{{Short description|Canadian drag performer}} {{Infobox person | name = Miss Fiercalicious | image = DragCon2024 @DVSROSS (176) (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Miss Fiercalicious at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2024 | birth_name = Paulo Fortes | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|8|7}} | birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hair and Identity: Miss Fiercalicious | website=YouTube |url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vSO20qts684 |language=en|date=June 23, 2021|access-date=September 22, 2023}}</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | alma_mater = University of Western Ontario | occupation = Drag performer | years_active = | television = {{Flatlist| * ''Canada's Drag Race'' (season 3) * ''The Traitors'' (season 1) * ''Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World'' (season 2) }} | notable_works = }} '''Miss Fiercalicious''' is the stage name of '''Paulo Fortes''' (born August 7, 1996),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://watch.plex.tv/person/paulo-fortes-3 |title=Paulo "Miss Fiercalicious" Fortes |website=watch.plex.tv |publisher=Plex |access-date=September 22, 2023}}</ref> a Canadian drag performer who competed on the third season of ''Canada's Drag Race'', the first season of ''The Traitors Canada'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Canada's Drag Race season 3: Meet the Queens |url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/mediapacks/bbc.com/mediacentre/mediapacks/canadas-drag-race-season-3-queens/ |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and the second season of ''Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ew.com/canadas-drag-race-vs-the-world-season-2-cast-queens-revealed-8669383 |title=Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World season 2 cast of queens revealed: Bam! Alexis Mateo is back, baby |last=Nolfi |first=Joey |website=ew.com |publisher=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=June 26, 2024}}</ref>
== Education == Fortes studied at the University of Western Ontario where he majored in Biology, and minored in French.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://mn2s.com/booking-agency/talent-roster/miss-fiercalicious/ | title=Miss Fiercalicious | Booking Agent | Talent Roster | MN2S }}</ref>
== Career == Miss Fiercalicious competed on season 3 of ''Canada's Drag Race'', placing in the top four.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Final Four of Canada's Drag Race Have Been Revealed |url=http://www.ellecanada.com/culture/society/canadas-drag-race-season-3-finalists |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=Elle Canada |language=en |archive-date=2022-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007131144/https://www.ellecanada.com/culture/society/canadas-drag-race-season-3-finalists |url-status=live }}</ref> She eliminated Chelazon Leroux from the competition, after placing in the bottom two of the "Ruets" challenge and winning a lip-sync to "Don't Call Me Baby" by Kreesha Turner.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Frankie |date=2022-07-29 |title=Canada's Drag Race Season 3 Episode 3 Recap: Ruets |url=https://inmagazine.ca/2022/07/canadas-drag-race-season-3-episode-3-recap-ruets/ |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=IN Magazine |language=en |archive-date=2022-11-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128094458/https://inmagazine.ca/2022/07/canadas-drag-race-season-3-episode-3-recap-ruets/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Miss Fiercalicious impersonated Kourtney Kardashian for the Snatch Game challenge.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Frankie |date=2022-08-12 |title=Canada's Drag Race Season 3 Episode 5 Recap: Snatch Game |url=https://inmagazine.ca/2022/08/canadas-drag-race-season-3-episode-5-recap-snatch-game/ |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=IN Magazine |language=en |archive-date=2023-06-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630064445/https://inmagazine.ca/2022/08/canadas-drag-race-season-3-episode-5-recap-snatch-game/ |url-status=live }}</ref> This aired in 2022.
She appeared on the first season of the Canadian series ''The Traitors''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wratten |first=Marcus |date=2023-09-19 |title=Drag Race star cast in new series of The Traitors |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/19/drag-race-the-traitors-canada-miss-fiercalicious/ |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=PinkNews |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922142959/https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/19/drag-race-the-traitors-canada-miss-fiercalicious/ |url-status=live }}</ref> This aired in 2023. She also appeared in the film ''Jump, Darling'' (2020),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramos |first=Dino-Ray |date=2019-06-03 |title=Cloris Leachman To Star In LGBTQ Family Drama 'Jump, Darling' |url=https://deadline.com/2019/06/cloris-leachman-jump-darling-lgbtq-drama-1202625697/ |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> as well as the music video for Lights' song "Prodigal Daughter".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Meet the Queens of 'Canada's Drag Race' Season 3 |url=https://www.pride.com/tv/2022/6/15/meet-queens-canadas-drag-race-season-3 |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=www.pride.com |language=en |archive-date=2022-06-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623034341/https://www.pride.com/tv/2022/6/15/meet-queens-canadas-drag-race-season-3 |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Personal life == Miss Fiercalicious is based in Toronto. She uses the pronouns ''she''/''her'' in drag and ''he''/''him''/''they'' out of drag.<ref name=":0" />
== Filmography == === Films === {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |2020 |''Jump, Darling'' |Herself | |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- | rowspan="2" |2021 |''Sort Of'' |Herself | |- |''Canada's Drag Race'' |Herself |Contestant; season 3 |- |2023 |''The Traitors Canada'' |Herself |Contestant; season 1 |- |2024 |''Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World'' |Herself |Contestant; season 2 |}
=== Web === {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |2021 |''Cosmo Queens'' |Herself |<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2021-08-13 |title=The Drag Queen Miss Fiercalicious Really Lives Up to Her Name |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/a37303128/miss-fiercalicious-cosmo-queens/ |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=Cosmopolitan |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809041500/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/a37303128/miss-fiercalicious-cosmo-queens/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |2023 |''Bring Back My Girls'' |Herself |''Canada's Drag Race'' season 3 reunion |}
==See also== * List of University of Western Ontario people
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Miss Fiercalicious}} * [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10739628/ Paulo Fortes] at IMDb
{{Canada's Drag Race}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Miss Fiercalicious}} Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century Canadian LGBTQ people Category:Black Canadian artists Category:Black Canadian LGBTQ people Category:Canada's Drag Race contestants Category:Canadian drag queens Category:Canadian people of Portuguese descent Category:Drag performers from Toronto Category:University of Western Ontario alumni