Fulvia Celica Siguas Sandoval
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Fulvia Celica Siguas Sandoval was Peru
vian transsexual woman. She had 64 different operations since 1979, to change her physical sexual characteristics
, or for cosmetic enhancements, and is the Guinness Book of World Records for the most gender reassignment surgeries. Sandoval, who was on TV for practicing clairvoyance
, hit the news in 1998, when she registered as a candidate in the mayoral elections in Lima
, Peru. She reported to the news agency Reuters
: "I have liked politics for a long time, but people like me have always been marginalized. Because I have been operated on, they think I am simply a queer."
Sandoval died on September 10, 2004, in her apartment in Jesus María, Lima
.
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....
vian transsexual woman. She had 64 different operations since 1979, to change her physical sexual characteristics
Sexual characteristics
Sexual characteristics may refer to:*Primary sexual characteristics*Secondary sex characteristics...
, or for cosmetic enhancements, and is the Guinness Book of World Records for the most gender reassignment surgeries. Sandoval, who was on TV for practicing clairvoyance
Clairvoyance
The term clairvoyance is used to refer to the ability to gain information about an object, person, location or physical event through means other than the known human senses, a form of extra-sensory perception...
, hit the news in 1998, when she registered as a candidate in the mayoral elections in Lima
Lima
Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...
, Peru. She reported to the news agency Reuters
Reuters
Reuters is a news agency headquartered in New York City. Until 2008 the Reuters news agency formed part of a British independent company, Reuters Group plc, which was also a provider of financial market data...
: "I have liked politics for a long time, but people like me have always been marginalized. Because I have been operated on, they think I am simply a queer."
Sandoval died on September 10, 2004, in her apartment in Jesus María, Lima
Lima
Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...
.