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World of wonder and Kween Kong

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Three drag queens in colourful gowns stand holding hands
The final walk on season two of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under(Stan)

We're ushering in Drag royalty and their champions.

Local legend Kween Kong stops by to talk about how life has changed since being a finalist on the second [and best] season of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under.

And Fenton Bailey was a queer kid coming of age in the UK in the seventies. Television changed his life, inspiring him to move to New York and start a production company with co-founder Randy Barbato: World of Wonder.

From there, World of Wonder worked with Britney Spears, Carrie Fisher and Tammy Faye Bakker but their most enduring collaboration is of course with RuPaul Charles. In 1993 they shot the film clip for RuPaul's 1993 hit, Supermodel (you better work) which became a staple on MTV, and in 2008 they produced season one of RuPaul's Drag Race.

Show notes:

Fenton Bailey's Instagram
RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under
Fenton Bailey's original interview on SE!
Kween Kong's original interview on SE!

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