Trinidad competed as Lineysha Sparx on the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2013. She placed ninth overall and won one main challenge.[2][3] On the third episode ("Draggle Rock), she and Alaska Thunderfuck created the drag doll named Lil' Poundcake for the Miss Junior Drag Superstar mini-challenge.[4][5] The doll went on to be sold commercially by Alaska and Lineysha Sparx as a plush toy.[6] The queer music artist Chappell Roan would go on to cite Lil Poundcake as her inspiration for her drag looks and for her NPR MusicTiny Desk Concert performance.[7]
Eventually, Lineysha Sparx was eliminated from the competition after placing in the bottom two of the Snatch Game challenge, during which she impersonated Cuban-American singer Celia Cruz,[8] and losing a lip-sync against Detox to "Take Me Home" (1979) by Cher.[3][9] Mariana Frenandez of Screen Rant said Lineysha Sparx should have won the design challenge.[10] Lineysha Sparx struggled with speaking English and, according to authors of two books about Drag Race, was viewed as a stereotype.[11][12] In 2023, Bernardo Sim of Pride.com wrote, "Due to her language barrier, Lineysha Sparx was regularly dismissed by other contestants and even by some judges. Alas, Lineysha did prove how gorgeous of a queen she is, and stunted that runway with some gorgeous costumes."[13] In 2024, Sim said Lineysha Sparx's elimination "was truly shocking" and wrote: "She had a very strong track record at the beginning of the competition (including a maxi challenge win). Thus, sending her home in episode 5 was very unexpected, to say the least!"[14]
Lineysha Sparx has performed at the Señor Frog's in Orlando and at the Latin Hump Day Fiesta at Pan Dulce in San Francisco.[2] She performed at Club Hippo's Euforia Latina Party in Baltimore in 2013.[15]
Personal life
Trinidad was born in New York City[16] and grew up in San Juan.[1] He is of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent.[17]
