Luke Fenn (born 10 October 2001), professionally known as Krystal Versace, is an

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best known for winning the

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of the

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''. Crowned at the age of 19, Krystal is the youngest ever ''Drag Race'' winner. She is from

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and has

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heritage via her maternal grandmother, being the first descendant of Cypriots to compete in the franchise.

Career

Krystal Versace started doing drag at the age of 13. In August 2021, she was announced as one of the twelve contestants to be competing on the

of ''

''. She won the first two main challenges, one of which including a top two lip sync against Victoria Scone to "

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" by

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. In the ninth episode, she landed on bottom two with Vanity Milan and had to lip sync to "

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" by

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, ultimately winning and moving on to the top three alongside Ella Vaday and Kitty Scott-Claus. As part of the last main challenge, they had to write, record, and perform their own verse to a remix of " Hey Sis, It's Christmas" by

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. After a lip sync for the crown to

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's cover of "

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", Krystal Versace was declared victorious, becoming not only the franchise's youngest finalist, but also the youngest ever winner.

Personal life

Fenn uses ''she/her'' pronouns while in drag and ''he/him'' pronouns out of drag. Fenn is

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''.'' He attended

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Discography

As lead artist

As featured artist

Filmography

Television

Web series

Music videos

References

External links

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