Draft:Nina Poon
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Submission declined on 3 September 2025 by RangersRus (talk). This draft's references do not show that the person meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion for people. The draft requires multiple published secondary sources that:
Declined by RangersRus 11 months ago.
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Comment: I recommend deleting this. I see no likelihood that this person will achieve notability in the Wikipedia sense any time soon. Doric Loon (talk) 11:21, 4 August 2026 (UTC)
- Comment: Agree with prior reviewer. The added sources are good, and help contextualize the 2010 show, but do not constitute substantial coverage of Poon herself to meet WP:NBLP. SocDoneLeft (talk) 21:36, 3 March 2026 (UTC)
- Comment: Subject would not meet WP:NACTOR so WP:GNG would apply in my opinion. I am only seeing mentions but nothing that amounts to WP:SIGCOV. I am not declining at the moment in case another reviewer disagrees with my assessment, but would recommend pointing out the WP:THREE on the talk page. In the meantime, I have added the official website and IMDb links. CNMall41 (talk) 17:41, 2 September 2025 (UTC)
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Nina Poon | |
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 Nina Poon at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival | |
| Born | 1975 (age 50–51) |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Education | International Fine Arts College |
| Occupation | Photographer · Model · Actress · Makeup artist · Illustrator |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Website | Official website |
Nina Poon (born 1975) is an American transgender photographer, model, actress, makeup artist and illustrator.[1]
Biography
[edit]Nina Poon was born in Vietnam to parents of Chinese descent. When she was four years old, her family moved to the United States. They initially moved to Cincinnati, Ohio but seven months later they settled in Orlando, Florida.
In 1995 she started living and working in New York City as a makeup artist.[2] As well as working in makeup she also worked in illustration.[3] She is also a professional photographer.[4]
In 2010, she starred in the show TRANSform Me alongside Laverne Cox and Jamie Clayton.[5][6][7] The series saw the three stylists giving makeovers to women.[8] It was described as a successor to "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy".[9] The show was considered significant for trans representation.[10][11][12]
Filmography
[edit]Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | TRANSform Me | Herself | 7 episodes |
| 2011 | Style Exposed | Herself | 1 episode |
Films
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Fighting | Questionable Asian | N/a |
References
[edit]- ↑ "EXCLUSIVE: Behind-The-Scenes With & Other Stories' Transgender Cast". www.out.com. Retrieved 2025-06-03.
- ↑ Pike, Naomi (2015-08-24). "The Gaze & Other Stories". British Vogue. Retrieved 2025-06-03.
- ↑ Dress & Vanity Fair - Issues 577-578 - Page 267. Vanity Fair Publishing Company. 2008.
- ↑ Gherovici, Patricia (2010). Please Select Your Gender: From the Invention of Hysteria to the Democratizing of Transgenderism. doi:10.4324/9780203872222. ISBN 978-1-135-27694-2. Archived from the original on 2024-08-28. Retrieved 2025-09-03.
- ↑ "Putting the 'Trans' in 'Transform Me'". ABC News. American Broadcasting Company. April 15, 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ↑ Staley, Erin (2016-07-15). Laverne Cox. The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. ISBN 978-1-5081-7159-1.
- ↑ "TRANSform Me". VH1. Archived from the original on February 9, 2012. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
- ↑ Zisin, Nevo (2021-03-01). The Pronoun Lowdown: Demystifying and celebrating gender diversity. Thames & Hudson Australia. ISBN 978-1-923049-21-5.
- ↑ Colangelo, B. J. (2022-10-10). "How Jamie Clayton Transformed Herself For The New Hellraiser". SlashFilm. Archived from the original on 2024-03-05. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
- ↑ Lovelock, Michael (2017-11-02). "Call me Caitlyn: making and making over the 'authentic' transgender body in Anglo-American popular culture". Journal of Gender Studies. 26 (6): 675–687. doi:10.1080/09589236.2016.1155978. ISSN 0958-9236. Archived from the original on 2023-02-11. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
- ↑ Goldberg, Abbie E.; Beemyn, Genny (2021-03-15). The SAGE Encyclopedia of Trans Studies. SAGE Publications. ISBN 978-1-5443-9384-1.
- ↑ Leonard, David J.; Robbins, Stephanie Troutman (2021-01-26). Race in American Television: Voices and Visions That Shaped a Nation [2 volumes]. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-1-4408-4306-8.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Nina Poon at IMDb
Media related to Nina Poon at Wikimedia Commons
- 1975 births
- Living people
- People from Ho Chi Minh City
- Hoa people
- Transgender women artists
- Transgender female models
- Transgender photographers
- American television actresses
- American women photographers
- American women illustrators
- American make-up artists
- American people of Chinese descent
- American LGBTQ people of Asian descent
- American LGBTQ photographers
- American LGBTQ models
- American transgender actresses
- American transgender artists
- Vietnamese emigrants to the United States
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