![]() ![]() At age 5, they moved to Missouri to be closer to Crystal’s dad’s parents. Her mother is Mexican and most of her mom’s side of the family still lives in California, where she remembers being around a lot more fluent Spanish speakers and could understand the language better when she was younger. Real name Cody Harness, Crystal was born in San Jose, California. Thankfully with an artist like Crystal on screens earlier this year, she’s proving that there’s no one way to be Latinx. Meanwhile, television continues to struggle with reflecting the Latinx community. Hispanic population reached a record 60.6 million in 2019. According to the United States Census Bureau, the U.S. Speaking to NYLON for Latinx Heritage Month, the 29-year-old drag queen from Springfield, Missouri, exemplifies the multiplicity of the Latinx experience in today’s world. I feel like she didn't really kind of teach me anything special about it, but it was just nice to hear that.” “I don't know why it meant so much right then, because it just hasn't ever been anything we've ever really talked about. “My mom was like, ‘You look like a beautiful Mexican woman,’” Crystal tells NYLON. It was the week that she wore a look inspired by Frida Kahlo, complete with a billowing golden cape and crown of flowers. A few episodes into her run on season 12, she was having a viewing party at home with her mom and dad. So, Crystal, who is half Mexican and half white, started changing up her makeup to better match her complexion and took those lessons into the drag gauntlet known as RuPaul’s Drag Race. But it didn’t do any favors to complement her natural skin tone and her friends often joked that she looked “so white” while in drag. Because a lot of the people she was taking guidance from were fair-skinned and light, Crystal was using products like white cream to highlight. When Crystal Methyd first started doing drag, she did what many new queens do to learn how to paint their face: turn on some YouTube makeup tutorials. ![]()
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