Taiwan drag queens bring glamour to presidential office celebrating RuPaul win

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Taiwanese drag queen Nymphia Wind celebrated last month&#39;s win on RuPaul&#39;s Drag Race by staging a riotous, emotional performance at Taiwan&#39;s presidential office on Wednesday (May 15) in front of President Tsai Ing-wen. Nymphia Wind, the first person from East Asia to win the RuPaul&#39;s Drag Race crown, lip-synched to three songs, including &quot;Marry the Night&quot; by Lady Gaga and Taiwanese diva Huang Fei&#39;s &quot;Chase, chase, chase&rdquo;, dressed in a resplendent yellow outfit inspired by a lotus flower. Nymphia was already a well-established artist on Taiwan&#39;s thriving drag scene, often wearing over-the-top outfits inspired by bananas, and has done shows at Taiwanese temples and photo shoots at wet markets dressed as the yellow-skinned fruit, her trademark fashion expression. &quot;This is probably the first presidential office in the world to host a drag show,&quot; Nymphia told Tsai after her performance, streamed live on the office&#39;s YouTube, and thanking her for ensuring same-sex marriage came to pass. <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/4/22/taiwan-president-congratulates-nymphia-wind-for-drag-race-victory-1345">Taiwan president congratulates Nymphia Wind for &#39;Drag Race&#39; victory</a> Tsai and her ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) have championed LGBTQ+ rights making the island a bastion of liberal values, and in 2019 Taiwan&nbsp;<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/3/27/thai-parliament-passes-same-sex-marriage-bill-1553"></a><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/3/27/thai-parliament-passes-same-sex-marriage-bill-1553">legalized same-sex marriage</a>&nbsp;in a first for Asia. (Production: Angie Teo)

Nymphia was already a well-established artist on Taiwan&#39;s thriving drag scene, often wearing over-the-top outfits inspired by bananas, and has done shows at Taiwanese temples and photo shoots at wet markets dressed as the yellow-skinned fruit, her trademark fashion expression. &quot;This is probably the first presidential office in the world to host a drag show,&quot; Nymphia told Tsai after her performance, streamed live on the office&#39;s YouTube, and thanking her for ensuring same-sex marriage came to pass. <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/4/22/taiwan-president-congratulates-nymphia-wind-for-drag-race-victory-1345">Taiwan president congratulates Nymphia Wind for &#39;Drag Race&#39; victory</a> Tsai and her ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) have championed LGBTQ+ rights making the island a bastion of liberal values, and in 2019 Taiwan&nbsp;<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/3/27/thai-parliament-passes-same-sex-marriage-bill-1553"></a><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/3/27/thai-parliament-passes-same-sex-marriage-bill-1553">legalized same-sex marriage</a>&nbsp;in a first for Asia. (Production: Angie Teo)

Nymphia Wind, the first person from East Asia to win the RuPaul&#39;s Drag Race crown, lip-synched to three songs, including &quot;Marry the Night&quot; by Lady Gaga and Taiwanese diva Huang Fei&#39;s &quot;Chase, chase, chase&rdquo;, dressed in a resplendent yellow outfit inspired by a lotus flower.

Taiwanese drag queen Nymphia Wind celebrated last month&#39;s win on RuPaul&#39;s Drag Race by staging a riotous, emotional performance at Taiwan&#39;s presidential office on Wednesday (May 15) in front of President Tsai Ing-wen.

Taiwanese drag queen Nymphia Wind celebrated last month's win on RuPaul's Drag Race by staging a riotous, emotional performance at Taiwan's presidential office on Wednesday in front of President Tsai Ing-wen.

Taiwanese drag queen Nymphia Wind celebrated last month's win on RuPaul's Drag Race by staging a riotous, emotional performance at Taiwan's presidential office on Wednesday in front of President Tsai Ing-wen.

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Taiwan drag queens bring glamour to presidential office celebrating RuPaul win

Taiwan drag queens bring glamour to presidential office celebrating RuPaul win