Icesis Couture is the stage name of Steven Granados-Portelance (born February 3, 1987),Peter Knegt, "All in the glamly: These real-life brothers are giving Ottawa drag a jolt of sister queen realness" . CBC Arts, February 13, 2019. a Canadian drag queen who won the second season of Canada's Drag Race in 2021. She later returned to compete on the first season of the spin-off series, Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World, in 2022.In 2026 she was announced as a contestant on the fourth season of The Traitors Canada alongside fellow Canada’s Drag Race winner Van Goth marking the first ever season of the traitors to feature 2 drag queens.
Career Drag performer Granados-Portelance appeared as Icesis Couture on the second season of the documentary series Canada's a Drag in 2019,Leah Collins, "Meet the stars of Canada's a Drag Season 2" . CBC Arts, February 11, 2019. and won Ottawa's Miss Capital Pride pageant in 2020.Dani-Elle Dubé, "Virtual pride parade wraps up Pride Week with Miss Capital Pride 2020 Icesis Couture". CityNews, August 30, 2020.
In 2021, Icesis Couture competed in the second season of Canada's Drag Race,Joey Nolfi, "Step your poutine up with the Canada's Drag Race season 2 queens" . Entertainment Weekly, September 14, 2021. winning two challenges over the course of the season and ultimately winning the competition over finalists Pythia and Kendall Gender.Kevin O'Keeffe, "‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 2 finale recap: A new Queen of the North is here". Xtra!, December 17, 2021. 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".Russ Martin, "Shantay she slayed! Icesis Couture is the winner of ‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 2". Xtra!, December 17, 2021. 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. 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.Sandra Abma, "Sartorial symbol of LGBTQ persecution arrives in Ottawa-Gatineau" . CBC News Ottawa, December 8, 2021.
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.
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.Ian Campbell, "Student presentation in Sudbury to go ahead, despite board opposition" . CTV Northern Ontario, February 2, 2023.
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.
In 2026, she is slated to appear in the fourth season of The Traitors Canada."Justin Bieber’s Dad Is Joining Season 4 of ‘The Traitors Canada’". iHeartRadio Canada, September 9, 2026.
Personal life Granados-Portelance is of Salvadoran and French Canadian descent, and lives in Ottawa, Ontario. His younger brother Randy is also a drag queen, who performs under the name Savannah Couture.
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 and later became a competitor in the fourth season of Canada's Drag Race.Bianca Guzzo, "Canada’s Drag Race Season Four: Meet The Queens". In Magazine, October 18, 2023. Granados-Portelance is also the drag mother of Kimmy Couture, a contestant on the third season of Canada's Drag Race, 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.
Filmography Television 2019 Canada's a Drag Herself Guest; Season 2, episode 22021Canada's Drag Race Contestant Winner; Season 2, 10 episodes 2021 eTalk Herself Guest2022Canada'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 episode2025Canada's Drag RaceHerselfGuest judge / Snatch Game contestant (as Donatella Versace); Season 6, 1 episode 2026 The Traitors Canada Contestant Season 4
Web series Year Title Role Notes 2021Meet the Queens: Canada's Drag Race Season 2HerselfStand-alone specialiHeartRadio CanadaHerselfGuest 2022Drag Us WeeklyHerselfGuest Canada's Drag Race S3 x Slap or ScrapHerselfGuestMeet the Queens: Canada's Drag Race vs the WorldHerselfStand-alone special2024Bring Back My GirlsHerselfGuest
Discography Singles Year Title Notes 2021 "La Pusetta" Produced by Velvet Code
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