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'Drag Den PH': Maria Cristina wins comedy challenge, gets advantage

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Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Screenshot from Prime Video." src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/12/15/20221215-drag-den-ph-2.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Screenshot from Prime Video.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Maria Cristina won the comedy challenge and took the advantage of next week&#x27;s challenge in the latest episode of &quot;Drag Den Philippines&quot; that aired Wednesday.</p><p>In the second episode, Sassa Gurl announced the rankings with Shewarma leading the pack followed by Lady Gagita and O-A in the second and third place, respectively.</p><p>Maria Cristina took the 4th spot followed by Aries Night and Pura Luka Vega. Barbie-Q and NAIA were called last with the latter at the bottom of the pack.</p><p>For their second challenge, the queens were paired up by Aries Night to do a political comedy skit. They also have to honor Pinoy music icons for their theme wear.</p><p>The following are the pairings for the comedy challenge:</p><ul>	<li>Aries Night and Shewarma</li>	<li>Maria Cristina and NAIA</li>	<li>Barbie-Q and Lady Gagita</li>	<li>O-A and Pura Luka Vega</li></ul><p>Lady Gagita and Maria Cristina were both praised for both their theme wear and comedy skit, but the latter stood out for her chemistry with NAIA.</p><p>&quot;MC and NAIA, they work great as a pair,&quot; Manila Luzon said during the deliberation with K Brosas and Nicole Cordoves.</p><p>Maria Cristina won the round and chose NAIA to compete in the &quot;dragdagulan&quot; to claim the advantage. The former also won the match-up and will be tasked to do the order of performances for next week&#x27;s challenge.</p><p>Hosted by Manila Luzon, &quot;Drag Den Philippines&quot; was launched last Dec. 8 on Prime Video.</p><p>The show was unveiled in July 2021 as the “first-ever drag reality show” in the country, and by August held its auditions for aspiring queens.</p><p>However, it was “Drag Race Philippines,” the local version of the wildly popular “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” that first aired with Precious Paula Nicole winning the crown.</p><p>Manila Luzon made their international breakthrough via “RuPaul’s Drag Race” in 2011. They then appeared in two “All Stars” editions of the show, in 2012 then in 2018.</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=1718168" 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>

Maria Cristina won the comedy challenge and took the advantage of next week's challenge in the latest episode of 'Drag Den Philippines' that aired Wednesday.

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'Drag Den PH': Maria Cristina wins comedy challenge, gets advantage

Josiah Antonio,

ABS-CBN News

Published December 16, 2022 04:06 AM PHT

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