Jiggly Caliente on bringing ‘Drag Race’ to the Philippines

Jiggly talks about what it is like to guage the Philippines’ first drag actuality present

MANILA, Philippines – The phenomenon that’s RuPaul’s Drag Race has simply sunk its perfectly-manicured claws deeper into the Filipino viewers with the premiere of Drag Race Philippines on August 17.

For the primary time in Drag Race herstory, 12 Filipino queens are battling it out to change into the Philippines’ first drag celebrity. The powerful job of deciding who wins falls on the shoulders of the present’s host, the regal Paolo Ballesteros or Mama Pao, and its judges: digital presenter Kaladkaren, and Drag Race alumna Jiggly Caliente.

Filipino-American Jiggly first competed on Drag Race means again in 2011 on the present’s fourth season. She returned to the present on its sixth All Stars season in 2021. After an early exit, she was invited to change into a decide on Drag Race Philippines.

On this Rappler Speak Leisure, Jiggly talks about going from two-time contestant to guage, how she has saved up with Filipino tradition whereas dwelling in america, and what she sees for the way forward for the Philippine drag scene.

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