Canada’s Drag Race Exit Interview: Dulce on Mexican Culture, & Spanish Drag

Dulce is a high-energy, plus-size dancing diva originally from London, Ontario, known for bringing Mexican culture and Spanish-language music to the drag stage. A former Canadian Army Reserve member, she uses her platform to celebrate resilience, community, and unapologetic self-expression—whether she’s performing across Canada or representing on Canada’s Drag Race.

TEM (The Extra Mile) :  For anyone just kind of meeting you now, like, who is Dulce in one sentence?

Dulce: In one sentence, I would say, if you don’t know me, I’m your favorite drag queen you just haven’t met yet.

TEM: You also like to perform Spanish songs and that you also pull a lot of Mexican roots into your drag. How would you say that has shaped the way kind of you perform and connect with your audience?

Dulce: I think, like, my main thing is, like, when I perform Spanish, I really want to host, I want to talk specifically to people who maybe don’t know English as much or are new to the country and maybe missing home. I love any chance I get to do a Latin show specifically, because I feel like oftentimes I don’t get to perform those kind of songs. So the chances that I do get to do it are just like such a good time. And I think they receive it very well. Because… Because… So there’s finally a chance that they kind of get to be seen.

TEM: And do you feel like the audiences respond differently when you perform in Spanish versus English?

Dulce: I think so. I think if I’m with like a Latin crowd that speaks Spanish and I get to perform Spanish for them, they kind of get to, they definitely get rowdy and they live for it.

TEM: I feel like dance is also such a huge part of your drag. Like, what would you say comes first for you? Like, would you say it’s the music, the movement or like the attitude?

Dulce: I would say the music. I feel like that’s kind of what I decide. I kind of follow everything after that. I’m also not necessarily one of the queens that like rehearses a billion times to get it right. I pick a song. That’s the first time I’m doing it. I’m just having a good time. Because I think as a drag queen, like, yes, you can go and do your choreo and you can do all that. And that’s great. But I also think it’s about being in the moment and just like connecting with people.

TEM: I know we saw like a little brief picture of you on the show where you, you serve in the Canadian Military. It’s such not a path that people don’t expect from a drag queen, so how did that experience shape you and turned you into who you are today?

Dulce:  I’d say it definitely made me a lot stronger than I’ve been. I’ve been really resilient because of it. Not even just because of the hardness of doing basic training and all those things, but also the people that you meet. You know, like, I think a lot of people that are in the army that happen to be male are very, you know, toxic masculinity, very, all that. And I’m definitely not that, like, at all. So, like, having to stick out like that already at 16, because I joined when I was 16, like, I kind of just had to find a way to deal with it almost in a sense, but also, like, still be myself. So, I think it’s because of experiences like that, that I just get to, I’m always myself, like, even on the show, like, even if it made, like, you know, ruffles and feathers or whatever, like, it was still, it was still me 100% of the time.

TEM: Do you think there’s anything in particular that you wish, like something that you wish people knew about you that didn’t exactly come through on TV?

Dulce: Just the financial struggle that it took to get on the show. I feel like oftentimes, even after the show, I’ve seen a bunch of reviews or stuff like that, being like, oh, I wish Dulce’s runways were better, or I wish they had this, I wish they had that, I wish she had bigger hair, I wish she did this. And I was like, me too. I wish that too. And I definitely can recognize, looking back, some of my runways may not have been the best or the most extravagant, but they were within the limits that I was able to afford. You know, I think this season there was a lot of rich. wish. I Girls who have a lot of money, who spent probably, I’m not even joking, like 10, 15 times what I did. So when that is brought into consideration, like, yes, their looks may be better and more extravagant. And when we’re being judged on what we’re able to bring, it is fair across the board, as it should be. But I would say I wish people knew where I came from with the looks that I brought. That at home, it might be easy to be like, oh, well, they should have done this, they should have done that. And I was like, oh, I thought of that. I wanted to do that, but I simply couldn’t afford it. So what were my options then? To just say no? No, you don’t say no to something like this. You get what you can do and what you have, and you just make it work. So that’s something I wish people knew.

TEM: What was your favorite look that we got to see and why?

Dulce: Yeah. Oh, that’s a good question. I would say probably my favorite look was my entrance.

TEM: Is there anyone that you, when you kind of entered the competition, was there anyone that kind of took you by surprise throughout the competition?

Dulce:. Um, no, no, I don’t really think so. I think everyone kind of felt how I thought. They would fall. Does that make sense?

TEM:  If Dulce had a theme song to lip sync, what would that be?

Dulce: Oh my God. Let Them Know by Mabel. Okay. It’s my favorite song because it’s really high energy. Yeah. It’s two and a half minutes, so it’s real quick. It’s not like a super long song. And I don’t know. I just, I just love that song. I have loved that song for so long. So yeah, that would definitely be the song I choose.

TEM: What can the fans expect from Dulce like in the next chapter?

Dulce: Like what’s next for you? Well, I really want to just keep performing everywhere. Like I love to work. If I could work like every day, I would. I’ve been able to travel a lot recently. I’ve been in Vancouver and Halifax and Victoria. Yeah. Like within the last two weeks of that. I want to do more of that, more traveling. One of my main goals is to perform in Mexico. That would be amazing to do a little tour in Mexico. So that’s what’s next. I don’t know how I’m going to make that happen, but I’m going to make that happen.

TEM:  my final question is, so we’re all about going the extra mile here. So how do you go the extra mile? What does that mean to you?

Dulce: I think going, at least for myself, like going the extra mile probably just means being unapologetically myself. I think I try to do my best to stay true to myself at all the times, like how I’m feeling, how I’m acting. And I think that definitely showed on the show. Like, and just being the biggest fan of yourself. Like you really have to like advocate for yourself, speak up for yourself. Like I’ve always had the mindset that you have to be your number one fan and put yourself first because no one else is going to put you first. So you have to make sure that if you want something, you have to work for it. You have to have. That’s right for it. So that’s probably how I would go the extra mile.

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