Puerto Rican model and sex worker and murder victim
Lorena Xtravaganza
Born
Lorena Escalera
October 14, 1986
Puerto Rico
Died
May 12, 2012 (2012-05-13) (aged 25)
Brooklyn, New York
Cause of death
Asphyxia by strangulation and suffocation
Citizenship
American
Occupation(s)
Performer, make-up artist, model
Years active
2004–2012
Lorena Escalera (October 14, 1986 – May 12, 2012), known professionally as Lorena Xtravaganza, was a Puerto Rican transgender performer known for her impersonations of Beyoncé and Jennifer Lopez.[1] She was given the last name Xtravaganza for her membership of a celebrated group called The House of Xtravaganza.[1]
Escalera posthumously rose to mainstream attention after her murder in 2012. She was found unconscious and unresponsive in her Bushwick apartment. Escalera's apartment was set on fire after she had been strangled then suffocated.[2]
^ ab"Transgender Star Lorena Escalera's Murder Still Unsolved a Year After Death". DNAinfo New York. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
^"Transgender Performer Dies In Suspicious Brooklyn Fire". Gothamist. Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
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