Diamante Merybrown is the stage name of Jhemmler Castillo Germán (born October 29, 1995), a Dominican dancer, choreographer, dance professor, and drag queen now located in Spain[2][3][4] who is most known for competing on season 2 of Drag Race España.[5]
Career
Castillo's alter-ego was born during a contest she participated in while living in Australia. Before migrating to Spain, she combined the art of drag with dance. She belongs to the house of Drag Reign, a drag family that she shares with Arantxa Castilla-La Mancha.[6]
As an actor, he had a minor role in the movie Una Navidad con Samantha Hudson (Christmas with Samantha Hudson), which premiered on December 19, 2021.[8]
In 2022, she competed on season 2 of Drag Race España,[9] the Spanish adaptation of the RuPaul's Drag Race franchise. Season 2 began airing on March 27, 2022.[10][11] In the season's fifth episode, Diamante Merrybrown chose to portray RuPaul in the snatch game. Her performance received negative critiques from the judges, leading to her being up for elimination along with fellow contestant Onyx. The two queens lip synced to the song Arrasando by Thalía. Ultimately, Diamante Merrybrown won the lip sync and was able to continue in the competition.[12] Later, in the sixth episode, Diamante was again up for elimination after bad critiques from the judges, this time along with fellow contestant Estrella Xtravaganza. They competed in a lip sync to the song Se nos rompió el amor by Rocío Jurado. Estrella ultimately won the lip sync putting an end to Diamante Merrybrown's time in the competition.[2]
On April 4, 2022, she published her first music video, Chocolate, in which she sang as part of a collaboration with many Spanish drag artists, including Ariel Rec, Arantxa Castilla-La Mancha, Inti, Dita The Vain, and Gad Yola.[13]
From July to December 2022, she participated in the second round of the Spanish tour Gran Hotel de las Reinas, together with the other season 2 queens.[14][15]
In December of the same year, she released the song Pollo Frito (Fried Chicken) together with drag queen Choriza May.[16]
Filmography
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2021
Una Navidad con Samantha Hudson
Herself
Movie
2022
Drag Race España
Herself
9 episodes
Gran Hotel de las Reinas
Herself
Meet The Queens
Herself
1 episode
2023
Sí lo digo
Herself
1 episode
Discography
Singles
Year
Title
2022
"Chocolate"
2022
"Pollo Frito" with Choriza May
References
^"Chocolate". wynk.in. Airtel Digital Limited. Archived from the original on September 27, 2023. Retrieved September 27, 2023.