Erica Andrews (September 30, 1969 – March 11, 2013) was a Mexican international and national beauty pageant title winner, drag performer, actress, entrepreneur, and activist.

[10] Andrews spent her childhood in Allende through the age of 8, when her mother and siblings crossed the border and settled in Laredo, Texas.

She began to work as a make-up artist and consultant at department store makeup counters for MAC Cosmetics and also for Glamour Shots.

She also remembered in high school returning home from a volleyball game and being taunted by two guys who threw her down, kicked dirt on her, and punched her a couple of times.

[3] On the Tyra Banks Show as well as in an online radio interview with Richard Curtin, Andrews discussed a time when she was about 17 when she ran away from home and struggled because of the challenges she faced as a trans woman.

[3] She began performing on amateur nights at the (now-defunct) Paper Moon nightclub, later renamed The Saint, on Main Avenue in San Antonio.

[11][12] At the encouragement and with the support of Raphael Ruiz de Velasco (owner of Paper Moon/The Saint), Andrews entered the Miss San Antonio USA pageant.

[1] Andrews imitated Hollywood greats such as Joan Crawford, Cher, top Latin artist Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, and fictional characters like Jessica Rabbit[18] and Wonder Woman.

[1][19] Her performances[1] included the Mommie Dearest boardroom scene which was accompanied by a Shirley Bassey mix to "I (Who Have Nothing)" as well as a depiction of Mary Katherine Gallagher, a fictional character who is a sardonic caricature of an unpopular teen Catholic school girl invented by Saturday Night Live cast member Molly Shannon and featured in Superstar.

[15] In 2002, Andrews' first stage performance was in Jotos del Barrio, a play written by Jesus Alonzo that explored the lives of young gay Latinos.

[11] In 2009, Andrews performed in Jesus Alonzo's play Miss America: A Mexicanito's Fairy Tale at the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center in San Antonio.

In 2011, she appeared as the love interest in Deborah Vial's music video for the single Don't Make Me Take It from her debut album, Stages and Stones.