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Ongina
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Ongina is the stage name of Ryan Ong Palao (born January 6, 1982), a Filipino-American drag performer and HIV activist who came to international attention on the first season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race and the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. Since appearing on the show, Ongina has been featured in a number of web series produced by World of Wonder, including Wait, What?, Ring My Bell, and Fashion Photo RuView''. Ongina was one of the first reality TV stars to come out as HIV-positive.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Ongina is referenced by 427 other articles, and connects out to HIV, Raja Gemini and RuPaul's Drag Race, season 10.
Vinony files it under 1982 births, 21st-century American LGBTQ people and 21st-century Filipino LGBTQ people.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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Philippines
Ongina is the stage name of Ryan Ong Palao, a drag queen from Los Angeles, California. She was a contestant on season 1 of RuPaul's Drag Race and season 5 of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.
Known for
- Unfix — LGBTQ Rights Advocate2023
- Tongue Thai'd with Pangina Heals — Self2022
- Binge Queens — Self2021
- Tammie Brown's Holiday Sparkle — Self2020
- The Browns — Photo Shoot Make-Up Artist2020
- AJ and the Queen — Ongina2020
- Follow Me — Self2018
- Wait, What? — Self2018
- The Pit Stop — Self2016
- Whatcha Packin' — Self2014
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Music · MusicBrainz
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- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1982
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 25
- Total plays
- 53
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philippines
- Occupation
- drag queen
- Participant in
- RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, season 5
- Image
- Ongina from RuPaul's Drag Race.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1982-01-06
- birth name
- Ryan Ong Palao
- Commons category
- Ongina
- start of work period
- 2001-00-00
- social media followers
- 126299
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Early life
- ''Drag Race'' and career
- Activism
- Personal life
- Discography
- Filmography
- Television
- Music videos
- Web series
- References
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Ongina is the stage name of Ryan Ong Palao (born January 6, 1982), a Filipino-American drag performer and HIV activist who came to international attention on the first season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race and the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. Since appearing on the show, Ongina has been featured in a number of web series produced by World of Wonder, including Wait, What?, Ring My Bell, and Fashion Photo RuView''. Ongina was one of the first reality TV stars to come out as HIV-positive.
== Early life == Palao was born in the Philippines in 1982. He and his family relocated to Lynnwood, Washington in 1994. His original drag name, before Ongina, was Peck-Peck Galore. He started performing in drag in 2003 at an Asian restaurant called Lucky Cheng's, located in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood in Manhattan, New York where he worked alongside Laverne Cox. One of the first songs he performed was Listen by Beyonce.
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