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'Drag Race PH' S3 EP 3: Maxie wins girl group challenge; John Fedellaga's 'Die Beautiful' story

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Josiah Eleazar Antonio

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1724662402644Die Beautiful 08262024.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Screenshots from WOW Presents Plus."/><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">Screenshots from WOW Presents Plus. </div><div>NOTE: This article has mentions of rape.</div>MANILA — The third episode of &quot;Drag Race Philippines&quot; filled the screens with so much love and support from the queens.This week, the 11 remaining queens were tasked to split in two groups for the girl group challenge for the song &quot;Dapat Pakak.&quot;With Maxie sharing the spotlight to John Fedellaga&#x27;s revelation, the reality competition gave another heartwarming episode.<div>FEDELLAGA AS TRISHA</div>From being a shy and quiet girl, John showed a different side of her during maxi challenge which made host Paolo Ballesteros curious what happened backstage.&quot;I really feel like nung nag-usap kami ni Khianna, I was able to tell my story and doon nag-simula,&quot; John responded.This led to John revealed her story similar to the queer film &quot;Die Beautiful&quot; which starred Ballesteros. In the film, Trisha (Ballesteros) was revealed to have been raped by multiple men when she was still studying.&quot;I was 13 years old, I was transitioning po and I was raped po by 13 men. Kaya po &#x27;yung &#x27;Die Beautiful&#x27; isang beses ko po siyang pinanood kasi parang ganoong-ganoon po kasi &#x27;yung nangyari sa akin,&quot; John said.&quot;Binibilang ko na lang sila sa bawat hugot na ginagawa nila tsaka sa mga sinasabi nilang &#x27;tapos na ako, pare ikaw naman.&#x27; Nung sinabi ko &#x27;yun sa mga kaibigan ko within the community, pinagtatawanan nila ako kasi sabi nila gusto ko naman &#x27;yun, parang &#x27;bakla ka naman di ba gusto mo &#x27;yun.&#x27; Hindi ko naman gusto &#x27;yun eh,&quot; she added.&quot;Sinisisi ko &#x27;yung sarili ko kasi nagta-transition ka pa eh, hindi ba pa-girl ka eh.&quot;Ballesteros stressed how much they love John and said: &quot;We just want you to know na you are a strong person, hindi ka nag-iisa, iha, dahil nandito kami, your &#x27;Drag Race&#x27; family to protect you and support you.&quot;&quot;At kung walang naniniwala sa &#x27;yo before, we believe in what you can do and it&#x27;s very evident tonight,&quot; the host added.Kaladkaren also gave kind words to John: &quot;Nobody deserves that and I&#x27;m just so proud of what you have become.&quot;&quot;There is nothing funny. There is nothing fun about being raped. Whoever, out there thinks that you wanted it, could rot in f*****g hell,&quot; Jiggly Caliente added.<div>MAXIE SHARES THE STAGE </div>Coming in the challenge, Maxie wanted to show her strengths on the maxi challenge.&quot;Isang magandang platform &#x27;to para ma-promote ko &#x27;yung sarili ko as a singer and as a drag queen. Ito na &#x27;yung branding na gusto kong makita ng tao,&quot; she said.But she also ensured that her teammates are on the same path as her to build their chemistry.&quot;Confident naman ako sa mga ginagawa nila pero alam mo &#x27;yun, may mga tao lang na kailangan lang ng kaunting corrections para pantay-pantay at okay naman sila roon,&quot; she said.The judges praised her for her star power and leadership skills, making her the winner of this week&#x27;s maxi challenge.&quot;Ngayon na nakita kitang mag-perform, na-intindihan ko na &#x27;yung ibig sabihin mo na walang papalag, wala talagang papalag sa&#x27;yo,&quot; Angeline Quinto said.&quot;The one thing I love about the way you perform is you can share a stage, you know how to shine and pop when you&#x27;re supposed to and you know when to let the other girls get their moment,&quot; Jiggly added.Myx Chanel and Versex landed in the bottom and had a lip sync battle to &quot;Miss Manila&quot; by Quinto with the latter ending her journey in 11th place.

The third episode of "Drag Race Philippines" fills the screens with so much love and support from the queens.

The third episode of "Drag Race Philippines" fills the screens with so much love and support from the queens.