Bold & Beautiful: Whorechata

Salt Lake City is quickly becoming a national hub for drag. With more shows and events popping up that cater to every type of drag queen and viewer, the queens are out and about, challenging stereotypical ideas of what a drag queen should be, which brings me to Whorechata.

Whorechata is a father, a dancer, a foodie, an economist and, of course, a drag queen. She began her ascent into drag in 2020 and never looked back. What started as an outlet for the stresses of studying economics soon turned into a job she loves.

“I was in my last semester [of college], majoring in economics. And the last semester was hell,” says Whorechata. “I took a hard class called econometrics and I ran into a video by Bianca Del Rio, the drag queen [who won season six of Rupaul’s Drag Race].”

After this enlightenment, the world entered the pandemic and Whorechata figured it was her time to learn how to do drag makeup and all the bells and whistles that go with it. She also felt it was time to pioneer a more choreography-based performance, something she wasn’t seeing much of in Utah.

“I feel like in Utah, there aren’t many drag teams that do more choreography-based performances, and I wanted to bring that to the stage,” explains Whorechata. “I also want to be able to produce more shows. Eventually, I would like to open up a small theater. The reason is that not everyone’s drag belongs at a bar or a club, and I would like to either help out by producing choreographed numbers and shows or allow other artists to put on their shows.”

“I feel like in Utah, there aren’t many drag teams that do more choreography-based performances, and I wanted to bring that to the stage.”

Her performances are all about dance, always putting on a show with dance numbers galore and even including occasional backup dancers. This led to her creation of MOBocracy.

“I’ve been on many dance teams and I retired, but I still wanted to dance,” says Whorechata. “And one of my best friends told me, ‘Hey, how about we start our own dance team?’, and I said, ‘sure.’ So MOBocracy just consists of people that I’ve met throughout my life, or that have become my friends. It’s nothing too serious, but we perform at a lot of festivals in Utah, private events and all that.”

The name comes from Whorechata’s desire to have the dancers have their own input in the team and the dance numbers. “MOBocracy” came from the term democracy, referring to how she gives the dancers freedom to choose. Another plus of her dance team is that it blends well with her drag performances—her innate talent of choreography and dancing pools into her drag.

And what about Whorechata’s own name—Where did it derive from? From her love of food, of course.

“I actually got the name Whorechata, which is supposed to mean horchata and whore, from a friend who thought it would be funny,” explains Whorechata. “Just adding those two words together, and horchata being one of my favorite drinks — it just fits.”

“Just adding those two words together, and horchata being one of my favorite drinks — it just fits.”

The love of Hispanic dishes and drinks runs deep within Whorechata, mainly because she is Hispanic and carries her culture and love of food into her drag personality.

“I recently started producing an all-Latin drag show,” mentions Whorechata. “It’s located in Provo and my mom actually cooks most of the food that we sell there, which has been tamales and birria. How can you not like Hispanic food? I’m very fortunate that I have people that can cook and that the people who come love the brunches.”

Follow Whorechata on instagram @drinkmewhorechata and check out her upcoming performances at her Latin Drag Show, the Utah Pride Festival and more. If you’re wanting to know where she recommends grabbing a horchata, hit up her mom’s house (or Beto’s Mexican Food works fine).

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