Kween Kong
Kween Kong at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2023
Born
Thomas Charles Fonua

(1992-08-09) August 9, 1992[1]
New Zealand
OccupationDrag performer
Websitekweenkongofficial.com

Kween Kong is the stage name of Thomas Charles Fonua,[2][3] a Pasifika New Zealander drag performer most known for competing on the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under as a runner-up.[4] She is based in Adelaide and won DragNationAUS.[5][6]

Fonua is originally from New Zealand with Samoan and Tongan descent.[7]

A 2014 recipient of the New Zealand Prime Minister's Pacific Youth Award for Arts and Creativity,[8] Fonua joined the Australian Dance Theatre[9] in 2014.[10] Prior to this, he was a guest teacher at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.[11]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2022 RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under Herself Season 2 — Runner-up
2023 The Project Herself Guest with Hannah Conda[12]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2023 Logie Awards of 2023 Graham Kennedy Award for Most Popular New Talent RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under Nominated [13]

References

  1. ↑ @kweenkong_ (August 10, 2022). "It's my bday! This is what 30 looks like …" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ↑ Brooks, Sam (2022-09-18). "Kween Kong could've been an All Black". The Spinoff. Archived from the original on 2022-09-17. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  3. ↑ "Episode 16: Dance as Self-Expression w/ Thomas Fonua aka Kween Kong". amp.listennotes.com. Two Two Guys. 25 April 2021. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Meet the 10 Queens on 'RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under' Season 2". www.out.com. 2022-07-14. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  5. ↑ "Kween Kong on reality TV and representation". CityMag. 2022-09-14. Archived from the original on 2022-09-15. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  6. ↑ Russell, Stephen A. (30 March 2021). "We Are Here brings BIPOC brilliance to Darlinghurst Theatre". Time Out Sydney. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  7. ↑ Vlach, Anna (July 8, 2022). "RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under South Aussie contestant revealed". The Advertiser. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Pacific Youth Awards". 22 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-01-22. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  9. ↑ Tonkin, Maggie (2016). Fifty : half a century of Australian Dance Theatre. Mile End, S. Aust.: Wakefield Press. p. 167. ISBN 9781743054581.
  10. ↑ "Thomas Fonua : Australian Dance Theatre". Australian Dance Theatre. 1 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-02-26. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  11. ↑ "Thomas Fonua". www.banffcentre.ca. Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  12. ↑ "Kween Kong and Hannah Conda: How RuPaul's Drag Race Changed Their Life". YouTube. The Project. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  13. ↑ Knox, David (19 June 2023). "Logie Awards 2023: nominees". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Retrieved 19 June 2023.


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