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RuPaul gave the rare "you were born to do drag" speech and made Marina emotional during the critiques.

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Marina Summers

Josiah Eleazar Antonio

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<div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:550px;height:722px;display:block;flex-grow:1" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1766270945998799134&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fnews-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Anews-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2024-03-09T01%3A52%3A33.593386%3Afaa8850a-b718-4ec1-aa9a-be72db4a271a%26action%3Dcorrect&amp;sessionId=4a44bab1d78a437f7a107d0d7d0e2d230a209d09&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" data-tweet-id="1766270945998799134"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>MANILA — Filipina drag queen Marina Summers got her second win on &quot;RuPaul&#x27;s Drag Race: UK vs the World&quot; Season 2 after she slayed the &quot;Rusical&quot; challenge on the show.</p><p>In the fifth episode of the show aired Saturday (Manila time), the 7 remaining queens were tasked to craft their verses and do their choreography for &quot;Seven: Confessions of a Drag Queen&quot;.</p><p>&quot;I am confident with my dancing and singing skills but doing them live, that is a lot,&quot; Marina said.</p><p>Marina impressed the judges by showcasing her Filipina roots in the challenge with a verse that goes:</p><div><br/></div><p>&quot;I&#x27;m a Filipina diva with a confession</p><p>I&#x27;m a little Asian from a faraway nation</p><p>Never heard about it now Marina &#x27;bout to make it right like it&#x27;s summertime</p><p>I can be a lot of danger pull up an invasion</p><p>Ready to take over, Filipina domination</p><p>Manila to the world, drop it hot like it&#x27;s made of ice, like a sticky rice&quot;</p><div><br/></div><p>RuPaul gave the rare &quot;you were born to do drag&quot; speech and made Marina emotional during the critiques.</p><p>&quot;Marina Summers, you were born to be on stage. You were born to do drag. You have represented not only the Philippines, but drag in such a way that it makes us all proud for you,&quot; RuPaul said.</p><p>&quot;This is such a dream come true to me. And yeah, I hope I made (the) Philippines proud with that performance because we don&#x27;t get this opportunity a lot back in the Philippines to be seen on an international level... This is Filipino drag and I&#x27;m very, very proud to represent it internationally,&quot; Marina responded.</p><p>Marina was in the top with UK star Tia Kofi and had a lip sync battle to &quot;F*****g Wizardry&quot; by Self Esteem.</p><p>The Filipina star won the episode and chose UK queen Gothy Kendoll to end her journey in 7th place.</p><div><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Marina is the first drag queen from the Philippine franchise to compete in an international edition of the hit reality competition. She was runner-up to Precious Paula Nicole in &quot;Drag Race Philippines&quot; season 1 aired in 2022.</span><br style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"/><br style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"/><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">&quot;Drag Race Philippines&quot; was recently renewed for a third season along with the Thai and French franchise.</span><br style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"/><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/10/17/23/drag-race-ph-thailand-france-renewed-for-season-3" style="color:rgb(199, 29, 29);text-decoration:none;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal"></a></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/10/17/23/drag-race-ph-thailand-france-renewed-for-season-3" style="color:rgb(199, 29, 29);text-decoration:none;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal">READ: &#x27;Drag Race&#x27; PH, Thailand, France renewed for Season 3</a></div>

<p>RuPaul gave the rare "you were born to do drag" speech and made Marina emotional during the critiques.</p>

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Marina Summers gets 2nd win on 'Drag Race: UK vs the World' S2

Josiah Eleazar Antonio,

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Published March 09, 2024 11:21 AM PHT

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Updated March 09, 2024 11:39 AM PHT

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