Timothy Brian Black, better known as Naia Black or mononymously as Naia, is a Filipino drag performer. She is best known for winning the first season of Drag Den and was crowned as "Filipino's First Drag Supreme".

Career

While attending college at University of the Philippines Diliman, Brian Black first discovered drag from watching RuPaul's Drag Race. Originally she considered "Tanya Sativa", before choosing "Naia Black" as her drag name.

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On 17 November 2022, she was revealed as one of the contestants competing in the first season of Drag Den. Despite of never winning a challenge, she was in the finale with Shewarma and Maria Cristina. In the finale episode, she had to compete in three rounds and a lip-sync battle to Sarah Geronimo's "Kilometro" (2014). On the night of the finale, Naia was crowned by Manila Luzon at a viewing party in Taguig, as "Filipino's First Drag Supreme". She received a cash prize of ₱1,000,000, a one-year supply of Téviant Beauty cosmetics, and an "all-inclusive" trip to Palawan, Philippines.

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Discography

As a featured artist

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

Further reading

Living people

Drag Den

Filipino drag queens

People from Las Piñas

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