Monét X Change
Monét X Change is the stage name of Kevin Akeem Bertin, an American drag queen, singer, podcaster, and reality television personality. She is known for competing on the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, on which she placed sixth and was crowned the season's Miss Congeniality, and for winning the RuPaul's [Drag Race All Stars season 4|fourth season] of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars alongside Trinity the Tuck. She returned to compete in the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, an all-winners season, where she placed runner-up.
She currently co-hosts the podcasts Sibling Rivalry and Ebony and Irony. She also hosts the Dropout show Monét's Slumber Party.
Early life
Bertin was born in Brooklyn, New York City. At six months old, she moved to Castries, Saint Lucia, where she was adopted by her aunt and uncle. She moved back to Brooklyn when she was 10, growing up in East Flatbush, Brooklyn and attended the Professional Performing Arts School in Manhattan. She later moved to The Bronx as an adult. She trained in opera performance at Westminster Choir College of Rider University.Monét X Change started doing drag in 2012 in New York City. The first drag pageant she won was the sixth annual Gay Caribbean USA Pageant on September 27, 2014, representing Saint Lucia. Her drag sister is RuPaul's Drag Race season 8 winner, Bob The Drag Queen, and her drag mother is Honey Davenport, making her a member of the Davenport drag family.
Career
2018–2022: ''RuPaul's Drag Race''
Monét X Change was announced as one of fourteen contestants competing on the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race on February 22, 2018. She was eliminated in episode ten, placing sixth overall. She was named Miss Congeniality during the season's finale, and is the first holder of the title to have been voted by her fellow contestants. In the first episode of her season of Drag Race, Monét X Change made a dress decorated with kitchen sponges, which became a running joke throughout the rest of the series and inspired a number of Internet memes amongst fans online.Monét X Change is a co-host of the podcast Sibling Rivalry with her drag sister Bob the Drag Queen. The first episode premiered on March 11, 2018. She appeared as a guest in an episode of What Would You Do on July 6, 2018. Monét also toured across the United States and Europe with her one-woman show, "Call Me By Monét."
She appeared in a Pepsi commercial with Cardi B in February 2019. On February 15, 2019, she was inducted into the RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Hall of Fame alongside Trinity the Tuck after winning RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 4, becoming the first black winner of the spin-off.
In May, Monét revealed that she would be hosting her own weekly talk show called The X Change Rate.File:RuPaul DragCon 2022 .jpg|thumb|351x351px|Monét X Change with fellow All Stars season 7 competitor Jinkx Monsoon in 2022In June 2019, Monét X Change was one of 37 drag queens to be featured on the cover of New York magazine. She was one of the inspirations for Sina Grace's character of Shade, Marvel's first drag queen superhero.
On October 22, 2019, Monét X Change was announced as part of the cast for the first season of RuPaul's Celebrity Drag Race, a Drag Race spin-off where Drag Race alumni transform celebrities into drag queens, which premiered in 2020. In January 2021, she launched another podcast, Ebony and Irony, co-hosted by Lady Bunny. In February 2023, she and Bob The Drag Queen launched their line of cosmetics, BOMO Beauty.
In April 2022, Monét X Change was announced as one of the eight returning winners that would be competing in seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, the first ever all-winners season of Drag Race. During the competition, Monét X Change placed in the top in three competitive episodes, before ultimately finishing as runner-up to winner Jinkx Monsoon.
2023–present: Appearances on Dropout
In July 2023, Monét X Change appeared on the Dungeons & Dragons themed show Dungeons and Drag Queens, which was also the 18th season of the actual play anthology series Dimension 20 on Dropout. She later made guest appearances on the Dropout shows Dirty Laundry and Um, Actually. In June 2024, it was announced that Monét X Change will host her own variety talk show on Dropout called Monét’s Slumber Party. The first episode premiered on July 19, 2024. In 2025, she reprised her role in the second season of Dungeons and Drag Queens.In March 2024, she was a guest on the CBS comedy game show After Midnight.
Monét X Change is a founding member of Drag PAC, a political action committee intended to push Gen Z voters to turn out for LGBTQ+ rights for the 2024 United States presidential election.
Music
She is a classically trained opera singer with a bass voice.Monét X Change released her first original single, "Soak It Up", on May 25, 2018, the same day as her elimination episode on Drag Race. She released her debut EP, Unapologetically, on February 22, 2019. In May 2022, Monét X Change portrayed the voice of Goldie Vandersnatch in Alaska's Drag: [The Musical ], a studio recording of a planned stage production about two rival drag bars that go head-to-head while struggling through financial troubles. In February 2023, Monét X Change starred as the Duchess of Krakenthorp in the Minnesota Opera's production of The Daughter of the Regiment.
Personal life
Monét has two younger brothers from her biological mother, with whom she reconnected with in her 30s. Her biological father was a drug lord and was executed by a cartel.Monét is non-binary and uses she/her and he/him pronouns out of drag.
In September 2025, Monét X Change announced that she is engaged to her longtime partner Andy Short.