Peke Balderas is a Mexican drag performer and one of the contestants on the fifth season of La Más Draga.
On October 2nd, Madison and Ernesto Chavana premiered La Draga Madrina on Canal 6 where Rudy, Peke & Niurka are judges and Velvetine is voice-over.
Drag Name Origin[]
Peke comes from pequeña. She originally got this nickname from her group of friends due to being significantly younger than them. Balderas comes from one of her real last names.[3]
Track Records[]
Seasons Competed: | LMD 5 | |
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Ranking: | 7th Place | |
Points Total / Average: | 121 | 15.1 |
Maxi Challenges Won: | 1 (Ep. 1) | |
Mini Challenges Won: | 1 (Ep. 1) | |
Times in Bottom: | 2 (Eps. 7, 8) | |
Episode Eliminated: | Episode 8 |
Memorable Quotes[]
La Más Draga Season 5[]
- "Peke Balderas es aquella animadora que levanta los eventos, que salta, brinca y viaja."
- "Mi vestido super pesado.... ya no quería saber nada wey, ya me quería ir." (during the underwater photoshoot).
- "¡No anden sacando la merch!" (after Liza Zan Zuzzi said she had brought gifts for everyone).
- "Gané el primer reto, ni modo. Limpien su casa marranonas porque Peke Balderas viene fuerte."
- "Ya se imaginarán, pura cara de muñeca, pero muñecas de esas bien viejas del mercado." (while in quick drag).
- "Entiendan algo, el drag no es ser caro, el drag es saber venderlo y ofrecerlo al público."
- "Creo que todos tenemos algún problema en nuestra casa, pero aquí estamos dando la cara, siendo fuertes y soportando a Letal y todos sus trucos.
- "Es que ayúdenme porque yo tengo muchos problemas pofavo. (during Caso Dragueado).
- "Amor es amor y recuerden que siempre hay que darlo para así poder recibirlo también.
- "Al final de cuentas estamos haciendo lo que nos gusta, vivimos lo que nos gusta, aunque a veces no tengamos el apoyo que esperamos.
Trivia[]
- Every look she wore for the runway of La Más Draga (Season 5) was fully or partially designed together with Season 3 winner, Aviesc Who?.[4]
- Her promo look, audition runway look and La Más Ajolote look were designed by Aviesc Who? as well.[5][6]
- The top she wore during the Caso Dragueado mini-challenge is also from the Aviesc brand.[7]
- Coincidentally, she would end up paired with Aviesc Who? on La Más Futurista.
- Following the mini challenge of Episode 6, Peke's blood pressure went up to the point of her feeling woozy all throughout the rest of the day. This led her to almost opt out of walking the runway that episode and removing herself of the competition if she had to.[8]
- While she still walked the runway and stayed for the rest of the episode, she decided to leave the set earlier than the other contestants in order to rest, ultimately missing out on the corresponding El Salseo of that episode.[9]
- Following this incident, the contestants were given two extra hours of sleep each night.[10]
- Between all her looks for the season, she spent approximately MXN $158,000 (USD $8,125).[11]
- She told Aviesc Who? that she was willing to invest a minimum of MXN $15,000 (USD $770) on each look Aviesc designed for her.[12]
- Despite having around 15 years of experience when she competed on La Más Draga, she only considers to have started doing drag two years prior to the show. Before that, she described herself as only a celebrity impersonator.[11]
- Peke considered removing herself from the show in order to take of her mother, who was diagnosed with an enlarged heart just a few days before filming for the season was to start. However, her mother convinced her to continue on the show.[11]
- The Tejocotes that she wore on her hair for La Más Tejocote were gifted to her by Liza Zan Zuzzi.[10]
- Due to the lip sync of La Más Tejocote not being shown until the beginning of the next episode, Peke is the second La Más Draga contestant to lip sync twice in one episode, after Gvajardo.
Gallery[]
La Más Draga Season 5[]
La Más Draga Season 5 Looks[]
Videos[]
La Más Draga Season 5[]
Filmography[]
Web Series[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2022 | La Más Draga (Season 5) | Self | Contestant (Placed 7th) | [13] |
2022 | El Salseo (Season 3) | Self | Contestant | [14] |
2022 | Tú Las Traes (Season 4) | Self | Guest (Episodes 6-7) | [15] |
2022 | El Velatorio (Season 2) | Self | Guest (Episode 7) | [16] |
2022 | Espacio LMD (Season 1) | Self | Guest (Episode 6) | [11] |
2023 | La Más Draga (Season 6) | Self | Guest (Auditions) | [17] |
2023 | Soy Veneno | Self | Guest (Episode 3) | [18] |
Discography[]
Year | Title | Artist(s) | Album | Ref. |
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2021 | El Más Bello Chacal | Peke Balderas | El Más Bello Chacal | [19] |
Tú Para Cuando | Peke Balderas, Leonle Ballez | Non-album single | [20] | |
2022 | La Gatita Pide Su Lechita | Peke Balderas | Non-album single | [21] |
Chulona | Peke Balderas | La Más Draga 5. Vol 2 | [22] |
External Links[]
References[]
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Winner | Fifí Estah (La Más Volada) |
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Runners-Up | 2nd: Paper Cut • 3rd: Liza Zan Zuzzi (La Más Votada) • 4th: Hidden Mistake |
Other Contestants | 5th: Santa Lucía (Quit) • 6th: Gretha White • 7th: Peke Balderas • 8th: Aisha Dollkills • 9th: Light King (Quit) • 10th: Huma Kyle (La Más Querida) • 11th: Isabella y Catalina • 12th: Deseos Fab (La Más Votada) |
Host | Maca Carriedo |
Judges | Letal • Raquel Martínez • Yari Mejía |
Coaches | Johnny Carmona • Rogelio Suárez |
Venenos | Carlos Agüero (Tóxico) • Antonio Mendoza (Veneno) • Adrián Jiménez (Venenito) |