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LOOK: 'Drag Race PH' queens channel Darna in mini challenge

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Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Photos from HBO Go. " src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/tvpatrol/08/17/20220817-drag-queen-darna.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Photos from HBO Go. </em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — &quot;Drag Na!&quot;</p><p>The queens of the debut season of &quot;Drag Race Philippines&quot; channeled Darna in their first mini challenge. </p><p>In their photo shoot, the queens shouted &quot;Drag Na&quot; and transformed from their entrance looks into the iconic superhero now portrayed by Jane de Leon. </p><p>They were lifted into the air to mimic the flying poses of Darna as photographed by BJ Pascual and directed by Paolo Ballesteros. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">&#x27;Drag Na!&#x27;: &#x27;Drag Race Philippines&#x27; season 1 queens channel Darna in their first mini challenge. In photos are <a href="https://twitter.com/turingofficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@turingofficial</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/eva_lequeen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@eva_lequeen</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/marinaxsummers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@marinaxsummers</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/minortiz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@minortiz</a> Photos from HBO Go. <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ABSCBNNews</a> <a href="https://t.co/HPLgdgE9vX">pic.twitter.com/HPLgdgE9vX</a></p>— Josiah Antonio (@josiahvantonio) <a href="https://twitter.com/josiahvantonio/status/1559861724916121600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 17, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Eva Le Queen and Minty Fresh impressed the judges with their poses but Xilohuette, Prince, and Lady Morgana seemed to miss the mark. </p><p>Marina Summers impressed the judges with her villain Black Darna look and fierce poses and won the challenge and P20,000.</p><p>Hosted by Ballesteros, the debut season also features Pascual, Jon Santos, and Rajo Laurel as rotating jury.</p><p>“Drag Race Philippines” is set to air starting August 17 at Wow Presents Plus, Discovery Plus, and HBO Go, while the “Untucked” episodes will air on Fridays starting August 19.</p><p>The Emmy Award-winning original series has featured the talents of Filipino drag queens in the US and several overseas in editions through the years.</p><p>Darna’s TV return came three years after de Leon was introduced as the lead actress in the ABS-CBN series, which hurdled production delays primarily due to the coronavirus pandemic.</p><p>Helmed by acclaimed filmmaker Chito S. Roño with Avel Sunpongco and Benedict Mique, “Mars Ravelo’s Darna” airs weeknights on TV5, A2Z, Kapamilya Channel, CineMo, Kapamilya Online Live, iWantTFC, and TFC.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/INGXMzzLWwk?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></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>

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LOOK: 'Drag Race PH' queens channel Darna in mini challenge

Josiah Antonio,

ABS-CBN News

Published August 17, 2022 08:37 PM PHT

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