/https://www.out.com/popnography/2015/7/07/plus-size-girls-rupauls-drag-race-go-tour |url-status=live }} Mystique Summers Madison participated in a show to raise funds for Puerto Rico residents impacted by the destruction of Hurricane Maria in 2017,{{Cite magazine |last=Aguilar |first=Azahar |date=2017-10-06 |title=Katya, Bob the Drag Queen & More Join Lineup for Puerto Rico Benefit Drag Show |url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/pride/puerto-rico-benefit-drag-show-lineup-katya-bob-the-drag-queen-7990097/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |publisher=Eldridge Industries |issn=0006-2510 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209094657/https://www.billboard.com/culture/pride/puerto-rico-benefit-drag-show-lineup-katya-bob-the-drag-queen-7990097/ |archive-date=2022-12-09 |access-date=2023-12-01}} and emceed a show sponsored by AARP in 2019.{{Cite web |last= |date=2019-05-10 |title=AARP sponsors its first drag pageant |url=https://dallasvoice.com/aarp-sponsors-its-first-drag-pageant/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222215308/https://dallasvoice.com/aarp-sponsors-its-first-drag-pageant/ |archive-date=2023-12-22 |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=Dallas Voice |language=en-US |issn=0888-2517}}
In 2020, Mystique Summers Madison was slated to be a featured guest at RuPaul's DragCon LA.{{Cite web |last=Sim |first=Bernardo |date=2020-02-15 |title=RuPaul's Drag Race Season 2 Queens: Where Are They Now? |url=https://screenrant.com/rupaul-drag-race-season-2-queens-where-are-they-now/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130081944/https://screenrant.com/rupaul-drag-race-season-2-queens-where-are-they-now/ |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=Screen Rant |language=en}} She remained part of the line-up when the scheduled event became RuPaul's Digital DragCon because of the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web |last=Gardner |first=Chris |date=2020-04-27 |title=RuPaul's DragCon Pivots to Digital YouTube Event Following Coronavirus Cancellation |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/rupauls-dragcon-pivots-digital-youtube-event-coronavirus-cancellation-1292057/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624233031/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/rupauls-dragcon-pivots-digital-youtube-event-coronavirus-cancellation-1292057/ |archive-date=2022-06-24 |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |publisher=Eldridge Industries |language=en-US |issn=0018-3660}} Mystique Summers Madison was also part of the line-up of "Introvert: An Online Drag Show Built Just for You", an online drag show held in conjunction with Pride Portland (Oregon),{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Suzette |title=Where to Stream Portland's Drag Performers for Pride 2020 |url=https://www.portlandmercury.com/lgbtq/2020/06/12/28533392/where-to-stream-portlands-drag-performers-for-pride-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413061335/https://www.portlandmercury.com/lgbtq/2020/06/12/28533392/where-to-stream-portlands-drag-performers-for-pride-2020 |archive-date=2023-04-13 |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=Portland Mercury |language=en}} as well as the Twitch-hosted show "Black Girl Magic", which featured Black contestants from Drag Race and other entertainers.{{Cite web |last=Damshenas |first=Sam |date=2020-06-11 |title=The Vixen announces "extra special" Black Girl Magic show with sickening line-up |url=https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/the-vixen-announces-extra-special-black-girl-magic-show-with-sickening-line-up/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814191212/https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/the-vixen-announces-extra-special-black-girl-magic-show-with-sickening-line-up/ |archive-date=2022-08-14 |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=Gay Times |language=en-GB |issn=0950-6101}} Mystique Summers Madison was a guest at DragCon LA in 2022.{{Cite web |last=Sim |first=Bernardo |date=2022-03-12 |title=RuPaul's Drag Race: Every Queen Confirmed For DragCon 2022 In L.A. |url=https://screenrant.com/rupauls-drag-race-dragcon-2022-queens-lineup-los-angeles/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422063538/https://screenrant.com/rupauls-drag-race-dragcon-2022-queens-lineup-los-angeles/ |archive-date=2023-04-22 |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=Screen Rant |language=en}} She and fellow Drag Race contestant Kennedy Davenport performed in "A Decade of Drag", as part of an annual drag show at the University of Texas at Arlington, with tips benefitting the Maverick Rainbow Scholarship.{{Cite web |last=Goss |first=Mary Abby |date=2023-10-25 |title=Photos: Drama, catwalks, color takes over UTA during annual drag show |url=https://www.theshorthorn.com/photos-drama-catwalks-color-takes-over-uta-during-annual-drag-show/image_e7bd45ea-72fe-11ee-b793-ff61ab9b405a.html |access-date=2023-12-26 |website=The Shorthorn |publisher=University of Texas at Arlington |language=en |issn=0892-6603 |oclc=232118097}}
= ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' and ''Untucked'' =
File:DragCon 2023 @ DVSROSS Photgraphy -183.jpg (pictured in 2023), has been called one of the "most dramatic" and "messiest" in the history of RuPaul's Drag Race and its companion show RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked, respectively.]]
On Drag Race, Mystique Summers Madison placed tenth overall. She was eliminated on the third episode, the main challenge of which required contestants to act as feuding families in a television advertisement.{{Cite web |last= |date=2010-02-16 |title=Spoiler alert! RuPaul waves the checkered flag on Dallasite |url=https://dallasvoice.com/spoiler-alert-rupaul-waves-the-checkered-flag-on-dallasite/ |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=Dallas Voice |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222012228/https://dallasvoice.com/spoiler-alert-rupaul-waves-the-checkered-flag-on-dallasite/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2010-02-18 |title=Week three is a charm on 'RuPaul's Drag Race' |url=https://pridesource.com/article/week-three-is-a-charm-on-rupauls-drag-race |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=Pride Source |language=en |archive-date=2021-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122200851/https://pridesource.com/article/week-three-is-a-charm-on-rupauls-drag-race/ |url-status=live }} She placed in the bottom two and lost a lip-sync against Raven to "I Hear You Knocking" by Wynonna Judd. In 2017, Thrillist's Brian Moylan ranked Mystique Summers Madison number 86 out of the show's 113 contestants.{{Cite web |last=Moylan |first=Brian |date=2017-03-24 |title=Every Single 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Contestant, Ranked |url=https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/rupaul-drag-race-contestants-season-all-stars-ranked |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711151118/https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/rupaul-drag-race-contestants-season-all-stars-ranked |archive-date=2019-07-11 |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=Thrillist |publisher=Vox Media |language=en}} Ryan Shea ranked her number 97 out of 126 in Instinct{{'s}} similar list in 2018.{{Cite web |date=2018-07-11 |title=The Definitive List: Ranking All The 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Queens From 1 to 126 |url=https://instinctmagazine.com/the-definitive-list-ranking-all-the-rupauls-drag-race-queens-from-1-to-126/ |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=Instinct |language=en-US |issn=1096-0058 |archive-date=2020-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126073655/https://instinctmagazine.com/the-definitive-list-ranking-all-the-rupauls-drag-race-queens-from-1-to-126/ |url-status=live }} The Spinoff ranked "I Hear You Knocking" number 138 in a 2019 "definitive ranking" of the show's 162 lip-syncs to date.{{Cite web |last=Brooks |first=Sam |date=2019-10-03 |title=A definitive ranking of all 162 Lip Syncs on RuPaul's Drag Race |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture/03-10-2019/a-definitive-ranking-of-all-162-lip-syncs-on-rupauls-drag-race |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525074940/https://thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture/03-10-2019/a-definitive-ranking-of-all-162-lip-syncs-on-rupauls-drag-race |archive-date=2023-05-25 |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=The Spinoff |language=en}}
On the first episode of the companion show RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked, Mystique Summers Madison said "Bitch, I'm from Chicago!" to fellow contestant Morgan McMichaels during an argument described by Gay Times as a "legendary throwdown".{{Cite web |last=Damshenas |first=Sam |date=2023-07-24 |title=RuPaul's Drag Race: All 30 seasons ranked |url=https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/ooh-gurl-heres-our-ranking-of-all-seasons-of-rupauls-drag-race/ |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=Gay Times |language=en-GB |archive-date=2023-09-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230911152938/https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/ooh-gurl-heres-our-ranking-of-all-seasons-of-rupauls-drag-race/ |url-status=live }} The catchphrase was described by Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez as a "direct and simple" insult (or "read") in Legendary Children: The First Decade of RuPaul's Drag Race and the Last Century of Queer Life (2020),{{Cite book |last1=Fitzgerald |first1=Tom |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xIzODwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Mystique%22+%22RuPaul%22+chicago&pg=PA28 |title=Legendary Children: The First Decade of RuPaul's Drag Race and the Last Century of Queer Life |last2=Marquez |first2=Lorenzo |date=2020-03-03 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-14-313462-6 |language=en |access-date=2023-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222215245/https://books.google.com/books?id=xIzODwAAQBAJ&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=%22Mystique%22+%22RuPaul%22+chicago&source=bl&ots=xBqh7SMx8E&sig=ACfU3U20ae0LHhyzzVsXj9m67VhPbzWrxQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiso-2t-KODAxUeFTQIHbIhAl44UBDoAXoECAMQAw#v=onepage&q=%22Mystique%22%20%22RuPaul%22%20chicago&f=false#v=onepage&q=%22Mystique%22+%22RuPaul%22%20chicago&f=false |archive-date=2023-12-22 |url-status=live}} and became a part of the franchise's history.{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q4OSEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Mystique+Summers%22+%22RuPaul%22&pg=PT106 |title=And Don't F&%k It Up: An Oral History of RuPaul's Drag Race (The First Ten Years) |last2= |first2= |date=2023-06-06 |publisher=Grand Central Publishing |isbn=978-1-5387-1767-7 |language=en |access-date=2023-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222215248/https://books.google.com/books?id=q4OSEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT106&lpg=PT106&dq=%22Mystique+Summers%22+%22RuPaul%22&source=bl&ots=gYaSTwwaaT&sig=ACfU3U36pj9mkXI_SS1h995j4BfjZclw4Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj7uqaJ9qODAxV-LTQIHUSpBmk4PBDoAXoECAMQAw#v=onepage&q=%22Mystique%20Summers%22%20%22RuPaul%22&f=false#v=onepage&q=%22Mystique%20Summers%22+%22RuPaul%22&f=false |archive-date=2023-12-22 |url-status=live}}
The argument was included in Them{{'s}} 2018 list of the ten "messiest fights" on Untucked,{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-06-28 |title=The 10 Messiest Fights in 'Drag Race: Untucked' History |url=https://www.them.us/story/drag-race-untucked-10-messiest-fights |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610105916/https://www.them.us/story/drag-race-untucked-10-messiest-fights |archive-date=2023-06-10 |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=Them |publisher=Condé Nast |language=en-US}} as well as Screen Rant{{'s}} 2021 list of the show's ten "most unforgettable" moments.{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Justin |date=2021-07-19 |title=RuPaul's Drag Race: 10 Most Unforgettable Untucked Moments |url=https://screenrant.com/rupauls-drag-race-untucked-most-unforgettable-moments/ |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=Screen Rant |language=en |archive-date=2022-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021093238/https://screenrant.com/rupauls-drag-race-untucked-most-unforgettable-moments/ |url-status=live }} In 2021, Dylan Kickham called Mystique Summers Madison's threat an "iconic quote" in Elite Daily{{'s}} overview of the "most dramatic" feuds on Drag Race to date,{{Cite web |date=2021-05-29 |title=Here Are The Most Dramatic 'Drag Race' Feuds In Herstory... So Far |url=https://www.elitedaily.com/entertainment/rupauls-drag-race-feuds-fights-drama |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=Elite Daily |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220234834/https://www.elitedaily.com/entertainment/rupauls-drag-race-feuds-fights-drama |url-status=live }} and Hunter Ingram of Variety said the fight "should have inspired Chicago's new tourism slogan" in 2023.{{Cite web |last=Ingram |first=Hunter |date=2023-02-03 |title=Every Season of 'RuPaul's Drag Race,' Ranked From Sashay to Shantay |url=https://variety.com/lists/best-rupauls-drag-race-seasons-ranked/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920135830/https://variety.com/lists/best-rupauls-drag-race-seasons-ranked/ |archive-date=2023-09-20 |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=Variety |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |language=en-US |issn=0042-2738 |oclc=810134503}} Valentina referenced Mystique Summers Madison when "reading" Latrice Royale on season 4 (2018) of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.{{Cite web |last=Damshenas |first=Sam |date=2018-12-17 |title=Drag Race fans can't believe this scene from All Stars 4 was cut |url=https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/drag-race-fans-cant-believe-this-scene-from-all-stars-4-was-cut/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815164110/https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/drag-race-fans-cant-believe-this-scene-from-all-stars-4-was-cut/ |archive-date=2022-08-15 |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=Gay Times |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=2019-01-11 |title=Season 2 Viral Queen Speak Post RuPaul Drag Race, Tyra Sanchez, A Future "All Stars" and More |url=https://instinctmagazine.com/season-2-viral-queen-speak-post-rupaul-drag-race-tyra-sanchez-a-future-all-stars-and-more/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729170353/https://instinctmagazine.com/season-2-viral-queen-speak-post-rupaul-drag-race-tyra-sanchez-a-future-all-stars-and-more/ |archive-date=2021-07-29 |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=Instinct |language=en-US}}
Personal life
Sims is from Texas,{{Cite book |last=Hawkins |first=Stan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tb80CwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Mystique%22+%22Drag+race%22&pg=PA21 |title=Queerness in Pop Music: Aesthetics, Gender Norms, and Temporality |date=2015-12-07 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-58972-3 |language=en |access-date=2023-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222012333/https://books.google.com/books?id=tb80CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA21&lpg=PA21&dq=%22Mystique%22+%22Drag+race%22&source=bl&ots=j9ssGHeci6&sig=ACfU3U0HD3XJHoV6g6pGWDQ_WlHmBUUpkg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi7w7ud76GDAxXrHTQIHVfcAvs4RhDoAXoECAIQAw#v=onepage&q=%22Mystique%22%20%22Drag%20race%22&f=false#v=onepage&q=%22Mystique%22%20%22Drag%20race%22&f=false |archive-date=2023-12-22 |url-status=live}} and has lived in Bedford.{{Cite magazine |title='RuPaul's Drag Race' Exclusive: Meet the season 2 cast and watch them werq! |url=https://ew.com/article/2009/11/20/rupauls-drag-race-season-2-cast/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927133405/https://ew.com/article/2009/11/20/rupauls-drag-race-season-2-cast/ |archive-date=2022-09-27 |access-date=2023-12-22 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |publisher=Dotdash Meredith |language=en |issn=1049-0434 |oclc=21114137}} He creates some of his own outfits for shows, and cooking is among his hobbies.
Filmography
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References
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External links
{{Commons category|Mystique Summers}}
- [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3843149/ Donté Sims] at IMDb
- {{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2010/04/29/the-skinny-on-‘rupaul’s-drag-race’/|title=The skinny on 'RuPaul's Drag Race'|date=April 29, 2010|first=Tyrone|last=Ford|work=Washington Blade}}
- {{YouTube|id=08Rnn4eDoaM|title=Mrs. Kasha Davis, Nicole Paige Brooks & Mystique Summers lipsync to "Cocktail" – Rooftop Lipsync}}
- {{YouTube|id=7hYhkIGumhE|title=RuPaul's Drag Race Mystique Summers on Kylie Sonique Love All Stars Win, Epic Clap Backs, & More}}
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