RuPaul’s Drag Race star Jiggly Caliente has died aged 44, her household has introduced.
Caliente – actual identify Bianca Castro -had in current days suffered a severe well being setback which included the lack of her proper leg.
Her household made the next announcement Sunday:
“It’s with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of Bianca Castro-Arebejo, recognized to the world and cherished by many as Jiggly Caliente.
“Bianca handed away peacefully on April 27, 2025, at 4:42 am, surrounded by her loving household and shut mates.
“A luminous presence within the worlds of leisure and advocacy, Jiggly Caliente was celebrated for her infectious vitality, fierce wit, and unwavering authenticity.
“She touched numerous lives by her artistry, activism, and the real connection she fostered with followers all over the world.
“Her legacy is one in every of love, braveness, and light-weight. Although her bodily presence is gone, the enjoyment she shared and the area she helped create for thus many will stay perpetually.
“She will probably be deeply missed, at all times beloved, and eternally remembered.
“In Loving Reminiscence of Bianca Castro-Arebejo (Jiggly Caliente)
November 29, 1980 – April 27, 2025.”
Three days in the past, Caliente’s household introduced that the star had suffered a well being setback with a extreme an infection, saying she was hospitalized and, because of this, had undergone the lack of most of her proper leg.”
Caliente discovered fame becoming a member of season 4 of RuPaul’s Drag Race in 2011. Following that breakthrough, her performing profession took off with a task within the season two finale of Broad Metropolis. Extra just lately she co-hosted Translation, the primary discuss present on a serious community hosted by all-trans forged, and he or she appeared as a decide on Drag Race Philippines.
Caliente got here out publicly as transgender in 2016.
