I went from ‘underbelly of society’ drag shows to being among the first trans models in magazines and at Swim Week

IT’S 2024, and it seems like everyone and their mother is obsessed with RuPaul’s Drag Race — but it wasn’t that long ago that drag was more of an underground enterprise.

Season 3 star Carmen Carrera’s TV turn took her from drag famous to actually famous, and it wasn’t long before the trans superstar was breaking down barriers in the fashion world and on the runway.