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Keiona, winner of the second season of “Drag Race France”, returns Sunday August 27 on France Inter on her victory, and on the impact that a program like this can have on the visibility of the Drag Queen movement.
Published on 08/27/2023 10:14
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Keiona, winner of the second season of Drag Race France on France 2, at the Brooklyn Museum in New York (United States), May 17, 2022. (SANTIAGO FELIPE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA)
Keiona, winner of season 2 of Drag Race France on France 2 Friday August 25 estimates this Sunday morning on France Inter that “it’s a public utility program that exposes our art to as many people as possible, makes it very accessible and inspires a lot of people.”
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“I wish I had this a little earlier in my teens”says the Franco-Ivorian queen, who believes that“there is always a lot of work to do”. “The purpose of the show is to make us exist so that we are no longer seen as an anomaly.lance Keiona. When people aren’t exposed to something, there’s a curiosity that’s not necessarily healthy or benevolent. The fact that a show exists popularizes the thing a bit and makes it accessible.”
“We do not immediately realize the scope that this program can have”recognizes the winner of season 2 of Drag Race France who says she receives a lot of messages from young people, not so young, including parents, who tell her: “‘Go on, you’re sending messages of sisterhood, of benevolence.’ We can throw spades and be in a competition, but we can also love each other a lot.”
Keiona succeeds Paloma, who won the first edition of the French show inspired by the famous American show RuPaul’s Drag Race. She had already danced on the forecourt of the Elysée during the Music Festival in 2018, alongside the artist Kiddy Smile, provoking criticism from right-wing elected officials for her T-shirt “Son of immigrants, black and queer”. “The evening was beautifulrecalls Keiona. The message we sent was that we were there and that we would go nowhere, that we are just as much French and just as much Parisian to have the right to dance on the steps of the Elysée. “
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