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Crystal Envy
Born February 8, 1997 (28 years)
Crystal Envy is the stage name of Christopher Cianci (born February 8, 1997), an American drag performer competing on the seventeenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.
Cianci was born in Staten Island, New York, and moved to New Jersey at the age of 7. He grew up in Asbury Park, New Jersey. He began doing makeup at the age of 14, met his "drag mother" Jade Embers on Tumblr in 2011, and started doing drag in high school as Crystal Envy Embers until stopping at the age of 18. He resumed doing drag in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Crystal Envy is a drag performer competing on the upcoming seventeenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. She additionally works full-time as a bridal and celebrity make-up artist, owning her own business. Through her business, she had worked with clients such as Dolores Catania. She has competed in pageants, having been crowned Miss Paradise 2022. She is the third Miss Paradise to compete on Drag Race, after Honey Davenport and Olivia Lux. Prior to winning the pageant, she had competed for Miss Glamorous Newcomer in Orlando, Florida.
Cianci is based in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
Crystal Envy's "drag sister" is season 14 alumni Jasmine Kennedie. They are related through the House of Mandell, of which they are both members. Crystal claims "house mother" Mancie Mandell as one of her drag mentors.
Cianci was born in Staten Island, New York, and moved to New Jersey at the age of 7. He grew up in Asbury Park, New Jersey. He began doing makeup at the age of 14, met his "drag mother" Jade Embers on Tumblr in 2011, and started doing drag in high school as Crystal Envy Embers until stopping at the age of 18. He resumed doing drag in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Crystal Envy is a drag performer competing on the upcoming seventeenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. She additionally works full-time as a bridal and celebrity make-up artist, owning her own business. Through her business, she had worked with clients such as Dolores Catania. She has competed in pageants, having been crowned Miss Paradise 2022. She is the third Miss Paradise to compete on Drag Race, after Honey Davenport and Olivia Lux. Prior to winning the pageant, she had competed for Miss Glamorous Newcomer in Orlando, Florida.
Cianci is based in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
Crystal Envy's "drag sister" is season 14 alumni Jasmine Kennedie. They are related through the House of Mandell, of which they are both members. Crystal claims "house mother" Mancie Mandell as one of her drag mentors.
Filmography
| 2025 | HELLO HELLO HELLO Road to RuPaul's Drag Race Season 17 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Whatcha Packin' (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2009 | RuPaul's Drag Race (TV Series) · as Self - Contestant |
| 2009 | RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked! (TV Series) · as Self - Contestant |