The daughter of Benidorm legend Sticky Vicky says she continues to be struggling to return to phrases together with her mum’s loss of life – however is again on stage performing her legendary X-rated routine in tribute.
Sticky Vicky, whose actual identify was Victoria María Aragüés Gadea, died on the age of 80 final November after a protracted sickness.
She was well-known for her unorthodox magic present that concerned pulling objects like razor blades from her vagina in entrance of shocked stay audiences.
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Her daughter Maria Gadea, who first watched her mum’s bonkers present aged 14, picked up the mantle in 2016 after Vicky retired and copycat entertainers tried to revenue from her profession.
And two months after her loss of life, Maria, 41, spoke completely to Daily Star about returning to the stage in Benidorm.
She stated: “They have been a difficult and hard years. She had a cognitive illness, she was dependent and the days before her death were very difficult to digest.
“No one wants that ending and after her death it has been sad. It is a feeling that you have to live to know. I am still affected and I have better moments than others.”
However, to proceed Sticky Vicky’s legacy, she is doing her mum proud by following in her footsteps.
She stated: “Everything is completely different now at residence in my life and on stage. Now I do it with extra coronary heart. She had most help for the stage even when she was sick she did her job.
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“She never failed and now more than ever I’m going to give 100% out of respect for her and her memory. The atmosphere at the shows have been very good and the audience enjoys it.
“Many talk to me about how many times they went to see it and they also give me hugs and encouragement. It is really nice.”
Maria returned to work one month after her mum died and through her set she has included a video tribute as a thanks for the loyalty of consumers over time.
And when talking to us, she warned Brits heading to Benidorm in 2024 to concentrate and keep away from paying to see any pretend Sticky Vicky units. She additionally stated that regardless of being in off-season, the present remained common and he or she was nonetheless attracting massive crowds.
Countless Brits have been to see her the wild act, together with Wrexham lad Owain Laing who completely informed Daily Star about his journey to see it final yr.
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He stated: “My girlfriend is quite posh and we have been to the Maldives and stuff and I was like ‘let’s go Benidorm’ and she was like ‘eh OK’. She said she wanted the full Benidorm experience and I asked whether she was sure…
“The capacity was probably a hundred and it was rammed from little chavvy kids to old posh people with yachts, everyone was there. You just look round at people’s faces and everyone has a cartoon face like all mouth and jaw and they are thinking ‘what is this’…
“But you know what you are getting yourself in for and you know what it is all about and you have to see it with your own eyes.”
After retiring, Sticky Vicky said that “what I do is simple” – but who was the real Vicky and how did she become so widely known for her completely bizarre act?
She was born back in April 1943 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, and her full name is Victoria Maria Aragues Gadea, although she became more commonly known as Vicky Leyton.
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Her army father determined to depart the household when she was simply seven earlier than she moved to Barcelona together with her mom and sister.
Here, she fell in love with classical ballet. And talking to El Espanol, she stated: “My younger sister was a contortionist and I was a classical ballet dancer.
“One day we put on a show and performed in Barcelona and somewhere else. We weren’t great singers either. But we looked like twins and that was good.”
A businessman finally gave her the stage identify Vicky Leyton – and he or she went on to be the creative director of a theatre referred to as El Molino the place she placed on as much as 4 reveals per week.
But the Spanish public immediately demanded sexier performances after the loss of life of dictator Francisco Franco. Explaining what that meant for her, Vicky informed the publication: “When Franco died, we artists went beneath. Nude got here and we dancers have been left with out work. They wished women who would do porn and who would work together with purchasers. That world was not for me.”
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A pal then urged she create a magic present by eradicating weird objects from her non-public components – and extremely it labored for many years to return.
It began out in nightclubs in Barcelona however she additionally travelled to Uruguay, Italy and Portugal with it. Remembering, she stated: “It was a great success. They were all shocked when I started to take out a little flag. In Barcelona they had seen a lot of porn but they weren’t used to seeing something like that.”
Vicky went on to have a son and a daughter from two completely different males – and regardless of remaining single, she by no means lacked potential suitors trying to date her
She took her distinctive present to Benidorm within the Nineteen Eighties the place she discovered a house on the Costa Blanca resort, nicknamed Little England due to the 1000’s of Brits who vacation there.
Eggs, banners, handkerchiefs, razor blades and meals have been simply a number of the objects Vicky plucked out of her vagina throughout her relentless stay reveals.