Nick Hall (formerly Kennedy-Hall), better known by the

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Anita Wigl'it, is a British-New Zealand based

drag performer Drag is a performance of exaggerated femininity, masculinity, or other forms of gender expression, usually for entertainment purposes. Drag usually involves cross-dressing. A drag queen is someone (usually male) who performs femininely and a drag ...

best known for hosting '' House of Drag'' from 2018 to 2020, and competing on the first season of ''

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'' in 2021. She competed in '' Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World'' in 2022.

Early life

Kennedy-Hall was born in

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and moved to

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at age 10. He completed a Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Music (Honours) in music performance (with first class honours) at

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and a Masters of Music degree at the

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, before returning to New Zealand and joining the Royal New Zealand Navy Band as a trumpet player. His husband Shameel Kennedy, under the name Ivanna Drink, competed on the third season of ''Drag Race Down Under''. In August 2023, the couple announced that they had separated.

Career

In 2018, Anita and Kita Mean were both judges on the New Zealand drag show '' House of Drag'' from 2018 to 2020, where they became known as the duo "Kita and Anita". The duo are also partners in Caluzzi, a drag cabaret in downtown

. In March 2021, both Anita and Kita were announced as contestants to compete on the first season of ''

''. During the show, Anita won the

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in episode 2 for impersonating

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, and was eliminated in episode 4 after losing a lip sync to Karen from Finance. Unlike a regular season of the original U.S. ''RuPaul's Drag Race'', no Miss Congeniality was crowned by RuPaul in the series; however, a poll of the eliminated queens in post-show interviews with the entertainment website '' PopBuzz'' saw Anita Wigl'it named as their choice for Miss Congeniality. She currently co-hosts the ''Kita and Anita's Happy Hour'' podcast alongside Kita Mean. She was one of nine queens to compete in the first season of " Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World". Despite winning Snatch Game in her original season, she was in the bottom 2 for her Snatch Game impression of

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in episode 2. She was eliminated in episode 3 by

Silky Nutmeg Ganache Silky Nutmeg Ganache (born December 31, 1990) is an American drag queen, drag performer most known for competing on the RuPaul's Drag Race (season 11), eleventh season (2019) of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' and on the RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (se ...

Filmography

Television

* ''

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'' (2024)

Web series

Discography

Featured singles

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wigl'it, Anita Living people New Zealand drag queens Drag Race Down Under contestants University of Auckland alumni University of British Columbia School of Music alumni Year of birth missing (living people)