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Eric Milligan, known professionally as The Blixunami or Blix, is a professional mermaid who specializes in underwater and ocean-oriented performances. They are currently based in The Bronx.
In 2016 and 2017, The Blixunami was featured on Davey Wavey's YouTube channel and on Tosh.0 on Comedy Central. In 2018, they performed at the first Mermaid Fest on Tybee Island, Georgia and the Santarcangelo Festival in Italy. In 2021, Jincey Lumpkin published a novel, Mermaid of Sicily, that featured the character Prince Moussa, which was based on The Blixunami. In 2022, they won the congeniality prize at the Kings and Queens of the Seas competition in the The Bahamas, which earned them a Virgin Voyages cruise.
In 2023, The Blixunami starred in the Netflix show MerPeople. In a review, The Guardian described The Blixunami as "an absolutely radiant, mesmeric presence, but forged in the fire of growing up gay in the middle of a devoutly Christian family in the south." They released the single and music video, "Splish Splash on 'Em" which was filmed at the Afro Mermaid Summit and is featured in MerPeople. The Blixunami attended the 2023 premier of the film The Little Mermaid in London.
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