The Virgo Queen
{{Short description|Drag performer}}
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| birth_name = Jaden MacPhee
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The Virgo Queen is the stage name of Jaden MacPhee,{{Cite web |last=Sing |first=Nathan |date=2020-03-13 |title=He Was Supposed to Be the Next Bieber. By 15, He Was Forgotten |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/10-years-after-the-next-star-fame-winners-look-back-on-childhood-lost/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=VICE |language=en-US}} a Canadian drag performer who won the fifth season of Canada's Drag Race. Previously, MacPhee was a finalist on the Canadian reality series The Next Star.{{Cite web |title=Meet the queens competing on Canada's Drag Race season 5 |url=https://www.out.com/gay-tv-shows/canadas-drag-race-season-5-cast-meet-the-queens#rebelltitem7 |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=www.out.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Jenna |date=2025-01-15 |title=Indigenous queens bring culture and confidence to season 5 of 'Canada's Drag Race' |url=https://www.mbcradio.com/2025/01/indigenous-queens-bring-culture-and-confidence-to-season-5-of-canadas-drag-race |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=MBC Radio |language=en-CA |archive-date=2025-01-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124083018/https://www.mbcradio.com/2025/01/indigenous-queens-bring-culture-and-confidence-to-season-5-of-canadas-drag-race |url-status=live }}
Career
The Virgo Queen won the fifth season of Canada's Drag Race.{{Cite web |last=Guzzo |first=Bianca |date=2025-01-17 |title=Canada's Drag Race Season 5 Episode 9 RECAP: Grand Finale |url=https://inmagazine.ca/2025/01/canadas-drag-race-season-5-episode-9-recap-grand-finale/ |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=IN Magazine |language=en-CA |archive-date=2025-01-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250117144741/https://inmagazine.ca/2025/01/canadas-drag-race-season-5-episode-9-recap-grand-finale/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2025-01-18 |title='Canada's Drag Race' winner: The Virgo Queen is ready to be the next pop music icon |url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/canadas-drag-race-winner-the-virgo-queen-is-ready-to-be-the-next-pop-music-icon-113039875.html |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-CA |archive-date=2025-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250122022507/https://ca.news.yahoo.com/canadas-drag-race-winner-the-virgo-queen-is-ready-to-be-the-next-pop-music-icon-113039875.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Guzzo |first=Bianca |date=2025-01-19 |title=You're A Winner Baby! Canada's Drag Race Season 5 Q&Slay: The Virgo Queen |url=https://inmagazine.ca/2025/01/youre-a-winner-baby-canadas-drag-race-season-5-qslay-the-virgo-queen/ |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=IN Magazine |language=en-CA |archive-date=2025-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250119141346/https://inmagazine.ca/2025/01/youre-a-winner-baby-canadas-drag-race-season-5-qslay-the-virgo-queen/ |url-status=live }} She is the series' first Black winner.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-20 |title=The Virgo Queen, ‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 5 Winner, On Becoming Series’ First Black Winner, Repping Indigenous Culture And More |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/virgo-queen-canada-drag-race-000809493.html |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=Yahoo Entertainment |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2025-01-18 |title=The Virgo Queen: Canada’s Drag Race Season 5 Winner Becomes the First Afro-Indigenous Drag Superstar - The Extra Mile |url=https://theextramile.ca/the-virgo-queen-canadas-drag-race-season-5-winner-becomes-the-first-afro-indigenous-drag-superstar/ |access-date=2025-02-23 |language=en-CA}}
Personal life
MacPhee is based in Toronto, and is Afro-Indigenous.{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Jenna |title=Indigenous queens bring culture and confidence to season 5 of 'Canada's Drag Race' |url=https://www.mbcradio.com/2025/01/indigenous-queens-bring-culture-and-confidence-to-season-5-of-canadas-drag-race |access-date=February 2, 2025}}
See also
Filmography
- The Next Star (season 6; 2013)
- Canada's Drag Race (season 5; 2024)
References
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{{Canada's Drag Race}}
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Category:21st-century Canadian LGBTQ people
Category:Canada's Drag Race contestants
Category:Canada's Drag Race winners
Category:Drag performers from Toronto
Category:Indigenous drag performers of the Americas
Category:LGBTQ First Nations people
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