Dita Garbo
Age: 47
Hometown: Kent
Could you describe your drag?: "I serve burlesque Hollywood glamour. My influences are burlesque icon Dita Von Teese and Hollywood starlet, Greta Garbo. Hence my name – Dita Garbo. I like to say I'm the burlesque lovechild of Dita Von Teese and Greta Garbo! But I can switch it up if I need to keep up with the kids! I can jump, split, kick, turn, shablam, drop, turn, backflip, split again... but then I might need some help getting up!"
How did you get into drag?: "I first got into drag in Madrid, Spain years ago, where I was in an androgynous drag group called Lujuria, which means 'lust' in Spanish. It was so much fun. Sadly, I don't have any photos to show you as it was back in the day before mobile phones! I took a fifteen-year break from drag to travel the world as a professional dance teacher, but once a drag queen, always a drag queen! I reemerged as a burlesque diva a few years back, and I've even set up my own little Folkestone drag scene."
What are you most excited for about the show?: "I can sew, I can dance, and I can sing too so I'm excited for any challenges that require those skills! I've been a performer all my life and I'm so proud and happy to have been invited by Ru into the Drag Race UK sisterhood and I can't wait to show what I can do as a mature lady!"
Social media: @dita_garbo on Instagram
RuPaul's Drag Race UK airs Thursdays at 8pm from September 26 on BBC Three and iPlayer.
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