Luke Fenn (born 10 October 2001),[1] professionally known as Krystal Versace, is an English drag queen best known for winning the third series of the reality show RuPaul's Drag Race UK.[2] Crowned at the age of 19, Krystal is the youngest ever Drag Race winner.[3] She is from Tunbridge Wells in Kent and has Greek Cypriot heritage via her maternal grandmother, being the first descendant of Cypriots to compete in the franchise.[4]
Krystal Versace | |
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 Krystal Versace at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2022 | |
| Born | Luke Fenn 10 October 2001 |
| Education | North Kent College |
| Occupation | Drag queen |
| Television | RuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 3) |
| Website | krystalversace |
Career
editKrystal Versace started doing drag at the age of 13.[3] In August 2021, Versace was announced as one of the twelve contestants to be competing on the third series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK. She won the first two main challenges, one of which including a top two lip sync against Victoria Scone to "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler. In the ninth episode, she landed on bottom two with Vanity Milan and had to lip sync to "Hallucinate" by Dua Lipa, ultimately winning and moving on to the top three alongside Ella Vaday and Kitty Scott-Claus. As part of the last main challenge, they had to write, record, and perform their own verse to a remix of "Hey Sis, It's Christmas" by RuPaul. After a lip sync for the crown to Dusty Springfield's cover of "You Don't Own Me", Versace was declared victorious,[2] becoming not only the franchise's youngest finalist, but also the youngest ever winner.[3]
Personal life
editFenn uses she/her pronouns while in drag and he/him pronouns out of drag.[5] Fenn is dyslexic.[6] He attended North Kent College.[7]
Discography
editAs lead artist
edit| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "We Werk Together" (with Ant & Dec, The Vivienne, and Lawrence Chaney) |
2022 | Non-album single |
As featured artist
edit| Year | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | "B.D.E. (Big Drag Energy) [Slice Girls]"
(The cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK Series 3) |
Non-album single |
| "Hey Sis, It's Christmas"
(RuPaul featuring the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK Series 3) |
Filmography
editTelevision
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | RuPaul's Drag Race UK | Self (contestant) | Series 3; Winner | |
| 2022 | Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | Self | Performed as part of the End of the Show Show | [8] |
| RuPaul's Drag Race UK | Self | Series 4; Special guest | [9] | |
| 2023 | Keeping Up with Krystal Versace | Self |
Web series
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Cosmo Queens UK | Self | Cosmopolitan UK | [10] |
| Kita and Anita's Happy Hour | Podcast; Guest | [11] |
Music videos
edit| Year | Title | Artist(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | "Good Ones" (Drag Performance Video) | Charli XCX | [12] |
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The WOWIE Awards | Best Instagram (The Curated Feed Award) | Herself | Won | [13][14] |
References
edit- ^ Akinwumi, Stella (25 November 2021). "RuPaul's Drag Race UK season 3: Who is in the final?". Metro. Archived from the original on 25 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ a b Warner, Sam (25 November 2021). "RuPaul's Drag Race UK crowns season three winner". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 25 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Day, Harvey (26 November 2021). "Drag Race UK winner: 'I'm going to take on the world'". BBC. Archived from the original on 25 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ "Who is Krystal Versace? Meet RuPaul's Drag Race UK star and first ever Cypriot contestant". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ Pearce, Tilly (21 October 2021). "RuPaul's Drag Race UK 3: Meet Krystal Versace – the 19-year-old 'sex queen' going for the crown". Entertainment Daily. Archived from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ Damshenas, Sam (26 November 2021). "Exclusive: Krystal Versace on "painfully intense" Drag Race UK finale and "decimating" a winners season". Gay Times. Archived from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ "Ex North Kent College Student Wins Emmy Award winning RuPaul's Drag Race as Krystal Versace". North Kent College. 30 November 2021. Archived from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ Chilton, Louis (20 February 2022). "Ant and Dec stun Saturday Night Takeaway viewers with 'phenomenal' transformation into drag queens". The Independent. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ Robledo, Jordan (24 November 2022). "We have a winner, baby! Here's how fans reacted to the Drag Race UK season 4 finale". gaytimes.co.uk. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ Krystal Versace's eye makeup game is strong in this epic drag look | Cosmo Queens UK, 23 November 2021, archived from the original on 26 November 2021, retrieved 26 November 2021
- ^ "Drag Race UK winner Krystal Versace dishes on taking the crown and behind-the-scenes gossip". NZ Herald. 21 December 2021. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ Will Lavin (1 November 2021). "'RuPaul's Drag Race UK' stars share Halloween performance of Charli XCX's 'Good Ones'". NME. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ Nguyen, Nikki (2 May 2022). "World of Wonder's 2022 WOWIE Awards at DragCon: Cast Your Votes Now!". World of Wonder. Archived from the original on 2 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Here Are World of Wonder's 2022 WOWIE Awards Winners". World of Wonder. 16 May 2022. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
External links
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