Dita Garbo | |
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Born | Daniel Laws |
Occupation | Drag performer |
Television | RuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 6) |
Dita Garbo is the stage name of Daniel Laws, [1] [2] an English drag performer, who competed on the sixth series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK . [3]
Laws is a drag performer known as Dita Garbo. Their stage name is derived from burlesque performer Dita Von Teese and actress Greta Garbo. [4] They began to explore drag in Madrid and was a member of the androgynous drag group Lujuria ("lust" in Spanish). After performing with Lujuria, they took a fifteen-year break from drag to work as a dance teacher. [4] Garbo competed on the sixth series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK , becoming the first queen to be eliminated after a lip sync against Kiki Snatch. Aged 48 at the time of competing, Garbo is the oldest contestant to appear in the RuPaul's Drag Race UK franchise. [5]
Outside of drag, Laws is a dancer, event producer, and teacher who works with children. [1] [6] They describe their drag style as "burlesque Hollywood glamour". [4]
Laws lives in Folkestone, Kent, [7] [8] and uses the pronouns they/them out of drag and she/her in drag. [9]