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Pinay impresses judges in 'Canada's Drag Race' S4 premiere

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Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Kiki Coe. Screenshot from WOW Presents Plus." src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/entertainment/11/20/20231120-drag.jpg"/><figcaption>Kiki Coe. Screenshot from WOW Presents Plus.</figcaption></figure></div>Filipino drag queen Kiki Coe has impressed the judges of &quot;Canada&#x27;s Drag Race&quot; season 4 during its premiere episode aired Friday.During the first episode, Kiki Coe and fellow Filipino queen Melinda Verga were proud to show their Pinoy roots.&quot;Hello, mga tsismosa!&quot; Melinda Verga said in her entrance line.Chinese drag queen Aurora Matrix was glad to be surrounded by her fellow Asian queens. &quot;It feels so good seeing some other Asian queens in the &#x27;Werk Room&#x27; with me. We&#x27;re vibin&#x27; and we&#x27;re looking cute together,&quot; Aurora said.The judges were already judging their entrance looks and Brooke Lynn Hytes liked Denim&#x27;s look, while Brad Goreski chose Aimee Yonce Shennel and Traci Melchor&#x27;s pick was Venus.In the premiere episode, the queens were in for a ball episode serving a showgirl look and their best drag.The judges were impressed when Kiki Coe walked the runway in a Filipiniana.&quot;I wanna show the judges the elevated version of this traditional Filipiniana look. I&#x27;m giving you structure and I&#x27;m giving you royalty, honey,&quot; Kiki said.&quot;You just gave me drag. It&#x27;s just a feast to the eyes. That is not easy to move, when you have beading connecting your arms. You have a gigantic headdress on and you made it work,&quot; Goreski said during the critiques.&quot;From your &#x27;Werk Room&#x27; look to your shimmering showgirl, you are serving us drag excellence. The only note that I have is I want to see all of the &#x27;Kiki-ness&#x27; here (face),&quot; Melchor added.However, the judges felt that Melinda Verga&#x27;s performance fell flat during the premiere.&quot;For your entrance look, I love the idea of pride and celebrating that, I think that&#x27;s so important right now. But I didn&#x27;t feel like it told me much about who you are as a queen. What I like about you is that you have a very bright personality so let them have that ,&quot; Goreski said.&quot;It&#x27;s very pedestria. This is your first introduction to the world and I just needed a little bit more,&quot; Brooke added. Melinda shared her struggles after the judges&#x27; critiques with Kiki sharing how she resonated with her fellow Filipino queen&#x27;s struggle.&quot;As a Filipino, I know that you always have to work for your family and support them as much as you can. That is inspiring,&quot; Kiki added. Kiki was safe with Denim and Venus on the Top 2 and gave a lipsync battle to &quot;Feel It In My Bones&quot; by Tiesto feat. Tegan and Sara. Venus won the episode. Meanwhile, Brooke announced that it was a non-elimination episode making Melinda safe this week. This is the first time the Canadian franchise included two Filipina queens in its roster.Kyne was the first Filipina queen to join &quot;Canada&#x27;s Drag Race&quot; in season 1, followed by Stephanie Prince and Kimmy Couture in seasons 2 and 3, respectively.Kyne and Stephanie Prince ended their journey in 11th and 12th place, respectively, while Kimmy Couture made it to the Top 4.&quot;Drag Race Philippines&quot; was recently renewed for a third season along with the Thai and French franchise.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/10/17/23/drag-race-ph-thailand-france-renewed-for-season-3">&#x27;Drag Race&#x27; PH, Thailand, France renewed for season 3</a></li></ul>Precious Paula Nicole and Captivating Katkat are the titleholders of &quot;Drag Race Philippines,&quot; winning in 2022 and 2023, respectively.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/10/12/22/precious-paula-nicole-is-the-1st-drag-race-ph-winner">Precious Paula Nicole is the first &#x27;Drag Race Philippines&#x27; winner</a></li></ul>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.<div>RELATED VIDEO:</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>

Filipino drag queen Kiki Coe has impressed the judges of 'Canada's Drag Race' season 4 during its premiere episode aired Friday.

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Pinay impresses judges in 'Canada's Drag Race' S4 premiere

Josiah Antonio,

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Published Nov 20, 2023 07:00 PM PHT

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