Michelle Visage leads tributes as Drag Race ‘angel’ Jiggly Caliente dies at 44

The drag queen died on Sunday “surrounded by her loving family and close friends”

Jiggly Caliente during the 2022 RuPaul DragCon (Jennifer Graylock/Alamy/PA)

RuPaul’s Drag Race star Jiggly Caliente has been remembered as an “angel” who brought laughter to the world by Michelle Visage, following her death at the age of 44.

Her family had announced on Thursday that the Filipino-US drag performer, who took part in the original US competition during season four, had part of her leg amputated due to a “severe infection”.