Best quotes by BeBe Zahara Benet

BeBe Zahara Benet

BeBe Zahara Benet

Cameroonian-American drag performer, television personality, and musician

Nea Marshall Kudi Ngwa (born March 20, 1980) better known by his stage name BeBe Zahara Benet, is a Cameroonian-American drag performer, television personality, and musician best known for winning the first season of the reality-television drag competition RuPaul's Drag Race in 2009. In 2018, he returned as a surprise contestant for the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars, placing in the top four.

His first EP, Face, was released in 2014, followed by his second EP, Kisses & Feathers, in 2017. His third EP, Broken English, was released in 2020. As of 2019, he stars in the TLC transformational makeover television series Dragnificent, as the event planning expert. In 2021, he starred in Being Bebe, a film documenting fifteen years of his life.

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We need more drag king role models for all those interested in the art

Drag artists are more men than real men. You need a lot of courage, personality, and guts to go out there. Even if you look good or you look bad, you still need to have all of those things to be on stage. You're going to get criticized by everyone.