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Kandy Muse
Kandy Muse at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2022
Born	Kevin Gabriel Candelario (1994-11-03) November 3, 1994 (age 30) South Bronx, New York City, U.S.
Nationality	Dominican-American
Other names	Cherry Blossom
Television	RuPaul's Drag Race (season 13) • RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 8)

Kandy Muse is the stage name of Kevin Gabriel Candelario (born November 3, 1994), an American drag queen and performer most known for being the runner-up on both the thirteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race (2021) and the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2023) and the second season of House of Villains (2024) and the upcoming series called Slaycation.

Career

Kandy Muse was a former member of the House of Aja, a queer collective house ran by Aja LaBeija, a drag queen who competed on the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.

Kandy Muse was a member of the Doll Haus, alongside fellow former House of Aja members Dahlia Sin and her daughter Janelle No. 5. Now she is the mother of the Iconic house of Muse featuring Xunami Muse, Papito Suave, and Lucas Skywalker.

In 2021, Kandy Muse competed on the thirteenth season of Drag Race, during which Kandy Muse portrayed a "slutty version" of LinkedIn in "Social Media: The Unverified Rusical" and Patrick Starrr in the Snatch Game episode, and placed runner up to winner Symone.

In 2023, Muse competed on the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, where she was declared the runner-up to Jimbo. After the airing of the season, Kandy's own World of Wonder original series, Inside the Producer's Studio with Kandy Muse, was announced to premiere on August 7, 2023.

Kandy Muse is the drag mother of Xunami Muse, who competed on the sixteenth season of Drag Race in 2024.

Music

In 2017, Kandy Muse was featured on Eureka O'Hara's song "Body Positivity" and appeared in the music video for Velo's "Big Dick Daddy". Serving as the song's inspiration, Kandy Muse appeared on Alaska Thunderfuck's "Sitting Alone in the VIP" as well as the accompanying music video in 2020.

Personal life

Candelario was born to parents of Dominican descent and lives in New York, as of 2021. He is also African American and identifies as black. He was born in the South Bronx, NYC, and was raised between Tremont, Bronx and the Dominican Republic. He grew up Mormon and was baptized at 8 years old.

Discography

Singles

As featured artist

Other appearances

Filmography

Television

Web series

Music videos

Awards and nominations

See also

• LGBT culture in New York City
• List of LGBT people from New York City

References

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External links

• Kandy Muse at IMDb

• Living people
• 1994 births
• 20th-century American LGBTQ people
• 21st-century American LGBTQ people
• American drag queens
• American people of Dominican Republic descent
• Drag performers from New York City
• Entertainers from the Bronx
• RuPaul's Drag Race season 13 contestants