1. Carmen Carrera was born on April 13,1985 and is an American reality television personality, model, burlesque performer, and actress, known for appearing on the third season of the Logo reality television series RuPaul's Drag Race, as well as its spin-off series RuPaul's Drag U Carrera is a transgender woman and transgender rights activist.
In episode 10, "RuPaul-a-Palooza", Carmen Carrera was eliminated for her performance while lip-syncing to a reggae-inspired cover of RuPaul's song "Superstar".
Subsequently, Carmen Carrera was eliminated in that episode after styling a muscular male athlete in her own signature "nude"-style of drag.
Carmen Carrera was featured in the series as the face for the fictional fragrance La Femme.
Carmen Carrera appeared in recording artist Lovari's music video for "Take My Pain Away".
An actor playing a customer berates Carmen Carrera's character regarding his past experience of being served by her when she had presented as male, prompting other customers to come to Carmen Carrera's defense.
In March 2014, Carmen Carrera openly criticized RuPaul for use of the pejorative "she-male" on a RuPaul's Drag Race episode.
Carmen Carrera continued to be critical of RuPaul when the issue arose again in 2015, after Logo pulled the "Female or SheMale" game from Drag Race, which prompted RuPaul to defend the use of the word "tranny".
Carmen Carrera's continued protests led to accusations by others that she was biting the hand that fed her.
Carmen Carrera responded that, while she appreciates the opportunity to compete on Drag Race, she ultimately earned her status through her efforts and those of her agent, friends, fans, and family, and that she was not beholden to support RuPaul's use of transphobic language.
Carmen Carrera was featured in the work of photographer David LaChapelle.
Carmen Carrera posed for a poster for Life Ball, which has two versions; each depicts her with different genitalia to represent the blurring of gender identity.
In 2014, Carmen Carrera was included as part of the Advocate's annual "40 under 40" list and made a cameo appearance on Jane the Virgins premiere episode.
Carmen Carrera was in a domestic partnership with Adrian Torres from 2009, but she announced in 2013 that they had separated.
Carmen Carrera had publicly identified as a gay man, and continued to present as such during filming of the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race, but began her gender transition when she concluded filming.