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Yenesi

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Yenesi
Yenesi in 2023
Born (2000-11-18) November 18, 2000 (age 23)
NationalitySpanish
Occupation(s)Singer and drag performer
Years active2022–present

Yenesi (born November 18, 2000) is a Spanish singer, artist, social media personality, and drag performer.[1][2]

Life and artistic career

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Yenesi was born in San Juan de la Arena, Soto del Barco, Asturias, Spain. As a child she discovered the art of drag from watching the drags parade through the port of Ibiza. Later, at the age of 14, through the reality show RuPaul's Drag Race, she began to discover her character.[3]

In 2022, from some videos where she did some imitations with a simple makeup, she gained popularity on the social network Twitter. Later she went viral with another video with a satirical tone.[4] Since then, the artist has had a strong impact on the networks and has maintained a relationship with personalities such as Samantha Hudson (who is her "drag mom").[5]

In November 2022 she participated, along with other drag artists Hugáceo Crujiente, Carmen Farala, Marcus Massalami and Morfina, in a debate on the situation of drag art in Spain in the web program Gen Playz.[6]

Personal life

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Yenesi is non-binary.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Palacios, Gabriela Bautista (2023-03-07). "¿Quién es Yenesi? La tiktoker que esta revolucionando nuestro país". Hoy Magazine (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2023-05-06. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  2. ^ "Yenesi, en 'Generación selfi': "Me molesta que los haters digan que soy un gay con peluca"". Shangay. 6 September 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-06. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  3. ^ Gómez Cascales, Agustín (2022-09-06). "Yenesi, en 'Generación selfi': "Me molesta que los haters digan que soy un gay con peluca"". Shangay (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2023-05-06. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  4. ^ 20minutos (2023-03-16). "Yenesi: "El arte 'drag', aparte de entretener, da lecciones de vida, convivencia y tolerancia"". www.20minutos.es – Últimas Noticias (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2023-05-06. Retrieved 2023-05-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ comercio, el (2022-12-12). "Yenesi, la última sensación de las redes". El Comercio: Diario de Asturias (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2023-09-28. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  6. ^ "¿Por qué el drag se ha convertido en mainstream". RTVE. 8 November 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-06. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  7. ^ Cascales, Agustín Gómez (2022-09-06). "Yenesi, en 'Generación selfi': "Me molesta que los haters digan que soy un gay con peluca"". Shangay (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2023-06-02. Retrieved 2023-08-26.