Spankie Jackzon is the stage name of Blair Macbeth (born 4 November 1984), a New Zealand

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performer. She is best known for winning the second season of ''

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'' in 2022. Previously, in 2020, she also won the second season of the New Zealand television series ''

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''.

Career

Jackzon is based in

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. She started performing in drag as early as 2005, eventually moving to

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in the late 2010s to develop a career in the city's nightlight scene; at one point in her career, she hosted eight different club residences simultaneously in the city of Melbourne. In 2020, Jackzon joined the second season of the New Zealand television series ''

'' as an “intruder” contestant in the fourth episode. She eventually won the competition, beating Elektra Shock in the finale. In 2022, Jackzon was announced as one of ten queens to compete on the second season of '' RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under'', and after winning three main challenges, she would go on to win the season, with Hannah Conda and

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as runners-up. One of the hosts of ''House of Drag'', Kita Mean, who previously won the first season of ''Rupaul's Drag Race Down Under'', presented Jackzon with her

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and

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during the finale episode of the second season, marking the second time that Mean crowned Jackzon on television (''House of Drag'' and ''RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under'').

Filmography

Television

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jackzon, Spankie 1984 births Living people New Zealand drag queens RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under winners People from Palmerston, New Zealand People from Melbourne House of Drag contestants