Daya Betty | |
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![]() Daya Betty at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2023 | |
Born | Trenton Clarke February 19, 1996 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 (born February 19, 1996), [1] an American drag performer who competed on the fourteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race .
Trenton Clarke [2] was born in Springfield, Missouri. [3] He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in graphic design from Missouri State University in 2019. [4] [5]
Clarke is a drag queen known as Daya Betty. [2] 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 contest against DeJa Skye to guest judge Alicia Keys' 2001 song "Fallin'". [6] Daya Betty was brought back into the competition and ultimately placed third. [7] [8] 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 . [9]
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". [10] The A.V. Club 's Trae DeLellis said Daya Betty "[proved] herself as a producer's dream for producing drama". [11] Paul McCallion of Vulture said she has a "Ph.D. in shit-stirring". [12]
Clarke is openly gay. [5] He has type 1 diabetes and has made his diagnosis part of his drag identity. [2] [13]
Daya Betty is the "drag daughter" of season 12 contestant Crystal Methyd. [14]