Hershii LiqCour-Jeté (born 1990, 1991 or 1992) is an American drag performer most known for competing on the sixteenth season of reality television series ''

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''.

Early life

Hershii LiqCour-Jeté was born in

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, Missouri, and raised in a Christian family.

Career

Hershii LiqCour-Jeté's drag career started in

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, in the

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. She competed on the sixteenth season (2024) of the television series ''

'', and therefore also appeared in the companion series ''RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked''. She sold her car to afford outfits for ''Drag Race''. On the second episode (" Queen Choice Awards"), she performed "a fun, memorable number to her original track selling Whiplash wig glue", according to ''

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''. The track "Whiplash!" was written by Kornbread Jeté, who competed on the fourteenth season of ''Drag Race'' and is Hershii LiqCour-Jeté's "drag sister". Trae DeLellis of ''Miami New Times'' and Michael Cook of ''Out South Florida'' called Hershii LiqCour-Jeté's

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performance "rather entertaining" and "stunning", respectively. ''Xtra Magazine'' said, "Hershii's 'Whiplash' number serves some unexpected production design (don't think too hard about why we're in the jungle), and the song itself is catchy." Hershii LiqCour-Jeté was the first contestant to be eliminated, after placing in the bottom of the ball challenge and losing a

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contest against Geneva Karr on the third episode (" The Mother of All Balls"). Hershii LiqCour-Jeté placed fourteenth overall. She has said she did not like the Rate-a-Queen twist. Stephen Daw of ''

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'' ranked her lip-sync against Geneva Karr to " Maybe You're the Problem" (2022) by

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number 19 and her lip-sync against

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to " Alone" (2023) by

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featuring

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number 15 in a list of all lip-syncs from the sixteenth season.

Personal life

Hershii LiqCour-Jeté moved from Atlanta to Los Angeles in 2017. She is part of the

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. She and her partner parent two children. Hershii LiqCour-Jeté has described her drag as "beautiful and stupid" as well as "glam camp aunty drag", according to ''

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''. She and Kornbread Jeté are part of the Haus of Jeté.

Discography

* "Whiplash!" (featuring Kornbread Jeté)

Filmography

* ''

'' ( season 16) * '' RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked'' * ''

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'' (2024), hosted by Ts Madison * ''Whatcha Packin, hosted by Michelle Visage * ''Queer Church'' * ''Give It to Me Straight'', hosted by Maddy Morphosis

References

External links

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