Suzie Toot | |
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 Suzie Toot in Pittsburgh, 2025 | |
| Born | Benjamin Shaevitz April 5, 2000 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. |
| Occupation | Drag performer |
| Years active | 2019-present |
| Television | RuPaul's Drag Race (season 17) |
Benjamin Shaevitz (born April 5, 2000), known professionally as Suzie Toot, [1] is an American drag performer who participated in the seventeenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race .
Shaevitz was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida to a Russian Jewish father and an Irish Catholic mother named Susan, [2] and was raised Jewish in Wellington, Florida. [3] He attended a Hebrew school and Jewish sleepaway camp in the Pocono Mountains in his youth. His first stage performance was at the age of 8, when he was cast as a part of the ensemble in a summer camp production of Fiddler on the Roof . Shaevitz was inspired to pursue drag on Halloween after studying Ruby Keeler, Eleanor Powell, Varla Jean Merman, and Charles Busch. [4] He went to Palm Beach Central High School and played Pugsley Addams in The Addams Family. [5]
He has been performing since the age of 8 and is a trained tap dancer. [6]
Shaevitz has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in musical theatre. [6]
Under the stage name Suzie Toot, Shaevitz portrayed Mimi Bouvèé-Truve in the 2023 queer horror film Big Easy Queens , [7] and released a music single featuring Tow, "Bonecoming", that same year. [8] Suzie Toot opened for Chappell Roan's Fort Lauderdale show as a part of The Midwest Princess Tour in October 2023. [9]
Suzie Toot was the last eliminated contestant on the seventeenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race . [10] On the fifteenth episode, ahead of the season finale, she competed in a lip-sync tournament for eliminated contestants. After lip-syncing to "Apt." (2024) by Rosé and Bruno Mars in the final round against Kori King, Suzie Toot was deemed the winner, earning her the title of 'The Queen of She Done Already Done Had Herses' and a cash prize of $50,000. [11] Her Instagram following grew by 3,188 percent as the show aired. [12]
Shaevitz was formerly based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and is now based in Brooklyn, New York. [13] [4] [14] He describes his drag persona as the "cross section between Betty Boop and Lucille Ball". [15]
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