Taiwan, a country not even recognized as a state by the US, which, however, defends it from the “Chinese threat”, set up “national celebration” because “made her proud” the award of a “drag queen” in an American reality show. In fact, the “drag queen” won “praise and congratulations also from the president of the island” for winning the reality show ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’.
The report of the British Guardian (as well as other international media, which rushed in) was very complete. The world-famous Leo Chao, May 28 designer, won the relevant competition with the persona “Nymphia Wind”.
For Taiwan, dammit!
As soon as Leo Chao’s victory was announced, his Taiwanese fans “they started screaming while waving the bananas that are the symbols of the Asian and Taiwanese identity of the persona “Nymphia Wind”.” The designer himself celebrated his debut with the dedication: “Taiwan, this is for you!”
It was this phrase that earned him the thanks of President Tsai Ing-wen: “Congratulations, Nymphia Wind, for doing so well in the difficult art form of drag, and for being the first Taiwanese to take the stage and win on RuPaul’s Drag Race” said the president of the “Republic of China”.
He found inspiration in London
Tsai and her ruling party have boosted LGBTI+ rights in Taiwan after legalizing same-sex marriage in 2019, setting a precedent across Asia. They also amended family law accordingly so that same-sex couples could adopt children.
Leo Chao, who grew up in Taiwan and Hong Kong, said that with the support of his mother, who also traveled to New York for the latest episode of the reality show, he developed “passion for fashion and ‘drag’ style during his studies in London”.
You will respect yellow!
For its part, Corriere della Sera wrote that here we are dealing with “a star from Taiwan” who always disguises himself by wearing yellow clothes, on purpose “to emphasize his Asianness”. Leo Chao himself used to simply state: “My skin is yellow!” And he usually completes his words with the phrase: “I hope that the yellow that I wear with pride will help the world appreciate us Asians more and more.”
The Italians also gave the extra information that the “wind” of the persona “Nymphia Wind” in English means “wind”, but in Chinese it means “madness”.
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