Kween Kong is Australian drag royalty — and might soon reign globally, too. She talks Global All Stars, her drag beginnings and much more.
Welcome to Chit Chat, where we ask celebs a bunch of silly questions for fun, and a handful of prying ones.Kween Kong is Australian drag royalty — and might soon reign globally, too. She's currently a finalist on the inaugural season of RuPaul's Drag Race : Global All Stars , where 12 queens from 12 versions of the drag reality show compete for a crown.
How does it feel to represent not just Down Under drag on Global All Stars, but also your Samoan and Tongan culture?I'm a storyteller. Everything that I do in terms of my craft — costumes, inspiration, performance styles — is all derivative from my culture. I represent lots of other brown girls and island girls who approach drag from a different lens.Photo shows Hannah Conda wears a blue dress with cape-like sleeves, staring into the camera with a determined look, pout and hand on hip.
People haven't necessarily connected with our franchise and our style of drag but I feel like, after Global, they won't be able to deny us.that your grandmother taught you 'everything' in terms of performance. I take it this doesn't refer to your dips or splits, so what do you take from her?I'm a dancer but I didn't start with conventional Western forms.
Our beautiful friends came to support our first gig, which was supposed to go for an hour . It went on for three-and-a-half and we were right at the end, so none of them could leave.
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