Kita Mean

Auckland drag queen Kita Mean made history as the first New Zealander to win RuPaul's Drag Race, taking the crown on Down Under season 1 in 2021. With what she describes as over a decade of obsession with drag, she has built a career as a self-described "self-employed entrepreneur" — managing, marketing, and producing her own work. "I have been obsessed with drag ever since I discovered it 14 years ago," she has said. Beyond the Drag Race stage, Kita has toured Aotearoa with her live show Delightfully Camp, co-hosts the podcast Kita and Anita's Happy Hour alongside fellow queen Anita Wigl'it, and represented New Zealand at RuPaul's Drag Con in Los Angeles in 2023 — an experience she described as her "dreams have finally come true."