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USA's Alyssa Edwards wins 'RuPaul's Drag Race: Global All Stars'

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Josiah Eleazar Antonio

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<div><img src="https://news-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com/api/upload-raw/20241025141024/b06dc637aca7bf5baa18f1d159eb01f6ff7fe5f1a6737e0de6d8802323fe8b3e.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dii" alt="Alyssa Edwards. Photo from &#x27;RuPaul&#x27;s Drag Race&#x27; Instagram account" style="width:960px"/><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Alyssa Edwards. Photo from &#x27;RuPaul&#x27;s Drag Race&#x27; Instagram account </div>American drag queen Alyssa Edwards was declared as the winner of &quot;RuPaul&#x27;s Drag Race: Global All Stars&quot; on Friday.After 12 episodes, Edwards bested 11 other queens from all over the world, including the Philippines&#x27; bet Eva Le Queen, who ended her journey in 10th place.<div><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uJMEXbMY0OI?&amp;t=1830s&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe> </div>During the finale, the four remaining queens were tasked to write their verses for the new song &quot;Dance Like The World Is Watching&quot; along with a dance-along choreography.During the judges critiques, RuPaul praised Alyssa and stressed how she was the best person to represent USA.&quot;Who better to represent the United States of America? A Texas girl. Oh, you didn&#x27;t miss a beat this time,&quot; the host said.Before the crowning, Alyssa, along with Nehellenia of Italy, Kween Kong of the Down Under franchise, and Kitty Scott Klaus of UK, were asked why drag is important.To which Alyssa responded: &quot;From Mesquite, Texas, there was nobody like me on television. I had a father that put Superman in front of me and that was not my superhero.&quot;&quot;There will be another Justin that will be at home in some small town somewhere with the same father and upbringing that will watch this and go, because this person is brave and courageous, maybe I can be as well,&quot; she added.The four queens went on to perform a lipsync to &quot;Bad Romance&quot; by Lady Gaga.Alyssa won the title along with USD200,000, a year&#x27;s supply of cosmetics, and a crown and scepter.&quot;This has been a long time coming,&quot; she said at the end of the episode.Alyssa competed in the fifth season of the hit Emmy-winning US reality competition &quot;RuPaul&#x27;s Drag Race&quot; and the second season of its All Stars US franchise.She is the third queen from her season to win an All Stars season after Alaska in All Stars Season 2 and Jinkx Monsoon in All Stars Season 7.In the Philippines, Precious Paula Nicole, Captivating Katkat, and Maxie are the titleholders of &quot;Drag Race Philippines,&quot; winning in 2022, 2023, and 2024 respectively.The Emmy Award-winning original series has featured the talents of Filipino drag queens in the US and several overseas editions through the years.

American drag queen Alyssa Edwards was declared as the winner of "RuPaul's Drag Race: Global All Stars" on Friday.

American drag queen Alyssa Edwards was declared as the winner of "RuPaul's Drag Race: Global All Stars" on Friday.