Daya Betty | |
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 Daya Betty at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2023 | |
| Born | Trenton Clarke Springfield, Missouri, U.S. |
| Education | Missouri State University (BFA) |
| Occupation | Drag queen |
| Television | RuPaul's Drag Race (season 14) |
| Website | dayabetty |
Daya Betty is the stage name of Trenton Clarke, an American drag performer who competed on the fourteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race .
Trenton Clarke [1] was born in Springfield, Missouri. [2] He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in graphic design from Missouri State University in 2019. [3] [4]
Clarke is a drag queen known as Daya Betty. [1] She competed on the fourteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race . She was eliminated in the second episode, after being placed in the bottom two and losing a lip-sync against DeJa Skye to guest judge Alicia Keys' 2001 song "Fallin'". [5] Daya Betty was brought back into the competition and ultimately placed third. [6] [7] She impersonated Ozzy Osbourne for the Snatch Game challenge, and she portrayed Uniqueness in the Rusical episode, which featured a parody-tribute to the film Moulin Rouge! (2001) called Moulin Ru: The Rusical . [8]
Following Daya Betty's first elimination, Instinct's Michael Cook said she "made a definite impact on both viewers and her fellow queens during her time on Season 14". Chika Ekemezie of The Daily Beast called her "reality TV's best villain". [9] The A.V. Club 's Trae DeLellis said Daya Betty "[proved] herself as a producer's dream for producing drama". [10] Paul McCallion of Vulture said she has a "Ph.D. in shit-stirring". [11]
Clarke is openly gay. [4] He has type 1 diabetes and has made his diagnosis part of his drag identity. [1] [12]
Daya Betty is the "drag daughter" of season 12 contestant Crystal Methyd. [13]
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