Carmen de Mairena (15 March 1933 â€" 22 March 2020) was a Spanish
cuplé singer in the leading show halls from Barcelona and popular
television personality.From the mid-1950s until the transition to
democracy, she performed under the name Miguel de Mairena before
transitioning as a trans woman. Beginning in the 1990s, she gained
national popularity for her comedic television appearances alongside
presenter Javier Cárdenas, who has linked her to the self-described
geek world. Also, she made occasional incursions in the world of the
cinema, even the pornographic one.She was born in 1933. In 1959 she
debuted as a variety artist in various venues in Barcelona allowing
her to gain some fame as a cuplé singer. She had a sentimental
relationship with singer Pedrito Rico which made the Francoist regime
detain them many times. In the 1960s, due to the mistreatment suffered
in prison, she suffered from an illness that prevented her from
working in show business for a year. During this period she worked as
a pawn with her father in Gavà . After recovering, she acted together
with other cupletistas of the time such as Antonio Amaya, Miguel de
los Reyes, Pedrito Rico and Tomás de Antequera.During the 1970s she
began presenting as a woman and received liquid silicone injections
(done clandestinely) in her face, chest and hips, and she appeared in
cross-dressing shows under the name Carmen de Mairena, in which she
impersonated Sara Montiel and Marujita DÃaz. This was not
well-received by her public, which prompted her to work as a
prostitute in El Raval where she lived a good portion of her life.
During the 1990s she met then-interviewer Javier Cárdenas and she
started a television career with him.
cuplé singer in the leading show halls from Barcelona and popular
television personality.From the mid-1950s until the transition to
democracy, she performed under the name Miguel de Mairena before
transitioning as a trans woman. Beginning in the 1990s, she gained
national popularity for her comedic television appearances alongside
presenter Javier Cárdenas, who has linked her to the self-described
geek world. Also, she made occasional incursions in the world of the
cinema, even the pornographic one.She was born in 1933. In 1959 she
debuted as a variety artist in various venues in Barcelona allowing
her to gain some fame as a cuplé singer. She had a sentimental
relationship with singer Pedrito Rico which made the Francoist regime
detain them many times. In the 1960s, due to the mistreatment suffered
in prison, she suffered from an illness that prevented her from
working in show business for a year. During this period she worked as
a pawn with her father in Gavà . After recovering, she acted together
with other cupletistas of the time such as Antonio Amaya, Miguel de
los Reyes, Pedrito Rico and Tomás de Antequera.During the 1970s she
began presenting as a woman and received liquid silicone injections
(done clandestinely) in her face, chest and hips, and she appeared in
cross-dressing shows under the name Carmen de Mairena, in which she
impersonated Sara Montiel and Marujita DÃaz. This was not
well-received by her public, which prompted her to work as a
prostitute in El Raval where she lived a good portion of her life.
During the 1990s she met then-interviewer Javier Cárdenas and she
started a television career with him.
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