La Zavaleta

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La Zavaleta
Born
Diego

New York City, New York, USA
Occupation Drag performer
Television The Boulet Brothers' Dragula (season 4)

La Zavaleta is the stage name of Diego, [1] a drag performer from Brooklyn, New York who competed on season 4 of The Boulet Brothers' Dragula .

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Personal life

Zavaleta was born in New York City and moved to Mexico City when she was three. She stayed there for 12 years before moving back to the United States. [1]

Career

Zavaleta started doing drag on August 1, 2018. She performed in Queens and Manhattan before focusing on Brooklyn. Bushwig co-founder Horrorchata is her drag mother. Zavaleta won Queen of Bushwig in 2021. [2] Her drag name comes from singer and actress Susana Zabaleta. [3]

On season 4 of Dragula, she presented a version of Emiliano Zapata for the Weird, Wild West category. [3] She placed 5th in the season after an extermination challenge of being vacuum-sealed to a wall. [4]

Filmography

Television

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "On Point With: Zavaleta". January 17, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Meet La Zavaleta: Bushwig's Queen Starring in Season Four". October 25, 2021.
  3. 1 2 Jurado, Juan de Dios Sánchez (October 11, 2023). "How the Latinx Drag Queens of Brooklyn Are Finding Freedom Through Their Culture". Teen Vogue.
  4. ↑ Lavery, Liz (July 15, 2022). "10 Grossest Extermination Challenges of Boulet Brothers' Dragula". ScreenRant. Retrieved March 28, 2025.
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