Kween Kong

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]

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

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 Pending [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. 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. "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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