RuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 3)
The third series of ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK'' began airing on 23 September 2021. The cast of the third series was officially announced on 18 August 2021 on social media. The series saw the return of Veronica Green, who was forced to withdraw from the second series of the show after testing positive for COVID-19, and received an open invitation for the third series. The series also welcomed Victoria Scone, the franchise's first ever cisgender female contestant since its beginning in 2009. The winner of the third series of ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK'' was Krystal Versace, with Ella Vaday and Kitty Scott-Claus as the runners-up. Production In November 2020, BBC confirmed plans to air a third series, and casting closed the same month. The series was filmed in March 2021, in Manchester. BBC Three shared a seven-second teaser for the series on social media on 21 June 2021. Contestants ''Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.'' Contestant progress Lip syncs ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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RuPaul
RuPaul Andre Charles (born November 17, 1960; stylized as RuPaul) is an American drag queen, television personality, actor, musician, and model. Best known for producing, hosting, and judging the reality competition series ''RuPaul's Drag Race'', he has received List of awards and nominations received by RuPaul, several accolades, including 12 Primetime Emmy Awards, three GLAAD Media Awards, a Critics' Choice Television Awards, Critics' Choice Television Award, two Billboard Music Awards, ''Billboard'' Music Awards, and a Tony Awards, Tony Award. He has been dubbed the "Queen of Drag". Born and raised in San Diego, California, San Diego RuPaul later studied performing arts in Atlanta, Georgia, Atlanta. He settled in New York City, where he became a popular fixture on the LGBT culture in New York City, LGBT nightclub scene. He achieved international fame as a drag queen with the release of his debut single, "Supermodel (You Better Work)", which was included on his debut studio alb ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Royal Tunbridge Wells
Royal Tunbridge Wells is a town in Kent, England, southeast of central London. It lies close to the border with East Sussex on the northern edge of the High Weald, whose sandstone geology is exemplified by the rock formation High Rocks. The town was a spa in the Restoration and a fashionable resort in the mid-1700s under Beau Nash when the Pantiles, and its chalybeate spring, attracted visitors who wished to take the waters. Though its popularity as a spa town waned with the advent of sea bathing, the town still derives much of its income from tourism. The town has a population of around 56,500, and is the administrative centre of Tunbridge Wells Borough and in the parliamentary constituency of Tunbridge Wells. History Iron Age Evidence suggests that Iron Age people farmed the fields and mined the iron-rich rocks in the Tunbridge Wells area, and excavations in 1940 and 1957–61 by James Money at High Rocks uncovered the remains of a defensive hill-fort. It is tho ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rufford, Lancashire
Rufford is a village in West Lancashire, England, where the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway, the A59 road, A59 and the River Douglas, Lancashire, River Douglas meet. Rufford is also a civil parish, which includes the neighbouring village of Holmeswood, and in 2011 had a population of 2,049. History Rufford's name derives from the Old English ''rūh'' and ''ford'', the rough Ford (crossing), ford. It was a crossing place over the River Douglas. Rufford was recorded as Ruchford in 1212, Rufford in 1285, Roughford in 1318, Rughford in 1332 and Roghforth in 1411. Part of the manor was granted by Richard Bussel, baron of Penwortham to Richard Fitton in the reign of Henry I of England, Henry I. In 1278 his descendant and heiress Dame Maude Fitton married Sir William Hesketh. Sir William's grandson married the daughter of Edmund Fitton, who owned the other moiety title, moiety of the manor which then descended with the Heskeths. In 1339 Sir William ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Charity Kase (drag Queen)
Charity Kase is the stage name of Harry Whitfield, a drag performer most known for competing on the third series of ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK''. Early life Whitfield was raised in Rufford, Lancashire. He enjoyed design and makeup as a child. During his teens, he explored his creativity by wearing costumes in Liverpool and Manchester. Career Charity Kase worked at the London club The Box, as of 2018. Charity Kase competed on the third series of ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK''. In 2021, BBC's Harvey Day said she was "firmly established as one of east London's edgiest drag queens - with a following of hundreds of thousands on Instagram." According to Day, "Charity is well-known for her extravagant, outrageous, over-the-top looks." Charity Kase partnered with Wildcat Gin in 2021 to promote a new flavor of gin. Personal life Charity Kase is a "drag daughter" of Raja, who won the third season of '' RuPaul's Drag Race'' in the United States. During her time on ''Drag Race UK'', Charity ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Medway
Medway is a unitary authority district and conurbation in Kent, South East England. It had a population of 278,016 in 2019. The unitary authority was formed in 1998 when Rochester-upon-Medway amalgamated with the Borough of Gillingham to form Medway Towns. It is now a unitary authority area run by Medway Council, independent of Kent County Council but still part of the ceremonial county of Kent. Medway is one of the boroughs included in the Thames Gateway development scheme. It is also the home of Universities at Medway, a tri-partite collaboration of the University of Greenwich, the University of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church University on a single campus in Chatham, together with the University for the Creative Arts, which has a campus in Rochester. Geography Because of its strategic location by the major crossing of the River Medway, it has made a wide and significant contribution to Kent, and to England, dating back thousands of years, as evident in the siting of Wa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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River Medway (drag Queen)
Dexter Clift (born 8 April 1998), known professionally as River Medway, is an English drag queen who is best known for competing on the third series of ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK'' in 2021. Biography Dexter Clift was born in Medway, Kent, with her drag name coming from the River Medway that flows through her hometown. In 2021, Medway was announced as one of the drag queens competing in the third series of ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK''. During her time on the show, Medway's runway look inspired by Thomas Fletcher Waghorn gained comedy attention on social media. She also discussed her mother dying from COVID-19, and revealed that she received a call for the show not long after her death. Medway was eliminated from the competition following the Snatch Game episode, alongside Choriza May after a lip sync to " Shout" resulted in RuPaul deciding to eliminate both of them in a double elimination. In 2022, Medway embarked on the ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK: The Official Tour'' alongside her fellow ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Newcastle Upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne ( RP: , ), or simply Newcastle, is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. The city is located on the River Tyne's northern bank and forms the largest part of the Tyneside built-up area. Newcastle is also the most populous city of North East England. Newcastle developed around a Roman settlement called Pons Aelius and the settlement later took the name of a castle built in 1080 by William the Conqueror's eldest son, Robert Curthose. Historically, the city’s economy was dependent on its port and in particular, its status as one of the world's largest ship building and repair centres. Today, the city's economy is diverse with major economic output in science, finance, retail, education, tourism, and nightlife. Newcastle is one of the UK Core Cities, as well as part of the Eurocities network. Famous landmarks in Newcastle include the Tyne Bridge; the Swing Bridge; Newcastle Castle; St Thomas’ Church; Grainger Town including G ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Choriza May
Choriza May (born Adrian Martín) is a Spanish-British drag performer, graphic designer, and illustrator most known for competing on series 3 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK''. Career In 2019, Choriza May entered Drag Idol, one of the UK's largest drag competitions. After reaching it to the final, Choriza was declared the winner, beating out fellow finalists Pebble Dash and Chanel Marie. May went on to perform on Northern Pride's main stage. She competed on series 3 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK''. Following the cast announcement, some ''Drag Race'' fans questioned why she did not compete on ''Drag Race España'', instead. On season 3, Choriza made it to the Snatch Game and was part of a double elimination alongside River Medway. May placed 6th/7th overall. She was later a guest judge on the second season of ''Drag Race España''. In 2023, May was announced as a member of the judges panel for Drag Idol UK, hosted at Bobby's, Newcastle. Personal life Choriza May is originally from Guadas ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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East London
East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fact that east is the direction where the Sun rises: ''east'' comes from Middle English ''est'', from Old English ''ēast'', which itself comes from the Proto-Germanic *''aus-to-'' or *''austra-'' "east, toward the sunrise", from Proto-Indo-European *aus- "to shine," or "dawn", cognate with Old High German ''*ōstar'' "to the east", Latin ''aurora'' 'dawn', and Greek ''ēōs'' 'dawn, east'. Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin oriens 'east, sunrise' from orior 'to rise, to originate', Greek ανατολή anatolé 'east' from ἀνατέλλω 'to rise' and Hebrew מִזְרָח mizraḥ 'east' from זָרַח zaraḥ 'to rise, to shine'. ''Ēostre'', a Germanic goddess of dawn, might have been a personificatio ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Scarlett Harlett
Scarlett Harlett is the stage name of Harry Luke Mulvany (born 1995), a British drag queen from the Isle of Dogs in East London best known for appearing on series 3 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK''. Career Mulvany has been performing in drag since the age of 17, after watching '' RuPaul's Drag Race''. He has played extras in '' Absolutely Fabulous'' and ''Rocketman''. Filmography Television * ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK'' is a British reality competition television series based on the American television series of the same name. The television series, a collaboration between the BBC and World of Wonder, premiered on 3 October 2019. T ...'' ( series 3) References Living people 1995 births 21st-century British LGBT people English drag queens Gay entertainers People from London RuPaul's Drag Race UK contestants {{LGBT-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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South London
South London is the southern part of London, England, south of the River Thames. The region consists of the Districts of England, boroughs, in whole or in part, of London Borough of Bexley, Bexley, London Borough of Bromley, Bromley, London Borough of Croydon, Croydon, Royal Borough of Greenwich, Greenwich, Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Kingston, London Borough of Lambeth, Lambeth, London Borough of Lewisham, Lewisham, London Borough of Merton, Merton, London Borough of Richmond, Richmond, London Borough of Southwark, Southwark, London Borough of Sutton, Sutton and London Borough of Wandsworth, Wandsworth. South London originally emerged from Southwark, first recorded as ''Suthriganaweorc'',David J. Johnson. ''Southwark and the City''. Oxford University Press, 1969. p. 7. meaning 'fort of the men of Surrey'. From Southwark, London then extended further down into northern Surrey and western Kent. Emergence and growth South London began at Southwark at the southern end o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vanity Milan
Christopher Adamson (born 23 October 1991), better known by his stage name Vanity Milan, is a British drag queen best known for competing on the third series of ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK''. He competed on '' Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World'' in 2022. Early life Adamson is British Jamaican and grew up in Mitcham, South London. Career Adamson started doing drag in London in 2019. That year, he won a competition called "The Crown" hosted by Kitty Scott-Claus. His drag name comes from his mother calling him vain and his love of fashion. His husband makes his costumes. In 2021, Vanity Milan competed on series three of ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK''. While on the show, Vanity Milan recorded the song "BDE," for which she won a challenge. She also won three lip syncs, tying with Series 2 contestant Tayce for the most lip syncs won on ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK''. Vanity Milan was eliminated in the ninth episode of the series, finishing in fourth place. Since the show, Vanity Mi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |