Bebe Zahara Benet | |
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.jpg) Benet at NUBIA NYC in 2020 | |
| Born | Nea Marshall Kudi Ngwa March 20, 1980 |
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| Years active | c. 2001–present |
| Known for | RuPaul's Drag Race (season 1) winner and RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars contestant |
| Successor | Tyra Sanchez |
| Website | bebezaharabenet |
Nea Marshall Kudi Ngwa (born March 20, 1980), better known by his stage name BeBe Zahara Benet,[1] 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. From 2019 to 2020, he starred in the TLC transformational makeover television series Dragnificent, as the event planning expert.[2] In 2021, Being Bebe, a film documenting 15 years of his life, was released.
- ^ Desta, Yohana. "Catching Up with BeBe Zahara Benet, the Very First Winner of RuPaul's Drag Race". HWD. Archived from the original on March 1, 2021. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
- ^ "'Drag Me Down The Aisle' Is The New Drag Queen Wedding Show We All Need". Scary Mommy. 15 February 2019. Archived from the original on March 27, 2020. Retrieved 2019-02-24.