The Taiwanese Drag Queen Who Won "RuPaul’s Drag Race" Met With Taiwan’s President And It Was Iconic
“Having been a president for more than eight years, this is the first time that the presidential office is so lively and so colorful and filled with so many beautiful people,” Taiwan's president Tsai Ing-wen said in a speech after the performance.
After becoming the first East Asian person to win “RuPaul’s Drag Race”, Taiwanese drag queen Nymphia Wind has made history once again after she performed at the country’s presidential office for the president.
Nymphia Wind was invited to perform for the outgoing president Tsai Ing-wen on May 15.
Along with other drag queens, Nymphia put on a performance to three songs, from Taiwanese singers Huang Fei and Jolin Tsai, as well as Lady Gaga’s “Marry the Night”.
“Having been a president for more than eight years, this is the first time that the presidential office is so lively and so colorful and filled with so many beautiful people,” Tsai said in a speech after the performance.
She also congratulated Nymphia on winning “RuPaul’s Drag Race” in April, saying that “The Taiwan now is a Taiwan of the world; The Nymphia of Taiwan is the now the queen of the world.”
“Nymphia’s journey of growth will also bring courage to many young people in Taiwan to live fearlessly and be themselves,” Tsai added.
In response, Nymphia also thanked Tsai for championing many firsts for Taiwan during her tenure, including making Taiwan the first country in East Asia to legalize same-sex marriage and becoming the country’s first woman president.
“I feel like the people [of Taiwan] could only be who they are today because they had very good land to grow on. Thank you, president, for cultivating this land of Taiwan, protecting our home, so that I can be who I am today,” Nymphia said.
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