Onyx (drag queen)

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| image = Onyx Unleashed - Drag Race España All Stars Tour - Madrid 40 (cropped).jpg

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| caption = Onyx Unleashed in 2024

| birth_name = Pablo Javier Garcia de Durango Caveda

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| birth_place = Madrid, Spain

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| other_names = Onyx Unleashed

| occupation = Drag performer

| television = Drag Race España (season 2)

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Onyx Unleashed, formerly known simply as Onyx, is the stage name of Pablo Javier Garcia de Durango Caveda,{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/song/pokemona/1772725268 |title=Pokemona |website=music.apple.com |publisher=Apple Inc. |access-date=December 26, 2024}} a Spanish drag queen and multidisciplinary artist most known for competing on season 2 of Drag Race España and season 1 of Drag Race España All Stars.

Career

Durango began to do drag as Onyx at a local festival in Madrid called {{lang|es|El Puñal Dorao}}, which helped him start the process of deconstructing his gender expression and identity.{{Cite web |date=2021-01-28 |title=Entrevista a Onyx. Iidentidad alienígena queer para cuestionar lo humano |url=https://www.neo2.com/onyx-identidad-alienigena-queer-para-cuestionar-lo-humano/ |access-date=2023-12-26 |website=Neo2 Magazine |language=es |archive-date=2023-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518144016/https://www.neo2.com/onyx-identidad-alienigena-queer-para-cuestionar-lo-humano/ |url-status=live }}

In 2022, Onyx joined the cast of season 2 of the reality television show Drag Race España,{{Cite web |date=2022-04-27 |title=Drag Race España star Onyx is ready to start her "alien world invasion" |url=https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/originals/drag-race-espana-star-onyx-is-ready-to-start-her-alien-world-invasion/ |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=GAY TIMES |language=en-GB |archive-date=2023-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822181146/https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/originals/drag-race-espana-star-onyx-is-ready-to-start-her-alien-world-invasion/ |url-status=live }} which began airing in March 2022. During the fourth episode, after the performance of "La Llamadrag," Onyx received critiques from the judges that placed her among the lowest-ranked queens that week. However Onyx was spared from being in the bottom two with Jota Carajota and Juriji der Klee lip syncing instead.{{Cite web |last=FormulaTV |title=¿Ha sido acertado el bottom de Onyx y Juriji Der Klee en 'Drag Race España 2'? |url=https://www.formulatv.com/videos/drag-race-espana-2-acertado-bottom-onyx-juriji-25059/ |access-date=2023-12-26 |website=FormulaTV |language=es |archive-date=2023-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603135622/https://www.formulatv.com/videos/drag-race-espana-2-acertado-bottom-onyx-juriji-25059/ |url-status=live }} In the fifth episode, her impersonation of Juana la Loca in Snatch Game was not to the judges' liking. This lead her to be in the bottom two, where she was ultimately eliminated after a defeat in a lip sync battle against Diamante Merrybrown.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-02 |title='Drag Race España' 02x06: un Franco 'mariconizado', una templaria mercernaria y un playback de Rocío Jurado |url=https://www.elespanol.com/bluper/20220502/drag-race-espana-franco-mariconizado-rocio-jurado/669433080_0.html |access-date=2023-12-26 |website=El Español |language=es |archive-date=2023-05-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521023050/https://www.elespanol.com/bluper/20220502/drag-race-espana-franco-mariconizado-rocio-jurado/669433080_0.html |url-status=live }}

Once season two ended, Onyx joined the cast of the national tour, {{lang|es|Gran Hotel de las Reinas}}.{{Cite web |last=Cascales |first=Agustín Gómez |date=2022-07-28 |title=Lo nunca visto del 'Gran Hotel de las Reinas': nos colamos en el backstage y los camerinos |url=https://shangay.com/2022/07/28/gran-hotel-reinas-drag-race-espana-backstage-exclusiva/ |access-date=2023-12-26 |website=Shangay |language=es |archive-date=2023-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518161552/https://shangay.com/2022/07/28/gran-hotel-reinas-drag-race-espana-backstage-exclusiva/ |url-status=live }}

In May of the same year, she collaborated with Glamour for a makeup demonstration.{{Cite web |title=Onyx: cómo convertirte en una reina alienígena, paso a paso {{!}} Proud Beauty |url=https://www.glamour.es/video/watch/onyx-drag-race-t2-como-convertirte-en-una-reina-alienigena-paso-a-paso-proud-beauty |access-date=2023-12-26 |website=Glamour España |language=es-ES |archive-date=2023-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518135219/https://www.glamour.es/video/watch/onyx-drag-race-t2-como-convertirte-en-una-reina-alienigena-paso-a-paso-proud-beauty |url-status=live }} In June, she appeared in the documentary {{lang|es|Trabajar como DRAG QUEEN en España}} (Working as a Drag Queen in Spain), by LGBT rights activist Daniel Valero, about the personal stories of diverse drag artists, the political meaning of this type of artistic expression, and Spain's drag culture.{{Citation |title=Trabajar como DRAG QUEEN en España {{!}} con Onyx, Jota Carajota, Mary Conazo, La Sussi & Anya Rose | date=26 June 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlPQTud0vTc |access-date=2023-12-26 |language=en |archive-date=2023-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722070851/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlPQTud0vTc |url-status=live }}

The website Collider included Onyx in its list of the 10 most unique drag queens in the Drag Race franchise.{{Cite web |last=MacKillop |first=Veronnica |date=2022-05-14 |title=Rupaul's Drag Race: The 10 Most Unique Queens From Across The Franchise |url=https://collider.com/rupauls-drag-race-unique-queens/ |access-date=2023-12-26 |website=Collider |language=en |archive-date=2023-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518162350/https://collider.com/rupauls-drag-race-unique-queens/ |url-status=live }}