Bianca Del Rio

Bianca Del Rio: Biography in Details

Who is Bianca Del Rio?

Bianca Del Rio is an American drag queen, comedian, actor, and costume designer.

He is best known for winning the sixth season of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’.

Bianca Del Rio: Age, Parents, Ethnicity

He was born on June 27, 1975, in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. His birth name is Roy R. Haylock and he is currently 47 years old. He grew up in Gretna, Louisiana.

He has mixed descent of Cuban and Honduran. Details about his father and mother are not available.

Education, School/College University

He attended West Jefferson High School and started acting and designing costumes for plays.

Bianca Del Rio later moved to New York City and worked at Bloomingdale’s for nine months before returning to Louisiana.

Bianca Del Rio: Professional Life and Career

Bianca Del Rio started working as a costume designer in 1993 and started performing as a drag artist in 1996 in the play ‘Peagent’ in New Orleans.

He was observed by the drag queen Lisa Beaumann who cast him in shows at the nightclub Oz.

He was selected as co-grand marshal for Southern Decadence XXIX with Pat ‘Estelle’ Ritter and Rick Thomas.

Rio made his way to New York City and worked as a customer for Broadway shows, ballet, and opera. He made his performance in drag as Bianca Del Rio.

He was featured in the web series ‘Queens of Drag: NYC’ in 2010 by gay.com and appeared on Óne Night Stand Up: Diagnostic! NYC’ by Logo TV, appeared on the cover of ‘Next’ and on the variety show, ‘She’s Living for This’ in 2010.

In December 2013, NYC by Logo TV announced that Bianca was among 14 drag queens to compete on the sixth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race and she ended up reaching the top three.

She was crowned the winner of the sixth season on May 19, 2014.

She became the first contestant in the competition without ever placing low or at the bottom of a challenge. Also, she is the first Hispanic winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race.

She portrayed the leading role in the independent film ‘Hurricane Bianca’ in 2013.

After her success in Drag Race, she has written and toured several standup shows, like ‘The Rolodex of Hate’ in 2014, ‘Not Today Satan from 2015 to 2016, and ‘Blame It On Bianca Del Rio’ in 2017.

Her performance in film includes the role of Drag Queen in ‘National Lampoon’s Dirty Movie’ in 2011, as Richard Martinez/Ms. Bianca Del Rio in ‘Hurricane Bianca’ in 2016 and in ‘Hurricane Bianca 2: From Russia with Hate’ in 2018.

He played in ‘Threesome’, ‘She’s Living for This’, ‘’Big Brother’s Bit on the Side’, ‘Queens of Drag: NYC’, ‘Sissy That Walk’, ‘Pageant’, ‘She’ll Be Dying’, and many more.

Awards, Nominations

He was awarded the New Orleans Gay Entertainer of the Year for three years as drag queen Bianca.

Bianca Del Rio also won a Big Easy Entertainment Award for Best Costume Design for ‘Snow Queen’ and was nominated for 13 Big Easy Entertainment Awards for costume design and he won six of them.

Bianca Del Rio: Net Worth, Salary

He has not revealed any data about her income and salary.

As of 2023, he has an estimated net worth of $4 million.

Bianca Del Rio: Rumors and Controversy

There was a rumor heard that he will take part in the new season of Celebrity Big Brother but it has not been confirmed as her January show has not been canceled.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Bianca Del Rio has a height of 5 ft. 9 inches and he weighs 56 kg.

He has got dark red hair and blue eyes.

Social Media

Bianca Del Rio is active on social media.

He has around 2.3M followers on Instagram, about 534k followers on Twitter, and around 659k followers on Facebook.

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