Diamante Merybrown is the stage name of Jhemmler Castillo Germán (born October 29, 1995), a Dominican dancer, choreographer, dance professor, and drag queen now located in Spain
who is most known for competing on
season 2 of ''
Drag Race España''.
Career
Castillo's alter-ego was born during a contest she participated in while living in
Australia
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. Before migrating to
Spain, she combined the art of drag with dance. She belongs to the house of Drag Reign, a drag family that she shares with
Arantxa Castilla-La Mancha.
On June 18, 2021, she appeared as a guest artist in music video ''Disco Jet Lag'' by
Samantha Hudson,
La Prohibida
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Life and career 1971-1996: Ear ...
, and
Putochinomaricón
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.
As an actor, he had a minor role in the movie (''Christmas with Samantha Hudson''), which premiered on December 19, 2021.
In 2022, she competed on
season 2 of ''
Drag Race España,'' the Spanish adaptation of the
RuPaul's Drag Race franchise. Season 2 began airing on March 27, 2022. In the season's fifth episode, Diamante Merrybrown chose to portray
RuPaul
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in the snatch game. Her performance received negative critiques from the judges, leading to her being up for elimination along with fellow contestant
Onyx. The two queens lip synced to the song
''Arrasando'' by
Thalía. Ultimately, Diamante Merrybrown won the lip sync and was able to continue in the competition. Later, in the sixth episode, Diamante was again up for elimination after bad critiques from the judges, this time along with fellow contestant
Estrella Xtravaganza. They competed in a lip sync to the song by
Rocío Jurado
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In 2000 in New York Cit ...
. Estrella ultimately won the lip sync putting an end to Diamante Merrybrown's time in the competition.
On April 4, 2022, she published her first music video, ''Chocolate'', in which she sang as part of a collaboration with many Spanish drag artists, including
Ariel Rec
Ruben Errebeene, better known as Ariel Rec, is a Spanish drag queen, singer, photographer, YouTuber and tattoo artist who competed on the second season of '' Drag Race España'' .
Career
In December 2019, she released her third song, entitled ...
, Arantxa Castilla-La Mancha,
Inti, Dita The Vain, and Gad Yola.
From July to December 2022, she participated in the second round of the Spanish tour , together with the other season 2 queens.
In December of the same year, she released the song (''Fried Chicken'') together with drag queen
Choriza May.
Filmography
Discography
Singles
References
External links
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{{Drag Race España
1995 births
Living people
Dominican Republic drag queens
Dominican Republic LGBTQ musicians
Drag Race España contestants