Dakota Schiffer
Dakota Schiffer | |
|---|---|
 Dakota Schiffer in 2023 | |
| Born | 21 December 1999 Horsham, West Sussex, England |
| Other names | Astrid Basson |
| Education | University College London |
| Television | RuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 4) |
Astrid Basson (born 21 December 1999),[1] professionally known as Dakota Schiffer, is an English drag performer and model who competed on the fourth series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK.
Early life and education
Dakota Schiffer lives in West Sussex, England.[2] She was bullied at school for "being too feminine".[3] Dakota Schiffer is a trans woman; she came out at the age of 15, along with her non-binary identical twin.[4]
Dakota Schiffer enjoyed fashion and make-up and discovered drag as a teenager.[5] She attended University College London, where she studied geography.[6]
Career
Dakota Schiffer competed on the fourth series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK. She is the first trans contestant to appear on the UK series.[3][7] She placed in the bottom two on the first episode, but won the lip sync battle against fellow contestant Just May.[8] Her runway look for the second episode, where she won the challenge, was inspired by Pokémon.[9] Dakota Schiffer went on to win another challenge in episode three and was eliminated in week 7 following a lip sync against Pixie Polite.
Filmography
Television
Discography
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Come Alive" (Queens of the Bone Age version) (with the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, series 4) |
2022 | Non-album singles |
| "Lairy Poppins: The Rusical" (with the cast RuPaul's Drag Race UK, series 4) |
References
- ^ "Hi Twitter! Today is my 21st birthday and I've decided to set up a go fund me to help aid my transition! If you could donate anything at all given the current world circumstances I would be extremely grateful! If you can't please share this link!". Twitter. 2022-09-21. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
- ^ Burgos, Joey (2022-09-21). "Meet RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 4's Queens". ScreenRant. Archived from the original on 2022-09-27. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
- ^ a b "Drag Race UK's first trans queen is making herstory". QNews. 8 September 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-09-09. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
- ^ Iftikhar, Asyia (2022-09-30). "Drag Race UK fan in tears as Dakota Schiffer shares emotional gender journey". PinkNews. Archived from the original on 2022-10-01. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
- ^ Walcott, Escher (2022-09-07). "Drag Race UK's first ever trans queen 'so excited' to be making history". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
- ^ Day, Harvey (2022-09-07). "Drag Race UK's first trans queen Dakota Schiffer: 'I'm excited to show trans joy'". BBC Three. Archived from the original on 2022-09-26. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
- ^ Iftikhar, Asyia (2022-09-21). "Drag Race UK's first trans woman felt 'overwhelmed' joining show". PinkNews. Archived from the original on 2022-09-27. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
- ^ "New series of Ru Paul's Drag Race features two Sussex queens including its first trans contestant". Sussex Express. 2022-09-27. Archived from the original on 2022-09-26. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
- ^ Duncan, Charlie (2022-09-30). "Drag Race UK's Dakota Schiffer explains stunning Pokémon inspired runway". PinkNews. Archived from the original on 2022-10-01. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
External links
Media related to Dakota Schiffer at Wikimedia Commons
