Dakota Schiffer | |
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![]() Dakota Schiffer in 2023 | |
Born |
Horsham,
West Sussex, England | 21 December 1999
Other names | Astrid Basson |
Education | University College London |
Television | RuPaul's Drag Race UK ( series 4) |
Astrid Basson (born 21 December 1999), [1] professionally known as Dakota Schiffer, is an English drag performer and model who competed on the fourth series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK.
Dakota Schiffer lives in West Sussex, England. [2] She was bullied at school for "being too feminine". [3] Dakota Schiffer is a trans woman and queer; she came out as queer at the age of 15, along with her non-binary identical twin. [4]
Dakota Schiffer enjoyed fashion and make-up and discovered drag as a teenager. [5] She attended University College London, where she studied geography. [6]
Dakota Schiffer competed on the fourth series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK. She is the first trans contestant to appear on the UK series. [3] [7] She placed in the bottom two on the first episode, but won the lip sync battle against fellow contestant Just May. [8] Her runway look for the second episode, where she won the challenge, was inspired by Pokémon. [9] Dakota Schiffer went on to win another challenge in episode three and was eliminated in week 7 following a lip sync against Pixie Polite.
Title | Year | Album |
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"Come Alive" (Queens of the Bone Age version) (with the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, series 4) |
2022 | Non-album singles |
"Lairy Poppins: The Rusical" (with the cast RuPaul's Drag Race UK, series 4) |