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Dakota Schiffer
Dakota Schiffer in 2023
Born (1999-12-21) 21 December 1999 (age 24)
Horsham, West Sussex, England
Other namesAstrid Basson
EducationUniversity College London
TelevisionRuPaul'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.

Early life and education[edit]

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]

Career[edit]

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.

Filmography[edit]

Television[edit]

Discography[edit]

List of featured singles
Title Year Album
"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)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Hi Twitter! Today is my 21st birthday and I've decided to set up a go fund me to help aid my transition! If you could donate anything at all given the current world circumstances I would be extremely grateful! If you can't please share this link!". Twitter. 2022-09-21. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  2. ^ Burgos, Joey (2022-09-21). "Meet RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 4's Queens". ScreenRant. Archived from the original on 2022-09-27. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  3. ^ a b "Drag Race UK's first trans queen is making herstory". QNews. 8 September 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-09-09. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  4. ^ Iftikhar, Asyia (2022-09-30). "Drag Race UK fan in tears as Dakota Schiffer shares emotional gender journey". PinkNews. Archived from the original on 2022-10-01. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  5. ^ Walcott, Escher (2022-09-07). "Drag Race UK's first ever trans queen 'so excited' to be making history". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  6. ^ Day, Harvey (2022-09-07). "Drag Race UK's first trans queen Dakota Schiffer: 'I'm excited to show trans joy'". BBC Three. Archived from the original on 2022-09-26. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  7. ^ Iftikhar, Asyia (2022-09-21). "Drag Race UK's first trans woman felt 'overwhelmed' joining show". PinkNews. Archived from the original on 2022-09-27. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  8. ^ "New series of Ru Paul's Drag Race features two Sussex queens including its first trans contestant". Sussex Express. 2022-09-27. Archived from the original on 2022-09-26. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  9. ^ Duncan, Charlie (2022-09-30). "Drag Race UK's Dakota Schiffer explains stunning Pokémon inspired runway". PinkNews. Archived from the original on 2022-10-01. Retrieved 2022-10-01.

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