Astrid Basson (born 21 December 1999), professionally known as Dakota Schiffer, is an English

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who competed on the

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of ''

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''.

Early life and education

Dakota Schiffer lives in West Sussex, England. She was bullied at school for "being too feminine". Dakota Schiffer is a trans woman and

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; she came out as queer at the age of 15, along with her non-binary identical twin. Dakota Schiffer enjoyed fashion and make-up and discovered drag as a teenager. She attended University College London, where she studied geography.

Career

Dakota Schiffer competed on the

of ''

''. She is the first trans contestant to appear on the UK series. She placed in the bottom two on the first episode, but won the lip sync battle against fellow contestant Just May. Her runway look for the second episode, where she won the challenge, was inspired by ''

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''. Dakota Schiffer went on to win another challenge in episode three and was eliminated in week 7 following a lip sync against Pixie Polite.

Filmography

Television

* ''

'' ( series 4)

Discography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schiffer, Dakota 1999 births Living people 21st-century English LGBT people Alumni of University College London English drag queens English twins English transgender people People from Horsham Queer women RuPaul's Drag Race UK contestants Transgender drag performers Transgender women entertainers