It’d be easy for even the most seasoned of pros to be swallowed up by the hype and pressure of competing in a show like RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. The reality show, fronted by drag icon RuPaul, aims to find the world’s best drag superstars and has run for 14 seasons in the States, spawning numerous international versions.
But when Krystal Versace - at just 19 years old - strutted onto our screens last year in season three of Drag Race UK, she oozed confidence and beauty as she declared the “sex on legs” had arrived. If she felt any pressure being there, she certainly didn't show it.
Born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, the drag performer made history by becoming the youngest ever winner of the franchise. Having started drag some seven years earlier at the age of 13, it was a glow-up like no other before. “I started drag because of Drag Race,” Krystal, now 20 and otherwise known as Luke Fenn, tells the Manchester Evening News. “I remember seeing Sasha Velour on season nine and just falling in love. I was obsessed with her face, her angles, her everything.”
