Wendy Guevara

Wendy Guevara Venegas was born in León, Guanajuato, on 12 August 1993. She is one of the four children of Francisco Guevara Jaramillo and Fabiola Venegas Vázquez (or Vázquez Venegas). She lived a difficult childhood, due to her father's alcoholism problems, and had to conceal her sexual orientation and gender identity. Her family is in the shoe manufacturing business, and Guevara worked for a long time in the family business. She was harassed at school because of her gender identity and only completed her primary education. When she was seven years old, she was sexually abused; at the age of eight, a truck ran over her. Growing up, Guevara watched other trans women on television. She has cited Mexican trans actress Alejandra Bogue as one of her main media references. Guevara began to adopt female attire with the support of her friend Lucero, a trans woman who owned a beauty salon near the Jardín San Juan del Coecillo neighborhood, where Wendy grew up. Lucero allowed Wendy and other young trans women to dress as women in her home. In her early days, Wendy used the name Vianney when cross-dressing. Lucero baptized Guevara as "Wendy" after the character Wendy Nayeli Pérez from the telenovela Amigas y rivales (2001), played by Angélica Vale. == Career ==