Manila Luzon
| Manila Luzon | |
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Manila Luzon performing in May 2014
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| Born |
Karl Philip Michael Westerberg August 10, 1981 Cottage Grove, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California U.S. |
| Occupation |
Drag queen Reality television personality Graphic designer comedian |
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
| Partner(s) |
Antoine Ashley (2006–2012; Ashley's death) |
| Website | www |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | Pop |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Comedy career | |
| Genres | Blue comedy, observational comedy, |
| Subject(s) | LGBT culture, Philippine culture, fashion |
Manila Luzon (born Karl Philip Michael Westerberg; August 10, 1981) is an American drag queen and reality television personality, a native of Minnesota who now resides in Los Angeles. She is best known as the runner-up of the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race. Her name is a play on words of the capital city (Manila) and the largest island (Luzon) of the Philippines, where her mother was born. Her father is an American of German and Swedish ancestry.
With a high sense of camp humor, Manila received high marks from the judges throughout the third season of competition. Highlights of the season included his win for a controversial impersonation of a Chinese reporter and forming the "Heathers" clique (the group taking its name from the popular cult film, Heathers) with fellow contestants Raja, Carmen Carrera, and Delta Work. He also won an emotionally charged lip sync against contestant Delta Work. Other memorable challenge wins included making over a heterosexual jock into her drag sister and making a couture dress out of paper money.
The publicity generated by her participation on the show brought many new opportunities to perform at various national and international LGBT events throughout the U.S. and Canada including New York Pride and Vancouver Pride. She has been active in AIDS awareness and activism. After being featured in a Gilead Sciences ad titled "Red Ribbon Runway" with fellow Drag Race co-stars Carmen Carrera, Delta Work, Shangela Laquifa Wadley and Alexis Mateo, the dress she was featured wearing was auctioned off by Logo in commemoration of World AIDS Day. Proceeds from the auction were donated to the National Association of People with AIDS.
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