Leona Winter

Leona Winter (previously known as Miss Leona) is the stage name of Rémy Solé,^[1] a French drag queen, best known for winning the second season of the Chilean reality show The Switch Drag Race, the Chilean version of RuPaul's Drag Race.

Leona Winter
2021 photo shoot by Christophe Soyeux
Born	Rémy Solé (1995-03-20) March 20, 1995 (age 29)[citation needed] Céret, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitania, France
Occupation(s)	Drag queen, singer
Years active	2014-present
Predecessor	Luz Violeta
Website	http://www.leonawinter.fr/

Early life

Solé was born in Ceret, south of France, and is of Spanish heritage. He started taking dance classes when he was eight, and singing classes when he was nine at Arles-sur-Tech where his family is from. He started to take theater classes when he was twelve, and started doing drag at seventeen.^[2] He resided in Barcelona before participating in The Switch.^[3]

Career

In 2017, Leona Winter was the winner of the Miss Continental prelim pageant Miss Europe Continental in 2017. She was the winner of the Miss Latina Continental prelim in 2018.^[4]

Leona Winter appeared as one of fifteen contestants for the second season of The Switch in March 2018.^[5] She was announced the winner of the season on July 16, 2018, after beating Pavel Arámbula, Sofía Camará and Gia Gunn.^[6][7]

Winter participated in the eighth season of the French version of The Voice on March 2, 2019, and joined the team of singer Jenifer and went as far as the semi-finals.^[8][9][10]

On February 3, 2020, Leona Winter appeared as Rémy Solé in the cast of the twelfth season of Les Anges which took place in Hong Kong.^[11]

Queen of the Universe

See also: Queen of the Universe (TV series)

In November 2021, she were announced as one of fourteen contestants on the debut season of Queen of the Universe, an international drag queen singing competition, and a spin-off of RuPaul's Drag Race.^[12]

Queen of the Universe season 1 performances and results
Week #	Theme	Song choice	Original artist	Order #	Result
1	This Is Me	"Non, je ne regrette rien"	Édith Piaf	7	Advanced[13]
2	Turn Back Time	"The Winner Takes It All"	ABBA	2	Bottom 3
3	Duets	"Friends Forever" (with La Voix)	N/A	3	Survival Sing-Off
	Survival Sing-Off	"The Edge of Glory"	Lady Gaga	2	Eliminated[14]

In 2024 Leona Winter was announced as one of the contestants on the third season of Drag Race France, making her the first participant of a previous season of Drag Race to compete on an original season of another franchise.

Personal life

Solé is married to Lorenzo Werner.^[2]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2018	The Switch Drag Race (season 2)	Herself/Contestant	Winner	[5]
2019	The Voice (season 8)			[8]
2020	Les Anges (season 12)			[15]
2021	Queen of the Universe		6th place	[12]
2024	Drag Race France (season 3)		3rd/4th place	[12]

References

1. "Estas son las 13 participantes que darán vida a "The Switch 2"". Fotech.cl (in European Spanish). 2016-09-14. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
2. "Remy Solé el hombre tras "Miss Leona Winter" ganadora del programa THE | Revista con estilo para hombres | Chile | Revista GMZ". Revista con estilo para hombres | Chile | Revista GMZ (in Spanish). 16 July 2018. Archived from the original on 2023-03-26. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
3. "Miss Leona, la ganadora de "The Switch 2"". Viste la Calle (in European Spanish). 2018-07-16. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
4. "Leona Winter". Our Community Roots. 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
5. Hornet Networks (2018-03-16). "Meet the Season 2 Queens From Chile's Version of 'Drag Race'". Hornet. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
6. @todotvnews. "Mega triunfa con el final de su adaptación de RuPaul's Drag Race". Todotvnews. Archived from the original on 2018-07-16. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
7. "Comment les drag-queens se sont imposées dans la pop culture". L'Obs (in French). 6 May 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
8. "Malena Ernman - La Voix Leona Winter The Voice 2019 Blind Audition". youtube (in French). 2 March 2019. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
9. "Le transformiste Léona Winter cartonne dans The Voice". Lameuse (in French). 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
10. "'The Voice 8' : Leona Winter à la rescousse de Jenifer". Antenne Reunion Officiel (in French). Retrieved 2019-05-10.
11. "Téléréalité : De the Voice aux Anges pour l'Arlésien, Rémy Solé".
12. Nolfi, Joey (November 10, 2021). "Queen of the Universe cast adds Drag Race, American Idol stars: Meet the queens!". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
13. Keller, Joel (December 2, 2021). "Stream It Or Skip It: 'Queen Of The Universe' On Paramount+, A Drag Queen Singing Competition Where The Voices Are As Fierce As The Looks". Decider. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
14. Piazza, Bianca (December 16, 2021). "Which Contestant Was Eliminated on 'Queen of the Universe'? There's Often More Than One Sent Packing". Decider. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
15. Hawa. "The Voice / Les Anges 12: Rémy Solé, alias Leona Winter, got married!". Star Magazine (in Spanish). Retrieved September 6, 2020.