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Dita Garbo is the stage name of Daniel Laws, an English drag performer, who competed on the sixth series of ''
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''.


Career

Laws is a drag performer known as Dita Garbo. Their stage name is derived from burlesque performer Dita Von Teese and actress
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. They began to explore drag in
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and was a member of the androgynous drag group Lujuria ("lust" in Spanish). After performing with Lujuria, they took a fifteen-year break from drag to work as a dance teacher. Garbo competed on the sixth series of ''
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 ...
'', becoming the first queen to be eliminated after a lip sync against Kiki Snatch. Aged 48 at the time of competing, Garbo is the oldest contestant to appear in the ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK'' franchise. Outside of drag, Laws is a dancer, event producer, and teacher who works with children. They describe their drag style as "
burlesque A burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects.
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glamour".


Personal life

Laws lives in
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,
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, and uses the pronouns ''they''/''them'' out of drag and ''she''/''her'' in drag.


Filmography

* ''
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'' (
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, 2024)


See also

*
List of drag queens This is a list of drag queens, sometimes known as female impersonators, drag performers, or drag artists. Performers See also * List of RuPaul's Drag Race contestants, List of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' contestants * List of exóticos, ...
* List of non-binary people *
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References

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