Dita Garbo

Dita Garbo
Garbo’s Drag Race UK promo photo
Born	Daniel Laws
Occupation	Drag performer
Television	RuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 6)

Dita Garbo is the stage name of Daniel Laws,[1][2] an English drag performer, who competed on the sixth series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK.[3]

Career

Laws is a drag performer known as Dita Garbo. Their stage name is derived from burlesque performer Dita Von Teese and actress Greta Garbo.[4] They began to explore drag in Madrid 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.[4] Garbo competed on the sixth series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, 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.[5]

Outside of drag, Laws is a dancer, event producer, and teacher who works with children.[1][6] They describe their drag style as "burlesque Hollywood glamour".[4]

Personal life

Laws lives in Folkestone, Kent,[7][8] and uses the pronouns they/them out of drag and she/her in drag.[9]

Filmography

• RuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 6, 2024)

See also

• List of drag queens
• List of non-binary people
• List of people from Kent

References

1. "Dan to Dita - The Emergence Of A Drag Queen| Events". Folkelife. Archived from the original on 2024-10-08. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
2. "DANCE BITCH". music.apple.com. Apple Inc. Retrieved October 10, 2024.
3. "Meet Dita Garbo – one of the fierce new queens of RuPaul's Drag Race UK season 6". Scene Magazine. 2024-09-19. Archived from the original on 2024-10-08. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
4. Castle, Liane (5 September 2024). "Folkestone drag queen Dita Garbo to compete in season six of RuPaul's Drag Race UK on BBC Three". kentonline.co.uk. Kent Online. Retrieved October 10, 2024.
5. Mehrez, Hedi (2024-09-08). "Meet the fierce Kent queen set to appear on RuPaul's Drag Race UK". Kent Live. Archived from the original on 2024-10-08. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
6. Billson, Chantelle (2023-10-19). "Drag Race UK and MAFS stars say Tory party is 'biggest threat' to LGBTQ+ community". PinkNews. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
7. "Drag Race star hopes to put seaside town on the map". Kent Online. 2024-09-05. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
8. Damshenas, Sam (2024-09-03). "Drag Race UK: Meet the 12 fierce queens of season 6". GAY TIMES. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
9. "Meet the fierce new queens of RuPaul's Drag Race UK series 6". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-10-08.