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Puerto Rican drag performer and make-up artist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Madame Cassandra Uzumaki LaQueer (formerly Madame LaQueer) is the stage name of Cassie Melendez,[1][2] a Puerto Rican drag performer and make-up artist who competed on season 4 of RuPaul's Drag Race. Originally from Carolina, Melendez moved to Orange County, California, where she works in the cosmetic industry, performs in drag shows, and livestreams on Twitch.
Madame Cassandra Uzumaki LaQueer | |
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.jpg) Madame LaQueer at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2023 | |
| Born | October 5, 1981 |
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| Television | RuPaul's Drag Race (season 4) |
| Website | madamelaqueer |
Madame LaQueer has continued to participate in Drag Race-related projects, appearing in a music video by fellow contestant Morgan McMichaels and attending RuPaul's DragCon LA as well as season finale tapings.
Melendez was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico,[2] on October 5, 1981.[3][4] She started doing drag on one of her birthdays as a teenager.[5] She has a degree in computer programming.[6][7]
Melendez is a drag performer who competed as Madame LaQueer on season 4 (2012) of the American television series RuPaul's Drag Race.[8] She won the WWE-inspired drag wrestling challenge (tied with Chad Michaels) on the second episode,[9] and placed tenth overall.[10] She was eliminated from the competition in the fourth episode ("Queens Behind Bars"), after placing in the bottom two and losing a lip sync battle against Milan to "Trouble" (2003) by Pink.[11] Sarah Martindale included Madame LaQueer in Bustle's 2015 list of twelve "plus size drag queens giving us all life".[12] Thrillist's Brian Moylan ranked her number 102 out of the show's 113 contestants in 2017,[13] and Instinct's Ryan Shea ranked her 95 out of Drag Race's 126 competitors in 2018.[14]
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In 2017, Madame LaQueer participated in a drag show to raise funds for Puerto Rico residents impacted by the destructive Hurricane Maria.[15][16] She has continued to participate in Drag Race-related projects. In 2020, she appeared in the music video for fellow contestant Morgan McMichaels's single "Ass Like Mine" (2020).[17] Madame LaQueer has featured at Drag Race conventions, including RuPaul's DragCon LA in 2022,[18] and appeared in season finale tapings of the show.[19] That year, she was the grand marshal of Bell's inaugural Southeast LA Pride Festival, in which she also performed.[20]
Outside of drag, Melendez has managed the beauty department of a drug store in Southern California.[6] As of 2017, she was a make-up artist in Santa Ana and continued to perform at VLVT Lounge.[2]
Melendez relocated to Orange County, California, on April 20, 2013, after competing in Drag Race.[5][6] In January 2024, she came out as a trans woman on social media, and revealed her new names in and out of drag as Madame Cassandra Uzumaki LaQueer and Cassie, respectively.[1] She streams a variety of PlayStation games on Twitch.[21]
Madame LaQueer has had as many as seventeen "drag daughters" (or mentees),[22] including Lineysha Sparx, who competed on season 5 of Drag Race.[6][10]
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