Aimee Yonce Shennel
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Aimee Yonce Shennel | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Aimee Yonce Shennel at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2024 | |
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| Occupation | Drag queen |
| Television | Canada's Drag Race (season 4) |
Aimee Yonce Shennel is the stage name of Lorena Aimee Domínguez,[1] a Dominican-Canadian drag performer who competed on season 4 of Canada's Drag Race.
Aimee Yonce Shennel is a drag performer based in Ottawa.[2] She was named Miss Capital Pride in 2022 and has won other local awards including Drag of the Year, Fan Favourite Drag Artist, and Performance of the Year.[3] In 2022, she was featured in the Queer Black Excellence Showcase, along with Kendall Gender.[4]
Aimee Yonce Shennel competed on season 4 of Canada's Drag Race, which premiered in 2023. On the fourth episode, she placed in the bottom two of a design challenge and had to lip sync to "Come Through" by Priyanka featuring Lemon, against Nearah Nuff; both contestants were spared elimination by the judges.[5] On the fifth episode, Aimee Yonce Shennel impersonated Jesus for the Snatch Game challenge. She and Kitten Kaboodle were eliminated by the sixth episode's "Slay-Off" lip sync tournament.[6][7]
Personal life
Aimee Yonce Shennel was raised in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.[8] She relocated to Canada in 2016 and has since become a naturalized citizen of the country.[3] She is based in Ottawa, Ontario, and started drag there in 2017.[7] She is Afro-Latina.[7] On August 25, 2025 Aimee Yonce Shennel publicly came out as a transgender woman, having come out 6 months prior.[9]
