The RuPaul's Scurry Trip fan community is in mourning.

Jiggly Caliente, who competed on the VH1 actuality series twice and additionally goal lately served as a mediate on Scurry Trip Philippines, has died. She became 44.

The trip performer, whose proper title is Bianca Castro-Arabejo, handed away April 27. The place off of her dying became now not printed. Biance died days after her family launched that she had gone thru a leg amputation following a excessive an infection.

“It’s with profound sorrow that we assert the passing of Bianca Castro-Arabejo, known to the sector and cherished by many as Jiggly Caliente,” they said in an announcement posted on her Instagram April 28. “Bianca handed away peacefully on April 27, 2025, at 4:42 am, surrounded by her loving family and shut chums.”

The family referred to as Bianca, who is additionally known for taking part in Veronica Ferocity on the FX series Pose, a “keen presence in the worlds of leisure and advocacy.”

“Jiggly Caliente became infamous for her infectious energy, fierce wit, and unwavering authenticity,” they said. “She touched limitless lives thru her artistry, activism, and the genuine connection she fostered with followers round the sector.”

They continued, “Her legacy is one in all adore, courage, and light-weight. Though her physical presence is long past, the enjoyment she shared and the home she helped delight in for so many will remain forever. She can be deeply ignored, always loved, and without end remembered.”

Bianca became born in 1980 in San Pedro, the Philippines, and started her occupation as a trip performer after accepting a dare.

“It became a dare that took on a lifetime of its absorb,” she informed Socialite Existence in 2019. “A friend dared me to do a trip skills search and I ran with it since then.”

Bianca's trip performer title became inspired by a pink Pokémon character.

“I believed I became cute just like the Pokémon so I chose Jigglypuff,” she said. “But I’m additionally a inspiring b—h and since I do jiggle, I hacked off the 'puff' and build 'Caliente' on the pause because it’s Spanish for 'sizzling'—therefore Jiggly Caliente emerged.”

Bianca competed on RuPaul's Scurry Trip season four in 2012 and on the sixth season of RuPaul's Scurry Trip All Stars in 2021. In present years, she has been a mediate on Scurry Trip Philippines.

On April 24, Bianca's family launched that she would now not be returning to the series.

“Over the final month Bianca has experienced a predominant health setback,” they said in an announcement on Instagram. “Because of the a excessive an infection, she became hospitalized and, as a end result, has gone thru the loss of most of her proper leg.”

The assertion continued, “Thanks to those circumstances, Bianca will now not be exhibiting in the upcoming season of RuPaul’s Scurry Trip Philippines, nor will she be taking part in any public engagements for the foreseeable future. Her recovery will be wide.”

Following files of her dying, Bianca got a slew of tributes from followers and colleagues.

“We are devastated by the passing of Jiggly Caliente, a cherished member of the Scurry Trip family,” learn a message posted on the flagship present's Instagram. “Her skills, truth, and influence will in no way be forgotten, and her legacy will proceed to kill—always. We’re retaining her family, chums, and followers end in our hearts for the length of this refined time.”