Roy Haylock (born June 27, 1975), better known by the stage name
Bianca Del Rio, is an American drag queen, comedian, actor, and
costume designer best known for winning the sixth season of RuPaul's
Drag Race. Since her time on Drag Race, Del Rio has written and toured
several stand-up shows, including The Rolodex of Hate (2014), Not
Today Satan (2015â€"2016), Blame It On Bianca Del Rio (2017â€"2018),
and It's Jester Joke (2019), becoming the first drag queen to headline
at Wembley Arena. She has also performed as a host for various
international tours, most notably Werq the World. In 2018, she
published her first book, Blame It On Bianca Del Rio: The Expert On
Nothing With An Opinion On Everything. In June 2019, a panel of judges
from New York magazine ranked Del Rio first on their list of the top
100 stars to come off RuPaul's Drag Race.Haylock grew up in Gretna,
Louisiana. He is of Cuban descent on his mother's side and Honduran
descent on his father's side. He is the fourth of five children. He
started acting and designing costumes for plays at West Jefferson High
School. After high school, he decided to move to New York City, where
he worked at Bloomingdale's for nine months before returning to
Louisiana.Haylock has primarily worked as a costume designer. In 1993,
he won a Big Easy Entertainment Award for Best Costume Design for Snow
Queen at the age of 17. He has been nominated for 13 Big Easy
Entertainment Awards for costume design, winning six. Haylock has also
made costumes for New Orleans Opera.In New Orleans, Haylock started
performing as a drag artist in 1996 in the play Pageant. The local
drag queen Lisa Beaumann saw him in the play and later cast him in
shows at the nightclub Oz. Haylock won the New Orleans Gay Entertainer
of the Year for three years as drag queen Bianca Del Rio.
Bianca Del Rio, is an American drag queen, comedian, actor, and
costume designer best known for winning the sixth season of RuPaul's
Drag Race. Since her time on Drag Race, Del Rio has written and toured
several stand-up shows, including The Rolodex of Hate (2014), Not
Today Satan (2015â€"2016), Blame It On Bianca Del Rio (2017â€"2018),
and It's Jester Joke (2019), becoming the first drag queen to headline
at Wembley Arena. She has also performed as a host for various
international tours, most notably Werq the World. In 2018, she
published her first book, Blame It On Bianca Del Rio: The Expert On
Nothing With An Opinion On Everything. In June 2019, a panel of judges
from New York magazine ranked Del Rio first on their list of the top
100 stars to come off RuPaul's Drag Race.Haylock grew up in Gretna,
Louisiana. He is of Cuban descent on his mother's side and Honduran
descent on his father's side. He is the fourth of five children. He
started acting and designing costumes for plays at West Jefferson High
School. After high school, he decided to move to New York City, where
he worked at Bloomingdale's for nine months before returning to
Louisiana.Haylock has primarily worked as a costume designer. In 1993,
he won a Big Easy Entertainment Award for Best Costume Design for Snow
Queen at the age of 17. He has been nominated for 13 Big Easy
Entertainment Awards for costume design, winning six. Haylock has also
made costumes for New Orleans Opera.In New Orleans, Haylock started
performing as a drag artist in 1996 in the play Pageant. The local
drag queen Lisa Beaumann saw him in the play and later cast him in
shows at the nightclub Oz. Haylock won the New Orleans Gay Entertainer
of the Year for three years as drag queen Bianca Del Rio.
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