Mami Watta

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Mami Watta
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Mami Watta in 2023
Born
William Pedia

Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Occupation Drag queen
Television Drag Race France (season 2)

Mami Watta is the stage name of William Pedia, [1] [2] an Ivorian drag performer based in France who competed on the second season of Drag Race France and won the first season of Drag Race France All Stars . [3] [4]

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Biography

Born into a Catholic family in Abidjan, Mami Watta was bullied at school for her effeminate ways. [5] Inspired by RuPaul's Drag Race, she began applying make-up in secret, alone in her bathroom, and erased her work before leaving the room. [6] [7] She came out as gay in 2018, while studying for her law degree, and her visibility stood out in Abidjan's queer community, which is more accustomed to discretion to preserve its security. [5]

In August 2019, she left the Ivory Coast and moved to Bordeaux to live her identity more freely, after her mother forced her to undergo conversion therapy. [5] Faced with the isolation she encountered there, she moved to Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis. [5] Once in the Paris region, she joined the ball culture scene at the House of Ladurée and began her career as a drag queen. [5] She stopped her studies after obtaining a Master 2 in order to devote herself fully to drag. [8]

Personal life

As of 2023 she was based in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, a commune in northern Paris. [9]

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ Kouassi, Olivia. ""C'est les olympiques des personnes queer": entretien avec Mami Watta, candidate Drag Race France 2". actu.fr (in French). actu Seine-St-Denis. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
  2. ↑ "We Are Légendaires (feat. Les Reines de Drag Race France)". music.apple.com. Apple Inc. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Drag Race France : Mami Watta, toutes les femmes noires de sa vie - Elle". elle.fr (in French). 2023-08-26. Archived from the original on 2023-08-30. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  4. ↑ "Mami Watta, d'Abidjan aux scènes parisiennes, l'affirmation d'une reine "queer"". RFI (in French). 2023-06-25. Archived from the original on 2023-08-30. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Mami Watta, d'Abidjan aux scènes parisiennes, l'affirmation d'une reine «queer»". RFI (in French). 2023-06-25. Retrieved 2023-08-30..
  6. ↑ "VIDEO. Avec Mami Watta, drag-queen ivoirienne". Brut. (in French). Retrieved 2023-08-30..
  7. ↑ "Drag Race France : Mami Watta, toutes les femmes noires de sa vie - Elle". elle.fr (in French). 2023-08-26. Retrieved 2023-08-30..
  8. ↑ "Interview. "C'est les olympiques des personnes queer": entretien avec Mami Watta, candidate Drag Race France 2". actu.fr (in French). 2023-06-25. Retrieved 2023-08-30..
  9. ↑ "UPDATE: Meet The Queens Of Drag Race France Season 2!". www.pride.com. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
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