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TREVI, GLORIA Singer, performer, Monterrey, Nuevo León, born February 15, 1968
During the decade of the 1990's, Gloria Trevi was one of the most popular teen singers in Mexico and sported torn stockings. She was an inspiration to young girls throughout Latin America.
During a tour of Brazil, she and her manager, Sergio Andrade, were accused of throwing wild parties for underaged girls. She was sent to prison for corruption of minors.
While in prison, she became pregnant from a guard.
She named her baby Angel Gabriel. Nice.
After three years in the Brazil prison, she was sent back to Mexico to face new charges. There she was absolved of all charges and set free.
She recently announced the promotion of her new record and plans to make the music video inside the state prison of Chihuahua, where she had spent time. She hoped it would draw attention to the rights of women prisoners. Good going, Gloria.
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I had first been turned on to Gloria Trevi by one of my favorite drag queens of the group, Intrepidas, from Juchgitán down in the Ithsum of Tehuatepec. In our show we did with them, "Felina," below, did a great lip-sinc of Trevi's hottest records. Russell took these photos of Felina in the big Teatro Alcalá in Oaxaca.
She always knocked 'em dead!
Lookin' good, Felina!
(NOTE: You can see a lot more of Felina in "Las Intrepidas Vs. SIDA" on the TIME-LINE, 1997, and in "Those Darn Intrepids" in RECENT WRITINGS.)
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