Brigiding | |
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Born | John Philip Aricheta Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines |
Other names | Brigiding "Gigi" Aricheta |
Television | Drag Race Philippines (season 1) |
Brigiding "Gigi" Aricheta,[1] or simply Brigiding, is the stage name of John Philip Aricheta,[2] a Filipino drag performer who competed on season 1 of Drag Race Philippines.[3] She is a member of the Divine Divas with Precious Paula Nicole and Viñas DeLuxe.[4] Brigiding also founded the drag contest called Drag Playhouse PH.[5][6]
Drag performer Brigiding competed on season 1 of Drag Race Philippines. Her impersonation of Elizabeth Ramsey for the Snatch Game challenged placed her in the bottom two. She tied in a lip sync against Minty Fresh to "Amakabogera" by Maymay Entrata, and both were allowed to remain in the competition.[7] Brigiding placed sixth overall.[8]
Since the show, she has performed with her fellow contestants Precious Paula Nicole and Viñas Deluxe as the Divine Divas.[9] The trio also appeared in a 2023 episode of Drag You and Me, as contestants in the Manila Drag Supreme contest.[10] In 2022, Brigiding performed alongside fellow contestants Corazon and Turing at Kroma Entertainment's first in-person event, Kroma Overload.[11] Brigiding represented the Philippines in a Nivea campaign in 2023.[12]
Brigiding is from Mandaluyong,[5] Metro Manila.[13] She is queer and uses the pronouns he/him out of drag and she/her in drag.[14] She is the "drag daughter" of DeeDee Marié Holliday, a contestant on season 2 of Drag Race Philippines.[15]