Lucina Innocence

Auckland queen Lucina Innocence made her drag debut in 2016 at the now-closed Dogs Bollix in Ponsonby — a "rough" performance she describes as "a mashup of Lana Del Rey's 'Happy Birthday Mr President' and Lady Gaga's 'Government Hooker' while wearing a frizzy blonde wig, a black bra and panty, and shoes that were two sizes too small." Despite the rough start, she says, "I was feeling the fantasy, and haven't stopped since." It was season six of RuPaul's Drag Race — watched while living in Hawke's Bay — that set Lucina on her path. "I had no idea drag queens could be pretty," she recalls. "I binge watched all the seasons and began practicing drag makeup in my room." She went on to compete on Drag Race Down Under Season 4, standing tall at 6 ft 7 in drag and calling the opportunity a "dream come true."