Krystal Versace

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Krystal Versace
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Krystal Versace at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2022
Born
Luke Fenn

(2001-10-10) 10 October 2001 (age 22)
Education North Kent College
Occupation Drag queen
Television RuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 3)
Website krystalversace.komi.io

Luke Fenn (born 10 October 2001), [1] professionally known as Krystal Versace, is an English drag queen best known for winning the third series of the reality show RuPaul's Drag Race UK . [2] Crowned at the age of 19, Krystal is the youngest ever Drag Race winner. [3] She is from Tunbridge Wells in Kent and has Greek Cypriot heritage via her maternal grandmother, being the first descendant of Cypriots to compete in the franchise. [4]

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Career

Krystal Versace started doing drag at the age of 13. [3] In August 2021, Versace was announced as one of the twelve contestants to be competing on the third series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK . She won the first two main challenges, one of which including a top two lip sync against Victoria Scone to "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler. In the ninth episode, she landed on bottom two with Vanity Milan and had to lip sync to "Hallucinate" by Dua Lipa, ultimately winning and moving on to the top three alongside Ella Vaday and Kitty Scott-Claus. As part of the last main challenge, they had to write, record, and perform their own verse to a remix of "Hey Sis, It's Christmas" by RuPaul. After a lip sync for the crown to Dusty Springfield's cover of "You Don't Own Me", Versace was declared victorious, [2] becoming not only the franchise's youngest finalist, but also the youngest ever winner. [3]

Personal life

Fenn uses she/her pronouns while in drag and he/him pronouns out of drag. [5] Fenn is dyslexic . [6] He attended North Kent College. [7]

Discography

As lead artist

TitleYearAlbum
"We Werk Together"
(with Ant & Dec, The Vivienne, and Lawrence Chaney)		2022Non-album single
YearTitleAlbum
2021"B.D.E. (Big Drag Energy) [Slice Girls]"

(The cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK Series 3)

Non-album single
"Hey Sis, It's Christmas"

(RuPaul featuring the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK Series 3)

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2021 RuPaul's Drag Race UK Self (contestant) Series 3; Winner
2022 Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway SelfPerformed as part of the End of the Show Show [8]
RuPaul's Drag Race UK Self Series 4; Special guest [9]
2023Keeping Up with Krystal VersaceSelf

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2021Cosmo Queens UKSelf Cosmopolitan UK [10]
Kita and Anita's Happy HourPodcast; Guest [11]

Music videos

YearTitleArtist(s)Ref.
2021"Good Ones" (Drag Performance Video) Charli XCX [12]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2022 The WOWIE Awards Best Instagram (The Curated Feed Award)HerselfWon [13] [14]

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