Cynthia Lee Fontaine

Fontaine was born Carlos Díaz in Puerto Rico. She has a degree in clinical psychology and worked in the mental health field for six years before starting drag.

Fontaine started doing drag in Puerto Rico in 2006. After moving to Killeen, Texas in 2008, she started performing at Oil Can Harry’s. She moved from Killeen to Austin, Texas in 2011 and continued performing in drag.

Fontaine was accepted onto RuPaul's Drag Race season 8, which premiered March 7, 2016. During the show, she would frequently refer to her "cucu", meaning buttocks, which became a part of the show's slang. Fontaine was the third queen eliminated, garnering a 10th place finish. Even though Fontaine was only on the show for three episodes, she was voted Miss Congeniality by the fans, giving her the distinction of being voted Miss Congeniality while having spent the least amount of time on the show compared to other RuPaul's Drag Race Miss Congeniality winners. During her time on RPDR, writer Manuel Betancourt at Remezcla asked if the inclusion of Fontaine was reinforcing Latin stereotypes due to her behavior on the show.

Fontaine was invited back for RuPaul's Drag Race season 9 as the surprise 14th queen. The show premiered on March 24, 2017. Fontaine ended up securing a 10th place finish, being sent home in a lipsync challenge against Peppermint. In an interview with Vulture, Fontaine stated, "It was probably my time, you know? I’m a fighter. I may have been a little bit concerned about the challenges and all this stuff, but I respect the panel of judges and RuPaul. I got so much from season nine, so no regrets."

Fontaine was a guest at RuPaul's Drag Con 2016. She will also be a guest at RuPaul's Drag Con 2017, which will be held in New York.

On her Youtube channel, Fontaine has two shows: Cucu Confessions and Memoirs of My Cucu. She also headlines a one woman show called Cynthia Lee Fontaine: More Intimate CuCu Confessions, which she performs around the United States.

Fontaine was diagnosed with stage 1 liver cancer in 2015, shortly after filming the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. After four rounds of chemotherapy, she went into remission.