Pasty | |
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| Born | Jake Grover Cornwall, England, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Drag performer |
| Known for | RuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 7) |
Pasty (formerly Pasty Palmer)[ citation needed ] is the stage name of Jake Grover, [1] a drag performer. [2] She is competing on the seventh series of the British television series RuPaul's Drag Race UK .
Grover was born in Cornwall. [3]
Grover, in drag as Pasty, appeared in a viral video on TikTok, in which he performed burlesque dressed as a sausage roll. Pasty is competing on the seventh series of the British television series RuPaul's Drag Race UK. [4] She placed in the bottom on the first episode. She lost a lip-sync contest against Nyongbella but was spared elimination after her fellow contestants elected her to stay should she lose.
Grover is based in East London. [3] His stage name pays tribute to the Cornish snack of the same name, his former stage name comes from Patsy Palmer, who plays Bianca Jackson in the British soap opera EastEnders . He later dropped the surname after being frequently asked to reference the character.[ citation needed ]