Bosco is the stage name of Chris Constantino, an American

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who competed on season 14 of ''

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'' in 2022.

Early life

Constantino was raised by musicians in

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. She received formal dance training at a young age.

Career

Constantino performed in drag for the first time in 2018. Bosco co-hosts a weekly

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. In 2022, she competed on season 14 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. She performed a

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routine for the opening episode's

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. In the fifth, ninth, and thirteenth episodes of the season, Bosco won the main challenges, winning three cash prizes of US$5,000. In episode ten, the

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, Bosco portrayed Gwenyth Paltrow, was one of the queens to land in the bottom seven, and thus participated in a lip-sync tournament which took place the following episode. She lost two lip syncs, one against Willow Pill to "Never Too Much" by Luther Vandross and one against Lady Camden to "Don't Let Go (Love)" by En Vogue. In the final lip sync, she went up against Jasmine Kennedie to "Swept Away" by Diana Ross, and won. In the twelfth episode, Bosco landed in the bottom two alongside Jorgeous and had to lip sync to "Heartbreak Hotel (Hex Hector Remix)" by Whitney Houston. She lost the lip sync but was saved after she received the

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(a twist introduced in the third episode where each queen was assigned a chocolate bar and whoever had a bar which contained a golden ticket wrapped inside would be saved from elimination). This allowed Bosco to stay in the competition. In the subsequent episode, Bosco won the main challenge, which was a

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Personal life

Constantino has lived in Seattle since 2015. Constantino uses ''

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'' and ''

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'' pronouns out of drag and ''she'' in drag. She came out as a

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in February 2022, having begun her transition after filming ''Drag Race''.

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bosco Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American drag queens LGBT people from Montana LGBT people from Washington (state) Non-binary drag performers People from Great Falls, Montana People from Seattle RuPaul's Drag Race contestants Transgender drag performers Transgender women