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'Drag Den PH' queens pay homage to Vice Ganda with 'may nag-text' challenge

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Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Prime Video" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/12/15/20221215-drag-den-ph_1.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Photo from Vice Ganda&#x27;s Instagram account and screenshot from Prime Video.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The queens of &quot;Drag Den Philippines&quot; paid homage to Vice Ganda with a challenge based on his iconic line in &quot;It&#x27;s Showtime&quot;.</p><p>In the show&#x27;s second episode that aired Wednesday, the queens were tasked to throw shade at their fellow competitors in the mini-challenge called &quot;may nag-text&quot;.</p><p>&quot;In honor of the iconic device of pang-ookray popularized by the legendary Vice Ganda, at dahil diyan, may nag-text,&quot; Sassa Gurl said.</p><p>&quot;May nag-text. Oh my God, I haven’t heard that in so long,&quot; contestant NAIA added.</p><p>Vice Ganda&#x27;s “may nag-text” jokes in “It’s Showtime” were an added entertainment value to the 13-year-old Kapamilya noontime program.</p><p>The host would later star in various films while also becoming a queer icon.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/12/15/22/vice-ganda-on-unkabogable-brand-saying-no-to-drama">Staying power: How Vice Ganda protects his &#x27;Unkabogable&#x27; brand and why he&#x27;s saying no to drama projects</a></li></ul><p>After the &quot;Drag Den Philippines&quot; queens loosened up, they proceeded to the main challenge, with Maria Cristina winning the round. </p><p>She 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>

The queens of 'Drag Den Philippines' paid homage to Vice Ganda with a challenge based on his iconic line in 'It's Showtime'.

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'Drag Den PH' queens pay homage to Vice Ganda with 'may nag-text' challenge

Josiah Antonio,

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Published Dec 16, 2022 03:02 AM PHT

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