Brooke Lynn Hytes

Brooke Lynn Hytes, born Brock Edward Hayhoe on March 10, 1986, is a Canadian-American drag queen, ballet dancer, performer, and television personality. Hytes gained international recognition as a contestant on the eleventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race, where she placed second. She became the first Canadian to compete on the show. Hytes is also a main judge on the spin-off series Canada's Drag Race, making her the first Drag Race contestant to become a full-time judge in the franchise. Prior to her drag career, Hytes trained as a ballet dancer at the National Ballet School of Canada and performed with Cape Town City Ballet and Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. Hytes was born and raised in Toronto and is of Swedish and French descent.