Carmen Carrera (born Christopher Roman on April 13, 1985 in Elmwood Park, New Jersey), is an American reality television personality and drag performer, known for appearing on the third season of the Logo reality television series RuPaul's Drag Race, as well as its spin-off series RuPaul's Drag U. Although self-identifying as male during the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race, on May 1, 2012 ABC News reported that Carrera had begun to self-identify as transgender.