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Tongue Thai'd
''Tongue Thai'd with Pangina Heals'' is a talk show hosted by ''Drag Race Thailand'' co-host and '' RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs the World'' contestant Pangina Heals, produced by World of Wonder. The first season premiered on December 6, 2022, through WOW Presents Plus. A second season was renewed and premiered on December 4, 2023. Production The series' production company announced their late 2022 programming for their streaming service, WOW Presents Plus. Many new series were revealed in a trailer, including ''Sketchy Queens'', ''Bring Back My Girls'', ''Muff Busters'', and ''Tongue Thai'd''. A trailer was released and showcased Pangina Heals presenting the series with many contestants and winners from the ''Drag Race'' franchise eating Thai cuisine. The show is filmed in Los Angeles. Format The series format is related to the American interview show, ''Hot Ones ''Hot Ones'' is an American YouTube talk show, created by Christopher Schonberger and Sean Evans and produce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pangina Heals
Pan Pan Narkprasert ( th, ปันปัน นาคประเสริฐ; born July 22, 1988), known as Pangina Heals, is a Thai drag queen and judge on '' Drag Race Thailand'', who later went on to compete on '' RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs the World'' (2022). She has been described as one of the most popular drag performers in Asia, and is often called the RuPaul of Thailand. Narkprasert founded the Bangkok drag venue, House of Heals. Early life and education Narkprasert was born to a Thai father and a Taiwanese mother in Bangkok. He was a student at Shrewsbury International School and Harrow International School Bangkok. He was bullied by his peers and battled depression and bulimia. He later lived in Los Angeles for four years, where he studied fine arts at the University of California. After graduating, Narkprasert returned to spend a year navigating Bangkok’s art scene. He entered his first competition, a Lady Gaga lookalike competition, in 2010 and won a trip to New Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ongina
Ongina is the stage name of Ryan Ong Palao (born January 6, 1982), a Filipino-American drag performer and HIV activist who came to international attention on the first season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' and the fifth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars''. Since appearing on the show, he has been featured in a number of web series produced by World of Wonder, including ''Wait, What?'', ''Ring My Bell'', and ''Fashion Photo RuView''. He was one of the first reality TV stars to come out as HIV-positive. Early life Palao was born in the Philippines in 1982. He and his family relocated to Seattle, Washington in 1994. His original drag name, before Ongina, was Peck-Peck Galore. He started performing in drag in 2003 at an Asian restaurant called Lucky Cheng's, where he worked alongside then-unknown Laverne Cox. ''Drag Race'' and career Ongina was selected as one of nine contestants for the inaugural season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' and was officially announced on February 2, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020s American LGBT-related Reality Television Series
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blu Hydrangea
Blu Hydrangea is the stage name of Joshua Cargill (born 15 February 1996), a Northern Irish drag queen from Belfast who is known for competing on the first series of ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK'' (2019) and later winning the first season of '' RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs the World'' (2022). Career Blu Hydrangea was announced as part of the cast of ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK'' on 21 September 2019 and subsequently finishing in fifth place on the series, being eliminated in the "Thirsty Work" episode, losing the lip sync to fellow contestant Cheryl Hole. Outside of ''Drag Race'', Blu Hydrangea is a well-known make-up queen, part of a band called the Frock Destroyers (with Baga Chipz and Divina de Campo). They also host the BBC web series ''Strictly Frocked Up'', a weekly web series where they and another drag queen watch and review each episode of ''Strictly Come Dancing''. In January 2022, they were announced as one of the nine contestants on '' RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs the World''. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sasha Colby
Sasha Kekauoha (born July 26, 1985), known professionally as Sasha Colby, is an American drag performer and beauty pageant competitor. She is slated to compete on the upcoming fifteenth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. She is the "drag mother" of fourteenth season contestant Kerri Colby. Sasha is a trans woman. Early life Sasha Colby was born in Hawaii. Career Sasha Colby has been described as a "beauty queen", a "drag legend", and a "pageant legend". She won the Miss Continental competition in 2012. She walked the runway at the iHeartRadio Awards, wearing a look inspired by Jennifer Lopez alongside other drag queens. Chrissy Callahan of NBC News said her look "channeled" the song "Jenny from the Block" music video. Sasha Colby will compete on the upcoming fifteenth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. References External links Sasha Colbyat IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raja Gemini
Sutan Ibrahim Karim Amrullah ; (born June 14, 1974), often shortened to Sutan Amrull, is an American drag performer and make-up artist who also uses the stage name Raja Gemini or simply Raja. He is best known for winning the third season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' and remains the only Asian American to win the show. Amrullah later returned to compete on the seventh season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars'', an all-winners season. Outside of drag, Amrullah is also known for his makeup artistry on the reality television show ''America's Next Top Model'' (cycles four through twelve). Amrullah's clients include Tyra Banks, Dita von Teese, Pamela Anderson, Paulina Porizkova, Iman, Iggy Azalea, RuPaul, and Twiggy. Since 2009, Amrullah has been make-up artist to singer Adam Lambert for print media, live U.S. appearances, and Lambert's international 2010 Glam Nation Tour. Amrullah currently co-host the podcast ''Very That'', alongside Delta Work. Early life Amrullah was born in Bal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laganja Estranja
Jay Evan Jackson, known professionally as Laganja Estranja (born December 28, 1988) is an American choreographer and drag queen based in Los Angeles. Laganja competed on the sixth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'', finishing in eighth place. She came out as transgender in 2021. Early life Jackson was born to Nancy Lynn Ferrin Jackson and David Michael Jackson, was raised in Dallas, Texas, and attended the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Both of her parents worked as high school guidance counselors for over 30 years. She obtained a BFA in dance from the California Institute of the Arts. Career Drag Laganja Estranja's drag debut was at Micky's West Hollywood on November 7, 2011. After winning the Amateur Competition, Laganja became an official "Showgirl" with a monthly gig at Micky's. Laganja went on to win "Queen of Queens" at 340 Nightclub in Pomona, CA and "Best Newcomer" in West Hollywood. In April 2013, Laganja Estranja auditioned for '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priyanka (drag Queen)
Mark Suknanan (born May 28, 1991) is a Canadian television personality and drag queen. Competing under his drag name, Priyanka, Suknanan won the first season of the reality competition series ''Canada's Drag Race'' in 2020. He was previously a host of the YTV children's series '' The Zone'' and the YTV reality competition series ''The Next Star'', where he went by Mark Suki. His first EP, '' Taste Test'', was released in 2021. Early life Suknanan was born on May 28, 1991, in Whitby, Ontario. He is of Indo-Guyanese descent. Suknanan is an alumnus of Niagara College's broadcasting program. Career Suknanan began his career as a host in children's television, most notably on YTV's '' The Zone'' and as the web host of the YTV reality competition series ''The Next Star''. Suknanan began performing as a drag queen in 2017, initially under the name Priyanka Love, in Toronto clubs. Her first competition in drag was for a local contest at the suggestion of fellow drag queen Xtacy Love, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Camden
Lady Camden is the stage name of Rex Wheeler, an English drag queen resident in the United States who competed on season 14 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'', placing as the runner-up and winning a cash prize of $50,000. Early life Wheeler was born in Camden Town, London, England to Brian Wheeler and Jeanne Pacella, who met at Brian's job at the Electric Ballroom. Wheeler attended the Acland Burghley School and the Royal Ballet School. Career Ballet career After dancing with the Slovak National Ballet, Wheeler danced with Sacramento Ballet from 2010-2015. He then danced and choreographed for Smuin Ballet, based in San Francisco, from 2015-2018. In 2019, he premiered ''Take Five'', a piece he choreographed for Smuin Ballet set to the music of Dave Brubeck David Warren Brubeck (; December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Often regarded as a foremost exponent of cool jazz, Brubeck's work is characterized by unusual time signatures and superim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaida Essence Hall
Jared Johnson (born December 9, 1986), best known by the stage name Jaida Essence Hall, is an American drag queen and reality television personality best known for winning the twelfth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'', and later returning to compete on the seventh season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars'', an all-winners season. Since her season aired in 2020, Hall has been a staple of several domestic and international tours that feature ''Drag Race'' contestants, including Werq the World, A Drag Queen Christmas, and Drive 'N Drag. In October 2020, Johnson was a featured performer in Rihanna's ''Savage X Fenty Fashion Show Vol. 2''. Early life Johnson was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is the third contestant from the city to compete on ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' and the second winner after Trixie Mattel (winner of All Stars Season 3). He cites Milwaukee's sense of community and diversity of drag as major influences, especially its country tongue. He performed for a period of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Chi (drag Queen)
Sang-Young Shin ( ko, 신상영; born August 8, 1987), known professionally as Kim Chi, is a Korean-American drag queen, artist, entrepreneur, and television personality best known for competing on the eighth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Kim Chi was the first Korean-American contestant on the show as well as the first Korean-American drag queen on American national television. She owns the beauty brand Kim Chi Chic Cosmetics. Early life Sang-Young Shin was born in the United States on August 8, 1987, and lived in South Korea as a child. His parents, who are divorced, also live in Chicago. He attended Okemos High School. As of 2017 his mother did not know he did drag until he reached fame on TV. Shin studied graphic design in college before working as an art director and exploring sculpture, fashion design, and painting. Career Shin started performing in drag as Kim Chi in Chicago in 2012. His drag name is a pun on "Kimchi", the Korean national dish and is also a valid Kor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimbo (drag Queen)
Jimbo is the stage name of James Insell, a Canadian designer and drag queen who is known for competing in the first season of ''Canada's Drag Race'' (2020)Mike Devlin"Victoria's Jimbo seeks drag-queen crown" ''Victoria Times-Colonist'', July 2, 2020. and later the first season of '' RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs the World'' (2022). Early life and education Originally from London, Ontario, Insell and his brother Jeff were both interested in creative pursuits from childhood, including early drag play.Mollie Kaye"James and his giant peach add sparkle to Victoria" ''Focus on Victoria'', September 6, 2019. Respecting his father's wishes that he pursue a career-oriented education, he studied biology at the University of Western Ontario; following graduation, however, he opted not to pursue employment in the field and instead moved to Victoria, British Columbia, where he began working as a costume and production designer. Career Insell has worked predominantly in local theatre, including pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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