Betta Naan Stop

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Betta Naan Stop
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Prateek Sachdeva

(1993-04-09) April 9, 1993 (age 31)
Delhi, India
NationalityIndian
Known forDrag queen, Model, Dancer

Prateek Sachdeva, better known as Betta Naan Stop, is an Indian drag queen, [1] model, [2] and dancer from India. [3] Betta has been performing drag for six years and has been the mainstream drag artist in the Indian LGBT Community. [4] Prateek is one of the headliner performers at Lalit Group's Queer nightlife club chain, Kittysu. [5]

Biography

Prateek started his career as a dancer [6] with Ashley Lobo’s DanceWorx. He got a scholarship in Melbourne, and he was trained further in musical theater [7] before returning home to Delhi. When Violet Chachki performed at Kitty Su Delhi’s sixth anniversary, Prateek decided to attend in drag. [8] That's when he realized he wanted to be a drag queen. [9] Sachdeva started working on and experimenting more with drag after a series of make-up sessions with his flight-attendant sister and after watching Paris Is Burning and several seasons of RuPaul's Drag Race . [10] His first performance was as part of a sex-education workshop at St. Columbus School in the capital. [11] [12] It wasn’t planned, but soon he was up on stage breaking out his best moves. [13]

In one of the interviews, Prateek said "I think anyone who has any kind of following and influence [14] should use their platforms for betterment of the society. Sometimes you being your authentic self is a big move in itself!". [15] In case, there is someone who wants to be like you, can see for themselves your journey and your achievements, your challenges and tribulations. [16]

In 2023, Betta Naan Stop was featured as a Judge in a reality show Make Me Up Season 1. [17] Prateek has also been listed under Forbes 30 under 30, one of the only drag queens to make it to the list after Sushant Divgikar in 2020. [18]

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