Veronica Jones Jr.[1] (born January 31, 1991), better known by the stage nameTrinity Kardashian Bonét,[2] is an American drag queen, performer, celebrity impersonator, actor and singer who came to international attention on the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race in 2014. Bonet released her first single, "I'm a Drag Queen" on September 6, 2017, and the accompanying music video was later released on October, 18. On May 26, 2021, she was announced as part of the cast for RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 6 alongside 12 other contestants.
Early life
Jones was born to Veronica Jones[3] on January 31, 1991 in Jacksonville, Florida.[4] Her mother is a lesbian and the family moved to Miami, Florida when she was a kid and grew up there.[5] She started doing drag when she was fifteen years old.[6] She was diagnosed as HIV positive in 2012.[7][8] She was living in Atlanta, Georgia before competing on RuPaul's Drag Race.[9] Her drag mother was the late Byanka Monroe, an Atlanta area entertainer that died in 2011, prior to her competing on RuPaul's Drag Race.[10]
After Drag Race, Bonet walked for Marco Marco's 2014 runway show at L.A. fashion week, with other alumni.[19][20] She was one of thirty drag queens featured in Miley Cyrus's 2015 VMA performance.[21]
She received online support from Cardi B in 2018, praising Bonet's lip sync to "I Like It".[22][23][24][25] She performed a lip sync tribute in front of Monica at the Scandalo Nite Club.[26] She was the second alternate to the Miss Gay UsofA pageant in 2018.[27]
Bonet appeared as a Whitney Houston impersonator for an opening sketch of the June 3, 2019 episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show.[28][29][30] That same month, New York magazine named Bonet one of the top 100 Most Powerful Drag Queens in America.[31] She portrayed Cardi B in the music video for Taylor Swift's "You Need to Calm Down" on June 17.[32]
