Crystal (drag queen)
Crystal is the stage name of Colin Munro (born November 1, 1985),[1] a Canadian-British drag performer, TV host and personality best known as a competitor in the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race UK.[2]
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Born | Colin Munro November 1, 1985 Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
Occupation | Drag queen |
Family | Susan Goyette (stepmother) |
Website | crystalwillseeyounow |
Early life
Born in Newfoundland and raised in Nova Scotia,[2] Munro is the stepson of poet Susan Goyette.[3]
Munro attended university for costume design, as mentioned in his podcast.
Career
Munro moved to London, England in the late 2000s, initially to work as an aerial performer in the circus, before expanding into drag performance.[4] He initially went by the drag name Crystal Beth, a pun on crystal meth, but changed his drag name to just Crystal before appearing on Drag Race UK on the grounds that he did not want to be perceived as making fun of the serious issue of drug addiction.[5] Munro has also stated that he always wanted to be known as just Crystal, and initially chose the longer name only because when he was new to drag he thought there was a rule that drag queens always had to have two names rather than one.[5] In London's drag scene, Crystal was best known for Mariah and Friendz, a regular drag night inspired by Mariah Carey and, in Crystal's own words, "bringing in touches of delusion, bad fashion and lip-sync malfunctions."[6]
Crystal finished in sixth place on Drag Race UK, being eliminated in the "Girl Group Battle Royale" challenge, after losing a lip-sync to eventual winner The Vivienne.[7]
Following Drag Race UK, Crystal appeared as a special guest in the "Star Sixty-Nine" episode of Canada's Drag Race, playing the caller to a psychic hotline in a minichallenge where the competing queens had to do improv comedy as the psychics.[8] She was subsequently announced as the host of Group Sext, a social distancing-themed LGBTQ dating reality show, for OutTV,[9] and as a drag mentor in the competition series Call Me Mother.[10]
In 2024 she is slated to host the second season of the drag design competition series Sew Fierce.[11]
Filmography
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2019 | RuPaul's Drag Race UK | Herself | Contestant; series 1 | |
2020 | Canada's Drag Race | Herself | Guest in episode "Star Sixty-Nine" | [8] |
2020 | Group Sext | Herself | Host | [9] |
2021 | Celebrity Karaoke Club Drag Edition | Herself | Contestant | [12] |
2021–present | Call Me Mother | Herself | Drag mother | [10] |
References
- @crystalwillseeu (1 November 2021). "It's my birthday! Two years ago today I was eliminated on Drag Race UK in 6th place. 1 year ago I was wondering if my newly accelerated career would survive the Panny D. TODAY the second episode of my new TV show comes out!☺️ We love a journey! #CallMeMother" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- Cameron Perrier, "‘We’re here to shake things up’: Crystal brings Canadian roots to Drag Race UK" Archived 22 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Xtra!, 18 October 2019.
- Morgan Mullin, "Former Haligonian announced as competitor on the first-ever UK edition of RuPaul's Drag Race" Archived 12 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine. The Coast, 15 August 2019.
- Thomas Ling, "Who is Crystal? Meet the RuPaul’s Drag Race UK queen from Canada" Archived 8 December 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Radio Times, 21 November 2019.
- Charlie Jones, "Drag Race UK’s Crystal on changing her name, Brexit and why she doesn’t trust the Lib Dems" Archived 7 December 2020 at the Wayback Machine. PinkNews, 1 November 2019.
- "Interview: Crystal Beth" Archived 6 December 2020 at the Wayback Machine. QX, 8 June 2017.
- Emma Kelly, "Drag Race UK’s Crystal is as baffled as you by Geri Horner’s ‘Stepford Wife’ appearance" Archived 6 December 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Metro, 1 November 2019.
- Kevin O'Keeffe, "‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Episode 6 recap: Sissy that walk" Archived 25 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Xtra!, 6 August 2020.
- Lauren Malyk, "OUTtv greenlights lockdown-produced pilot" Archived 5 December 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Playback, 20 August 2020.
- West, Rachel (2 June 2021). "OUTtv Announces New Drag Reality Series 'Call Me Mother' Hosted By ET Canada Pride's Dallas Dixon". ET Canada. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- Kelly Townsend, "OUTtv renews drag design competition series Sew Fierce". Playback, September 1, 2023.
- "Celebrity Karaoke Club returns to ITV2 this year along with drag spin-off series". itv.com. 7 May 2021. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.