Daya Betty
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Daya Betty at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2023
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Born | Trenton Clarke
Springfield, Missouri, U.S.
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Education | Missouri State University (BFA) |
Occupation | Drag queen |
Television | RuPaul's Drag Race (season 14) |
Website | dayabetty |
Daya Betty is the stage name of Trenton Clarke, an American drag performer who competed on the fourteenth seasonofRuPaul's Drag Race.
Trenton Clarke[1] was born in Springfield, Missouri.[2] He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in graphic design from Missouri State University in 2019.[3][4]
Clarke is a drag queen known as Daya Betty.[1] She competed on the fourteenth seasonofRuPaul's Drag Race. She was eliminated in the second episode, after being placed in the bottom two and losing a lip-sync against DeJa Skye to guest judge Alicia Keys' 2001 song "Fallin'".[5] Daya Betty was brought back into the competition and ultimately placed third.[6][7] She impersonated Ozzy Osbourne for the Snatch Game challenge, and she portrayed Uniqueness in the Rusical episode, which featured a parody-tribute to the film Moulin Rouge! (2001) called Moulin Ru: The Rusical.[8]
Following Daya Betty's first elimination, Instinct's Michael Cook said she "made a definite impact on both viewers and her fellow queens during her time on Season 14". Chika Ekemezie of The Daily Beast called her "reality TV's best villain".[9] The A.V. Club's Trae DeLellis said Daya Betty "[proved] herself as a producer's dream for producing drama".[10] Paul McCallion of Vulture said she has a "Ph.D. in shit-stirring".[11]
Clarke is openly gay.[4] He has type 1 diabetes and has made his diagnosis part of his drag identity.[1][12]
Daya Betty is the "drag daughter" of season 12 contestant Crystal Methyd.[13]