Kimora Blac

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Kimora Blac
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Blac in 2018
Born
Von Nguyen

(1988-12-15) December 15, 1988 (age 35)
Occupations
Years active2003–present
Known for RuPaul's Drag Race
SpouseRico "Anthony" Sandoval
Website kimorasupply.com

Kimora Blac is the stage name of Von Nguyen, [1] an American drag queen and television personality, best known for competing on the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race .

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Early life

Von Nguyen was born on December 15, 1988, in Wichita, Kansas. [2] She is of Vietnamese heritage. Von Nguyen grew up in Elk Grove, California, then moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, where she resided when she was cast to appear on RuPaul's Drag Race . Her drag name comes from Kimora Lee Simmons and her favorite color black, with the "k" removed because "it added a twist". [3]

Career

RuPaul's Drag Race

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Kimora Blac in 2017

Kimora Blac first did amateur drag when she was fifteen with Dragula contestant Melissa Befierce. [4] She started doing professional drag when she was eighteen. [5] She auditioned for Drag Race three times. [6]

Kimora Blac was announced as one of fourteen contestants for the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race on February 2, 2017. [7] After being declared safe in episode one, she was placed in the bottom two in the second episode with Jaymes Mansfield and won a lip sync against her to "Love Shack" by The B-52's. [8] She was eliminated in the third episode after lip syncing to "Holding Out for a Hero" by Bonnie Tyler, against Aja. [9]

Kimora Blac appeared as a guest for the first challenge in the premiere of season eleven of Drag Race. [10]

Other work

Kimora Blac in 2018 Rupaul Dragcon 2018-310 (41377483374).jpg
Kimora Blac in 2018

In September 2017, Kimora Blac recreated the September 2014 cover of Paper magazine with Kim Kardashian, which was given positive reception by Kardashian on Twitter. [11]

Kimora Blac became the host for the WOWPresents internet series, "Wait, What?" where she's asked trivia questions with alternating categories. [12] Her co-hosts for the show included Mariah, Derrick Barry, Gia Gunn, Laganja Estranja, Ongina, Jaidynn Diore-Fierce and Jasmine Masters. The first episode was available on YouTube on October 8, 2018. [13]

Kimora Blac appeared as a guest for two episodes of The Trixie & Katya Show in March 2018. [14] [15] She appeared in an episode of the television series Botched with Trinity the Tuck in December 2018. [16] Kimora Blac joined Eve in her lip sync performance of Supermodel by RuPaul during her appearance on The Talk . [17]

Kimora Blac was a featured performer during Jennifer Lopez's performance at the 2022 iHeartRadio Music Awards. [18] She has a beauty and makeup channel on YouTube.

Personal life

Nguyen cites Erika Jayne and Paris Hilton along with Simmons and Kardashian as inspirations to her drag aesthetic. [19] [20]

Kimora Blac's drag daughter is Amaya Blac. [21] [22]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2021 The Bitch Who Stole Christmas [23] Townsfolk #1

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017, 2019 RuPaul's Drag Race HerselfContestant: Season 9 - 13th Place, Guest: Season 11 (Episode "Whatcha Unpackin?")
2017RuPaul's Drag Race: UntuckedHerselfCompanion show to RuPaul's Drag Race
2018 The Trixie & Katya Show HerselfSeason 1 (Episodes "Money" and "Family")
2018 Botched HerselfSeason 5 (Episode "Muscles, Tucks and Forehead Flaps")
2019 The Talk HerselfGuest

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2018, 2019The Pit StopHerselfGuest (Episodes "Season 10 Episode 10" and "Season 11 Episode 4")
2018–presentWait, What?Co-Host
2018Out of the ClosetGuest, Episode 5
2019IconicGuest, Episode 4 [24]
2019ASMR QueensGuest, Episode 2
2019Try GuysEpisode: "The Try Guys Lip Sync Battle Drag Queens"
2019Cosmo QueensEpisode: "Kimora Blac" [25]

Music videos

YearTitleArtist
2017"Too Funky" Peppermint featuring Ari Gold
2017"Expensive (Deluxe Version)" Todrick Hall
2020"Ass Like Mine" [26] Morgan McMichaels

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