On Saturday, March 25, in the baroque gallery of The Brooklyn Museum, drag sensation Chiquitita, teamed up with the museum for the 2nd year in a row to celebrate drag culture, transgressive creativity and the iconic designs of Mugler. The benefit also helped fundraise for public programming…
—Read more via PAPER (March, 2023)
Chiquitita is proud to be selected as a Logo30 honoree for 2022. The Logo30 honor recognizes change-makers from entertainment, business and more throughout Pride Month and celebrates diversity within the LGBTQ+ community.
— Read more via LogoTV (June, 2022)
Two nights before celebrities ascended the staircase of the Met in designer gowns on the first Monday in May, a crowd gathered in the Beaux Arts Hall of the Brooklyn Museum. As the sea of young queer and trans people parted to form a runway, performer Chiquitita, the evening’s host, yelled into the mic: “Get in there! This is our moment!”
— Leo Xander Foo for THEM (May, 2022)
Celebrating Lady Gaga’s Chromatica album, Chiquitita has brought a one of a kind tribute cabaret to Brooklyn, saying, “Do you remember that feeling that you had at the height of Covid that you couldn’t share with anyone?” she says. “We’re going to bring that to you.”
— Joseph Longo for The Wall Street Journal (July, 2021)
To celebrate nightlife being back, Chiquitita arranged a shoot with 80+ Brooklyn-based performers raising money for black, trans-led collective For the Gwols. “After a year of being apart, I wanted to find a way to reunite… photographer Fred Attenborough and I spent weeks conceptualizing a way to showcase everyone’s individuality!”
Read more via New York Magazine! (June 2021)
The tribute to La Veneno, organized and hosted by Chiquitita, retold La Veneno’s life story as refracted through the miniseries she inspired. Chiqui found herself absolutely transfixed while watching last fall, saying, “It was just so special. We can’t not pay homage to that.”
— Harron Walker for New York Magazine (May, 2021)
New York Magazine
Recreating a Valentino couture gown 10 feet in the air was no challenge for Chiquitita! For her “zebra themed” presentation in the latest “Drag Queen of the Year” pageant (organized by drag royalty Alaska5000,) Chiqui’s creation stole the show. (03/2021)
GAYLETTER
GAYLETTER sat down with Chiquitita, covering her transition, and rebrand, as well as shooting an 8 page spread for the “Birth of Chiqui,” for their first issue of the year. (01/2021)
PAPER Magazine
COVID-19 couldn’t stop Bushwig this year, and as the 2018 Miss Bushwig, Chiquitita joined her community performing outdoors for the 9th annual celebration of queer creativity and community. (10/2020)
W Magazine
In lieu of doing live shows, Chiqui has pivoted to Instagram, to share larger-than-life beauty looks, and push for trans rights and visibility amid COVID-19.(04/2020)
VICE
VICE follows Chiqui, as drag artists are forced to take shows online due to the current pandemic. "We can laugh. We can have a good time, even if that means having it in the comfort of our homes."
(03/2020)
New York Magazine
For its second occurrence, Chiqui held her “Camp” themed party, to highlight the queer community’s authentic ownership of this entertaining theme.
(05/2019)
*note until 2021, Chiquitita worked under the names Juku / Harajuku in older press credits