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Cordelia Durango is a Mexican drag performer and one of the contestants on the first season of the YouTube show La Más Draga.

About[]

One half of Las Durango, Cordelia Durango is a beautiful bearded woman who breaks with heteronormativity through her facial fur. Having dealt with several rejections in her past, Cordelia tries to be an extremely kind and almost motherly figure to anyone she meets.[3]

Drag Name Origin[]

Cordelia comes from the time she asked Bárbara Durango what name she would give to her daughter, with the answer being Cordelia. She really liked the name and asked if she could use it as her drag name, which Bárbara agreed. Durango comes from La Casa Durango.[4]

Track Record(s)[]

Cordelia Durango
Season Competed LMD 1
Ranking: 7th Place
Maxi Challenges Won: 1 (Ep. 1)
Times in Bottom: 1 (Ep. 2)
Episode Eliminated: Episode 2

Memorable Quotes[]

La Más Draga Season 1[]

  • "Cordelia siempre esta fuerte, ella consuela y tiene una sonrisa para cualquier situación."
  • "Considero que este reto nos va a ayudar a dar como visibilidad a nuestras raíces mexicanas. Creo que el drag en general está muy enfocado a lo americano." (about the first challenge).
  • "Le dije: regrésame todos los favores con chacales." (regarding the friend that lent her the dress she used for La Más Quinceañera).
  • "Saber que yo podría ser la que terminara este sueño que ella estaba viviendo igual que yo, me rompió el corazón. " (about lipsyncing against Lana).
  • "Creo que hice acciones que cualquiera que ama alguien hubiera hecho." (after letting herself lose the lipsync against Lana).
  • "La barba es algo muy emblemático mío y si no tuviera barba, no sería Cordelia Durango." (at the reunion)
  • "Yo me voy a ir como las grandes." (at the reunion)

Trivia[]

  • Cordelia was the first contestant on La Más Draga to...
    • ... film her promo.[5]
    • ... be a bearded drag performer. She would be followed by StupiDrag and La Carrera.
    • ... win a challenge.
    • ... be eliminated.
      • This also made her the first ever first-out contestant to have won a challenge.
  • She and Bárbara Durango used to be married, both in drag and in real life.[6]
    • This is also the first time where a couple competes in the same competition.
  • Cordelia, as one of the matriarchs of La Casa Durango, is the drag mother of Eva Blunt, Lana, Nina De La Fuente, Little Miss Salma, Panic and La Carrera.[4][6]
    • She also used to be the drag mother of Deseos Fab before the latter was adopted into La Casa Y Ya.[6]
  • After getting eliminated and in a fit of rage, Cordelia destroyed and threw away the rest of the looks she had planned for the competition.[7]
  • She made a guest appearance on Episode 4, two episodes after her elimination, to be present at Chio's wig class.
    • Johnny Carmona mentioned during the episode that they allowed her to be back due to her interest in wig-styling.[8]
  • For La Más Dramática, she had planned to do a look inspired by Marimar from the telenovela of the same name.[7]

Gallery[]

La Más Draga Season 1[]

La Más Draga Season 1 Looks[]

El Chou Para Llevar[]

La Más Draga Season 2[]

La Más Draga Season 2 Looks[]

La Más Draga Season 3[]

La Más Draga Season 3 Looks[]

La Más Draga Season 4[]

La Más Draga Season 4 Looks[]

La Más Draga Season 5[]

La Más Draga Season 5 Looks[]

La Más Draga Season 6[]

La Más Draga Season 6 Looks[]

Videos[]

La Más Draga Season 1[]

Filmography[]

Web Series[]

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2018 La Más Draga (Season 1) Self Contestant (Placed 7th) [9]
2019 La Más Draga (Season 2) Self Guest [10]

External Links[]

References[]

  1. (ESPost by deborahlagrandedrag | Instagram — March 27, 2019
  2. 2.0 2.1 Profile of carlosrpicon (About: Places lived) | Facebook
  3. (ESCordelia Durango, la hermosa drag barbada de la CDMX | TimeOut Mexico — June 29, 2017
  4. 4.0 4.1 (ESCORDELIA habla del ORIGEN de las DURANGO y su PELEA con DESEOS | YouTube — December 27, 2021
  5. (ESFile:CordeliaPromoSC.jpeg | RuPaul's Drag Race Wiki — May 12, 2022
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 (ESDinastía Durango: Las más bonitas | Revista King — May 6, 2019
  7. 7.0 7.1 (ESPIJAMADA DDD (y Ya) - REVISANDO LA MÁS DRAGA 2 EP7 | YouTube — June 17, 2019
  8. (ESLA MÁS DRAGA Capítulo 04 "La Más Alebrije ” | YouTube — May 29, 2018
  9. (ESLa Más Draga, conoce a las concursantes del nuevo reality | Time Out México — May 11, 2018
  10. (ESLA MÁS DRAGA 2 Capítulo 04 " LA MÁS PIÑATA” | YouTube — May 21, 2019

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