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Marina Summers earns 2nd win in Drag Race

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Peter Andrew Acierto

<div><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Filipino Drag Queen Marina Summers proudly waved the Philippine flag as she earned her second win in the latest episode of <em>RuPaul’s Drag Race: UK vs the World</em>. The <em>Drag Race Philippines</em> alum is the only contestant in the competition who has won twice during the season. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Marina is seen by many to win the highly coveted crown. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2024/2/10/look-marina-summers-sings-own-version-of-amakabogera-1516"></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2024/2/10/look-marina-summers-sings-own-version-of-amakabogera-1516"><strong>READ: </strong></a></span><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2024/2/10/look-marina-summers-sings-own-version-of-amakabogera-1516"><strong>LOOK: Marina Summers sings own version of ‘Amakabogera’</strong></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">During the fifth episode of the show which aired in the wee hours of Saturday, Philippine time, the remaining contestants of the UK franchise were tasked to craft their own verses and choreography for the most challenging Rusical yet, Seven! Confessions of a Drag Queen. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Filipina Drag Queen was confident with her songwriting skills and dance prowess but admitted that doing it live is a little bit difficult for her. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Despite this, Marina impressed the judges with her powerful verse that’s deeply rooted in her nationality as a Filipino. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2024/1/15/marina-summers-to-represent-philippines-in-drag-race-uk-vs-the-world-908"></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2024/1/15/marina-summers-to-represent-philippines-in-drag-race-uk-vs-the-world-908"><strong>READ: Marina Summers to represent Philippines in ‘Drag Race: UK vs the World’</strong></a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“I&#x27;m a Filipina diva with a confession. I&#x27;m a little Asian from a faraway nation. Never heard about it now Marina &#x27;bout to make it right like it&#x27;s summertime. I can be a lot of danger pull up an invasion. Ready to take over, Filipina domination,” she sang. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Manila to the world, drop it hot like it&#x27;s made of ice, like a sticky rice,” her verse ended. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">RuPaul was charmed with Marina’s verse and complimented her which surprised the Filipina drag queen. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Marina Summers, you were born to be on stage. You were born to do drag,” <span id="isPasted" style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);white-space:pre-wrap;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto"> RuPaul said.</span> “You have represented not only the Philippines, but drag in such a way that it makes us all proud for you.”</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Meanwhile, the young and talented drag queen took to her X (formerly Twitter) account to express her emotions after the fifth episode. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“WORLD! We got the stamp of approval from mother RuPaul herself! 👏🏽😭 Im crying at 6am in the morning! This was such a meaningful moment for this little diva. Manila to The WORLD! Here we farkinggg go,” she said. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The sixth and final episode of the show is set to air on March 16 (Manila time).</span></div>

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Marina Summers earns 2nd win in Drag Race: UK vs the World season 2

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Published Mar 10, 2024 08:51 PM PHT

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