Kandy Muse

Kandy Muse is the stage name of Kevin Candelario (born November 3, 1994), an American drag queen and performer most known for being the runner-up on both the thirteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race (2021) and the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2023).

Career
Kandy Muse was a former member of the House of Aja, a queer collective house ran by Aja LaBeija, a drag queen who competed on the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.

Kandy Muse was a member of the Doll Haus, alongside fellow former House of Aja members Dahlia Sin and her daughter Janelle No. 5. Now she is the mother of the Iconic house of Muse featuring Xunami Muse, Papito Suave, and Lucas Skywalker.

In 2021, Kandy Muse competed on the thirteenth season of Drag Race, during which Kandy Muse portrayed a "slutty version" of LinkedIn in "Social Media: The Unverified Rusical" and Patrick Starrr in the Snatch Game episode, and placed runner up to winner Symone.

In 2023, Muse competed on the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, where she was declared the runner-up to Jimbo. After the airing of the season, Kandy's own World of Wonder original series, Inside the Producer's Studio with Kandy Muse, was announced to premiere on August 7, 2023.

Kandy Muse is the drag mother of Xunami Muse, who competed on the sixteenth season of Drag Race in 2024.

Music
In 2017, Kandy Muse was featured on Eureka O'Hara's song "Body Positivity" and appeared in the music video for Velo's "Big Dick Daddy". Serving as the song's inspiration, Kandy Muse appeared on Alaska Thunderfuck's "Sitting Alone in the VIP" as well as the accompanying music video in 2020.

Personal life
Candelario was born to parents of Dominican descent and lives in New York, as of 2021. He is also African American and identifies as black. He was born in the South Bronx, NYC, and was raised between Tremont, Bronx and the Dominican Republic. He grew up Mormon and was baptized at 8 years old.