Ongina Bio, Age, Height, Husband, Net Worth, Drag Race

Ongina Biography

This is what you need to know about Ongina born Ryan Ong Palao. She is an American drag performer and HIV activist, who came to international attention on the first season of RuPaul’s Drag Race and the fifth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars. Ongina was one of the first reality TV stars to become HIV positive.

Ongina Age

Ongina was born in Siasi, Philippines on January 6, 1982. She is 41 years old.

Ongina Height

Ongina stands at the height of 5 ft 4 inches tall.

Ongina Family

Ongina was born and raised in Siasi, Philippines by her loving and caring parents.

Ongina Husband

Ongina’s husband is Ryan this is according to her Facebook account on 26 October 2011, ”A message from my husband Ryan Wray Presents Seats for my Nina Flowers show (Jorge Luis Flores Sanchez) November 18th at executive suite LBC will be on sale starting Monday, October 31st! yay! But due to circumstances beyond my control, there will be a change in the way you make your reservations.

Your reservations must be made at the bar and must be paid for in full at the time of reservation. You can still call the bar to make/pay for reservations, but they can no longer be made by email. Palao is openly gay. She was diagnosed as HIV-positive on April 13, 2006.

Ongina Net Worth

Ongina has an estimated net worth of $1 million U.S dollars. Her career as a drag queen is the primary source of her income.

Ongina HIV POSITIVE

Ongina has been an HIV activist since when she came out positive. She was the host for an online web show, HIV and Me, a talk show interviewing different individuals on how they live with HIV/AIDS. She was also a spokesperson for OraQuick, one of the first at-home HIV testing kits, in 2013. She won the NewNowNext Award for “Most Addictive Reality Star” in 2009.

Ongina Career

Ongina got the chance to star as one of nine contestants for the inaugural season of RuPaul’s Drag Race which was officially announced on February 2, 2009. During the fourth episode, she revealed her status as HIV positive and she won her second challenge.

Ongina was eliminated in the next episode after losing lip sync to “Stronger” by Britney Spears against eventual winner Bebe Zahara Benet, placing her fifth. She made an appearance in the “Extra Special Edition” mid-season recap episode next to RuPaul.

Outside of season 1, she made a cameo appearance on the first season of RuPaul’s Drag Race: All-Stars. She also made five appearances in the first and second seasons of RuPaul’s Drag U. She appeared as a guest for the first challenge in the premiere of season 11 of Drag Race.

Ongina was in the 2009 music video for “I Gotta Feeling” by The Black Eyed Peas. An animated version of Ongina appeared in the “RuPaul’s Drag Race: Dragopolis 2.0” mobile app. She also made appearances in three episodes of the WOWPresents web series “Fashion Photo Review” with Mayhem Miller, filling in for Raja and Raven in September and October 2018. She was a backup dancer for Nico Tortorella in an episode of Lip Sync Battle in 2019.

Ongina performed at Motor City Pride in June 2019. Later that year, she performed at Virginia Pridefest, headlined by Betty Who. Ongina was announced on May 8, 2020, as one of the ten queens competing on the fifth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars.