{{Short description|Canadian drag performer}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Icesis Couture | honorific_suffix = | image = DragCon 2024 @ DVSROSS Photgraphy -171 (cropped).jpg | image_upright = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = Icesis Couture at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2024 | native_name = | native_name_lang = | pronunciation = | birth_name = Steven Portelance<ref name="knegt"/> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|02|03}} | birth_place = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | other_names = Steven Granados-Portelance | siglum = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Drag queen | years_active = | era = | employer = | organization = | agent = <!-- Discouraged in most cases, specifically when promotional, and requiring a reliable source --> | known_for = | notable_works = <!-- produces label "Notable work"; may be overridden by |credits=, which produces label "Notable credit(s)"; or by |works=, which produces label "Works"; or by |label_name=, which produces label "Label(s)" --> | style = | height = <!-- "X cm", "X m" or "X ft Y in" plus optional reference (conversions are automatic) --> | television = {{Flatlist|
* ''Canada's Drag Race'' (season 2) * ''Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World'' (season 1)}} | spouse = <!-- Use article title or common name --> | partner = <!-- (unmarried long-term partner) --> | children = | parents = <!-- overrides mother and father parameters --> | mother = <!-- may be used (optionally with father parameter) in place of parents parameter (displays "Parent(s)" as label) --> | father = <!-- may be used (optionally with mother parameter) in place of parents parameter (displays "Parent(s)" as label) --> | relatives = | family = | callsign = | awards = | website = | signature = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | footnotes = }} '''Icesis Couture''' is the stage name of '''Steven Granados-Portelance''' (born February 3, 1987),<ref name=knegt>Peter Knegt, [https://www.cbc.ca/arts/all-in-the-glamly-these-real-life-brothers-are-giving-ottawa-drag-a-jolt-of-sister-queen-realness-1.5000576 "All in the glamly: These real-life brothers are giving Ottawa drag a jolt of sister queen realness"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210205805/https://www.cbc.ca/arts/all-in-the-glamly-these-real-life-brothers-are-giving-ottawa-drag-a-jolt-of-sister-queen-realness-1.5000576 |date=2021-12-10 }}. CBC Arts, February 13, 2019.</ref> a Canadian drag queen who won the second season of ''Canada's Drag Race'' in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samhan |first=Jamie |date=2021-12-17 |title='Canada's Drag Race' Names Season 2 Winner |url=https://etcanada.com/news/849204/canadas-drag-race-names-season-2-winner/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217193202/https://etcanada.com/news/849204/canadas-drag-race-names-season-2-winner/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 17, 2021 |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=ET Canada |language=en-US}}</ref> She later returned to compete on the first season of the spin-off series, ''Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World'', in 2022.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Nolfi |first=Joey |date=October 17, 2022 |title=See the 'Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World' cast of international all-stars |url=https://ew.com/tv/canadas-drag-race-canada-vs-the-world-cast-revealed/ |access-date=2022-10-17 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en}}</ref>
==Career== Drag performer Granados-Portelance appeared as Icesis Couture on the second season of the documentary series ''Canada's a Drag'' in 2019,<ref>Leah Collins, [https://www.cbc.ca/arts/meet-the-stars-of-canada-s-a-drag-season-2-1.5014196 "Meet the stars of Canada's a Drag Season 2"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210050803/https://www.cbc.ca/arts/meet-the-stars-of-canada-s-a-drag-season-2-1.5014196 |date=2021-12-10 }}. CBC Arts, February 11, 2019.</ref> and won Ottawa's Miss Capital Pride pageant in 2020.<ref>Dani-Elle Dubé, [https://ottawa.citynews.ca/local-news/virtual-pride-parade-wraps-up-pride-week-with-miss-capital-pride-2020-icesis-couture-2675294 "Virtual pride parade wraps up Pride Week with Miss Capital Pride 2020 Icesis Couture"]. ''CityNews'', August 30, 2020.</ref>
In 2021, Icesis Couture competed in the second season of ''Canada's Drag Race'',<ref>Joey Nolfi, [https://ew.com/tv/canadas-drag-race-season-2-cast/ "Step your poutine up with the Canada's Drag Race season 2 queens"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213222809/https://ew.com/tv/canadas-drag-race-season-2-cast/ |date=2021-12-13 }}. ''Entertainment Weekly'', September 14, 2021.</ref> winning two challenges over the course of the season and ultimately winning the competition over finalists Pythia and Kendall Gender.<ref>Kevin O'Keeffe, [https://xtramagazine.com/culture/drag-race/canadas-drag-race-season2-finale-recap-215023 "‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 2 finale recap: A new Queen of the North is here"]. ''Xtra!'', December 17, 2021.</ref> On the night of the ''Canada's Drag Race'' finale, all three finalists were at a viewing party at Toronto's Danforth Music Hall, on a bill that also included Icesis Couture's "drag daughters" Kimmy and Savannah Couture, as well as Makayla Couture, an emerging Toronto drag artist who had appeared in the prom makeover episode as Icesis Couture drag daughter "Ruby Couture".<ref name=shantay>Russ Martin, [https://xtramagazine.com/culture/icesis-couture-winner-canadas-drag-race-season-2-215093 "Shantay she slayed! Icesis Couture is the winner of ‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 2"]. ''Xtra!'', December 17, 2021.</ref> On the same day, Icesis Couture released "La Pusetta", a bilingual English and Spanish pop single and music video created in collaboration with DJ and producer Velvet Code under the music label ''So Fierce Music''.<ref name=shantay/><ref>{{Cite web |last=BUZZMUSIC |date=2022-03-02 |title=Icesis Couture Pops "La Pusetta," In Velvet Code's Newest Hit |url=https://www.buzz-music.com/post/icesis-couture-pops-la-pusetta-in-velvet-code-s-newest-hit |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=BuzzMusic |language=en}}</ref> In 2021, Icesis Couture modelled the Amsterdam Rainbow Dress, described as "a voluminous multicoloured gown that embodies a powerful statement about the global persecution of LGBTQ people", at Ottawa's National Gallery of Canada.<ref>Sandra Abma, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/rainbow-dress-lgbtq-amsterdam-ottawa-1.6276937 "Sartorial symbol of LGBTQ persecution arrives in Ottawa-Gatineau"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210050759/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/rainbow-dress-lgbtq-amsterdam-ottawa-1.6276937 |date=2021-12-10 }}. CBC News Ottawa, December 8, 2021.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Amsterdam Rainbow Dress makes Canadian début in the capital region|url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/amsterdam-rainbow-dress-makes-canadian-debut-in-the-capital-region|url-status=live|author=Megan Gillis|date=December 8, 2021|access-date=December 10, 2021|website=Ottawa Citizen|language=en-CA|archive-date=December 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210054027/https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/amsterdam-rainbow-dress-makes-canadian-debut-in-the-capital-region}}</ref>
In 2022, Icesis Couture returned to compete on ''Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World'' against other former competitors from across the ''Drag Race'' franchise, including fellow ''Canada's Drag Race'' season 2 alumni Kendall Gender and Stephanie Prince. She placed in the top two in the second episode for her impersonation of Donatella Versace in the Snatch Game challenge and was never up for elimination throughout her run. In episode 4, Icesis Couture withdrew from the competition citing her mental health, and placed sixth overall.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Icesis Got Real About Why She Chose To Leave 'Canada Vs. The World' |url=https://www.elitedaily.com/entertainment/icesis-couture-explained-why-quit-drag-race-canada-vs-world |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=Elite Daily |date=10 December 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
In 2023, Icesis Couture participated, alongside fellow ''CDR'' alumni Kimora Amour and Suki Doll, in Courage Across Canada, a speaking tour in which the ''CDR'' queens spoke to high school students about bullying and homophobia.<ref>Ian Campbell, [https://www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ontario/article/student-presentation-in-sudbury-to-go-ahead-despite-board-opposition/ "Student presentation in Sudbury to go ahead, despite board opposition"] . CTV Northern Ontario, February 2, 2023.</ref>
Icesis Couture has also worked as a costume and jewelry designer and has made jewelry for Brooke Lynn Hytes and assisted other ''Canada's Drag Race'' contestants coming from Ottawa.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Turner |first=Christopher |date=2024-03-04 |title=Spring 2024 Cover Story: Canada's Reigning Queens |url=https://inmagazine.ca/2024/03/spring-2024-cover-story-canadas-reigning-queens/ |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=IN Magazine |language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life== Granados-Portelance is of Salvadoran and French Canadian descent,<ref name=shantay/> and lives in Ottawa, Ontario.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ryan|first=Anya|date=2021-12-08|title=Canada's Drag Race series two: Everything you need to know|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/872c6114-36e7-4583-b6de-964dd66363ac|access-date=2021-12-10|website=BBC Three|language=en-GB|archive-date=2021-12-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210050758/https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/872c6114-36e7-4583-b6de-964dd66363ac|url-status=live}}</ref> His younger brother Randy is also a drag queen, who performs under the name Savannah Couture.<ref name=knegt/>
Granados-Portelance is a close friend of Kiki Coe, a drag performer who was contemporaneously a competitor in the first season of the drag competition series ''Call Me Mother''<ref name=shantay/> and later became a competitor in the fourth season of ''Canada's Drag Race''.<ref>Bianca Guzzo, [https://inmagazine.ca/2023/10/canadas-drag-race-season-four-meet-the-queens/ "Canada’s Drag Race Season Four: Meet The Queens"]. ''In Magazine'', October 18, 2023.</ref> Granados-Portelance is also the drag mother of Kimmy Couture, a contestant on the third season of ''Canada's Drag Race'',<ref>{{cite web |title='Canada's Drag Race' Season 3: 'After the Sashay' with Kimmy Couture |url=https://xtramagazine.com/video/canadas-drag-race-season-3-after-the-sashay-with-kimmy-couture-235515 |website=Xtra Magazine |date=9 September 2022 |access-date=23 September 2022}}</ref> and Makayla Couture, a contestant on the second season of ''Call Me Mother'' and Canada's Drag Race season 5 who Granados-Portelance put into drag for the makeover challenge of ''Canada's Drag Race'' season two.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lautens |first1=Annika |title=Icesis Couture on Her Best Looks from "Canada's Drag Race" |url=https://fashionmagazine.com/style/shop-canada-style/icesis-couture-canadas-drag-race-winner-fashion/ |website=Fashion Magazine |date=18 January 2022 |access-date=24 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Nolfi |first1=Joey |title=Call Me Mother season 2 cast of drag artists revealed |url=https://ew.com/tv/call-me-mother-season-2-cast-reveal/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=24 September 2022}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! {{nowrap|Year}} ! {{nowrap|Title}} ! {{nowrap|Role}} ! {{nowrap|Notes}} |- | 2019 | ''Canada's a Drag'' | Herself | Guest; Season 2, episode 2 |- |2021 |''Canada's Drag Race'' | Contestant | Winner; Season 2, 10 episodes |- | 2021 | ''eTalk'' | Herself | Guest<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU9tjrIGyNM|title=Meet Icesis Couture {{!}} Canada's Drag Race Season 2|publisher=Youtube.com|date=October 29, 2021|access-date=November 17, 2022}}</ref> |- |2022 |''Canada's Drag Race'' | Herself | Guest; Season 3, episode 9 |- | 2022 | ''Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World'' | Contestant | 5 episodes |- | 2025 | ''Slasher: Hell Motel'' | Magenta | 1 episode |- |2025 |''Canada's Drag Race'' |Herself |Guest judge / Snatch Game contestant (as Donatella Versace); Season 6, 1 episode |}
=== Web series === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" | Notes ! style="text-align: center;" class="unsortable"| {{abbr|Ref|Reference(s)}} |- | rowspan="2" |2021 |''Meet the Queens: Canada's Drag Race Season 2'' |Herself |Stand-alone special |style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xGH4Ka56n8|title=MEET THE QUEENS: Icesis Couture|publisher=Youtube.com|date=September 14, 2021|access-date=November 17, 2022}}</ref> |- |''iHeartRadio Canada'' |Herself |Guest |style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qawZ2y5KDwQ|title=ICESIS COUTURE tells us about their time on Canada's Drag Race!|publisher=Youtube.com|date=December 17, 2021|access-date=November 17, 2022}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3" |2022 |''Drag Us Weekly'' |Herself |Guest |style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4f0hwcWEe4|title=RuPaul's Drag Race Canada Icesis Couture Winner Tells All {{!}} Drag Us Weekly|publisher=Youtube.com|date=January 12, 2021|access-date=November 17, 2022}}</ref> |- |''Canada's Drag Race S3 x Slap or Scrap'' |Herself |Guest |<ref>{{Citation |title=Canada's Drag Race S3 x Slap or Scrap: "The Grand Finale" with Eve 6000 and Icesis Couture! | date=13 September 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeiRqImkzug |access-date=2023-05-29 |language=en}}</ref> |- |''Meet the Queens: Canada's Drag Race vs the World'' |Herself |Stand-alone special | style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E77hFh4Slk|title=Meet The Queens {{!}} Icesis Couture - Canada's Drag Race Vs The World|publisher=Youtube.com|date=October 17, 2022|access-date=November 17, 2022}}</ref> |- |2024 |''Bring Back My Girls'' |Herself |Guest | style="text-align: center;" | |} ==Discography== ===Singles=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Notes ! style="text-align: center;" class="unsortable"| {{abbr|Ref|Reference(s)}} |- | 2021 ! "La Pusetta" | Produced by Velvet Code | style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwW_0HfBQr0|title=LA PUSETTA - Icesis Couture|publisher=Youtube.com|date=December 25, 2021}}</ref> |}
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== {{Commons category| Icesis Couture}} * {{Official website|https://www.icesiscouture.com}}
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