RuPaul’s Drag Race star Jiggly Caliente has died aged 44, her household have introduced.
Caliente, actual identify Bianca Castro-Arabejo, died “surrounded by her loving household and shut associates” at 4.42am on Sunday, her household wrote in an Instagram submit.
On Thursday, they revealed she had a part of her leg amputated because of a “extreme an infection”.
Caliente took half within the fourth season of the unique US model of Drag Race.
After popping out as transgender she returned to the present for its sixth All Stars season.
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She additionally starred within the LGBTQ+ TV drama Pose because the character Veronica Ferocity – a drag queen who was a part of the New York ballroom scene within the Eighties and Nineteen Nineties.
Caliente was chosen as a decide on the Filipino model of Drag Race, which started airing in 2022. She was born within the Philippines however moved to New York as a baby.
Throughout her authentic stint on the present, she was praised by judges for her sense of humour and performances in its lip sync battles.
Drag Race decide and shut good friend of RuPaul Michelle Visage paid tribute to her on Instagram.
“My jiggles… The laughter was countless, our talks had been particular, your vitality was contagious,” she wrote.
“You had been and stay so very cherished. This world has misplaced an angel and we wish you to soar excessive…..I like you a lot honey.”
Since Drag Race first aired in 2009, the fact present has seen the deaths of a number of contestants – together with UK stars The Vivienne, aged 32, and Cherry Valentine.
