Drag Race Down Under winner Kita Mean hospitalised after Thailand tummy tuck surgery

Drag queen Kita Mean, winner of season one of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under, is spending the festive season in hospital following a botched cosmetic surgery.

The 36-year-old had travelled to Thailand for a tummy tuck surgery, a procedure that removes excess fat to make the abdomen appear thinner, however complications from the botched job have left the drag queen hospitalised for over five weeks.

Mean, who co-own’s legendary Auckland drag bar Caluzzi Cabaret alongside Drag Race Down Under contestant Anita Wig’lit, was due to appear at London nightclub G.A.Y to close out 2022 before appearing as a guest of honour at DragCon UK in January.

She told Stuff she would be undergoing a surgery on Friday morning and hopes to be home in time for Christmas.

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