Sum Ting Wong is the stage name of Bo Zeng, a

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from

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. She is best known for her appearance on the first series of ''

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Early life

Bo Zeng was born in Birmingham to Vietnamese immigrant parents of Chinese descent.

Career

Sum Ting Wong's name comes from an incident in 2013, when

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aired stereotypical Chinese-sounding

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pilots including "Sum Ting Wong" (something wrong), "Wi Tu Lo" (we retoo low) and "Ho Lee Fuk" (holy fuck). Wong has said she chose to reappropriate the name for herself to reflect her British Vietnamese heritage. She competed on the first series of ''

''. Outside of ''Drag Race'', she is a

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streamer and musician.

Filmography

Television

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* Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century English LGBT people British people of Chinese descent British people of Vietnamese descent English drag queens English people of Vietnamese descent Gay entertainers People from Birmingham, West Midlands RuPaul's Drag Race UK contestants {{LGBT-bio-stub Twitch (service) streamers Musicians from Birmingham, West Midlands