Dovima Nurmi is the stage name of Rafael De Lorente (born 9 June 1996), a Spanish drag queen best known for competing on the
first season of ''
Drag Race España''.
Career
In 2021, Dovima Nurmi was cast on reality competition ''
Drag Race España'' in its
inaugural season, which began airing on May 30, 2021.
In the sixth episode, she was nominated as one of the two worst performances of the episode alongside
Sagittaria, so it was up to Dovima Nurmi to face her in a
lip sync battle to fight to stay in the competition. Due to the friendship between the two, Dovima Nurmi refused to compete, giving the victory to Sagittaria and thus becoming the sixth elimination. After the show aired, Dovima Nurmi was part of the national tour of the ''
Gran Hotel de las Reinas
Gran may refer to:
People
*Grandmother, affectionately known as "gran"
*Gran (name)
Places
* Gran, the historical German name for Esztergom, a city and the primatial metropolitan see of Hungary
* Gran, Norway, a municipality in Innlandet count ...
'', together with the other contestants of the program and the presenter of the program,
Supremme de Luxe.
Her drag name originates from a combination of the names of supermodel
Dovima
Dorothy Virginia Margaret Juba (December 11, 1927 – May 3, 1990), known professionally as Dovima, was an American supermodel during the 1950s.
Biography
Dovima was born Dorothy Virginia Margaret Juba in Queens, New York to Stanley Juba, a P ...
and actress
Maila Nurmi, who was also known as the character “Vampira”. Dovima Nurmi describes her drag as "dark", "slutty", "elegant", and "meticulous", and has stated that her artistic inspirations are
Disney villains such as
Cruella de Vil
Cruella de Vil is a fictional character in British author Dodie Smith's 1956 novel ''The Hundred and One Dalmatians''. A pampered and glamorous London heiress and fashion designer, she appears in Walt Disney Productions' 17th animated feature fi ...
and the
Evil Queen.
Public image
In 2021, after a statement by the Spanish singer
La Pelopony in which she stated that, in the present day,
homophobia
Homophobia encompasses a range of negative attitude (psychology), attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or people who are identified or perceived as being lesbian, gay or bisexual. It has been defined as contempt, prejudice, aversion, h ...
no longer existed and called the
LGBT community "catetos" (uncouth), Dovima Nurmi confronted her on social media, stating that if she had made a name for herself, that it was precisely thanks to the LGBT people who had supported her.
In September 2022, he positioned himself against the creation of the ''
Drag Race España All Stars
Drag or The Drag may refer to:
Places
* Drag, Norway, a village in Tysfjord municipality, Nordland, Norway
* ''Drág'', the Hungarian name for Dragu Commune in Sălaj County, Romania
* Drag (Austin, Texas), the portion of Guadalupe Street ad ...
'' program, alleging that the supposed fame and money promised to the contestants was unfounded, and that it was only trying to hide the precarious employment situation that drag queens experience in Spain.
In 2023, during the broadcast of the
third season of ''Drag Race Espana'', Dovima Nurmi launched criticism against contestant and eventual winner
Pitita, stating that she launched hurtful criticism against the contestants of the first season through
YouTube videos, and criticized what Dovima Nurmi dubbed to be Pitita's "airs of grandeur". Regarding these accusations, Pitita publicly stated that she "did not negotiate with terrorists".
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nurmi, Dovima
Living people
Drag Race España contestants
Spanish drag queens
1996 births