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Pan Pan Narkprasert (; born July 22, 1988), known as Pangina Heals, is a Thai drag queen and judge on Drag Race Thailand, who later went on to compete on the of (2022). He has been described as one of the most popular drag performers in Asia, and is often called the of Thailand. Narkprasert founded the Bangkok drag venue, House of Heals.


Early life and education
Narkprasert was born to a Thai father and a mother in Bangkok. He was a student at Shrewsbury International School and Harrow International School Bangkok. He was bullied by his peers and battled depression and bulimia. He later lived in Los Angeles for four years, where he studied fine arts at the University of California, Los Angeles.

After graduating, Narkprasert returned to spend a year navigating Bangkok’s art scene. He entered his first competition, a lookalike competition, in 2010 and won a trip to New York City to see her perform in concert. Eventually, with the help of local drag performer Sira Soda, he learned how to dress and put on makeup.


Career
Narkprasert chose his drag name as a reference to the drag queen and the super continent . By 2011, Narkprasert had made a name for himself as Thailand's queen, and he would go on to win T Battle 2014, Thailand’s first reality TV drag competition. Pangina Heals continued to hone his craft by hosting a weekly LGBTQI+ night in Bangkok at the upmarket cabaret bar Maggie Choo's.

Pangina Heals made his acting debut after joining the main cast of the play, The Lisbon Traviata, written by American playwright and produced by English-language multicultural theatre group Culture Collective Studio, where he portrayed Mendy. Pangina Heals opened for Tube Gallery's 20th anniversary fashion show. He was a part of the lineup for Melbourne’s Drag Exp in 2020. In June 2021, he hosted Queer Got Talent, an online talent competition.

In 2020, Narkprasert opened House of Heals, a drag bar in Bangkok.


Television
As Pangina Heals, Narkprasert participated on Thailand's version of Lip Sync Battle and won the competition with a rendition of Lady Gaga's "Telephone". He competed in and won T Battle, a Thai reality show where 13 local gender benders competed in singing, dancing and impersonation challenges. He also competed on Thailand Dance Now. In 2018, he was announced to co-host Drag Race Thailand, a Thai spin-off of RuPaul's Drag Race, produced by .

In January 2022, he was announced as one of the nine contestants on the of , making his the first ever contestant to have judged an iteration of the show before entering the competition. In the premiere episode, Pangina Heals won the episode after beating Jimbo to a lipsync to "Say You'll Be There" by The Spice Girls, and chose to eliminate Lemon from the competition. In Episode 3, Pangina won for the second time after beating Dutch contestant Janey Jacké in a lipsync performance to "We Like to Party! (The Vengabus)" by the and eliminated Jimbo. Pangina Heals was eliminated in the following episode, the , by , after his performance as in the Snatch Game, which she did not react well to.

Pangina Heals has a drag "daughter", Felicia Heals, who appeared in the casting special for the second season of Drag Race Thailand, becoming the first cisgender female queen to appear in the franchise.


Filmography

Film
TBA Pangina HealsPre-production


Television
2014Thailand Dance NowHimselfContestant
2014T BattleWinner
2017The Face Thailand Season 3Special Guest (Episode 10: "Zorb Ball Catwalk")
2018Lip Sync Battle ThailandGuest
2018–presentDrag Race ThailandCo-Host (seasons 1-2), Host (season 3)
2018The Face All Star ThailandSpecial Guest (Episode 3: "Outstanding")
2022Contestant (6th place);
2023Lip Sync Assassin; Season 8
Drag Race PhilippinesGuest Judge (Episode 8); Season 2
RuPaul's Drag Race UKSpecial guest (Episode: "Tickety-Boo"); Series 5
2025HimselfGuest Judge (Episode 4);


Music videos
2022"The Motto" (Official Drag Video) and Tiësto


Web series
2014Queer as FuckHimselfHost
2018Rat NokGuest
2018Take Her HomeGuest
2018Loukgolf's English RoomGuest, Episode 178
2019Work Bitch WorkGuest
2019Follow MeWorld of Wonder series; guest
2019Drag to Go GroHost
2019Bed Bitch & BeyondHost
2022The Pit StopGuest
2022Bring Back My GirlsGuest
2022Tongue Thai'dHost
2023Give It to Me StraightGuest
2024RuPaul's Drag Race Live UntuckedWOWPresents Plus original


See also
  • List of University of California, Los Angeles people


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