Meet Carlos Sanchez of Upland CA

Today we’d like to introduce you to Carlos Sanchez

Hi Carlos, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story.
Well I started my journey of doing drag when I was 19 but didn’t start taking it more serious till I was 20. Growing up in Colorado I wasn’t really around gay people much nor around my community or saw other people like me queer and young. Being so young and being bullied all the time at school and by neighborhood kids it’s made me put up a wall for myself a defense mechanism I told myself that I was gonna be myself no matter what and I wasn’t gonna change for anyone and I was gonna be the most confident in the room. Moving to California as a teenager was big for me, LA is for people who dream big or have a big dream I always wanted to be a performer I just wasn’t to sure how’d I come across it but my mom started to talk more and more about my auntie Lionel she was a transsexual women who loved to cause a scene and knew how to have fun. I never got to meet her but I had a dream where she told me to take a leap of faith and to try drag out. So I started to play with my makeup and worked on my face for awhile than I started to buy wigs and my trans friends showed me how to install wigs and how to do my makeup and what product I can use I really appreciate them without them I wouldn’t be where I am now. But back to my defense mechanism I say this because I would call it “Being Delulu” delulu is a short term for being delusional which just means Feeling the fantasy because I do what makes me comfortable and what makes me happy which is my drag my drag could be crazy but I’d still be very confident in it, hence my name Delululicious. At the same time I started drag I started to become more AlT and dressing more scene scene is a fashion/style I try to cope my everyday living and my drag with it because it feel the most authentically myself looking up to artist like 6arelyhuman, Kets4eki, Ayesha Erotica, Chase Icon, Hubi, Olive ugly, Vyzer and many more this helped me form and craft my drag a little more better. Before I was doing drag or started taking it serious I was in a relationship my first real relationship I’d say but I was very insecure about how’d they feel about me doing drag but than how most relationships happen we ended up not staying together but it made me realize that I shouldn’t let things in general stop me from doing what makes me happy and what I feel like is me so that’s when I kinda really really devoted into my Drag

Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
Obviously not everything is easy as it seems but I feel like that’s what makes things more fun when you struggle and you get to feel the accomplishment of something that you did by yourself. Doing drag made me realize that not a lot of people want to see me succeed and that’s ok I’ve had people leave my life because of it. Some struggle I’d say is trying to find a big enough closet for my clothes hahahaha but on a serious note I’d probably say finding time for myself and my drag I just graduated high school and I work full time at 2 jobs in order to keep a substantial life but hopefully soon I can quit one of my jobs and start performing at bars or at brunch restaurants or get booked for any events one of my goals for this year I’d say!

Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
Well I’m a drag queen i love to be funny and have fun in general but in my drag I feel like just like a big ole clown (in a good way) I’m kinda known for right now is my outfits and my looks but hopefully soon my performance because at the moment I’m renting out dance studios with friends practicing choreography and my stage presence so I’m actually taking it serious because I do wanna make this a full time profession I’m proud of the amount of effort that I’ve put into for the short time that I’ve been doing drag my ambition to achieve something that I care about means the whole world to me. I’d say what sets me apart from other people is that I really want this and it’s my dream and I’m working on everything I can to make it come true and to show that I am serious about it and that I can take self criticism and reflect to work on making a bigger comeback

What was your favorite childhood memory?
My favorite child hood memory hmmm this is a good one I’d probably say when I was in elementary school every Halloween they had these contest pumpkin baskets and a jar in front of each one and over the year you’d get these tickets that would say “Smart Card” and it would have your name and the reason why you got it and everyone would try to get as many as they could during the school year for Halloween i remember I saw a black Vader I think that’s his name from Star Wars pumpkin with so much candy inside I really wanted it but I only had 5 smart cards and the jar was FULL OF OTHER KIDS SMART CARDS so I put my 5 but I never thought I’d win the next day going to school they announced the winners of the drawings for the pumpkins and when it came up to mines I won!! They called me to the library on the intercom I was so excited and happy I felt so cool and awesome every kid wanted to be me at the moment and it was nice to feel “cool” in a way haha

Contact Info:

• Instagram: Delululicious_
• Youtube: DELULULICIOUS
• Other: Tik tok: mrs.Delululicious