Mula Drag Race Philippines hanggang Global All Stars, Filipina Glamazon Eva Le Queen continues to rule above all!
Ano ang chika behind the scenes sa drag icon na si RuPaul? At paano siya nakilala bilang Queen of Tampalpuke na isang uri pala ng isda?! Panoorin ang latest updates ni Eva sa Part 1 ng Updated with Nelson Canlas!
Ano ang chika behind the scenes sa drag icon na si RuPaul? At paano siya nakilala bilang Queen of Tampalpuke na isang uri pala ng isda?! Panoorin ang latest updates ni Eva sa Part 1 ng Updated with Nelson Canlas!
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00:00There are a lot of misunderstandings about drag, right?
00:03Like, if you're a drag, are you transsexual?
00:05Do you want to dress like a girl?
00:07Are you cross-dresser or whatnot?
00:09It's not a form of gender expression.
00:12This is really an artistic expression.
00:15Have you ever been in a jeep?
00:16Or have you ever been in a public transport like that?
00:23In the Philippines, not yet.
00:26But I've already done it, Nelson, in other countries.
00:28From Drag Race Philippines to Global All-Stars.
00:32How would you describe the journey?
00:34Larger than life.
00:35Hello and welcome to Updated with Nelson Canlas!
00:38Our guest today is someone we met in Drag Race Philippines Season 1
00:43and in RuPaul's Drag Race Global All-Stars.
00:47His drag name is Hango.
00:49In Evil Queen.
00:51But we met him as...
00:53Fish's name?
00:54Tampal Puke Queen!
00:56And our cool global Filipino glamazon,
01:01Miss Eva Laqueen!
01:04Wow!
01:08Hi! Hello, updaters.
01:10Hello, Kuya Nelson. Oh my God.
01:12Oh my God, I'm so honored.
01:14I've been requesting this for a long time.
01:18Because in Drag Race Season 1,
01:20actually even before that,
01:22I've been watching your shows.
01:25I mean, I don't normally say this,
01:27but I'm a fan.
01:29Oh my God, that's such a big thing, Kuya Nelson.
01:32Because when I watch the news,
01:35Nelson Canlas, Updated,
01:37the show is happening.
01:38It's like, do you know me?
01:40And it's like, yes.
01:42Before, we were just performing in a bar.
01:44For me to be even known,
01:46and for you to say that you're a fan,
01:48that's such a big thing, Kuya Nelson.
01:50Because for me,
01:52it's a good thing that we had RuPaul's Drag Race.
01:55Yes.
01:56The art that a person puts in here,
01:59it's not just a woman who dresses up,
02:02or it's not just a woman who dresses up
02:04the way she wants to dress up.
02:07There's a big,
02:11the persona that you put in there,
02:14so that the artistry is complete.
02:16Correct.
02:17I always have an analogy there,
02:21Kuya Nelson,
02:22it's like we're also painters, or writers,
02:25or like we're writing music,
02:27or writing poems.
02:29It's just that,
02:30what's the complete personality,
02:32what's the complete performance,
02:34that's the art form.
02:36So it's really correct.
02:38There are a lot of misunderstandings about drag.
02:41Like, if you're a drag, are you transsexual?
02:43Do you want to dress up as a woman?
02:45Are you cross-dresser or whatnot?
02:47It's not a form of gender expression.
02:50It's an artistic expression.
02:52In my normal life,
02:54I don't dress up like that.
02:58This is an art form that I want to show today,
03:01and then later, I'll remove my makeup,
03:03and I'll sleep again as a man.
03:07I saw a documentary about drag.
03:10Yes.
03:11We know that predominantly gay,
03:14LGBT people,
03:16are the ones who do drag.
03:18Yes.
03:19In other countries,
03:21there are straight people who do this.
03:25Yes.
03:26Correct.
03:27It's just that
03:29that's the satire about it.
03:32It pokes on gender constructs.
03:37It's a gender-bending art form.
03:40It's just a play on gender.
03:42Whether there are cis-born females,
03:46they dress up as males,
03:47they call themselves drag kings.
03:49Then there are cis-males like myself
03:52who dress up as females.
03:54We are drag queens.
03:55There are also non-binary people.
03:57It's really a play on gender constructs.
04:01The concept of gender is a spectrum.
04:07That is true.
04:08It's not black and white.
04:09Anyone can go there.
04:11Who said that a woman is just a duster?
04:15That pink is for women.
04:17But in reality,
04:18if a man uses pink,
04:20can we still do anything?
04:22It's just a form of construct
04:24that society created for some reason.
04:27That's what drag is about.
04:29It pokes on that.
04:30It lets you know that you can be anything
04:32that you want in life.
04:33You have so much freedom.
04:35You can do whatever you want
04:36as long as you don't oppress people.
04:38Yes.
04:39What's nice about it is
04:41you take a personality
04:43or you take a role,
04:45you take a persona,
04:46and then you make it larger than life.
04:50They thought you would just wear makeup.
04:54No.
04:55Right?
04:56Yes.
04:57In simple terms,
04:59what I always say is
05:00drag, we sell a fantasy.
05:02This is what you see.
05:04This is my fantasy as a person.
05:08I want to look rich.
05:10I want to look clean.
05:12I want to look like a lady
05:15with nice hair.
05:16But on an ordinary day,
05:17no one would walk on the street like this.
05:20We're not sure.
05:21Oh, you can do that too.
05:26Have you tried to go out in public like that?
05:32Yes.
05:34Did you ride a jeep
05:35or did you ride a public transport like that?
05:42In the Philippines, not yet.
05:45But I've done it in other countries.
05:47For example, in Taiwan.
05:49During Taiwan Pride,
05:50we went there and I got dragged.
05:53Before, in Singapore,
05:55I was there for 8 years.
05:56Before, I would ride a train,
05:59I would take an Uber,
06:01I would walk around the bar
06:03and I got dragged.
06:04And normally, you can see that,
06:06Kuya Nelson,
06:07when it's Halloween,
06:08in bars,
06:09actually, we drag queens
06:11make a lot of money during Christmas
06:13and Halloween
06:15because a lot of people want us to dress up.
06:18Even other people,
06:20they want to dress up in drag.
06:22And that's really what we want.
06:25We want everyone to enjoy it.
06:26Anyone can dress up the way you want to be.
06:29You want to feel good about yourself.
06:31Yes.
06:32We don't use drugs on anyone.
06:35Women, men,
06:36gay men,
06:38anyone.
06:39If you want to do drag,
06:40we will help you.
06:41And she's happy.
06:42Kuya Nelson is really happy.
06:44Have you ever tried to do drag?
06:48Sometimes.
06:49Have you?
06:50I tried.
06:52I'm just kidding.
06:53Okay.
06:54I'm just kidding.
06:55But Eva,
06:56why did you change your drag name
06:59to Evil Queen?
07:03Well,
07:04I've only been in drag for 8 years.
07:07So 8 years ago,
07:08when I was just starting to do drag,
07:11they told me that a drag queen
07:14should have a different personality
07:16from who you are as a person.
07:18Well, it's different.
07:19It's just that what they taught me
07:21and what led me into this industry
07:24was that it's easier for you to be in drag
07:27if you will come up with a persona
07:30that's an entity
07:31that's separate from who you are.
07:33And that person will embody
07:35all the creative juices
07:37that are in your brain.
07:38Alter ego.
07:40Alter ego, exactly.
07:41It's like I'm creating my own
07:43super villain or super hero.
07:46And at that time,
07:47I was different from the villains,
07:49Kuya Nelson.
07:50For example, in Darna,
07:52I'm like Darna.
07:53It's like that.
07:54I feel like the villains
07:56were the princesses that were never saved.
07:58That's a nice way to put it.
08:00Right?
08:01They're very human.
08:02The reason why they're always angry,
08:04they're always fighting,
08:06is because they were hurt too.
08:08And they're very human.
08:10That's why I'm always a team villain.
08:14With Maleficent,
08:15Evil Queen,
08:16Wicked Witch.
08:18I feel like I relate more to them.
08:21And I feel like that's what I want to channel
08:23in my creativity.
08:24So Evil Queen,
08:26Evil Queen,
08:27that's really her wordplay
08:28when you repeat Evil Queen, Evil Queen, Evil Queen.
08:30You were also known as
08:32Tampalpoque Queen.
08:34Okay.
08:35Updaters,
08:36for those who don't know,
08:37there's a fish
08:39named Tampalpoque
08:41that lives in Cavite.
08:43Cavite.
08:44That's right.
08:46Why did you choose that?
08:51For our updaters
08:52who haven't watched
08:55Drag Race Philippines Season 1,
08:57that's where it really came from.
08:59It's a contest of drag queens.
09:01And we have a challenge
09:03which is an improv challenge.
09:06So our host,
09:07Kuya Paolo Balesteros,
09:09has a challenge for us
09:11to fill in the blanks.
09:14And you have to make him laugh.
09:17That's the goal.
09:18And the question we were given was
09:22blank on the floor.
09:24So you have to think of something funny
09:27to fill it in
09:28so you can make Kuya Pao laugh.
09:30That's the challenge.
09:31And when we were given the challenge,
09:34I was the second person to answer.
09:36So in 20 seconds,
09:38I had to think of something funny.
09:41I remember when I was in college,
09:43I had friends from Cavite.
09:46One time,
09:47we were laughing
09:49at an outing.
09:50We were walking by the market
09:52and there was a sign saying,
09:53Tampalpoque.
09:54We laughed so hard
09:55at the word Tampalpoque.
09:57Maybe I just picked up
09:59a memory from my childhood.
10:01I wrote Tampalpoque.
10:03Tampalpoque on the floor.
10:06So it's like,
10:08it has no context.
10:10It's hard to explain.
10:12Drugs are like that.
10:13Drugs have no rules.
10:15It's funny.
10:17I can't even explain it.
10:18I can't explain it to someone
10:20who doesn't watch drugs.
10:22It always needs context.
10:24Right?
10:25That's life.
10:26We don't take life too seriously.
10:28And speaking of fun,
10:30you make a really awesome,
10:33very good impersonation
10:35of Rufa Makinto.
10:37Really?
10:39Kuya Neil Swain?
10:41Are you close?
10:43Do you understand?
10:46I'm sure you're friends
10:48with Peachy, right?
10:50Yes, Ate Peachy.
10:52When I joined Drag Race,
10:54she really texted me.
10:56She was really proud.
10:58She likes to comment
11:00on my posts.
11:03Especially when I did
11:05a Booba impersonation.
11:07I walked around Guadalupe
11:09and copied what she was wearing
11:11in her movie, Booba.
11:13I did a recreation.
11:15She laughed a lot.
11:16We haven't had a chance
11:18to meet Ate Peachy yet
11:19because she's just coming back
11:20from the US, right?
11:21Yes.
11:22It's been a long time.
11:23But we've already talked about
11:25when we'll see each other.
11:28Yes.
11:29Okay.
11:30Since you owe me
11:31for your makeup,
11:32I'll owe you
11:33when I meet you.
11:36Yes.
11:37Promise?
11:38Promise.
11:40We have that on record.
11:43Wait.
11:44From Drag Race Philippines
11:46to Global All Stars.
11:48In one word,
11:49how would you describe the journey?
11:52It's not one word.
11:53But it's really...
11:56No, it's one word
11:57when I put
11:58larger than life.
12:00Ah, yeah.
12:01I get you.
12:03Self-explanatory
12:05on why.
12:06It is.
12:07It is, Kuya Nelson.
12:10Whenever I look back,
12:12it's so larger than life.
12:14Imagine, Kuya Nelson,
12:15three years ago
12:16when the pandemic was just starting,
12:18we were just on Facebook Live
12:20and on our phones.
12:21We were just doing virtual shows.
12:23Like nothing.
12:24We didn't have a drag scene.
12:27Actually,
12:28only dragists
12:30would go to LGBT clubs.
12:32So, nothing.
12:34And then in a snap of a finger,
12:37Drag Race,
12:38Drag Race Philippines.
12:39Even in Drag Race Philippines,
12:41we didn't expect
12:43that people would like us.
12:45And then now,
12:46there's a new milestone
12:48which is global.
12:49You were nervous, for sure.
12:51The pressure was high.
12:52No, because
12:53among the many talented
12:55drag people
12:58in the Philippines,
13:00you were the one who was handpicked.
13:02Correct.
13:03It's like
13:04Catriona Gray
13:05awards moment.
13:07Yes.
13:09But also,
13:10it's like there's pride.
13:13Like,
13:14in the words of Maya Angelou
13:16and as Catriona Gray said,
13:18I come as one,
13:19but I stand as 10,000.
13:21Okay.
13:22What was the advice
13:24of your sister,
13:25Marina Summers,
13:26when she first
13:28fought
13:30in the international stage
13:32of Drag Race?
13:34It's...
13:36The first advice
13:37from Marina was
13:39trust that you are good enough.
13:42Wow.
13:43It's easy to be pressured.
13:45I also followed her.
13:47It's like
13:48nothing can happen
13:50that can stop you from
13:52enjoying the experience
13:54and living your life
13:55to the fullest.
13:56This is it.
13:57This is the rule.
13:59Do not let the fear
14:00or anxiety
14:01take the experience
14:03away from you.
14:04You are enough.
14:05You're good enough.
14:06You were chosen for this.
14:08Own it.
14:09That's it.
14:10It's about owning
14:11my global Drag Race journey.
14:13That's her advice.
14:14Nobody's going to tell you
14:16you're a failure
14:17but yourself.
14:19Exactly.
14:20And you can't pattern
14:21your success
14:22with the success story
14:23of others.
14:25I'm the only one
14:26in this lane.
14:27At that moment,
14:28I can't see
14:29how far Marina
14:30has come.
14:31All I need to do
14:32is focus on myself,
14:34enjoy,
14:35and live in the moment.
14:37And once you compare
14:38yourself with another person
14:40and you're competing,
14:42you've already lost.
14:44Exactly.
14:45It's fun.
14:47Even with the preparation
14:48for Global All Stars,
14:51we had the best designers
14:53in the country.
14:54I trained voice lessons.
14:57I trained dance lessons.
14:59I took sewing lessons.
15:00Aren't you nervous
15:02when you're competing?
15:03Knowing that,
15:04once you go out there,
15:06especially when people
15:07are watching you,
15:08I mean,
15:09it's like
15:10if you're 100% confident,
15:12you might have 900.
15:16Well,
15:17that's part of it.
15:18That's part of the job.
15:19You have to look like it.
15:20But it's a lot.
15:22How nervous are you?
15:231 to 10?
15:2511.
15:26Wow.
15:27Really?
15:28It's not obvious?
15:29Anxiety.
15:30Panic.
15:31Because,
15:32especially when
15:33I was facing RuPaul.
15:35RuPaul Charles.
15:36Oh my God.
15:37The hero of my life.
15:39I was like,
15:40he's right in front of me.
15:42There's always that fear
15:43of disappointment.
15:44The fear of disappointing yourself.
15:46Fear of disappointing the Philippines.
15:49And Asia.
15:50Because I'm the only Asian
15:51representation there.
15:53It's like
15:54a whole continent.
15:57Not just one country.
15:58But how do you deal with it?
16:00How do you deal with the
16:02panic attack?
16:03How do you deal with the anxiety?
16:06I would say
16:07it's 50% hard work
16:09and 50% faith.
16:11I know that
16:12I have prepared everything.
16:14I have a hashtag.
16:15Hashtag,
16:16no stones unturned.
16:17When we were preparing,
16:19I did everything I could
16:21at the exact moment
16:22that I had to do it.
16:24Every second that I breathe
16:26is about Global All Stars.
16:28I did.
16:29I know.
16:30And I knew.
16:31I've done everything
16:32that needs to be done
16:34in preparation.
16:36And when I was there,
16:37the rest is faith.
16:38The rest is faith.
16:40The rest is faith
16:41that if it's for you,
16:42it's for you.
16:43Or if it's really...
16:45I had faith in the team
16:47that I built
16:48and in myself.
16:49It's like,
16:50that's it.
16:51Just enjoy it.
16:53From this point on,
16:54you've packed all the clothes
16:55that you can pack.
16:56You've rehearsed everything
16:57that you need to rehearse.
16:59That's it.
17:00There's nothing else
17:01that I could have done differently.
17:03This is it.
17:04So enjoy the journey.
17:05Live in the moment.
17:06And
17:07that's it.
17:08No stones unturned.
17:09No stones unturned.
17:10But how do you deal with
17:11negative comments?
17:13You can't get rid of that.
17:14Because there are so many.
17:16Brother Nelson.
17:17As in...
17:18And if they fight,
17:19they'll get hurt.
17:20Really.
17:21Those negative comments.
17:23They'll say,
17:24you're not good.
17:27Because Marina and I
17:28are best friends.
17:29And then people
17:30will use Marina
17:32against me.
17:33Like,
17:34you're so close.
17:35Your sister is famous
17:36because of you.
17:37They know
17:38what hurts.
17:39That's what they use
17:40as an outlet.
17:41True.
17:42So what I'm thinking,
17:43Brother Nelson,
17:44these words
17:45will never ever come
17:47from a person
17:48that is happy
17:49with their life.
17:51That's true.
17:52That's true.
17:53Right?
17:54No one
17:55is successful
17:57and contented
17:58and really happy
17:59with their life.
18:00No one
18:01would ever have
18:02the
18:03the inkling
18:04to even say
18:05utter those words
18:06or even
18:07think of them.
18:08So,
18:09with that said,
18:10no matter what
18:11they say,
18:12it was never about me.
18:13I've thought about it.
18:14Because,
18:15yes,
18:16the people
18:17that I know
18:18that don't know
18:19how to bash
18:20other people
18:21are the happiest.
18:22Actually,
18:23the happiest people
18:24I know.
18:25Exactly.
18:26If you're really
18:27happy with your life,
18:29you see things
18:30in a different light.
18:32I know that
18:33I have work.
18:34I would say that
18:35I'm a happy person.
18:36I'm a very happy person.
18:37I have met
18:38many amazing people
18:39in my life.
18:40I've met
18:41a lot of people
18:42who are really
18:43kind.
18:44So,
18:45I feel like
18:46you know,
18:47you haters,
18:48you bashers,
18:49I don't have to
18:50lift a finger.
18:51It's up to you
18:52to decide
18:53your own karma.
18:54It's up to you
18:55to decide
18:56your own karma.
18:57You guys
18:58are already living
18:59in your own bubble.
19:00Whatever you say
19:01is never about you.
19:02And karma
19:03is digital.
19:04Yeah.
19:05Karma is
19:06your boyfriend.
19:07You know,
19:08it's up to you.
19:09So,
19:10I have the rest
19:11of my life
19:12to worry about.
19:13And
19:14I really
19:15borrow
19:16my fans,
19:17Kuya Nelson.
19:18I collect
19:19all the letters
19:20from my fans.
19:21Even when
19:22I competed
19:23in Global,
19:24I brought
19:25the letters
19:26of my fans.
19:27Because I need to
19:28focus on the good
19:29and remind myself
19:30that there are
19:31people watching
19:32who are inspired by you.
19:33So,
19:34don't let your
19:35hands get dirty
19:36and don't
19:37let it rain.
19:38Focus on the people
19:39that love you.
19:40True.
19:41Because,
19:42based on a
19:43personal experience,
19:44someone told me
19:45that my friend
19:46before,
19:47I'm so
19:48self-confident
19:49that I'll just buy
19:50because I really
19:51don't have
19:52before.
19:53But
19:54she told me
19:55that as long as
19:56there's someone
19:57who loves you,
19:58as long as
19:59there's someone
20:00who listens to you,
20:01as long as
20:02there's someone
20:03who loves you,
20:04you should be like that
20:05because you're
20:06already two.
20:09I think that's
20:10what we really
20:11want in life
20:12is to know that
20:13we're not alone.
20:14True.
20:15True.
20:16True.
20:17You have an
20:18unforgettable
20:19experience
20:20with RuPaul.
20:22What I can say
20:23is that
20:24my unforgettable
20:25experience with him
20:27is the first.
20:29It's really
20:30like
20:31there's nothing
20:32like the first time
20:33that he
20:34locked our eyes.
20:36It's like,
20:37isn't that right, Nelson?
20:38Like I said,
20:39three years ago,
20:40my state of life
20:41was different.
20:43And then,
20:44I
20:46came a long,
20:47long way
20:48from the other
20:49side of the planet
20:50to go to
20:51there.
20:52I feel like
20:53I'm crying because
20:54this person
20:55doesn't know
20:56how many lives
20:57he changed
20:58in the other
20:59part of the world.
21:00And
21:01of all people
21:02that will
21:03let her know
21:04of that,
21:05it's me.
21:06It's me.
21:07This is the
21:08drag excellence
21:09in the Philippines
21:10that was created
21:11because of
21:12Drag Race.
21:13And
21:14I'm so grateful
21:15and so
21:16spiritual
21:17for that
21:18moment
21:19when Mother Ru
21:20and I
21:21met
21:22to call her
21:23mother.
21:24And when she said
21:25my name,
21:26Eva Lequeen.
21:27It's like,
21:28how many
21:29hundred thousand
21:30drag queens
21:31does the world have?
21:32But she knows
21:33that Eva Lequeen
21:34exists.
21:35That's such a
21:36big thing,
21:37Kuya Nelson.
21:38Is she really like that
21:39in real life?
21:40She's just like that.
21:43She's really,
21:44Kuya Nelson,
21:45she's really
21:46very business.
21:47Queenly.
21:48Very regal,
21:49very,
21:50and also at the
21:51same time,
21:52very motherly.
21:53You can't see
21:54in the edits
21:55when you
21:56roll the camera
21:57and
22:28she's
22:29the
22:30master.
22:31Then she'll
22:32ask the
22:33camera,
22:34do you want
22:35to take
22:36off your
22:37shoes first?
22:38Is this
22:39long?
22:40Then she'll
22:41call the
22:42PA,
22:43she'll
22:44have
22:45her
22:46shoes
22:47taken
22:48off
22:49while
22:50she's
22:51rolling
22:52while
22:53she's
22:54waiting.
22:55She's
22:56changing
22:57her
22:58shoes
22:59while
23:00she's
23:01waiting.
23:02Then
23:03she'll
23:04have
23:05her
23:06shoes
23:07taken
23:08off
23:09while
23:10she's
23:11waiting.
23:12You
23:13know,
23:14it's
23:15really
23:16hard.
23:17I
23:18don't
23:19think
23:20that's
23:21the
23:22right
23:23way
23:24to
23:25take
23:26We learned about the drag journey of Eva Laqueen and tomorrow, we'll get to know her life as Jaycee, the boy behind Eva.
23:36I'm also asking myself, after Global All Stars, what will I do with my life?
23:56For more information, visit www.globalallstars.com