Genie (drag queen)

Genie
Genie at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2024
Born	Amit Gurnani[1] California, United States
Nationality	American

Amit Gurnani, better known by the stage name Genie, is an American drag performer who competed on the second season of Drag Race Thailand.^[2]

Early life

Genie was born in the U.S. state of California.^[3]

Career

Genie was the first American to compete on Drag Race Thailand.^[4] According to Gay Times, she was the first Hindu and the first contestant of Indian descent to compete on Drag Race.^[5] In 2019, she participated in the "All Around the World: International Drag Queens" panel at RuPaul's DragCon NYC.^[6]

Gurnani became executive creative director for the Americas region of Virtue, a Vice Media-owned creative agency, in 2020.^[7] Prior to that, they were appointed to lead creative for Vice Media Asia-Pacific in 2019.^[8]

Filmography

Television

• Drag Race Thailand (season 2)

Content

• Finding Family in Bangkok's Rising Drag Scene^[9]
• Genie: Transformations with James St. James 531^[10]

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist	Ref
2020	"The Most Office"	Bob the Drag Queen and Peppermint	[11]

References

1. Stein, Lindsay. "'Fitting in is for basic bitches': Vice's new APAC creative leader". campaignasia.com. Haymarket Media Ltd. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
2. Crittenton, Anya (2019-02-08). "Meet the American drag queen who traveled the world to be on Drag Race Thailand". Gay Star News. Archived from the original on 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
3. "Drag Race Thailand star Genie on how the show's runway is different to the original". Gay Times. 2019-03-01. ISSN 0950-6101. Archived from the original on 2020-11-08. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
4. "From 'Drag Race Thailand' to DragCon, Genie's Wishes Are Coming True". Pride.com. Here Media. 2019-05-24. Archived from the original on 2019-05-25. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
5. "Why we need to see more South Asian queens on Drag Race UK". Gay Times. 2021-04-06. Archived from the original on 2021-04-06. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
6. Hay, Carla (September 10, 2019). "What's It Really Like to Be a Drag Star in Asia and Brazil? 6 Queens Share Their Stories". LOGO News. Archived from the original on 2020-08-19. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
7. Smiley, Minda (August 13, 2020). "Genie Gurnani Takes on ECD Role at Virtue Americas". Adweek. Shamrock Holdings. ISSN 0199-2864. Archived from the original on 2021-06-23. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
8. Stein, Lindsay (July 8, 2019). "'Fitting in is for basic bitches:' Vice's new APAC creative leader". www.campaignlive.com. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
9. Finding Family in Bangkok's Rising Drag Scene, VICE, 5 August 2020, retrieved 2022-04-20
10. Genie: Transformations with James St. James 531, WOWPresents, 6 August 2019, retrieved 2022-04-20
11. "Black Queer Town Hall: The Most Office by Virtue". The Drum. 20 October 2020. Retrieved September 12, 2021.

External links

• Media related to Genie (drag queen) at Wikimedia Commons