Sminty Drop

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Sminty Drop
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Sminty Drop at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2023
Born
Callum Joseph Alan Shaw

(1999-01-31) January 31, 1999 (age 26)
Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England
Occupation Drag queen
Television RuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 4)

Sminty Drop is the stage name of Callum Joseph Alan Shaw, [1] [2] an English drag queen who competed on series 4 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK .

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Early life

Sminty Drop was born in Ribble Valley. [3]

Career

Sminty Drop competed on series 4 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK . She had been doing drag for approximately three years at the time. [4] She was eliminated in the fourth episode, after placing in the bottom two in an improv challenge and losing a lip sync against Baby to Mel and Kim's "Respectable" (1987). [5] [6] [7] After the show aired, she toured with her fellow cast members. [8]

Sminty Drop has performed at WorldPride. [9] She appears in the music video for "Anniversary" by Duran Duran. [4]

Personal life

Sminty Drop is from Clitheroe, Lancashire. [10] [11] She is a member of the House of Kendoll, with former Drag Race UK contestant Gothy Kendoll. [12]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2022 RuPaul's Drag Race UK HerselfContestant (9th place); 6 episodes
2023 RuPaul's Drag Race UK HerselfSpecial guest; Episode: "Tickety-Boo"

References

  1. ↑ Guerra, Joey. "'Drag Race UK' Q&A: Sminty Drop on sad twerking and old maidens". houstonchronicle.com. Houston Chronicle . Retrieved December 26, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Xlr8". music.apple.com. Apple Inc. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
  3. ↑ Evans, Denise (2022-10-02). "Say hello to Ru Paul's Drag Race queen Sminty Drop from Clitheroe". LancsLive. Archived from the original on 2022-11-28. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  4. 1 2 "Meet the East Lancs queen ready to 'chop up the runway' on Drag Race UK". Yahoo News. 2022-09-07. Archived from the original on 2022-09-10. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  5. ↑ Dunn, Connor (2022-10-22). "Sminty Drop Explains Her Iconic RuPaul's Drag Race UK Exit". ScreenRant. Archived from the original on 2022-11-09. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  6. ↑ "Sminty Drop Had the Best 'Drag Race' Exit Since Miss Vanjie". www.out.com. Archived from the original on 2023-04-01. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  7. ↑ "RuPaul's Drag Race UK announces fourth queen to sashay away". Digital Spy. 2022-10-13. Archived from the original on 2022-10-21. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  8. ↑ Maidment, Adam (2023-04-20). "Review: RuPaul's Drag Race UK season four tour at Manchester Opera House". Manchester Evening News. Archived from the original on 2023-09-03. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  9. ↑ Cross, Alannah Le (2023-02-14). "An international line-up of Drag Race superstars are assembling for a drag extravaganza". Time Out Sydney. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  10. ↑ "East Lancashire queen the latest to 'sashay away' from Drag Race UK". Lancashire Telegraph. 2022-10-14. Archived from the original on 2022-11-03. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  11. ↑ "Sminty Drop praised by Alan Carr on Drag Race UK – but was she eliminated?". Yahoo Sports. 2022-10-07. Archived from the original on 2022-10-23. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  12. ↑ Spencer, Samuel (2022-09-07). "RuPaul's Drag Race UK series 4 cast line-up". BBC Three. Archived from the original on 2022-09-07. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
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