{{short description|Thai drag performer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox person | name = Angele Anang | image = DragCon2024 @DVSROSS (13) (53872785625) (crop).jpg | caption = Angele Anang at RuPaul's DragCon LA in 2024 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|9|24}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://draglicious.com.br/2021/03/25/whos-that-queen-angele-anang/ |title=Who's That Queen? Angele Anang |last=Vilhena |first=Arthur |language=pt-BR |website=draglicious.com.br |date=25 March 2021 |publisher=Draglicious |access-date=September 23, 2023}}</ref> | birth_place = Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand | other_names = Angele-Anang Pokinwuttipob | occupation = {{flat list| *Drag queen *performer *actress *model}} | television = ''Drag Race Thailand'' (season 2) | website = {{URL|angeleanang.com}} }} '''Angele-Anang Pokinwuttipob''', known professionally as '''Angele Anang''',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.timeout.com/bangkok/lgbt/interview-angele-anang-dragrace-thailand|title=Angele Anang: "Always be yourself and be true to what you believe in."|date=2019-05-26|work=Timeout.com|access-date=2019-08-30|language=en-US}}</ref> is a Thai drag performer, best known for winning the second season of ''Drag Race Thailand'', the Thai spinoff of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. She was the first transgender winner in the franchise.
==Early life== Angele was born in Nakhon Ratchasima in 1994. She lived with her parents in Ayutthaya, she studied at {{ill|Joseph Ayutthaya school|th|วัดนักบุญยอแซฟ อยุธยา}} Santi Asoke and Nonformal learning school.
As a teenager, Angele’s mother died from breast cancer she had a history of physical abuse by her father and drug abuse. After rehabilitation, she briefly became a monk.<ref name="ntl">{{cite news|url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/social-and-lifestyle/1663720/into-the-light|title=Into the light|first=Melalin|last=Mahavongtrakul|newspaper=Bangkok Post|date=19 April 2019 }}</ref>
== Career == Angele was a successful Beyonce impersonator.<ref name="ntl" /> She has her first act in a transgender cabaret show in Bangkok, Calypso Cabaret.<ref name="MN2SAnang">{{cite news |title=Angele Anang |url=https://mn2s.com/booking-agency/talent-roster/angele-anang/ |publisher=M2NS |accessdate=2024-01-16 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116083943/https://mn2s.com/booking-agency/talent-roster/angele-anang/ |archivedate=2024-01-16 }}</ref> Angele was announced as one of the fourteen contestants for the second season of ''Drag Race Thailand'', that began airing on January 11, 2019. Throughout her time in the competition, she won six challenges, more than any other queen in the franchise's history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/bangkok/lgbt/interview-angele-anang-dragrace-thailand|title=Angele Anang: "Always be yourself and be true to what you believe in."|first=Top |last=Koaysomboon|website=Timeout.com|date=26 May 2019 }}</ref> On April 5, she was crowned the winner.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gay.it/televisione/news/drag-race-angele-anang-transgender|title=Drag Race, first historic transgender triumph|first=Federico |last=Boni|website=Gay.it|date=2019-04-06}}</ref> She is the first<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.out.com/drag/2019/4/05/drag-race-just-crowned-its-first-trans-winner|title='Drag Race' Just Crowned Its First Trans Winner|first=Mikelle|last=Street|website=Out.com|date=2019-04-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newnownext.com/drag-race-thailand-trans-winner/04/2019/|title="Drag Race Thailand" Makes Herstory, Crowns First Trans Woman Winner|first=Christopher|last=Rudolph|website=NewNowNext.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/transgender-woman-wins-drag-race-thailand/#gs.zjuhqm|title=First ever transgender woman wins in Drag Race history|first=Anya|last=Crittenton|website=GayStarNews.com|date=2019-04-05|access-date=2019-08-30|archive-date=2019-07-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730051648/https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/transgender-woman-wins-drag-race-thailand/#gs.zjuhqm|url-status=dead}}</ref> trans woman to win a season of ''Drag Race''.
In 2019, Angele spoke at DragCon NYC's "All Around the World: International Drag Queen" panel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newnownext.com/international-drag-queens-panel-dragcon-nyc-2019/09/2019/|title=What's It Really Like to Be a Drag Star in Asia and Brazil? 6 Queens Share Their Stories.|first=Carla|last=Hay|website=NewNowNext|date=2019-09-10}}</ref> Angele was a featured performer of ''Xtra'' in 2020, a digital drag show created to support drag queens struggling from the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/08/27/chicagos-digital-drag-shows-give-performers-online-stage-for-lgbtq-artistry-and-activism/|title=Chicago's 'Digital Drag' Shows Give Performers Online Stage For LGBTQ Artistry And Activism|date=August 27, 2020|first=Jake|last=Wittich|website=Block Club Chicago|access-date=August 29, 2020}}</ref> Later that year, she was a featured performer of ''Oaklash'', which was also held virtually.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kqed.org/arts/13885614/drag-performers-champion-anti-racism-disability-justice-at-oaklash|title=Drag Performers Champion Anti-Racism, Disability Justice at Oaklash|date=September 3, 2020|first=Nastia|last=Voynovskaya|website=KQED|access-date=September 5, 2020}}</ref>
She is also a notable pro-democracy activist in Thailand.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Meet the Thai “Drag Race” star marching for democracy and equality |url=https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/meet-the-thai-drag-race-star-marching-for-democracy-and-equality |access-date=2026-05-05 |work=Reuters |language=en}}</ref>
== Filmography == === Television === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left;" |- ! Year ! Name ! Role ! Note |- |2019 |''I Can See Your Voice Thailand'' season 3 |Herself | Mystery singer |- |2019 |''Drag Race Thailand'' |Herself |Contestant (Season 2) |- |2022 |''Project Runway Thailand'' |Herself |Model |- |2024 |''Drag Race Thailand'' |Herself |Special guest (Season 3) |}
===Web series=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left;" |- ! Year ! Name ! Role ! Note ! {{Tooltip|Reference|Reference}} |- |2019 |''Bootleg Opinions'' |Herself |Guest, Episode: "Drag UK's Drag Con NY 2019 Looks" |<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngC-clPeYoY|title=Drag Race Thailand joins BOOTLEG OPINIONS for Drag UK's Drag Con NY 2019 Looks!|publisher= YuhuaHamasaki|date=September 24, 2019|access-date=September 24, 2019}}</ref> |}
=== Music videos === {| class="wikitable" !Year !Name !Artist !Reference |- |2019 |"Contrast" |Preen |<ref>[https://music.trueid.net/th-th/detail/g8YGjmaejN4z Follow your heart again! Preen Rawisarat puts all the effort into the first song. Go through every step!]</ref> |- |2023 |"Got Me Started" |Troye Sivan |<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjLcVqjIkLo Troye Sivan - Got Me Started (Official Video)</ref> |}
=== Movies === {| class="wikitable" !Year !Name !Role !Reference |- |2023 |Farang |Prostitute |<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19319352/ Farang (2023)]</ref> |}
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==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Angele Anang}}
{{Drag Race Thailand}}
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