Tigresa del oriente
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Juana Judith Bustos Ahuite (born 22 November 1944 in Constancia, Loreto Region
, Perú
) is best known as La Tigresa del Oriente (lit. Spanish for The Tigress from the Orient, the "orient" being the Peruvian Amazon
) is an actress, singer, hairdresser
and makeup artist
. Due to the popularity of her videos on YouTube
(the video for her single "Nuevo Amanecer" surpassed the 10-million-hit mark in 2009), she has become an internet meme
and reached some international fame.
La Tigresa is known for her leopard
garb, makeup and appearance, and for the choreographies staged by her dancing troupe, which includes three women and one man
. Her first single "Nuevo amanecer (New Dawn)" became an Internet meme in Latin America
.
Her videos for her first recording are unique, if low in budget, and were filmed in the Peruvian jungle with her "exotic" dancers. Other singles from Bustos include: "Mi canoa", "Carnaval en Iquitos", "Trabaja flojo trabaja", "Anaconda", "Tránsfuga de mi amor", "Hombre de Madera", and "Homenaje al Papa Juan Pablo II."
She is currently promoting her song "Adolescente", from her second album Fiesta Felina.
to Lima, expecting to be involved in show business
in some way, becoming a makeup artist for Lima's television stations and starting a career that lasted over twenty years.
In 1999, with help from several friends (Elizabeth Alegría and Aracely), she started writing songs and created the concept for "La Tigresa" and was later convinced of recording several music videos. Around 2006, her videos appeared on YouTube and rapidly became viral and a internet meme
, and she has since then been invited to several Latin American television shows.
, Bustos signed a contract with Warner Bros. Records
México
for one year. With the first payment of the contract's royalties she bought her first automobile
. Some of her fans have released video tributes to her -trying to emulate her act,- and even Tigresa remixes (in techno
and reggaeton
versions) of her music exist. Bustos travelled in July 2009 to Mexico, presenting in the "Muévete" TV show currently broadcasted by Canal de las Estrellas
.
More recently, La Tigresa del Oriente has become active in social networks such as Twitter and Facebook, and has an Official Blog to keep her fans up to date with her appearances and the new album she is currently recording.
In August 2009, La Tigresa del Oriente announced A special album from Argentina
entitled "De la selva, su fiesta" from independent record label Silvando Discos, after failing to get anywhere with Warner Music Mexico.
In September 2009 Radio Cumbia Peru, the original uploaders of her popular videos on Youtube announced they were removing the videos from their channel, it was later made public that the reason behind this was that they were asking La Tigresa two thousand dollars for each video kept in the channel, which she declined after considering it blackmail, responding by publishing her videos in higher quality versions at her official Youtube Channel.
Releasing her first new singles Felina and El Baile de la Tigresa online, and their respective videoclips soon afterwards. On September 6, 2009, Peruvian channel ATV released a new song called "El Reggaeton del Suri" featuring renown singer El Pimpo Man, which became her third promotional single from the new album "Fiesta Felina". "La Tigresita" (its latest promotional item), a song dedicated to their fans little ones, in the words of the same Judith. Same will have its music video to debut in March 2011. All this as part of his new album to be released in 2011 announced by herself in her personal twitter. Later the music videos were released "La Ñañita Loca" and "Mi Lindo Perú". Currently promoting in 2011 his theme "Adolescente".
On 28 December 2009 BBC published an interview describing Tigresa Del Oriente's road to popularity.
In early 2011, announced several tours and shows to Colombia (Barranquilla), Venezuela (Barquisimeto, Caracas and Maracaibo) and Mexico (Mexico City) in this year. and the February 19, 2011 was presented at the Teatro Amira de la Rosa (Barranquilla), as a guest on "El Carnaval de las Artes". Where he and a musical show A with the audience. Same story was reviewed by the Colombian media as Caracol TV, RCN and print as El Tiempo, El Espectador, among others. Tigress was also invited to the program "Viva la Alegría" and "Ella es Niurka" Mexican channel Azteca 13, February 23, 2011, as a special artist. This is the second time Bustos visit Mexico City. To be presented later in Venezuela
. That same year he visited Chile
, USA, Egypt
and Israel
.
In April 2010 Tigresa del Oriente released the song "En tus Tierras Bailaré
" with the two Andean music "You-tube stars" Wendy Sulca
and Delfin Quishpe
. The song received attention in Latin American media and got rapidly more than one million hits in a few weeks. The song has later been called a "Youtube We are the World" by Calle 13
singer Residente.
The interpreter also collaborated with Argentine singer Coco, in the video "No hay que discriminar", released on June 10, 2010. Himself is a slogan against discrimination, homophobia and racism. The clip also gained notoriety and was reviewed by the various media of the gay community including Spain, Mexico and Peru. In addition it is planned in the Gay Pride march in Argentina at the end of that month.
Other musical collaborations have been with the rock group Midas and his hit "Ella me provoca" and most recently with Dante Spinetta next to Residente Calle 13
, and Wendy Sulca y Andrés Calamaro
video for "Pa' tras".
s denounce her stage act as campy
(at best) or kitsch
(at worst) and make fun of her appearance and lack of formal vocal training. The comments left about her imply, according to columnist Rafael Robles from the Peruvian newspaper La República
, that she reached this level due to a social joke more than talent. In either case, her public appeal has extended beyond Peru.
She has also generated controversy for statements that she has given, which says that the singer Lady Gaga
has copied her animal print style, in the video for the singer, entitled "Telephone
" (a duet with Beyoncé) and other details Judith has been revealed in various interviews. This brought comments from fans and part of la Tigresa y Gaga and East.
Loreto Region
Loreto is Peru's northernmost region. Covering almost one-third of Peru's territory, Loreto is by far the nation's largest region and also one of the most sparsely populated ones, due to its remote location in the Amazon Rainforest...
, Perú
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
) is best known as La Tigresa del Oriente (lit. Spanish for The Tigress from the Orient, the "orient" being the Peruvian Amazon
Peruvian Amazon
The Peruvian Amazon is the area of the Amazon jungle included in the territory of Peru, from the east of the Andes to borders with Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil and Bolivia. This region comprises 60% of the country and is marked by a large degree of biodiversity...
) is an actress, singer, hairdresser
Hairdresser
Hairdresser is a term referring to anyone whose occupation is to cut or style hair in order to change or maintain a person's image. This is achieved using a combination of hair coloring, haircutting, and hair texturing techniques...
and makeup artist
Makeup artist
thumb|[[Michelle Camaclang]], an international-certified professional makeup artistthumb|Special effects makeup techniquesA Make-up artist is an artist whose medium is the human body, applying makeup and prosthetics for theatrical, television, film, fashion, magazines and other similar productions...
. Due to the popularity of her videos on YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
(the video for her single "Nuevo Amanecer" surpassed the 10-million-hit mark in 2009), she has become an internet meme
Internet meme
The term Internet meme is used to describe a concept that spreads via the Internet. The term is a reference to the concept of memes, although the latter concept refers to a much broader category of cultural information.-Description:...
and reached some international fame.
La Tigresa is known for her leopard
Leopard
The leopard , Panthera pardus, is a member of the Felidae family and the smallest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera, the other three being the tiger, lion, and jaguar. The leopard was once distributed across eastern and southern Asia and Africa, from Siberia to South Africa, but its...
garb, makeup and appearance, and for the choreographies staged by her dancing troupe, which includes three women and one man
Man
The term man is used for an adult human male . However, man is sometimes used to refer to humanity as a whole...
. Her first single "Nuevo amanecer (New Dawn)" became an Internet meme in Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
.
Her videos for her first recording are unique, if low in budget, and were filmed in the Peruvian jungle with her "exotic" dancers. Other singles from Bustos include: "Mi canoa", "Carnaval en Iquitos", "Trabaja flojo trabaja", "Anaconda", "Tránsfuga de mi amor", "Hombre de Madera", and "Homenaje al Papa Juan Pablo II."
She is currently promoting her song "Adolescente", from her second album Fiesta Felina.
Biography
Bustos was born in the village of Constancia in Departamento de Loreto. Having interest in singing, she tried to pursue her dreams, but was greatly unsuccessful due to pressure from her parents, and later from her husband, who she married in a failed hope for greater freedom. Bustos became a cosmetologist at an early age, and emigratedEmigration
Emigration is the act of leaving one's country or region to settle in another. It is the same as immigration but from the perspective of the country of origin. Human movement before the establishment of political boundaries or within one state is termed migration. There are many reasons why people...
to Lima, expecting to be involved in show business
Show business
Show business, sometimes shortened to show biz, is a vernacular term for all aspects of entertainment. The word applies to all aspects of the entertainment industry from the business side to the creative element ....
in some way, becoming a makeup artist for Lima's television stations and starting a career that lasted over twenty years.
In 1999, with help from several friends (Elizabeth Alegría and Aracely), she started writing songs and created the concept for "La Tigresa" and was later convinced of recording several music videos. Around 2006, her videos appeared on YouTube and rapidly became viral and a internet meme
Internet meme
The term Internet meme is used to describe a concept that spreads via the Internet. The term is a reference to the concept of memes, although the latter concept refers to a much broader category of cultural information.-Description:...
, and she has since then been invited to several Latin American television shows.
International Fame
According to an interview in the Peruvian newspaper La RepúblicaLa República
La República is a center-left newspaper published in Lima, Peru. It is one of the two main national dailies sold all over the country since it was founded on May 3, 1981. The paper was founded by Gustavo Mohme Llona, a former member of the Peruvian Congress...
, Bustos signed a contract with Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...
México
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
for one year. With the first payment of the contract's royalties she bought her first automobile
Automobile
An automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...
. Some of her fans have released video tributes to her -trying to emulate her act,- and even Tigresa remixes (in techno
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
and reggaeton
Reggaeton
Reggaeton is a form of Puerto Rican and Latin American urban and Caribbean music. After its mainstream exposure in 2004, it spread to North American, European and Asian audiences. Reggaeton originated in Puerto Rico but is also has roots from Reggae en Español from Panama and Puerto Rico and...
versions) of her music exist. Bustos travelled in July 2009 to Mexico, presenting in the "Muévete" TV show currently broadcasted by Canal de las Estrellas
Canal de las Estrellas
Canal de las Estrellas is one of the cornerstone networks of Televisa, with affiliate stations all over Mexico, flagshipped at XEW-TV in Mexico City. Many of the programs of Canal de las Estrellas are seen in the United States on Univision, Telefutura, and Galavisión...
.
More recently, La Tigresa del Oriente has become active in social networks such as Twitter and Facebook, and has an Official Blog to keep her fans up to date with her appearances and the new album she is currently recording.
In August 2009, La Tigresa del Oriente announced A special album from Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
entitled "De la selva, su fiesta" from independent record label Silvando Discos, after failing to get anywhere with Warner Music Mexico.
In September 2009 Radio Cumbia Peru, the original uploaders of her popular videos on Youtube announced they were removing the videos from their channel, it was later made public that the reason behind this was that they were asking La Tigresa two thousand dollars for each video kept in the channel, which she declined after considering it blackmail, responding by publishing her videos in higher quality versions at her official Youtube Channel.
Releasing her first new singles Felina and El Baile de la Tigresa online, and their respective videoclips soon afterwards. On September 6, 2009, Peruvian channel ATV released a new song called "El Reggaeton del Suri" featuring renown singer El Pimpo Man, which became her third promotional single from the new album "Fiesta Felina". "La Tigresita" (its latest promotional item), a song dedicated to their fans little ones, in the words of the same Judith. Same will have its music video to debut in March 2011. All this as part of his new album to be released in 2011 announced by herself in her personal twitter. Later the music videos were released "La Ñañita Loca" and "Mi Lindo Perú". Currently promoting in 2011 his theme "Adolescente".
On 28 December 2009 BBC published an interview describing Tigresa Del Oriente's road to popularity.
In early 2011, announced several tours and shows to Colombia (Barranquilla), Venezuela (Barquisimeto, Caracas and Maracaibo) and Mexico (Mexico City) in this year. and the February 19, 2011 was presented at the Teatro Amira de la Rosa (Barranquilla), as a guest on "El Carnaval de las Artes". Where he and a musical show A with the audience. Same story was reviewed by the Colombian media as Caracol TV, RCN and print as El Tiempo, El Espectador, among others. Tigress was also invited to the program "Viva la Alegría" and "Ella es Niurka" Mexican channel Azteca 13, February 23, 2011, as a special artist. This is the second time Bustos visit Mexico City. To be presented later in Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
. That same year he visited Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
, USA, Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
and Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
.
Collaborations
In 2009, I work with El Pimpo Man your theme "El Swing de la Gata".In April 2010 Tigresa del Oriente released the song "En tus Tierras Bailaré
En tus Tierras Bailaré
En Tus Tierras Bailaré is a Spanish language viral video that celebrates love for the land and people of Israel. It appeared in April of 2010.The song received attention in Latin American rapidly got millions of hits...
" with the two Andean music "You-tube stars" Wendy Sulca
Wendy Sulca
Wendy Sulca Quispe is a Peruvian child singer of Huayno music, who found fame thanks to YouTube, where her videos "La Tetita" , "Cerveza, Cerveza" and "Papito" exceeded ten million hits.-Career:Her songs have been on TV and variety shows Wendy Sulca Quispe (born in April 22, 1996 in San Juan de...
and Delfin Quishpe
Delfin Quishpe
Delfín Quishpe Signature move "El pasito del delfín" is an Indigenous Kichwa Ecuadorian singer-songwriter, rockstar, performing in a style he calls "Andean techno-folklore". His popularity largely comes from the comical nature of his music...
. The song received attention in Latin American media and got rapidly more than one million hits in a few weeks. The song has later been called a "Youtube We are the World" by Calle 13
Calle 13 (band)
Calle 13 is a band formed by stepbrothers René Pérez Joglar , who calls himself Residente and Eduardo José Cabra Martínez , who calls himself Visitante Calle 13 is a band formed by stepbrothers René Pérez Joglar (born February 23, 1978 in Hato Rey, a subsection of San Juan, Puerto Rico), who calls...
singer Residente.
The interpreter also collaborated with Argentine singer Coco, in the video "No hay que discriminar", released on June 10, 2010. Himself is a slogan against discrimination, homophobia and racism. The clip also gained notoriety and was reviewed by the various media of the gay community including Spain, Mexico and Peru. In addition it is planned in the Gay Pride march in Argentina at the end of that month.
Other musical collaborations have been with the rock group Midas and his hit "Ella me provoca" and most recently with Dante Spinetta next to Residente Calle 13
Calle 13
Calle 13 is a Spanish cable/satellite television channel. Owned by Universal Studios Networks Spain, Calle 13 promotes itself as a channel of suspense and action and its available on Digital+ satellite TV platform and on all Spanish cable TV platforms....
, and Wendy Sulca y Andrés Calamaro
Andrés Calamaro
Andrés Calamaro , is an Argentine musician, composer and Latin Grammy winner. His former band Los Rodríguez was a major success in Spain in the 1990s. He became one of the main icons of the Argentine rock in the last two decades and has sold over 1.3 million copies.-Abuelos de la Nada:Calamaro was...
video for "Pa' tras".
Criticism
La Tigresa's stage act evokes strong reactions from the general public in Latin America. CriticCritic
A critic is anyone who expresses a value judgement. Informally, criticism is a common aspect of all human expression and need not necessarily imply skilled or accurate expressions of judgement. Critical judgements, good or bad, may be positive , negative , or balanced...
s denounce her stage act as campy
Camp (style)
Camp is an aesthetic sensibility that regards something as appealing because of its taste and ironic value. The concept is closely related to kitsch, and things with camp appeal may also be described as being "cheesy"...
(at best) or kitsch
Kitsch
Kitsch is a form of art that is considered an inferior, tasteless copy of an extant style of art or a worthless imitation of art of recognized value. The concept is associated with the deliberate use of elements that may be thought of as cultural icons while making cheap mass-produced objects that...
(at worst) and make fun of her appearance and lack of formal vocal training. The comments left about her imply, according to columnist Rafael Robles from the Peruvian newspaper La República
La República
La República is a center-left newspaper published in Lima, Peru. It is one of the two main national dailies sold all over the country since it was founded on May 3, 1981. The paper was founded by Gustavo Mohme Llona, a former member of the Peruvian Congress...
, that she reached this level due to a social joke more than talent. In either case, her public appeal has extended beyond Peru.
She has also generated controversy for statements that she has given, which says that the singer Lady Gaga
Lady GaGa
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to...
has copied her animal print style, in the video for the singer, entitled "Telephone
Telephone
The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...
" (a duet with Beyoncé) and other details Judith has been revealed in various interviews. This brought comments from fans and part of la Tigresa y Gaga and East.