{{Short description|Canadian drag performer}} {{Infobox person | name = Eve 6000 | image = DragCon 2023 @ DVSROSS Photgraphy -81 (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Eve 6000 at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2023 | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = London, Ontario, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = Rina Adams<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=alsoabouteve |number=1504869698948718593 |title=Still not close to my goal… I would really appreciate any donations right now! 💖}}</ref> | occupation = | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | website = }} '''Eve 6000''' is the stage name of '''Rina Adams''', a Canadian drag performer most known for competing on season 2 of ''Canada's Drag Race''.
== Early life == Eve 6000 was born in London, Ontario.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ritchie |first=Kevin |date=2021-11-13 |title=Eve 6000 on why Canada's Drag Race needs more Toronto queens |url=https://nowtoronto.com/movies/news-features/eve-6000-on-why-canadas-drag-race-needs-more-toronto-queens/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=NOW Toronto |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603072551/https://nowtoronto.com/movies/news-features/eve-6000-on-why-canadas-drag-race-needs-more-toronto-queens/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Career == Eve 6000 is a drag performer and illustrator. She was named Miss Angel City Continental Plus 2021.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Canada's Drag Race series two: Meet the Queens and Judges |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/bbc.com/mediacentre/mediapacks/canadas-drag-race-series-2/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}{{dead link|date=September 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Eve 6000 competed on season 2 of ''Canada's Drag Race''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spirus |first=Dr |date=2021-11-15 |title=Eve 6000 sashays away from Drag Race Canada and comes to YASS |url=https://yassmagazine.org/2021/11/15/eve6000/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=YASS Magazine |language=en |archive-date=2023-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605140920/https://yassmagazine.org/2021/11/15/eve6000/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She impersonated Bernie Sanders for the Snatch Game challenge.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sim |first=Bernardo |date=2021-11-05 |title=Canada's Drag Race Season 2 Episode 4 Recap: Synthia Kiss Goes Bananas |url=https://screenrant.com/rupauls-drag-race-canada-season-2-episode-4-recap/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=ScreenRant |language=en |archive-date=2021-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218194649/https://screenrant.com/rupauls-drag-race-canada-season-2-episode-4-recap/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Russ Martin of ''Xtra Magazine'' said she represented "the trans community as a non-binary performer" on the show.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-15 |title='Canada's Drag Race' Season 2: After the Sashay with Eve 6000 {{!}} Xtra Magazine |url=https://xtramagazine.com/video/canadas-drag-race-season-2-after-the-sashay-with-eve-6000-212410 |access-date=2023-09-08 |language=en-CA |archive-date=2021-11-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115231013/https://xtramagazine.com/video/canadas-drag-race-season-2-after-the-sashay-with-eve-6000-212410 |url-status=live }}</ref> The magazine's Kevin O'Keeffe called her the season's "antagonist" contestant.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2021-10-23 |title='Canada's Drag Race' Season 2, Episode 2 power ranking: The greatest show on earth {{!}} Xtra Magazine |url=https://xtramagazine.com/culture/canadas-drag-race2-episode2-ranking-211126 |access-date=2023-09-08 |language=en-CA |archive-date=2021-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031125334/https://xtramagazine.com/culture/canadas-drag-race2-episode2-ranking-211126 |url-status=live }}</ref> Eve 6000 and her fellow contestants toured together after the finale.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-18 |title=Second season of Canada's Drag Race ending tour in Victoria |url=https://www.vicnews.com/entertainment/second-season-of-canadas-drag-race-ending-tour-in-victoria-95586 |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=Victoria News |language=en |archive-date=2023-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908021029/https://www.vicnews.com/entertainment/second-season-of-canadas-drag-race-ending-tour-in-victoria-95586 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2022, she and season 1 contestant BOA started the podcast ''Death Becomes She/Her''.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Windsor-born drag queens come home for one-night event |publisher=CBC |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/drag-fun-windsor-boa-juicy-1.6689331 |access-date=2023-09-08 |archive-date=2022-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219090806/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/drag-fun-windsor-boa-juicy-1.6689331 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Personal life== Eve 6000 is based in Toronto.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Duncan |first=Charlie |date=2023-02-22 |title=Canada's Drag Race star Eve 6000 asks people to stop bringing their kids to drag shows |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/22/canadas-drag-race-eve-6000-kids-drag-shows/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=PinkNews |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603030003/https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/22/canadas-drag-race-eve-6000-kids-drag-shows/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She uses the pronouns ''she''/''her'' in and out of drag. Eve 6000 has said, "As a trans non-binary artist, drag is all about expressing the femininity that I wasn't allowed to express growing up. Drag is a tool that we can all use to express our true selves and be seen as we want to be seen."<ref name=":0" /> She came out as a trans woman in February 2022.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
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==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Eve 6000}}
{{Canada's Drag Race}}
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