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Farida Kant
Farida Kant is the stage name of Riccardo Occhilupo, an Italian drag performer who competed on season 1 of ''Drag Race Italia''. Career Farida Kant is a drag performer who competed on season 1 of ''Drag Race Italia''. She was a runner-up. Farida Kant is the "drag sister" of Nehellenia. Filmography * ''Drag Race Italia'' (season 1) References External links Riccardo Occhilupoat IMDb IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biograp ... Living people Drag Race Italia contestants Italian drag queens Year of birth missing (living people) {{Italy-entertainer-stub ...
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Drag Queen
A drag queen is a person, usually male, who uses Drag (entertainment), drag clothing and makeup to imitate and often exaggerate Femininity, female gender signifiers and gender roles for entertainment purposes. Historically, drag queens have usually been gay men, and have been a part of gay culture. People Drag (clothing), do drag for reasons ranging from self-expression to mainstream performance. Drag shows frequently include lip sync, lip-syncing, live singing, and dancing. They typically occur at gay pride parades, LGBTQ pride parades, drag pageants, cabarets, carnivals, and discotheque, nightclubs. Drag queens vary by type, culture, and dedication, from professionals who star in films and spend a lot of their time in their drag personas, to people who do drag only occasionally. Women who dress as men and entertain by imitating them are called drag kings. Those who do occasional drag may be from other backgrounds than the LGBT community. There is a long history of Drag (c ...
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Drag Race Italia
''Drag Race Italia'' is an Italian reality competition television series based on the original American series ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' and part of the ''Drag Race'' franchise. The series is produced by World of Wonder for Discovery+ in Italy, and subsequently free-to-air on Real Time (season 1–2) and, beginning with the third season, Paramount+. The show is also available worldwide on WOW Presents Plus. ''Drag Race Italia'' is the eighth international adaptation of the American reality competition series ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. ''Drag Race Italia'' debuted on 19 November 2021 on Discovery+. Episodes premiere on a weekly basis every Thursday, and later aired on Real Time on primetime. Starting with the third season, the series premiere on streaming platform Paramount+, and later on MTV on primetime. Elecktra Bionic, won the first season, with Farida Kant and Le Riche as runners-up, while Luquisha Lubamba was named Miss Congeniality. In March 2022, the series was renewed ...
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Drag (entertainment)
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 king is someone (usually female) who performs masculinely. Performances often involve comedy, social satire, and at times political commentary. The term may be used as a noun as in the expression ''in drag'' or as an adjective as in ''drag show''. __TOC__ Etymology The origin of the term ''drag'' is uncertain; it may date as far back as the Elizabethan era in England, where it was used to describe male actors playing female roles in theaters where cross-dressing was the norm. The first recorded use of ''drag'' in reference to actors dressed in women's clothing is from 1870. One suggested etymological root is 19th-century theater slang, from the sensation of long skirts trailing on the floor. Another possible origin is the Yiddish term ...
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Drag Race Italia (season 1)
The first season of ''Drag Race Italia'' premiered on November 18, 2021. The cast was announced on October 28, 2021. The winner of the first season of ''Drag Race Italia'' was Elecktra Bionic, becoming the first ever winner in the ''Drag Race'' franchise without any maxi-challenge wins, and the first contestant to never lip sync or win a maxi-challenge in the same season, with Farida Kant and Le Riche as runners-up. Casting occurred in early 2021 with production starting in summer 2021. On June 30, 2021, it was announced that the judges panel will include Italian drag performer Priscilla, actress Chiara Francini and television personality Tommaso Zorzi. The season consisted of six episodes. Contestants ''Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.'' Contestant progress Lip syncs Legend: Guest judges Listed in chronological order: *Cristina D'Avena, singer and actress *Fabio Mollo, film director *, actor *Vladimir Luxuria, activist, television person ...
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Entertainment Weekly
''Entertainment Weekly'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''EW'') is an American online magazine, digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular culture. The print magazine debuted on February 16, 1990, in New York City, and ceased publication in 2022. Different from celebrity-focused publications such as ''Us Weekly'', ''People (magazine), People'' (a sister magazine to ''EW''), and ''In Touch Weekly'', ''EW'' primarily concentrates on entertainment media news and critical reviews; unlike ''Variety (magazine), Variety'' and ''The Hollywood Reporter'', which were primarily established as trade magazines aimed at industry insiders, ''EW'' targets a more general audience. History Formed as a sister magazine to ''People'', the first issue of ''Entertainment Weekly'' was published on February 16, 1990. Created by Jeff Jarvis and founded by Michael Klingensmith, who serve ...
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Nehellenia (drag Queen)
Nehellenia is the stage name of Emanuele Aruta, an Italian drag performer who competed on season 2 of ''Drag Race Italia'' and on ''RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars''. Career Aruta is a drag performer, make-up artist, and hairdresser who competed as Nehellenia on season 2 of ''Drag Race Italia''. She won the makeover challenge and placed in the top of the Rusical (musical theatre) challenge. She impersonated Elenoire Ferruzzi for the Snatch Game challenge. Nehellenia was the runner-up of the season, never placed in the bottom, and was named Miss Congeniality. Personal life Aruta is from Fiumicino. Nehellenia is the "drag sister" of ''Drag Race Italia'' season 1 runner-up Farida Kant. Nehellenia started on March 24, 2012, initially learning makeup techniques from online tutorials. Her first drag name was 'Aurora Toxica', before eventually adopting the name Nehellenia, inspired by Queen Nehellenia from ''Sailor Moon is a Japanese manga series written and ill ...
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IMDb
IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. Since 1998, it has been owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. , IMDb was the 51st most visited website on the Internet, as ranked by Semrush. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes), million person records, and 83 million registered users. Features User profile pages show a user's registration date and, optionally, their personal ratings of titles. Since 2015, "badges" can be added showing a count of contributions. These badges rang ...
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Drag Race Italia Contestants
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Italian Drag Queens
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