Kornbread Jeté, also known as Kornbread "The Snack" Jeté or simply Kornbread, is the stage name of Demoria Elise Williams (born January 14, 1992), an American

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. She is known for competing on season 14 of ''

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'' in 2022.

Early life and education

Williams was born and raised in

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. She later moved to Los Angeles to study musical theatre at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA).

Career

As of 2022, Kornbread works at The Abbey in Los Angeles, and hosts weekly ''Drag Race'' watch parties at West Hollywood's Abbey Food & Bar. In 2022, she competed on season 14 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. She performed an original song routine for the opening episode's

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and won the challenge, which came with a cash prize of $5,000. In her routine, she used a milk carton with former ''Drag Race'' judge

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depicted as a

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. In the fifth episode, it was announced that Kornbread had to withdraw from the competition after rolling her ankle the week prior, ultimately coming in 11th Place. At the finale, she was announced as Season 14's Miss Congeniality, having been chosen by her fellow contestants, and won a $10,000 cash prize. Kornbread, along with fellow ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' alumni

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and

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, appeared in the 2022 film ''

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''. She has appeared in videos with Brandon Rogers and

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, and has been featured in

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Personal life

Kornbread is a

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woman. She is close friends with

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, a fellow ''Drag Race'' contestant and trans woman. Kornbread has said of Colby, "She's literally walked me through so much of my transition that no one understands how much she's done for me personally. She's not my drag mom, but I tell her she's definitely partly my trans mom." Kornbread is the drag daughter of Calypso Jeté Balmain who won the first season of ''

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'' with the House of Balmain. On September 26, 2022, Kornbread announced via an

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post that she had been diagnosed with an early stage

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, a type of

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, and used her experience to raise awareness of the disease.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Internet series

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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