Venus D-Lite

Venus D-Lite
Born Adam Guerra
(1984-09-19) September 19, 1984
Occupation Drag artist, Madonna impersonator
Years active 2002–present

Venus D-Lite is the stage name of Adam Guerra.[1] He is an American drag performer, television personality and Madonna impersonator. He is best known for competing on the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race.

Career

Guerra started performing as D-Lite in 2002, and made his first television appearance on The Ricki Lake Show in 2003.[2] A fan of Madonna, he spent over $175,000 on 19 surgeries to look like her for his performances.[3] He was announced as a contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race season 3 on January 24, 2011.[4] He was eliminated in the first episode, after losing a lip sync to "The Right Stuff" by Vanessa Williams against Shangela, and placed thirteenth.[5] He did however make a guest appearance on the first episode of the fourth season.

In 2014, He made an appearance on Botched to get rhinoplasty surgery.[6] He was in an episode of My Strange Addiction in 2015 to discuss his Madonna obsession.[7] He was also with fellow Drag Race alumni in an episode of Skin Wars.[8]

In February 5, 2015, Drag Race winner Bianca Del Rio featured Venus in an episode of her WOWPresents web series "Really Queen?" where she made jokes about her.[9] Venus appeared in a reaction video on February 25 by WOW making jokes back at Del Rio.[10]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2003 The Ricki Lake Show Himself
2011, 2012 Rupaul's Drag Race Himself Season 3 - 13th, Season 4 - Guest
2014 Botched Himself Season 1 - Episode 5: "Like A Surgeon"
2015 My Strange Addiction Himself Season 6 - Episode 6: "Grandma Lover / Addicted To Being Madonna"
2015 Skin Wars himself Season 2 - Episode 4: "Queens Or Divas?"

Music

Guerra released his first single "I'm Not Madonna" featuring singer Jenn Cuneta on July 7, 2014 on a remix EP.[11] He collaborated with fellow "Botched" guests Toby Sheldon and Kitty Jay for the single "The Plastics" credited as a band of the same name.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Beale, Margherita. "'Drag Race' ex-contestant hung up on playing Madonna now has a business plan". latimes.com. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  2. ↑ "Venus D'Lite - WEHOville". WEHOville. 2013-10-28. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  3. ↑ MacRae,, Dan (2015-03-25). "Adam Guerra (a.k.a. Venus D'Lite) Has Spent $175,000 On Surgeries To Look Like Madonna". ET Canada. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  4. ↑ "Alexis Mateo: RuPaul's Drag Race Season 3 Contestant - RuPaul's Drag Race | LOGOtv". Logo TV. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  5. ↑ "'RuPaul's Drag Race' season premiere: Can you believe RuPaul brought [spoiler] back?!?". EW.com. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
  6. ↑ "Botched Before and After: Reality Star Gets a Boob Job, Madonna Impersonator Wants a Nose Job and Much More—See the Pics! on Botched". E! Online. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  7. ↑ "Madonna a profession for Venus D'Lite". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  8. ↑ "Skin Wars season 2 episode 4 recap: Drag Queens are here!". Channel Guide Magazine. 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  9. ↑ WOWPresents (2015-02-05), Bianca Del Rio's Really Queen? - Venus D'Lite, retrieved 2018-10-13
  10. ↑ WOWPresents (2015-02-25), Venus D'Lite Reacts to Bianca Del Rio's Really Queen? feat. JujuBee, retrieved 2018-10-13
  11. ↑ I'm Not Madonna by Venus D Lite featIng Jenn Cuneta on Apple Music, 2014-07-07, retrieved 2018-02-20
  12. ↑ "Plastic surgery enhanced celebrity look-alike group release music video". starcasm.net. 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
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