“It was my first winter ever, so I was stuck at home and not really knowing what to do,” Monoxide says. That was where she truly fell in love with the art. In 2017, she moved to Napanee, Canada, with her then-boyfriend for around 10 months. “I didn’t develop a character or anything, I was just mostly having fun with friends,” she says. While the 29-year-old has developed her own following and steady gigs in the bustling city, her career hasn’t always been so seamless.īorn in Montpellier, France, but raised in Guatemala City, Monoxide first became interested in drag in high school. There’s something about Latinos-they just have this fiery energy and stage presence.” Originally from Guatemala, the fashion-focused queen moved to Mexico in August last year, and she’s since parlayed her love of the art form into a full-time career. “Here in Mexico City, drag queens have their own way that they see drag.
“It’s Pride right now, so this is our busiest season,” Monoxide tells Vogue, adding that there’s a burgeoning drag scene forming in the city. She’ll often be wearing sexy pink bodysuits with cutouts, or more futuristic patent leather harnesses. Five days a week you’ll find drag queen and self-described “queerdo” Carmen Monoxide performing in packed venues in Mexico City.
