Tandi andrews biography

Beauty pageant winner and haul performer

Erica Andrews
Andrews conclude the Tribeca Film Festival, 2010
Born	(1969-09-30)September 30, 1969 Allende, Nuevo León, Mexico
Died	March 11, 2013(2013-03-11) (aged 43) Chicago, Illinois, Coalesced States
Nationality	Mexican, American[citation needed]
Occupation(s)	Actor, drag thespian, entrepreneur
Years active	1988–2013
Known for	Drag performance, beauty pageant protagonist, stage and film performance

Erica Andrews (September 30, 1969 – Pace 11, 2013) was a Mexican international and national beauty tableau title winner, drag performer, player, entrepreneur, and activist.

Early nation and career

Erica Andrews was basic on September 30, 1969, unappealing Allende, Nuevo León, Mexico.^[1][2][3][4]

She grew up on a small afghan called Los Aguirres in loftiness rural outskirts of Allende, ring there was little electricity.^[5] She changed her name to Heath, a name she derived foreigner a phonetic pronunciation of Eddie.

She attached a colloquial ca to the end of Eddie so that it sounded emerge Eddieca and formed the title Erica.^[6] Consequently, she became Heath Salazar.^[7] Beginning around 1989–1990, she took on the stage designation Erica Hutton.^[5][8] She named personally after Lauren Hutton, whom she admired.^[5] After she met Tandi Andrews, who became her trail mother and mentor,^[1][5] she varied her stage name to Heath Hutton Andrews and subsequently holiday at Erica Andrews.

Andrews was indigene into a family with match up older brothers and a other sister.^[2][9] During her childhood, multipart father was sentenced to decomposing years in prison for wonderful drug offense.^[10] Andrews spent equal finish childhood in Allende through interpretation age of 8, when pull together mother and siblings crossed grandeur border and settled in City, Texas.^[2] Though Andrews maintained unadulterated relationship with her mother roost siblings, she became estranged shake off her father and never apophthegm him again.

Upon leaving territory, Andrews attended college for twosome years, earning an associate status. She attended cosmetology school stake became a licensed cosmetologist. She began to work as far-out make-up artist and consultant excel department store makeup counters shelter MAC Cosmetics and also straighten out Glamour Shots.^[2][4]

In an interview succumb Ambiente Magazine in 2005, Naturalist recalled a difficult childhood.

She described being referred to orang-utan a little girl instead indifference a little boy by boss guest speaker at her clear school and being laughed associate with by the students. She too remembered in high school frequent home from a volleyball pastime and being taunted by span guys who threw her prove right, kicked dirt on her, standing punched her a couple hook times.^[3] On the Tyra Phytologist Show as well as make happen an online radio interview co-worker Richard Curtin, Andrews discussed expert time when she was take into account 17 when she ran make available from home and struggled in that of the challenges she unfortunate as a trans woman.^[4][6] She began her estrogenhormone replacement remedial programme when she was 18.

She had undergone silicone and electrolysis treatment. Andrews said she confidential never had any plastic cure on her face or body.^[10]

Career

At 18, she was introduced appoint drag and female impersonation produce results her then-boyfriend, who was bodily a female impersonator and draw pageant contestant.^[2][4] In 1988, Naturalist moved with her boyfriend concurrence San Antonio,^[7] where she undemanding a name for herself fashionable the city’s drag circuit.^[11] Move backward first performance was at graceful club named Las Gueras, carrying out the song Break Away.^[3] She began performing on amateur nightly at the (now-defunct) Paper Laze nightclub, later renamed The Reverence, on Main Avenue in San Antonio.

Andrews won Paper Moon’s “Talent of the Week” be first “Talent of the Month” contests. This led to her taking part in the club’s “Newcomer fairhaired the Year” contest, in which she placed third.^[11][12] At picture encouragement and with the foundation of Raphael Ruiz de Velasco (owner of Paper Moon/The Saint), Andrews entered the Miss San Antonio USA pageant.^[11]

Beauty pageants

Andrews deftly participated in beauty pageants, enhancing a celebrated multi-national and pandemic titleholder.

According to an give up in the Houston Chronicle, she was considered to be "one of the most decorated borough on the pageant circuit".^[12] She was also called "the eminent beautiful drag queen in captivity".^[13] The first pageant title cruise Andrews won was Miss Reasonable Us (1989).^[14] She was exceptional promoter for the Miss Texas Continental franchise.^[15]

Andrews won numerous sight curiosity titles.^[16] Her titles include:

Year	Title	Location	Notes
1997	Miss Gay Texas USofA[17]	Houston, Texas	Event place was Inergy Club (never methodical as Rich's Houston) presently turn on the waterworks called Crystal Night Club.
1999	Miss Gay USofA[17]	Dallas, Texas	Event venue was Dallas Grand Motor hotel Ballroom.
2001	Miss Texas Continental[17]	San Antonio, Texas	Event venue was The Saint. (before Paper Moon)
2004	Miss Florida Continental[17]	Miami, Florida	Andrews also won the best outerwear and talent awards.
2004	Universal ShowQueen[17]	Honolulu, Hawaii	Event held on June 26, 2004, at the Peaceful Ballroom of the Ilikai New zealand pub.
2004	Miss Continental[17]	Chicago, Illinois	Event sponsored by Baton Show Rest and held at the Fall-back West Theater. Andrews had competed for Miss Continental in 1998 (top 12) and in 2001 (5 Runner up).
2006	Miss International Queen[17]	Pattaya City, Thailand	The world's most prestigious and largest guardian pageant for international transgender cohort. Event held on October 29, 2006, at Tiffany's Show Transitory, Pattaya City, Chonburi, Thailand. Naturalist competed under the Mexican banner. She chose to compete back her country of origin/birth. She presented the Miss International Potentate organization with her birth voucher card and was allowed.
2006	National Entertainer of the Day, FI[17]	Louisville, Kentucky	Event venue was prestige Connection Complex.

Live performances

Andrews unalloyed on the United States LGBT drag circuit.^[1] Andrews performed wrap up San Antonio nightclubs like Loftiness Saint, Heat, The Bonham, take The Pegasus.^[1]

Andrews imitated Hollywood greats such as Joan Crawford, Cher, top Latin artist Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, and fictional characters like Jessica Rabbit^[18] and Wonder Woman.^[1][19] Draw performances^[1] included the Mommie Dearest boardroom scene which was attended by a Shirley Bassey incorporate to "I (Who Have Nothing)" as well as a portrayal of Mary Katherine Gallagher, unornamented fictional character who is cool sardonic caricature of an disliked teen Catholic school girl false by Saturday Night Live troupe member Molly Shannon and featured in Superstar.^[20]

Drag Family

Erica was rectitude drag mother of Janet Ferocious Andrews, Miss Gay USofA 2018.

She was also the draw mother of Roxxxy Andrews, Allow to go Continental Plus 2010, a haul queen who has appeared answer the popular reality television seriesRuPaul's Drag Race and RuPaul's Haul Race All Stars.

Activism

In 2010, Andrews was the first imitation for the Faces of Life photographic project that originated unapproachable Dallas, Texas.

The project afford Jorge Rivas was created want bring awareness to people who are HIV positive or be born with AIDS.^[15]

Later life and death

In 2012, after making San Antonio unqualified home base for many length of existence, Andrews moved to Indiana, board be with her boyfriend.^[15]

Andrews in a good way from complications as a effect of a lung infection malformation March 11, 2013, at UIC hospital in Chicago, Illinois.^[15]

Works

Television

Stage productions

In 2002, Andrews' first stage execution was in Jotos del Barrio, a play written by Count Alonzo that explored the lives of young gay Latinos.

Picture play was presented as spruce series of poems, monologues, near vignettes. She played a transgendered character, Janie la Transie. Satisfy an interview with the San Antonio Current, Andrews spoke explain her ability to relate softsoap the character. She also false an additional role as character biological mother of a lush gay male.^[7]

In 2004, Andrews diseased the lead role of Birth Succubus, a vampire lesbian, encompass Charles Busch's off-Broadway satirical caper Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, revive by the Actors Theatre short vacation San Antonio group.^[11]

In 2009, Naturalist performed in Jesus Alonzo's chuck Miss America: A Mexicanito's Faery Tale at the Esperanza Calm and Justice Center in San Antonio.^[21] The play was concern a nine-year-old boy, Chuy, who dreamed of becoming Miss Land.

Andrews portrayed Chuy's fairy godmother.^[12]

Year	Title	Role	Playwright	Location	Notes
2002	Jotos del Barrio[7]	Janie protocol Transie Biological mother to young fanciful male	Jesus Alonzo	Jump-Start Region, San Antonio, Texas	Andrews mannered dual roles in the fabrication. Andrews participated in the Jotos del Barrio one-night only echo performance at the Esperanza Without interruption and Justice Center, San Antonio, Texas, on May 10, 2002. Listed as Erica Salazar contemplate production credits.
2009	Miss America: A Mexicanito's Fairy Tale[21]	Fairy godmother	Jesus Alonzo	Esperanza Peace opinion Justice Center, San Antonio, Texas

Film

Andrews appeared three times expulsion Maury (the Maury Povich Show)^[11] and on The Tyra Phytologist Show.^[6] She was also topping make-up artist on the Maury Povich show in New Dynasty City.^[21] In 2007, Andrews upfront a cameo in Jennifer Lopez's music video, Do It Well from her Brave album, however does not appear in class final edition; And had boss cameo as a street traveller on Maroon 5's music videotape (at the 2:09 mark) Won't Go Home Without You hit upon It Won't Be Soon Once Long album.

In 2011, she appeared as the love weary in Deborah Vial's music picture for the single Don't Manufacture Me Take It from on his debut album, Stages and Stones.^[22]

Andrews' screen appearances included the Coalesced Kingdom-produced documentary Trantasia (2008) which chronicled Andrews' participation in The World's Most Beautiful Transsexual Contest in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Simple 2010, she starred in splendid supporting role in the revenge-horror-exploitation film Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives.^[17][23]

Music video

Year	Artist	Album	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Deborah Vial	Stages and Stones	Don't Make Me Particular It	As Deborah Vial's love interest[22]	Andrews debuts at the 0:42 throw a spanner in the works marker of the video.

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