Wendy Guevara

Wendy Guevara Venegas (born 12 August 1993)[1][2] is a Mexican internet celebrity, actress, singer and businesswoman.[3][4] She rose to fame in 2017, after a viral video along with her friend Paola Suárez.[5] Later, they both created the YouTube channel and art group Las Perdidas, together with Kimberly Irene.[6]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Guevara and the second or maternal family name is Venegas.
Wendy Guevara
Guevara in 2021
Born (1993-08-12) 12 August 1993
León de los Aldama, Guanajuato
Years active2017–present
Musical career
GenresLatin pop, EDM
Instrument(s)Vocals

Since 2021, Guevara also has a solo career.[7][8] She has released multiple promotional singles and has collaborated musically with other artists.[9] Guevara has worked as TV host, primarily online. In 2023, she participated in La casa de los famosos México, broadcast by TelevisaUnivision; after her victory, she marked history by becoming the first trans woman to win a reality show in Mexico and Latin America.[10][11][12]

Early life

Wendy Guevara Venegas was born in León de Los Aldama, Guanajuato, on 12 August 1993. She is one of the four children of Francisco Guevara and Fabiola Venegas Vázquez.[13] She lived a difficult childhood, due to her father's alcoholism problems,[14] and had to conceal her sexual orientation and gender identity.[15] Her family is in the shoe manufacturing business and Guevara worked for a long time in the family business. She was harassed at school because of her gender identity and only completed her primary education.[16][17][18]

When she was seven years old, she was sexually abused; at the age of eight a truck ran over her. Growing up, Guevara watched other trans women on television who appeared in the media. She has cited Mexican trans actress Alejandra Bogue as one of her main media references.[19][20]

Guevara began to adopt female attire with the support of her friend Lucero, a trans woman who owned a beauty salon near the Jardín San Juan del Coecillo neighborhood, where Wendy grew up. Lucero allowed Wendy and other young trans women to dress as women in her home. In her early days, Wendy used the name Vianney when cross-dressing. Lucero baptized Guevara as "Wendy" after the character Wendy Nayeli Pérez from the telenovela Amigas y rivales (2001), played by Angélica Vale.[19] When she was 19, she worked as a sex worker in Mexico City for a time.[21][22][23]

Career

2017–2022: Las Perdidas and music career

In September 2017, Guevara and Paola Suárez, her friend, went to a hill near León de los Aldama. Her companions had been gone for several hours looking for something to drink. Both decided to record a video where they joked about their situation by pretending they had been abandoned in an unknown location and uttered the phrase, ¡Estamos perdidas! ("We're lost!").[19][24] Suárez shared the video via Facebook and weeks later it became viral. The video earned them an award at the 2017 MTV Millennial Awards.[25]

When they became more well-known, Guevara and Suárez, along with Kimberly Irene, created the art group Las Perdidas, which broadcast via YouTube.[26] In 2019, Guevara and Suárez made their television debut as guests of the telenovela Doña Flor y sus dos maridos (2019), broadcast by Televisa.[27]

In 2021, Guevara began her musical career, releasing multiple EDM and Latin pop promotional singles.[28][29] In 2022, Las Perdidas collaborated with journalist Adela Micha in the virtual platform La Saga, starring in Ni tan perdidas.[30][19]

2023–present: La casa de los famosos

Las Perdidas participated in the biopic TV series Gloria Trevi: Ellas soy yo (2023), produced by Carla Estrada for Televisa and based on the life and career of Gloria Trevi.[31]

In February 2023, Guevara released "TAPU".[32] In June 2023, she is selected to participate in the Big Brother spinoff reality show, La casa de los famosos México, broadcast by TelevisaUnivision: Las Estrellas, Canal 5 and Vix.[33][34] After 71 days of competition, Guevara won the show and became the first trans woman to win in a Mexican or Latin America reality show,[11][35][36] receiving 18.2 millon votes.[37]

Vix announced she would host her on TV show, Wendy, perdida pero famosa.[38]

Discography
  • "Hasta que salga el sol"
  • "Hey perra"
  • "Putssy" (Trixy Star with Wendy Guevara)
  • "Tapu"
  • "Tu malandrito" (Pol Prince feat. Wendy Guevara)
  • "Bad Boy"
  • "Mua"

Sources: [28][32]

Filmography
Televisión
Year Title Role Note Ref.
2019 Doña Flor y sus dos maridos Herself Special guest, together with Paola Suárez [27]
2023 La casa de los famosos México Herself Winner [35][39]
Gloria Trevi: Ellas soy yo Sex worker 2 episodes; together with Las Perdidas [40]
Wendy, perdida pero famosa Herself Reality series [38]
¿Quién es la máscara? Herself Guest panelist, episode: "Wendy, perdida o investigadora" [41]

Awards and nominations
Year Award Recipient Category Result Ref.
2017 MTV Millennial Awards Las Perdidas Lords & Ladies del Año Won [25]
2021 Filósofas del Año Nominated [42]
2022 Miawdio del año Won [43]
2023 Herself Ícono MIAW Won [44]

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