'We don't come to play': Is Gawdland's RuPaul win Asia's big drag moment?

Days before Gawdland was crowned the first South East Asian winner of RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs the World, she had posted a video of three Filipino boys dancing to her song Firecracker.

"Yaas, nakshie!" Gawdland cheers in the clip, using the Filipino gay slang word for daughter, as the boys - who were selling jasmine flower garlands - attempted jump-splits and somersaults outside a Manila nightclub.

Gawdland, who is from Thailand, hopes that she will be the first of many from the region to conquer the world stage, inspiring youth - like the three young flower sellers - to follow in her footsteps.

"For me to win this crown, to have this victory, it means the world. It means representation, it means taking up space. It means that we can dream big. We can dream an impossible dream," the 24-year-old, whose real name is Tharathep Thaweephon, tells BBC Thai.

"I am the proof of Asian drag excellence. When we do drag in Asia, in South East Asia, we're not here to play. We're here to win."