Carmen Carrera (born Christopher Roman; April 13, 1985) is an American reality television personality, model, and burlesque performer, known for appearing on the third season of the Logo reality television series RuPaul's Drag Race, as well as its spin-off series RuPaul's Drag U. Although she presented as male during the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race, on May 1, 2012, ABC News reported that Carrera identifies as a transgender woman.
Publicly revealed on an episode of Primetime: What Would You Do? (2009) that she self-identifies as transgender and has began transitioning from male to female. [May 2012]