Hillz came-out during the judges' critiques for that episode's main challenge; her coming-out was especially historic, as it was a first for network television or a reality competition show.
[1][2] In 2014, after her run on season five of Drag Race, she was included by the Windy City Times on their list of "30 Under 30" for individuals displaying the "best LGBTQIA activism, business, culture, non-profit work and more".
[12] She has stated she is inspired by fellow trans women such as Drag Race alum Carmen Carrera, the iconic Amanda Lepore, Calpernia Addams, and Maria Roman.
[13] While living in Kentucky, Dejesus-Anaya worked at Macy's for a year and nine months, where she experienced discrimination from certain individuals.
[15] In August 2023, she revealed that she was dating Josh Seiter, a previous contestant on the eleventh season of The Bachelorette.
[16][17] In 2013, Dejesus-Anaya was a contestant on the fifth season of the American television reality competition RuPaul's Drag Race.
The producers have stated that the reveal was not a contrived part of the show; they found out about her identifying as transgender during the filming of the episode.
"[21][22] Fellow competitor and eventual season winner Jinkx Monsoon called Dejesus-Anaya her "hero" during the announcement.
RuPaul commented that Dejesus-Anaya looked like Lady Miss Kier, with L'Etoile Magazine calling her face "fabulous".
[24] Monica Beverly Hillz later competed on the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2023).
Monica Beverly Hillz's performance of her original song "Not a Soul Can Clock" during the 11th episode went viral.
[28] In 2015, Dejesus-Anaya joined other drag queens to film the music video for singer Glenn Stewart's cover of "(Here it Comes) Around Again", originally performed by RuPaul.
The talk is part of a book project La Fountain-Stokes is working on called Translocas: Trans Diasporic Puerto Rican Drag.
[32] Dejesus-Anaya has continued to perform and make appearances up through 2015,[33][34][35] including RuPaul's first Drag Con, held May 16–17, 2015, at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
The cover was widely criticized, and Dejesus-Anaya released a statement saying "I think it's so wrong in so many ways for them to poke fun and do such things to someone...