Lola Blades

Lola Blades is an Auckland drag queen who appeared as one of nine "dragstars" on TVNZ's reality series House of Drag. Filmed in a mansion setting, the show pitted contestants against each other in creative challenges for a $10,000 prize package. During a 'Trash Free For All' costume-making challenge on set, Lola captured the chaos perfectly: "I'm making… a trainwreck," she sighed, holding up a circle of neon green fabric. "It's a skirt situation? a top situation? I don't know what I'm doing." On the house dynamic, she offered a measured take: "I'm not saying it's a utopia, but the house is exactly as I expected."