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Landon Cider (born Kristine Bellaluna) is an American
drag king Drag kings have historically been mostly female performance artists who dress in masculine drag and personify male gender stereotypes as part of an individual or group routine. As documented in the 2003 ''Journal of Homosexuality,'' in more r ...
, actor and host. He won
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of ''
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'' and was crowned the "World's Next Drag Supermonster".


Early life and background

Kristine Bellaluna was born and raised in
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, and performs under the name Landon Cider. Bellaluna began her career as a theatre actor in
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. She took a hiatus from theatre following the death of her mother, and later became interested in drag after attending drag shows at the Starlette Revue. In an interview with ''
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'', Cider cited male impersonator
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, Australian drag king Sexy Galexy and lesbian icon
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as inspirations.


Career

Landon Cider began his career performing in the
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drag circuit, where he became one of the more well known drag kings. He performs Drag King Explosion at Hamburger Mary's. He is the master of ceremonies for the annual Los Angeles event series ''Bent'', which celebrates drag and queer identities. Cider was the main focus of Nicole Miyahara's 2013 documentary ''The Making of a King''. Cider began working with World of Wonder in 2016 and appeared on James St. James' ''Transformations''. He later hosted the first King Panel at DragCon. Cider wrote an
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for ''The Advocate'', criticizing
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's position that females performing drag does not have the irony that males performing drag does. In 2019, Cider joined the cast of
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of ''
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'', becoming the first drag king to appear on an American drag competition show. He won the season and was crowned the "World's Next Drag Supermonster" by the Boulet Brothers. Cider was also a judge on
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's "Drag Queen of the Year Pageant" that year. He was listed on
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's "11 Drag Kings You Should Definitely Know About". In February 2020, Cider hosted Pride Union's 18th Annual Drag Show Finals with
Manila Luzon Karl Philip Michael Westerberg (born August 10, 1981), known professionally as Manila Luzon, is a Filipino-American drag queen, reality television personality, recording artist, and comedian. Luzon came to international attention as a contestant ...
. Landon Cider hosts ''Socially Distant'', a digital drag livestream. The show aired on April 2, 2020, and featured drag artists such as Hugo Grrrl and Charli Deville. He was featured on the
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reality television show ''
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''. Cider appeared in the 2020 book ''Rainbow Revolutions'' by Magnus Hastings. In September 2022, it was announced that Cider would be starring in the
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original variety special '' Huluween Dragstravaganza'', which aired on October 1, 2022. Cider appears as a regular judge in the second season of the Canadian drag competition series ''
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''. Cider was then announced as a rotating judge for the fifth season of ''Dragula''''.''


Personal life

Bellaluna is a survivor of
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. She is a lesbian, and has a wife named Gabi.


Filmography


Film


Television


Web series


References


External links

* {{The Boulet Brothers' Dragula LGBTQ people from California American drag kings Year of birth missing (living people) Living people The Boulet Brothers' Dragula winners American lesbian actresses Drag performers from Los Angeles Actresses from Los Angeles 21st-century American LGBTQ people 21st-century American women artists The Boulet Brothers' Dragula contestants People from Long Beach, California