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Lineysha Sparx
Born
Andrew Trinidad

New York, New York
TelevisionRuPaul's Drag Race (season 5)

Lineysha Sparx is the stage name of Andrew "Andy" Trinidad, an Afro–Puerto Rican drag performer who competed on the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.[1]

Career

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Trinidad competed as Lineysha Sparx on the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2013. She placed ninth overall and won one main challenge.[2][3] On the third episode ("Draggle Rock), she and Alaska Thunderfuck created the drag doll named Lil' Poundcake for the Miss Junior Drag Superstar mini-challenge.[4][5] The doll went on to be sold commercially by Alaska and Lineysha Sparx as a plush toy.[6] The queer music artist Chappell Roan would go on to cite Lil Poundcake as her inspiration for her drag looks and for her NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert performance.[7]

Eventually, Lineysha Sparx was eliminated from the competition after placing in the bottom two of the Snatch Game challenge, during which she impersonated Cuban-American singer Celia Cruz,[8] and losing a lip-sync against Detox to "Take Me Home" (1979) by Cher.[3][9] Mariana Frenandez of Screen Rant said Lineysha Sparx should have won the design challenge.[10] Lineysha Sparx struggled with speaking English and, according to authors of two books about Drag Race, was viewed as a stereotype.[11][12] In 2023, Bernardo Sim of Pride.com wrote, "Due to her language barrier, Lineysha Sparx was regularly dismissed by other contestants and even by some judges. Alas, Lineysha did prove how gorgeous of a queen she is, and stunted that runway with some gorgeous costumes."[13] In 2024, Sim said Lineysha Sparx's elimination "was truly shocking" and wrote: "She had a very strong track record at the beginning of the competition (including a maxi challenge win). Thus, sending her home in episode 5 was very unexpected, to say the least!"[14]

Lineysha Sparx has performed at the Señor Frog's in Orlando and at the Latin Hump Day Fiesta at Pan Dulce in San Francisco.[2] She performed at Club Hippo's Euforia Latina Party in Baltimore in 2013.[15]

Personal life

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Trinidad was born in New York City[16] and grew up in San Juan.[1] He is of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent.[17]

Lineysha Sparx is a "drag daughter" of season 4 contestant Madame LaQueer.[18][19]

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b La Fountain-Stokes, Lawrence (2021-04-05). Translocas: The Politics of Puerto Rican Drag and Trans Performance. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-12607-1. Archived from the original on 2024-01-03. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
  2. ^ a b Bump, Emily (2020-09-13). "RuPaul's Drag Race Season 5: Where Are They Now?". ScreenRant. Archived from the original on 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
  3. ^ a b "10 Drag Race Queens Who Unexpectedly Went Home After Lip Syncing Once". www.out.com. Archived from the original on 2024-01-02. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
  4. ^ And Don't F&%k It Up: An Oral History of RuPaul's Drag Race (The First Ten Years). Grand Central Publishing. 2023-06-06. ISBN 978-1-5387-1767-7. Archived from the original on 2024-01-03. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
  5. ^ Kempt, Hendrik; Volpert, Megan (2019-12-03). RuPaul's Drag Race and Philosophy: Sissy That Thought. Open Court Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8126-9482-6. Archived from the original on 2024-01-03. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
  6. ^ Fernandes, Aurelia. "Who is Lil' Poundcake? Here's all about 'RPDR' All-Star winner Alaska and Lineysha Sparx's 'drag daughter'". Meaww.
  7. ^ Wolper, Caitlin (24 May 2024). "'How Can We Make It Campier?' - Chappell Roan's Best Outfits". Vulture. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  8. ^ "The Sixth Eliminated Queen from "RuPaul's Drag Race": "I Hate 'Snatch Game'!"". www.logotv.com. Archived from the original on 2024-01-03. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
  9. ^ Holland, Scott (2013-02-27). "Rupaul's Drag Race Season 5 – Lineysha Sparx | Hotspots! Magazine". Archived from the original on 2021-01-25. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
  10. ^ Fernandes, Mariana (2019-11-08). "RuPaul's Drag Race: 10 Design Challenge Runner-Ups That Should Have Won". ScreenRant. Archived from the original on 2022-12-21. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
  11. ^ Daems, Jim (2014-10-02). The Makeup of RuPaul's Drag Race: Essays on the Queen of Reality Shows. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-1886-9. Archived from the original on 2024-01-03. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
  12. ^ Brennan, Niall; Gudelunas, David (2017-08-25). RuPaul's Drag Race and the Shifting Visibility of Drag Culture: The Boundaries of Reality TV. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-50618-0. Archived from the original on 2024-01-03. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
  13. ^ "Fan-Casting An All-Fashion Queens Season of 'Drag Race'". www.pride.com. Archived from the original on 2023-11-17. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
  14. ^ "15 'Drag Race' queens who were shockingly eliminated after 1 lip sync". www.out.com. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
  15. ^ "Queer Is Invincible". The FADER. Archived from the original on 2023-03-02. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
  16. ^ "10 Best Cancer Contestants on RuPaul's Drag Race". 17 April 2020.
  17. ^ "10 Latina Queens Who Slayed It on 'RuPaul's Drag Race'". Remezcla. 2020-04-13. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
  18. ^ Allen, Timothy (2015-05-01). "10 Things You Never Knew About Madame LaQueer". Queerty. Archived from the original on 2022-07-04. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  19. ^ Hurley, Sam (2022-02-23). "RuPaul's Drag Race: Drag Mothers and Daughters Who Have Competed for the Crown". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on 2023-10-29. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  20. ^ "Drag Queens Stomp the Runway at 'Skin Wars'". www.out.com. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
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