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Pinay drag queen Anetra wins talent show of 'RuPaul's Drag Race' season 15

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Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Pinay drag queen Anetra during the talent show of " Drag="" season="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/01/08/anetra.jpg"/><figcaption>Pinay drag queen Anetra during the talent show of &#x27;RuPaul&#x27;s Drag Race&#x27; season 15. <em>Screenshot</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Pinay drag queen Anetra won the talent show of the 15th season of &quot;RuPaul&#x27;s Drag Race&quot; in its double premiere episode that aired Saturday.</p><p>While fellow competitors Jax and Marcia Marcia Marcia got positive critiques, Anetra impressed the judges with her taekwondo stunts and her ballroom moves. </p><p>&quot;You know, it was enough, the dancing and the taekwondo. I would have been impressed with that. And then, she changed the whole motherducking game,&quot; rotating judge Ross Matthews said. </p><p>&quot;I want to come to her show, you know? I think if I saw that at a club or somewhere, I would pass out,&quot; guest judge Ariana Grande added.</p><p>&quot;I’m [going to] say it, Anetra has quacked the code,&quot; RuPaul ended.</p><p>Anetra won the episode, getting a $5,000 cash prize. Fellow Filipina drag queen Aura Mayari was meanwhile safe and will also move on to next week&#x27;s episode. </p><p>Loosey LaDuca got negative critiques while Irene Dubois and Amethyst landed in the bottom. The two battled it out to the tune of &quot;7 rings&quot; by Grande, with Amethyst winning the lipsync performance.</p><p>The Emmy Award-winning show has featured the talents of Filipino drag queens like Ongina (Season 1 and All Stars 5), Manila Luzon (Season 3 and All Stars 1 and 4), Phi Phi O’Hara (Season 4 and All Stars 2), Jiggly Caliente (Season 4 and All Stars 6), Vivienne Pinay (Season 5), and Rock M. Sakura (Season 12) in its US edition. </p><p>Other franchises have also featured Filipino drag queens like Jaja and Mocha Diva, who competed in the first and second season of &quot;Drag Race Thailand,&quot; respectively.</p><p>In the Philippines, Precious Paula Nicole became the first winner of the country&#x27;s franchise debut.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2177170" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Pinay drag queen Anetra won the talent show of 'RuPaul's Drag Race' season 15 in the double premiere episode which aired Saturday.

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Pinay drag queen Anetra wins talent show of 'RuPaul's Drag Race' season 15

Josiah Antonio,

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Published January 08, 2023 12:54 PM PHT

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