Pangina Heals
Pan Pan Narkprasert (; born July 22, 1988), known as Pangina Heals, is a Thai drag queen and judge on "Drag Race Thailand", who later went on to compete on "" (2022). She has been described as one of the most popular drag performers in Asia, and is often called the RuPaul of Thailand. He founded the Bangkok drag venue, House of Heals. Early life and education. Narkprasert was born to a Thai father and a Taiwanese mother in Bangkok. He was a student at Shrewsbury International School and Harrow International School Bangkok. He was bullied by his peers and  battled depression and bulimia. He later lived in Los Angeles for four years, where he studied fine arts at the University of California. After graduating, Narkprasert returned to spend a year navigating Bangkok’s art scene. He entered his first competition, a Lady Gaga lookalike competition, in 2010 and won a trip to New York City to see her perform in concert. Eventually, with the help of local drag star Sira Soda, he learned how to dress and put on makeup. Career. A well-known host in Thailand's drag circuit, Pangina Heals hosts a weekly LGBTQI+ night in Bangkok  at the upmarket cabaret bar Maggie Choo's. Pangina Heals' entertainment career began with a passion for dance. She is known for performing the waacking dance style. Pangina Heals made her acting debut after joining the main cast of the play, "The Lisbon Traviata", written by American playwright Terrence McNally and produced by English-language multicultural theatre group Culture Collective Studio, where she portrayed Mendy. Pangina Heals opened for Tube Gallery's 20th anniversary fashion show. She is a part of the lineup for Melbourne’s Drag Exp in 2020. In June 2021, she hosted "Queer Got Talent", an online  talent competition. Pangina Heals is the creator and owner of House of Heals, a drag bar. Television. Pangina Heals participated on Thailand's version of Lip Sync Battle and won the competition with a rendition of Lady Gaga's "Telephone". She competed and won "T Battle", a Thai reality show where 13 local gender benders competed in singing, dancing and impersonation challenges. She also competed on "Thailand Dance Now". In 2018, she was announced to co-host "Drag Race Thailand", a Thai spin-off of "RuPaul's Drag Race", produced by Kantana Group. In January 2022, she was announced as  one of the nine contestants on "", making her the first ever contestant to have judged an iteration of the show before entering the competition. In the premiere episode, Pangina Heals won the episode after beating Jimbo to a lipsync to "Say You'll Be There" by The Spice Girls, and chose to eliminate Lemon from the competition. In Episode 3, Pangina won for the second time after beating Dutch contestant Janey Jacké in a lipsync performance to "We Like to Party! (The Vengabus)" by the Vengaboys and eliminated Jimbo. Heals was eliminated in the following episode, the Snatch Game, by  Blu Hydrangea, after her performance as Mariah Carey in the Snatch Game, which she did not react well to. Personal life. Pangina Heals has a drag "daughter", Felicia Heals, who appeared in the casting special for the second season of "Drag Race Thailand", becoming the first cisgender female queen to appear in the franchise.