But I just love myself and I'm really enjoying my life." The New York Post reported that Rivera was seriously injured in 2007 when she was thrown out of a third-story window at her home. Rivera later told reporters she fell out of a fourth-story window while trying to escape a burglar. In 2008, she was a special guest on Ewa Drzyzga's TVN show Rozmowy w toku in Poland. In more recent years, Rivera was active in Manhattan's ball culture. Personal life and death Rivera was married to Daniel Cuervo, with whom she lived in New York City. She was found dead on 5 February 2019, in her apartment in Mexico. Her death was confirmed by Cuervo in a Facebook post and received news coverage six months later. Her death was classified as suicide by hanging by the police, but Cuervo believes she was murdered. Cuervo received a death threat from someone who told him to "never come back to Mexico" and not to prepare her funeral. Filmography There's Something About Miriam (2003, Brighter Pictures) Big Brother Australia 2004 (2004, Endemol) TV Burp (2004) Rove Live (2004) Good Morning Australia (2004) See also LGBT culture in New York City List of LGBT people from New York City References External links 1981 births 2019 suicides Big Brother (Australian TV series) Mexican LGBT entertainers Mexican LGBT actors Mexican pornographic film actresses Mexican television actresses Transgender female models LGBT media personalities Transgender female adult models Transgender pornographic film actresses Mexican expatriates in the United States Suicides by hanging in Mexico LGBT-related suicides Suicides in Mexico