Interview by Joel Kim Booster
Photography Kyle Galvin
Creative Direction Craig Hemming and Umar Sarwar
Art Direction Jack Rowe
Fashion Umar Sarwar
Creative Producer Anisa Cleaver
Hair Jason Goh
Nails Natasha Blake
Digi Tech Claire Lewington
Lighting Tech Sarah Merrett
Creative Assistant Lauren Reed-Fisk
Fashion Assistants Bradley Turner, Lily Hobman and Priya Nicholas

“After this interview comes out, you will be inundated – flooded, even – with dick,” Joel Kim Booster tells/promises Nymphia Wind. Earlier this year, the banana activist (bananactivist?) and trailblazing Jane Goodall impersonator ‘Padam Padam’-ed her way to glory on RuPaul’s Drag Race, making history as the first East Asian champion of the OG franchise.

Nymphia’s triumph was widely celebrated by various alumni and stars such as – you might need to Google the following names, as they’re not very popular – Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga and Kylie Minogue, particularly those within her community who have been “hungry” to see an “Asian success story” on-screen.

Here, she reunites with season 16 guest judge Joel Kim Booster, Emmy-nominated comedian and mastermind behind Fire Island, to reflect on life post-Drag Race, how she’s observed a “drift between Nymphia and Leo” and their shared experiences as East Asian celebrities. And, as the opening quote to this paragraph suggests, there’s some saucy chitter-chatter about DMs of the… phallic variety. ‘Banana Believers’, rise!