Kween Kong is the stage name of Thomas Charles Fonua, a Pasifika New Zealander drag performer most known for competing on the second season of ''

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'' as a runner-up. She is based in

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and won ''DragNationAUS''. Fonua is originally from

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with Samoan and Tongan descent. A 2014 recipient of the New Zealand Prime Minister's Pacific Youth Award for Arts and Creativity, Fonua joined the Australian Dance Theatre in 2014. Prior to this, he was a guest teacher at the

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Filmography

Television

Awards and nominations

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* Living people New Zealand drag queens Australian drag queens RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under contestants New Zealand people of Samoan descent New Zealand people of Tongan descent 1992 births {{NewZealand-entertainer-stub