‘Drag Race’ Winner Nymphia Wind on Finale Lip Sync, Boba
by Vulture
Vulture— “If I could, I would not talk, but it’s TV. You’ve got to show the best side of you.”
Entertainment Weekly—'Drag Race' winner Nymphia Wind wants Asian kids to see hope in her victory. In her exclusive first interview after winning 'RuPaul's Drag Race,' Nymphia Wind tells EW she wants Asian people to see hope in her victory, and explains the full significance of her epic boba tea lip-sync on the finale.
The Guardian—Joy in Taiwan – and praise from the president – as Nymphia Wind wins RuPaul’s Drag Race. Drag star celebrated with massive support at home after taking top prize in the long-running US reality showA drag queen has sparked national celebration as the “pride of Taiwan” and won praise and congratulations from the island’s president after winning RuPaul’s Drag Race at the weekend.On Saturday, the long-running, Emmy award-winning US reality show, in which drag queens compete in challenges including lip-sync performances, revealed the winner of its 16th season as Nymphia Wind, the drag...
Los Angeles Times—On global stage, 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Taiwanese winner says the word China hates. To hundreds of thousands of fans around the world who watched this season's finale of the hit reality show "RuPaul's Drag Race," the final plea for victory from one of the contestants wasn't especially memorable. "It would mean a lot to be the first East Asian queen to win the crown and to be able to represent my country," said the Taiwanese drag queen known as Nymphia Wind, who minutes later got her wish. It was a single word in that sentence — "country" — that became a source of delight in...