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Far away from the movie cameras in Los Angeles, Luzon grew up as Karl Westerberg in Minnesota. Born to a Filipina mother and a white father, Luzon says she blended in as an ethnically ambiguous person in an almost exclusively white community. Most of the discrimination she experienced wasn’t due to the color of her skin, but for her sexuality.
Luzon recalls dabbling with her mother’s wardrobe in her closet as a child, but says it wasn’t until she was able to go to the gay bars of Minneapolis during their 18-and-over nights in which she first began to express herself publicly. She notes that she quickly noticed that her Asian features lent themselves well to more feminine attire and makeup.
seasons 1 and 4. Now Luzon is stepping into a new role as executive producer – plus head judge and host – for, a Philippines-based reality series on Amazon Prime which is giving a new generation of Filipina drag queens their own chance to slay.