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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Photo from Marina Summers&#x27; Instagram account." src="https://news-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com/api/upload-raw/20240408100436/0af708c1357234b3f2f0bbb1ca636df65e43e4895415cd7da49b197a2be174ca.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><figcaption>Photo from Marina Summers&#x27; Instagram account</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA — Filipina drag queen Marina Summers was still proud that she was able to banner Filipino drag excellence in her stint on &quot;RuPaul&#x27;s Drag Race: UK vs the World&quot; season 2.Speaking to ABS-CBN after the season concluded, Marina admitted how challenging it was to handle fans on social media while watching her loss unveil on television. Knowing how the season would turn out, the Filipina drag queen pushed herself more in producing quality content to showcase her performance on the competition. &quot;This time, I know the results. Last time, I didn&#x27;t know the results but still, my anticipation towards it is still the same. My investment towards my content, the things that I&#x27;m putting out leading up to the finale, is still the same. So, wala pa ring nagbago sa discipline. The amount of effort that I gave on &#x27;Drag Race PH&#x27; season 1, knowing that I was in the top two, or possibly could have been crowned,&quot; Marina told ABS-CBN News.&quot;This time around, if not the same, I think nag-double pa nga or nag-quadruple pa &#x27;yung effort that I put into my content and everything that I do after the show pero internally, I think now mas relaxed ako. Now, mas in a way, I have prepared myself for it,&quot; she added.<div>FINALE BOUND</div>Before the finale, Marina stumbled in the roast challenge, admitting that comedy was not her strongest suit.&quot;You kind of see where everything is leading eh. If you&#x27;re aware of what&#x27;s happening, if you have that self-awareness, you kind of see where things are heading to it. No, I&#x27;m not the funniest. No, I am not a comedy queen. But I can do comedy. I know how to be funny. I think I&#x27;m funny as well,&quot; the drag queen said. &quot;But not just as strong as the other girls. So, I kind of expected it. And it always happens. Before the finale, kapag-ka All-Star, talagang if you&#x27;re not in the top, you&#x27;re in the bottom. And it was very clear to me that I will never make it on top. So, I kind of prepared myself for that,&quot; she added.While nervous, her plea to Tia Kofi and Hannah Conda and strong track record helped her reach the finale.&quot;When I was pleading my case for my spot in the finale, I think I was really relaxed. I wasn&#x27;t really nervous. I wasn&#x27;t really thinking that I will be eliminated. Because I believe so much in Tia and Hannah&#x27;s values. I think they&#x27;ve displayed that throughout the season. I feel like they are the type of person na would give me some grace even though I just faltered for one episode and I&#x27;ve been constantly doing well in the competition,&quot; Marina said.&quot;I know it&#x27;s a competition. But, I know them very well. So, medyo hindi ako kinabahan that time. I just wanted to be honest. Ayokong magyabang. Ayokong gamitin &#x27;yung mga wins ko for me to be able to reach that top four &#x27;coz I know they already see that,&quot; she added.&quot;Tanggalin man nila ako or hindi, alam kong nakikita na nila &#x27;yun na ako &#x27;yung one of the biggest competitors at that moment. Pero also, for me, it&#x27;s also a moment for me to remind them what I came there for. I wanted to be as sincere and as truthful as possible with my emotions and my feelings at that moment. So, I think &#x27;yun din &#x27;yung naging driving force kung bakit niligtas nila akong dalawa.&quot;When it came down to the finale, Marina said she chose Hannah, hoping to give the judges a good show.&quot;I think umabot man ako ng Top 2 or hindi, I want that final lip-sync. I wanted to give a really, really, really, really great lip-sync. Hannah and I built a strong bond already. Number one, logistic-wise, ayokong maging disadvantage &#x27;yung height ko,&quot; the drag queen said.&quot;Nakita naman natin ang lalaki ng mga damit nina La Grande Dame at tsaka ni Tia so optics wise, I think being with Hannah will even our playing field together and also, kami rin &#x27;yung nagda-dance together. So, in a way, gusto ko lang din maging equal &#x27;yung playing field. And I had so much fun doing that lip-sync. I feel like that&#x27;s the best decision I could have ever made in that decision,&quot; she added.&quot;Kung &#x27;yun man &#x27;yung last time that I would lip-sync, I wanted to put on a great show. And I think Hannah and I did just that on that lip-sync with &#x27;I&#x27;m Outta Love&#x27; by Anastasia and Fish. And as you can see, talagang nag-enjoy kami roon sa lip-sync. And I think all the girls watching it and even the judges had so much fun watching it.&quot; After losing to Hannah, Marina admitted that she was heartbroken as she was close again to winning the crown but this time she came prepared.&quot;I kind of prepared myself. Sorry. You know, when you&#x27;re in a competition, like, I don&#x27;t mind losing, honestly. Like, I don&#x27;t care. Hindi naman sa walang pakialam pero like, natanggap ko na &#x27;yung isa sa mga pinaka-highest praise that I could ever get from RuPaul. Not once, but twice, di ba? Dalawang beses niya sinabi na I was born to do this, or born to do drag, you know?&quot; the Filipina contestant said.&quot;I&#x27;m not going to say that&#x27;s more than enough for me, but that&#x27;s what I wanted to hear. And I already heard it. So sa finale, nung hindi tinawag &#x27;yung pangalan ko, sabi ko, if I&#x27;m being honest, parang sabi ko sa sarili ko, heto na naman tayo. Hindi na naman tayo nanalo. I was so close to winning again,&quot; she added.Despite her loss, Marina was proud on what she has shown throughout the competition radiating a remarkable exit on the show.&quot;I was so close to the crown again. I was also, in a way, sad din na I wasn&#x27;t able to get to the top two. But also, it doesn&#x27;t change the fact that I am so proud of what I did throughout the show. And I think &#x27;yun &#x27;yung nag-reflect, &#x27;yung energy na &#x27;yun &#x27;yung nag-reflect sa akin when I was doing my exit. I didn&#x27;t feel defeated at all. I didn&#x27;t feel like I lost at all,&quot; she said.&quot;And I think &#x27;yun &#x27;yung energy na nag-radiate in me leaving the competition. And I think it was the best thing to do. Not just to do, but that it was the best thing to display at that moment. Yeah, I just wanted to have a good exit. And I was surprisingly at peace and I gave all I could give throughout this season. And with that energy talagang it produced one of the best exits in the entire franchise in herstory.&quot;<div>POST-SHOW SHENANIGANS</div>After the show, several fans expressed their disappointment over the loss of Marina on the show, with some attacking Tia and Hannah for their respective victories.Marina had experienced this before with &quot;Drag Race Philippines&quot; season 1 winner Precious Paula Nicole and defended the queens anew.&quot;I honestly don&#x27;t understand the hate that people are putting towards Hannah and Tia. I just don&#x27;t get it. We had a great time doing everything together and I just don&#x27;t feel okay. And it doesn&#x27;t feel right that they are putting this hate towards these girls who just showed up and did what they needed to do and make a great show,&quot; the drag queen said.&quot;And they did. It just doesn&#x27;t feel right to me na mayroong mga taong who would go out of their way just to say nasty things, even racist things, which is not acceptable at all. I do not tolerate any of it. It was just a weird, weird energy after that finale so I wanted to step out for a bit. I have to speak up. Hindi talaga siya tama,&quot; she said.For Marina, it&#x27;s not okay to pit queens against each other.&quot;First of all, maling-mali na kagalitan &#x27;yung mga girls for just showing up and doing their job and excelling at it. Number two, maling-mali i-discredit &#x27;yung achievements or &#x27;yung feats na nagawa ng sisters ko. Number three, hindi tama na gamitin ako or any girls in the cast to be used as a weapon to spread hate,&quot; the Filipina contestant said.&quot;Hindi siya tama and it doesn&#x27;t feel good to anyone. You are just pitting drag queens to each other which should not be the case at all. I hope this fandom, I hope everyone should be more wary of what they say online because it affects our lives, it affects our relationship,&quot; she added.Marina stressed that bashers are robbing them of celebrating the art of drag.&quot;Hopefully not naman sa amin. It just sends a very, very weird energy to everyone. Ang daming nagsasabi na Marina was robbed, she should have won, Marina was robbed. If anyone is robbed, it is the entire cast because we were robbed off of what could have been a celebratory night, moment, entire week and now we are just reminding everyone to not send hate which is very sad to see,&quot; she added.<div>REPRESENTATION, CHECK!</div>Now lined up as one of the iconic Filipina runners-up on foreign television shows like &quot;American Idol&quot; alumna Jessica Sanchez, &quot;Asia&#x27;s Next Top Model&quot; contestant Jodilly Pendre, among others, Marina is proud to see queer art on the limelight.&quot;Honestly, with or without the crown, I am happy that I was able to garner the support from a lot of people around the world. Ang sarap sa feeling na nililinya ako sa mga iconic first runner-ups or runners-ups, even in &#x27;Drag Race Philippines,&#x27; it feels great that people are recognizing Pinoy queer excellence alongside itong mga talagang tinitingalang mga Pinoy, diba,&quot; Marina said.&quot;And to be a queer person alongside that, it means na they see us on the same level. And that is the biggest achievement, gaining the world&#x27;s attention by just competing. So for me, ang sarap sa feeling na I was able to, in a way, ignite that Filipino pride, that pride with drag, that energy to everyone,&quot; she added.For Marina, representing the country doesn&#x27;t stop as people need to see more of what LGBT artists can offer.&quot;Honestly, it&#x27;s a never-ending goal for me to do that. I don&#x27;t think I have already achieved it, but I think I am on the way. I was able to do things to make that happen. It&#x27;s a long way to go. &#x27;Yung ginagawa ko, maliit na porsyento pa lang &#x27;to ng kinakailangang gawin ng lahat para maipakita &#x27;yung Pinoy queer excellence, magbigay ng light towards untapped stories, untapped discussions, and untapped issues na kinakailangang ma-discuss within the community. I am happy to somehow take part on that,&quot; the drag queen said.&quot;Hindi siya matatapos sa &#x27;Drag Race.&#x27; Even before, even after &#x27;Drag Race Philippines&#x27; and before &#x27;UK vs the World,&#x27; ganoon na rin talaga &#x27;yung ginagawa. It&#x27;s not just a vision that I imply when I am in a competition. It&#x27;s a vision that I imply in everything that I do. Ganoon pa rin, walang magbabago,&quot; she added.For now, Marina is busy with her international tour showing Filipino drag excellence across the globe.&quot;Right now, I am focusing mainly on my international tours because I really want to share the Marina Summers experience throughout the world. I will be coming back to the Philippines in April and I will be doing a series of homecoming shows. I might do some appearances on TV,&quot; Marina said.&quot;Then I will be back on the road on tour with &#x27;UK vs. The World&#x27; 2 cast with Voss Events in the UK starting April 25 to May 5. Then right after that, I am doing my solo tour, &#x27;Marina Summers Live&#x27; in different parts of the UK starting on May 17 or 16. All the details will be on my social media accounts,&quot; she added.&quot;We are going to be releasing more music soon and more collaborations with different artists. That&#x27;s something that we should watch out. I will also be gracing a few magazines very, very soon. That&#x27;s going to be out very, very soon. I&#x27;m really, really excited na finally, now, talagang front and center ang Filipino drag and everyone wants a bit of it. That&#x27;s always been the goal. We will keep the children fed.&quot;Marina expressed her gratitude to her team and the Filipino fans stressing how a village took her to the stardom that she is now experiencing.&quot;I want to thank everyone who has been part of this journey, especially Camp Summers, to all the Filipino designers, to all the Filipino craftsmen, designers, creatives, production people, lahat ng tumulong pre-filming and post-filming, pre-airing and post-airing ng &#x27;UK vs. The World&#x27; 2 and even &#x27;Drag Race Philippines&#x27; 1. Lahat ng taong tumulong bumuo kay Marina, this wouldn&#x27;t be possible without the display of Filipino excellence. Hindi siya magiging possible kung wala itong mga taong ito,&quot; the drag queen said.&quot;I would also like to thank all the supporters, Filipinos, non-Filipinos, drag fans and non-drag fans na unti-unti nahuhumaling sa art of drag. Sana hindi matapos sa journey ko sa &#x27;UK vs. The World&#x27; 2 &#x27;yung support natin sa local drag and drag in general. Keep watching videos. Research more about drag. If kaya pa ng energy, research more about the community. Intindihin niyo kung ano &#x27;yung mga pinaglalaban natin,&quot; she added.She still looked back to her roots hoping for more support to the local drag scene and Filipino queer art.&quot;Support your local queens sa mga shows nila, social media. Hindi lang &#x27;yung girls that appeared on TV, but also the girls who are in the clubs. The queens na nagpe-perform to make ends meet. Suportahan natin sila kasi lahat kami riyan nanggaling. Also to all the fans, please keep supporting Filipino drag. Please keep supporting drag in general,&quot; she said.&quot;By supporting, I mean just spreading love and not hate. Let&#x27;s not foster hate. That is not what we want here. We want every single drag queen to feel better. That&#x27;s what they are trying to do. Every single drag queen wants to make the world a better place, a lighter place, a happy place. I hope we don&#x27;t strip that away from them. I think it&#x27;s a collaborative effort to be able to achieve that.&quot;

Filipina drag queen Marina Summers was still proud that she was able to banner Filipino drag excellence in her stint on "RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs the World" season 2.

Filipina drag queen Marina Summers was still proud that she was able to banner Filipino drag excellence in her stint on "RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs the World" season 2.

Marina Summers proud to banner PH talent in 'Drag Race: UK vs the World'

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Marina Summers proud to banner PH talent in 'Drag Race: UK vs the World'

Josiah Eleazar Antonio,

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Published April 08, 2024 05:18 PM PHT

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Updated April 08, 2024 05:37 PM PHT

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