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== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Nymphia Wind was born in [[Los Angeles]] and raised in [[Hong Kong]] and Taiwan.<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |date=15 November 2019 |title=Nymphia Wind Shares Her Thoughts on Taiwan's Rising Drag Scene – Taiwan Scene |url=https://taiwan-scene.com/2019/11/15/nymphia-wind-shares-her-thoughts-on-taiwans-rising-drag-scene/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231206163400/https://taiwan-scene.com/2019/11/15/nymphia-wind-shares-her-thoughts-on-taiwans-rising-drag-scene/ |archive-date=2023-12-06 |access-date=2023-12-06 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web |date=2023-03-02 |title=On Point With: Nymphia Wind |url=https://thotyssey.com/2023/03/02/on-point-with-nymphia-wind/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320230655/https://thotyssey.com/2023/03/02/on-point-with-nymphia-wind/ |archive-date=2023-03-20 |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=Thotyssey |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Chiang |first=Vic |date=2024-04-18 |title=How a ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ finalist became an unlikely ambassador for Taiwan |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/18/rupaul-drag-race-nymphia-wind-taiwan/}}</ref> She developed a passion for fashion and drag during her studies at a university in England, inspired by [[K-pop]] girl groups.<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":52">{{Cite news |last=Yang |first=Evelyn |date=2023-12-22 |title=INTERVIEW/Nymphia Wind blows into RuPaul's Drag Race as the First Taiwanese Queen |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202312220014 |work=Focus Taiwan - CNA English News}}</ref>
Nymphia Wind was born in [[Los Angeles]] and raised in [[Hong Kong]] and [[Taiwan]].<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |date=15 November 2019 |title=Nymphia Wind Shares Her Thoughts on Taiwan's Rising Drag Scene – Taiwan Scene |url=https://taiwan-scene.com/2019/11/15/nymphia-wind-shares-her-thoughts-on-taiwans-rising-drag-scene/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231206163400/https://taiwan-scene.com/2019/11/15/nymphia-wind-shares-her-thoughts-on-taiwans-rising-drag-scene/ |archive-date=2023-12-06 |access-date=2023-12-06 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web |date=2023-03-02 |title=On Point With: Nymphia Wind |url=https://thotyssey.com/2023/03/02/on-point-with-nymphia-wind/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320230655/https://thotyssey.com/2023/03/02/on-point-with-nymphia-wind/ |archive-date=2023-03-20 |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=Thotyssey |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Chiang |first=Vic |date=2024-04-18 |title=How a ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ finalist became an unlikely ambassador for Taiwan |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/18/rupaul-drag-race-nymphia-wind-taiwan/}}</ref> She developed a passion for fashion and drag during her studies at a university in England, inspired by [[K-pop]] girl groups.<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":52">{{Cite news |last=Yang |first=Evelyn |date=2023-12-22 |title=INTERVIEW/Nymphia Wind blows into RuPaul's Drag Race as the First Taiwanese Queen |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202312220014 |work=Focus Taiwan - CNA English News}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
Since 2018, Nymphia Wind has been a drag performer in [[Taipei]].<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |date=15 November 2019 |title=Nymphia Wind Shares Her Thoughts on Taiwan's Rising Drag Scene – Taiwan Scene |url=https://taiwan-scene.com/2019/11/15/nymphia-wind-shares-her-thoughts-on-taiwans-rising-drag-scene/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231206163400/https://taiwan-scene.com/2019/11/15/nymphia-wind-shares-her-thoughts-on-taiwans-rising-drag-scene/ |archive-date=2023-12-06 |access-date=2023-12-06 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |date=2023-03-02 |title=On Point With: Nymphia Wind |url=https://thotyssey.com/2023/03/02/on-point-with-nymphia-wind/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320230655/https://thotyssey.com/2023/03/02/on-point-with-nymphia-wind/ |archive-date=2023-03-20 |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=Thotyssey |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Wind2">{{Cite web |last=Wind |first=Nymphia |date=2022-06-02 |title=《飛啊～妮妃雅》 蕉后掰掰演出募款 |trans-title=''Bye bye Nymphia'' farewell performance fundraising websites |url=https://www.flyingv.cc/projects/32025?lang=zh_TW |website=flyingV |language=zh-TW}}</ref> Her first name "Nymphia" comes from the [[Pokémon]] character, and her last name "Wind" means she likes to be free and invisible. Also, "Wind" is a homophone of "craziness" in Mandarin.<ref name=":42">{{Cite news |last=Chiang |first=Vic |date=2024-04-18 |title=How a ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ finalist became an unlikely ambassador for Taiwan |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/18/rupaul-drag-race-nymphia-wind-taiwan/}}</ref> She is the mother of "House of Wind" (瘋家, use craziness in Mandarin).<ref>{{Cite news |last=CHENG |first=SYLVIA |date=2024-04-23 |title=台灣第一人！變裝皇后妮妃雅Nymphia獲美國《魯保羅變裝秀》總冠軍，大喊「送給台灣！」Lady Gaga也來留言 |url=https://www.elle.com/tw/entertainment/voice/g60557886/nymphia-rupaul-2024-lady-gaga/ |language=ZH-TW}}</ref> Nymphia's signature color is yellow, as fashion choice and her Asian identity, and her performances often incorporate banana and Taiwanese cultural elements.<ref name=":42" /><ref name=":53">{{Cite news |last=Yang |first=Evelyn |date=2023-12-22 |title=INTERVIEW/Nymphia Wind blows into RuPaul's Drag Race as the First Taiwanese Queen |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202312220014 |work=Focus Taiwan - CNA English News}}</ref> She calls herself "[[Banana]] [[The Buddha|Buddha]]" and her fanbase as "Banana Believers".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thomson |first=Jono |date=2023-12-12 |title=1st Taiwanese drag queen to appear on RuPaul's Drag Race |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/5057851 |work=Taiwan News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sim |first=Bernardo |date=2023-12-06 |title=Meet the Queens of 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 16 |url=https://www.out.com/gay-tv-shows/drag-race-season-16-queens#rebelltitem8 |work=[[Out (magazine)|Out]]}}</ref> Outside of drag, she is a seamstress who received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in fashion atelier from the [[University for the Creative Arts]] in Rochester, England.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last= |date=2019-05-10 |title=These photographs lift the lid on Taipei's growing, energetic drag scene |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/art-photography/article/44349/1/banana-magazine-photographs-lift-the-lid-on-taipeis-growing-energetic-drag-scene |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825122950/https://www.dazeddigital.com/art-photography/article/44349/1/banana-magazine-photographs-lift-the-lid-on-taipeis-growing-energetic-drag-scene |archive-date=2023-08-25 |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Wind2" />
Since 2018, Nymphia Wind has been a drag performer in [[Taipei]].<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |date=15 November 2019 |title=Nymphia Wind Shares Her Thoughts on Taiwan's Rising Drag Scene – Taiwan Scene |url=https://taiwan-scene.com/2019/11/15/nymphia-wind-shares-her-thoughts-on-taiwans-rising-drag-scene/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231206163400/https://taiwan-scene.com/2019/11/15/nymphia-wind-shares-her-thoughts-on-taiwans-rising-drag-scene/ |archive-date=2023-12-06 |access-date=2023-12-06 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |date=2023-03-02 |title=On Point With: Nymphia Wind |url=https://thotyssey.com/2023/03/02/on-point-with-nymphia-wind/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320230655/https://thotyssey.com/2023/03/02/on-point-with-nymphia-wind/ |archive-date=2023-03-20 |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=Thotyssey |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Wind2">{{Cite web |last=Wind |first=Nymphia |date=2022-06-02 |title=《飛啊～妮妃雅》 蕉后掰掰演出募款 |trans-title=''Bye bye Nymphia'' farewell performance fundraising websites |url=https://www.flyingv.cc/projects/32025?lang=zh_TW |website=flyingV |language=zh-TW}}</ref> Her first name "Nymphia" comes from the [[Pokémon]] character, and her last name "Wind" means she likes to be free and invisible. Also, "Wind" is a homophone of "craziness" in [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]].<ref name=":42">{{Cite news |last=Chiang |first=Vic |date=2024-04-18 |title=How a ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ finalist became an unlikely ambassador for Taiwan |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/18/rupaul-drag-race-nymphia-wind-taiwan/}}</ref> She is the mother of "House of Wind" (瘋家, use "craziness" in Mandarin).<ref>{{Cite news |last=CHENG |first=SYLVIA |date=2024-04-23 |title=台灣第一人！變裝皇后妮妃雅Nymphia獲美國《魯保羅變裝秀》總冠軍，大喊「送給台灣！」Lady Gaga也來留言 |url=https://www.elle.com/tw/entertainment/voice/g60557886/nymphia-rupaul-2024-lady-gaga/ |language=ZH-TW}}</ref> Nymphia's signature color is yellow, as fashion choice and her Asian identity, and her performances often incorporate banana and Taiwanese cultural elements.<ref name=":42" /><ref name=":53">{{Cite news |last=Yang |first=Evelyn |date=2023-12-22 |title=INTERVIEW/Nymphia Wind blows into RuPaul's Drag Race as the First Taiwanese Queen |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202312220014 |work=Focus Taiwan - CNA English News}}</ref> She calls herself "[[Banana]] [[The Buddha|Buddha]]" and her fanbase as "Banana Believers".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thomson |first=Jono |date=2023-12-12 |title=1st Taiwanese drag queen to appear on RuPaul's Drag Race |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/5057851 |work=Taiwan News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sim |first=Bernardo |date=2023-12-06 |title=Meet the Queens of 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 16 |url=https://www.out.com/gay-tv-shows/drag-race-season-16-queens#rebelltitem8 |work=[[Out (magazine)|Out]]}}</ref> Outside of drag, she is a seamstress who received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in fashion atelier from the [[University for the Creative Arts]] in Rochester, England.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last= |date=2019-05-10 |title=These photographs lift the lid on Taipei's growing, energetic drag scene |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/art-photography/article/44349/1/banana-magazine-photographs-lift-the-lid-on-taipeis-growing-energetic-drag-scene |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825122950/https://www.dazeddigital.com/art-photography/article/44349/1/banana-magazine-photographs-lift-the-lid-on-taipeis-growing-energetic-drag-scene |archive-date=2023-08-25 |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Wind2" />


Nymphia Wind moved to [[Brooklyn]] in late 2022.<ref name=":02" /><ref name=":53" /> In 2024, she won the [[RuPaul's Drag Race (season 16)|sixteenth season]] of ''[[RuPaul's Drag Race]]'', becoming the first person of East Asian descent to win an installment of the American series, and the second queen of Asian descent to win after [[Raja Gemini]].<ref name=":32">{{Cite magazine |title='RuPaul's Drag Race' season 16 cast revealed: Meet the new queens |url=https://ew.com/rupauls-drag-race-season-16-cast-revealed-8407797 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231206163443/https://ew.com/rupauls-drag-race-season-16-cast-revealed-8407797 |archive-date=2023-12-06 |access-date=2023-12-06 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref> In 2024 summer, Nymphia and the House of Wind is going to representing Taiwan as a performer at Paris 2024 Cultural Olympiad.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ministry of Culture (Taiwan) |date=2024-04-30 |title=巴黎文化奧運臺灣館 展現民主自由孕育的島嶼新藝展 |url=https://www.moc.gov.tw/News_Content2.aspx?n=105&s=211279 |website=[[Ministry of Culture (Taiwan)]] |language=ZH-TW}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Chao |first=Ching-Yu |last2=Lo |first2=James |date=2024-04-30 |title=OLYMPICS/Taiwan to present 4 spotlight experiences at Paris Cultural Olympiad |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202404300029 |work=[[Focus Taiwan]]}}</ref>
Nymphia Wind moved to [[Brooklyn]] in late 2022.<ref name=":02" /><ref name=":53" /> In 2024, she won the [[RuPaul's Drag Race (season 16)|sixteenth season]] of ''[[RuPaul's Drag Race]]'', becoming the first person of East Asian descent to win an installment of the American series, and the second queen of Asian descent to win after [[Raja Gemini]].<ref name=":32">{{Cite magazine |title='RuPaul's Drag Race' season 16 cast revealed: Meet the new queens |url=https://ew.com/rupauls-drag-race-season-16-cast-revealed-8407797 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231206163443/https://ew.com/rupauls-drag-race-season-16-cast-revealed-8407797 |archive-date=2023-12-06 |access-date=2023-12-06 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref> In 2024 summer, Nymphia and the House of Wind is going to representing Taiwan as a performer at [[2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Cultural Olympiad]] in Paris.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ministry of Culture (Taiwan) |date=2024-04-30 |title=巴黎文化奧運臺灣館 展現民主自由孕育的島嶼新藝展 |url=https://www.moc.gov.tw/News_Content2.aspx?n=105&s=211279 |website=[[Ministry of Culture (Taiwan)]] |language=ZH-TW}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Chao |first=Ching-Yu |last2=Lo |first2=James |date=2024-04-30 |title=OLYMPICS/Taiwan to present 4 spotlight experiences at Paris Cultural Olympiad |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202404300029 |work=[[Focus Taiwan]]}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==

Revision as of 00:49, 7 May 2024

Nymphia Wind
Nymphia Wind in 2023
Born
Leo Tsao

(1995-07-23) July 23, 1995 (age 29)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.[1]
NationalityTaiwanese
American
EducationUniversity for the Creative Arts (BA)
Occupations
Years active2018–present
TelevisionRuPaul's Drag Race (season 16)
PredecessorSasha Colby
RelativesTs'ao Yung-ho (granduncle)
Websitenymphiawind.com

Nymphia Wind (Chinese: 妮妃雅‧瘋) is the stage name of Leo Tsao (Chinese: 曹米駬; born July 23, 1995),[2][3] a Taiwanese-American[1] drag performer and dressmaker.[4] In 2024, she was crowned the winner of season 16 of RuPaul's Drag Race, becoming the first East Asian winner.

Early life

Nymphia Wind was born in Los Angeles and raised in Hong Kong and Taiwan.[5][6][7] She developed a passion for fashion and drag during her studies at a university in England, inspired by K-pop girl groups.[5][8]

Career

Since 2018, Nymphia Wind has been a drag performer in Taipei.[9][10][11] Her first name "Nymphia" comes from the Pokémon character, and her last name "Wind" means she likes to be free and invisible. Also, "Wind" is a homophone of "craziness" in Mandarin.[12] She is the mother of "House of Wind" (瘋家, use "craziness" in Mandarin).[13] Nymphia's signature color is yellow, as fashion choice and her Asian identity, and her performances often incorporate banana and Taiwanese cultural elements.[12][14] She calls herself "Banana Buddha" and her fanbase as "Banana Believers".[15][16] Outside of drag, she is a seamstress who received a Bachelor of Arts in fashion atelier from the University for the Creative Arts in Rochester, England.[17][11]

Nymphia Wind moved to Brooklyn in late 2022.[17][14] In 2024, she won the sixteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, becoming the first person of East Asian descent to win an installment of the American series, and the second queen of Asian descent to win after Raja Gemini.[18] In 2024 summer, Nymphia and the House of Wind is going to representing Taiwan as a performer at 2024 Cultural Olympiad in Paris.[19][20]

Personal life

Nymphia Wind lives in a supportive family with her mother, who often watches her shows and helps her drag.[21][22] Her granduncle was Ts'ao Yung-ho, a historian who specialized in History of Taiwan.[23]

Filmography

Year Title Notes Ref.
2020 Guess Who: My Bestie Mom [22]
2021 Leo & Nymphia Documentary [2]
2024 RuPaul's Drag Race (season 16) Contestant, Winner [24]
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked

References

  1. ^ a b "Drag Race S16 Queens on What Inspires Their Drag". Youtube. GLAAD. 2024-01-05.
  2. ^ a b "Leo & Nymphia". QUEER EAST FESTIVAL.
  3. ^ 葉, 冠吟 (2022-01-12). "雙面曹里歐記錄變裝皇后日常 衝撞價值觀" [Leo & Nymphia records the daily life of a drag queen, colliding within values]. Central News Agency (Taiwan) (in Chinese (Taiwan)).
  4. ^ "These photographs lift the lid on Taipei's growing, energetic drag scene". Dazed. 2019-05-10. Archived from the original on 2023-08-25. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  5. ^ a b "Nymphia Wind Shares Her Thoughts on Taiwan's Rising Drag Scene – Taiwan Scene". 15 November 2019. Archived from the original on 2023-12-06. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  6. ^ "On Point With: Nymphia Wind". Thotyssey. 2023-03-02. Archived from the original on 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  7. ^ Chiang, Vic (2024-04-18). "How a 'RuPaul's Drag Race' finalist became an unlikely ambassador for Taiwan".
  8. ^ Yang, Evelyn (2023-12-22). "INTERVIEW/Nymphia Wind blows into RuPaul's Drag Race as the First Taiwanese Queen". Focus Taiwan - CNA English News.
  9. ^ "Nymphia Wind Shares Her Thoughts on Taiwan's Rising Drag Scene – Taiwan Scene". 15 November 2019. Archived from the original on 2023-12-06. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  10. ^ "On Point With: Nymphia Wind". Thotyssey. 2023-03-02. Archived from the original on 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  11. ^ a b Wind, Nymphia (2022-06-02). "《飛啊～妮妃雅》 蕉后掰掰演出募款" [Bye bye Nymphia farewell performance fundraising websites]. flyingV (in Chinese (Taiwan)).
  12. ^ a b Chiang, Vic (2024-04-18). "How a 'RuPaul's Drag Race' finalist became an unlikely ambassador for Taiwan".
  13. ^ CHENG, SYLVIA (2024-04-23). "台灣第一人！變裝皇后妮妃雅Nymphia獲美國《魯保羅變裝秀》總冠軍，大喊「送給台灣！」Lady Gaga也來留言" (in Chinese (Taiwan)).
  14. ^ a b Yang, Evelyn (2023-12-22). "INTERVIEW/Nymphia Wind blows into RuPaul's Drag Race as the First Taiwanese Queen". Focus Taiwan - CNA English News.
  15. ^ Thomson, Jono (2023-12-12). "1st Taiwanese drag queen to appear on RuPaul's Drag Race". Taiwan News.
  16. ^ Sim, Bernardo (2023-12-06). "Meet the Queens of 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 16". Out.
  17. ^ a b "These photographs lift the lid on Taipei's growing, energetic drag scene". Dazed. 2019-05-10. Archived from the original on 2023-08-25. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  18. ^ "'RuPaul's Drag Race' season 16 cast revealed: Meet the new queens". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2023-12-06. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  19. ^ Ministry of Culture (Taiwan) (2024-04-30). "巴黎文化奧運臺灣館 展現民主自由孕育的島嶼新藝展". Ministry of Culture (Taiwan) (in Chinese (Taiwan)).
  20. ^ Chao, Ching-Yu; Lo, James (2024-04-30). "OLYMPICS/Taiwan to present 4 spotlight experiences at Paris Cultural Olympiad". Focus Taiwan.
  21. ^ Yang, Evelyn (2023-12-22). "INTERVIEW/Nymphia Wind blows into RuPaul's Drag Race as the First Taiwanese Queen". Focus Taiwan - CNA English News.
  22. ^ a b "Guess Who: My Bestie Mom". TaiwanPlus. 2022-01-24.
  23. ^ 鄺, 郁庭 (2024-04-21). "妮妃雅家牆上有「他」照片！她驚呆：一家來拯救人類文明的吧". ETtoday (in Chinese (Taiwan)).
  24. ^ "'RuPaul's Drag Race' season 16 cast revealed: Meet the new queens". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2023-12-06. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
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