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April Carrión

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April Carrión
April Carrión in 2014
Born
Jason Carrión

(1989-04-23) April 23, 1989 (age 35)
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
EducationSchool of Plastic Arts and Design of Puerto Rico (BFA)
TelevisionRuPaul's Drag Race (season 6)

April Carrión is the stage name of Jason Carrión (born April 23, 1989),[1] a Puerto Rican drag queen and television personality best known for their appearance on the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.

Early life

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Carrión was born in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico on April 23, 1989.[2][3] They are the youngest of three brothers- all of which are gay.[4] In 2007, they attended the School of Plastic Arts and Design of Puerto Rico, where they earned a bachelor's degree. They started doing drag when they were 20 years old.[5] The name April Carrión comes from the month they were born and their last name.[6]

Career

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Carrión in 2019

Carrión was the winner of the Miss Krash Puerto Rico pageant in 2011.[7] They won a pageant with one of the prizes being in a Gloria Estefan music video.[8] Carrión appeared in Estefan's "Hotel Nacional" in 2012.[9][10]

They were announced as one of fourteen contestants for the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race in February 2014.[11] On the show, Carrión beat Vivacious in a lip-sync to Selena Gomez’s "Shake It Up" and was eliminated on the following episode (placing eleventh overall).[12][13] After being eliminated, Carrion posted photos on social media of their runway looks had they remained in the competition, the first Drag Race alumni to do so.[14] In 2018, Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers of Vulture.com ranked one of Carrión's runway looks on the show number 58 in a list of "The 100 Greatest RuPaul’s Drag Race Looks of All Time".[15]

In 2020, Out said: "Carrion made an impression on season six of RuPaul's Drag Race. The Puerto Rican performer didn't make it far, but it wasn't for lack of talent: her season was inarguably one of the strongest in terms of casting. It was packed with the likes of Courtney Act, Bianca Del Rio, and Bendelacreme. In fact, the lip sync that sent her home has gone down in Drag Race herstory as one of the most iconic given that it was against the show's true lip-sync assassin Trinity K. Bonet. And when you watch Carrion in the footage, she still puts on quite a show."[16]

Outside of Drag Race, Carrión was with other alumni for an episode of Skin Wars.[17][18] Carrión was one of the stars of the 2014 Puerto Rican LGBT documentary Mala Mala.[19][20] In September 2018, they were a guest judge for an episode of the Mexican drag reality show "Versus Drag Queens".[21] Carrión appeared in the music video for Residente's "Banana Papaya" in November 2018.[22]

Carrión appeared in Jennifer Lopez's performance at the 2022 iHeartRadio Music Awards.[23]

Personal life

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Carrión came out as being genderqueer in 2016.[24]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role
2014 Mala Mala Themselves

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2014 RuPaul's Drag Race Themselves Contestant (11th place)
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2016 Skin Wars
2018 Versus Drag Queens Judge

Music videos

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Year Title Artist
2012 "Hotel Nacional" Gloria Estefan
2014 "Sexy Drag Queen" (RuPaul Cover) Themselves
2018 "Banana Papaya" Residente

References

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  1. ^ "Aceptación a través del transformismo". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). 2016-08-14. Archived from the original on 2018-07-03. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  2. ^ "April Carrión on Instagram: "ITS MY BIRTHDAY! Yey! Thank you for sending me all the love and great messages! I love you all my Papilokos and Mamilokas! Thanks…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2022-03-23. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  3. ^ Industries, mightySpark. "April Carrion from RuPaul's Drag Race". www.towndc.com. Archived from the original on 2018-11-01. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  4. ^ @ApriLcarrion (October 11, 2016). "I'm the youngest of 3 gay bros, last to come out My parents hoped I'd be straight Sometimes I am, well a straight woman" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "Aceptación a través del transformismo". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). 2016-08-14. Archived from the original on 2018-07-03. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  6. ^ "Last Words With RuPaul's Drag Race's April Carrion". Advocate. 2014-03-19. Archived from the original on 2022-03-23. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
  7. ^ "Transformista boricua busca ganar". Metro (in European Spanish). 18 February 2014. Archived from the original on 2018-11-01. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  8. ^ "RuPaul's Drag Race Season 6 – Hotspots Interviews April Carrión | Hotspots! Magazine". Hotspots! Magazine. 2014-03-19. Archived from the original on 2018-11-10. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
  9. ^ Nichols, James Michael (2013-12-09). "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season Six Queens Competing On Reality Show Released". Huffington Post. Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
  10. ^ Munzenrieder, Kyle (3 May 2019). "How 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Queens Became the Hottest Music Video Accessory". W Magazine. Archived from the original on 2019-05-07. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  11. ^ "RuPaul's Drag Race Season 6: Ones to Watch". PEOPLE.com. Archived from the original on 2018-11-01. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  12. ^ "RuPaul's Drag Race: 15 Queens Eliminated For Crazy Reasons". ScreenRant. 2018-05-20. Archived from the original on 2019-02-11. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  13. ^ Crowley, Patrick (2018-03-16). "'RuPaul's Drag Race': 10 Queens We'd Like to See on 'All Stars 4'". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2022-03-23. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  14. ^ "'RuPaul's Drag Race': 10 Queens We'd Like to See on 'All Stars 4'". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2018-11-01. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  15. ^ Rogers, Bowen Yang, Matt (2018-06-28). "The 100 Greatest RuPaul's Drag Race Looks of All Time". Vulture. Archived from the original on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2022-03-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ "Here's 'Drag Race's April Carrion As a Sexy Poseidon Just Because". Out. 2020-10-09. Archived from the original on 2022-03-23. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
  17. ^ "Skin Wars meets RuPaul's Drag Race: a Season 3 episode 4 preview - Channel Guide Magazine". Channel Guide Magazine. 2016-05-11. Archived from the original on 2018-11-01. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  18. ^ ""Drag Race" Queens Invade Game Show Network's "Skin Wars"". LOGO News. Archived from the original on 2018-09-28. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
  19. ^ "Must See: Mala Mala: A Puerto Rican Trans Documentary". 2014-04-18. Archived from the original on 2018-11-01. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  20. ^ "April Carrión Headlines "Mala Mala," Documentary About Trans And Drag Communities In Puerto Rico". LOGO News. Archived from the original on 2018-11-10. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
  21. ^ "Te Presentamos a las 10 Participantes del Nuevo Reality Show "Versus Drag Queens México"". Hornet Stories (in European Spanish). 2018-07-19. Archived from the original on 2018-11-14. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  22. ^ "Kany y Residente estrenan videoclip "Banana Papaya"". Metro (in European Spanish). 13 November 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-11-14. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  23. ^ Nolfi, Joey (March 23, 2022). "Kerri Colby wore Jennifer Lopez's dress to perform with Jennifer Lopez". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2022-03-23. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  24. ^ "April Carrión on Instagram: "3rd time's the charm. 💁🏻 #nationalcomingoutday🌈"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2022-03-23. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
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