Hi Ugly it’s me, Bussy and welcome back to Hot or Rot!
Here we are, not even six months after Lawrence Chaney was crowned.
We are taking another trip across the pond to see what our UK queens have to offer.
The cast of Rupaul’s Drag Race UK Season 3 was just announced and there’s already
enough “tea” to fill a cuppa.
There’s been a heated debate online about Victoria Scone’s casting who is making “her”story
as the first ever cis-gendered female competitor to be cast on drag race.
Queens like Tayce and Trinity K. Bonet have called out the diversity - or lack thereof
of the cast.
And Charity Kase, one of the other new queens has posted an apology on twitter concerning,
as they put it “disgusting and offensive language” used in their past.
So we’ll be breaking all that down and taking a peek at each queen’s promo look as well
as looking through their instagram to see if we can find their out of drag photos as
well.
Now, let’s get started.
First up, how about some scones with our tea?
Victoria lets us know in her meet the queens interview she is an “AFAB” Drag Queen
meaning she is Assigned Female At Birth.
However she does clarify that while AFAB is an important acronym to use while discussing
diversity in drag, she does prefer to just be called a “Drag Queen”.
And as I mentioned, this casting decision was met with a little bit of tension online
with some people going as far as making videos on youtube about why they don’t support
her.
But instead of lingering on that negativity, I wanna go ahead and read a tweet from Denali
who worded my feelings on the situation perfectly.
Denali: “If you have a problem with this, you are not a fan of drag nor have seen drag
in a club over the past few decades and have an antiquated, misogynistic and limited view
one hat drag is and can be.
Congrats Victoria Scone.”
Again, my opinion is that all drag is valid.
At the end of the day, if you can hold my attention as a performer I don’t care how
you identify.
And concerning Victoria’s own thoughts doing drag - in an interview with the BBC she says,
Victoria: “To gate-keep who performs drag seems so backwards to me, as queer people
we are oppressed and marginalised, so why would we continue to do that within our own
community?”
Now, a bit on her look.
She describes herself as Cardiff’s camp, cabaret, disco diva.
She’s giving me scone oozing in honey.
I love the giant hat that she’s got on and the silhouette she’s created is really beautiful.
She definitely get’s a hot from me.
And, I found this transformation video on her profile which is incredible.
And, here’s some of her looks from instagram proving she’s extremely versatile in drag
and knows her way around a makeup brush.
Next up, a queen so nice they cast her twice.
It’s veronica Green.
As you remember, miss green was disqualified from season 2 due to a positive c[____] test
but Ru left her with an open invitation to return to season 3, and thankfully she’s
accepted it.
Or being held hostage by the contract.
Veronica - blink twice if you’re okay.
Just kidding.
I’m sure she’s honored to compete.
But really - blink twice if you’re okay.
Okay on a real note I am excited to see how she’s going to treat season 3 because as
she pointed out on her instagram, she’s the first queen to return to the competition
with a challenge win under her belt.
Which did kind of leave me wondering, is that an advantage or a disadvantage.
‘Cause on one hand - everything is still super fresh for her and she has the benefit
of applying what she learned from season 2 to season 3.
But on the other hand, that could cause her to underestimate the challenges and difficulties
of this next season.
One thing I thought was really funny in her interview is she’s using her little catchphrase
of going from “gollum to gorgeous”.
But miss Veronica, I have one question for you.
Can you explain this photo?
[Wolf Whistle]
Anyways, I’ve really grown quite the appreciation for this queen and I think she looks gorgeous
in her promo shoot.
She said in an interview with metro.co.uk that the dress actually belongs to her sister
- it was her prom dress when she was 16.
And it’s special to her because her mother made it.
I’m sure that both her sister and her “mum” are proud because she looks hot in this dress.
Next up, Scarlett Harlett.
It is so crazy to me that with Scarlet being the relatively popular name that it is, we
only had one in the entire 13 season history of US drag race.
And now, almost every international franchise has one.
She says in her meet the queens interview that she is “Cheeky, Classic, and Common
as Hell”.
And concerning the look, I am gooped and gagged.
She’s giving me like - classing pageant queen that is a part of the royal family but
from the future.
I really just love that red sash that she has going across her body.
This look is red hot.
And concerning Scarlett’s out of drag persona - I had to check her age because I was like
gurl he looks 16.
Turns out he’s 27.
Gurl - drop the skincare routine!
Anyways before I send myself into a depression spiral, let’s go ahead and take a look up
at the next queen - River Medway.
Wow!
These queens spent some serious coin on their promo looks and it shows.
River is bodied, wigged, beat, AND “winged”.
Looking like a true queen - or should I say “Monarch”?
Fun fact in her meet the queen interview, we learn she is 50% British-White and 50%
Singaporean.
Also, this has got to be the youngest looking cast ever or I’m just getting old.
I just checked and shes 22 and there’s two other queens in the cast who are 19 - we’ll
get to them later.
And the other thing I found on River’s instagram was this transformation photo which she posted
about a year ago.
And, she was gorgeous then but the glow-up from then to now in this promo look?
I’m gagged.
I guess you could say she’s had quite the “metamorphasis”.
But - that does beg the question.
Which River is gonna show up on the show?
Anyways, needless to say this look is absolutely HOT.
Next up, orange alert!
It’s Krystal Versace.
It’s giving me like - fashion forward thinking clubwear that could also work on the beaches
of Cancun or something.
And I was kinda wondering if this look was at all inspired by A’Whora or Bimini’s
fashion cause I could see either of them rocking this just as well.
And sure enough, I actually found out that the same designer that did Bimini’s gay
time cover look did this one.
Anyways, yes I absolutely love it this look is hot.
And her instagram presence, is, I think one of the most impressive by far.
She’s got a really unique signature beat I think, and brand of drag?
That stands out amongst the rest of the cast.
This is one our 19 year olds and in Krystal’s meet the queens interview she says that she’s
been doing makeup and serving boy looks since she was like 12.
Next up - Kitty Scott-Claus.
I wonder what she’s got under that tree?
In her meet the queens interview she’s got camp, an amazing personality.
I think we’re gonna get a lot of funny moments from her.
And her transformation into Kitty is fascinating as well.
Like girl - there must be something in the water over in the UK because these queens
can paint!
Her outfit though, honestly I don’t particularly care for it myself.
It’s just not my personal style but I think she looks beautiful.
My only critique is that I wish it told me a little more about who she is as a queen.
So i’m gonna leave this look at a “warm” hot.
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Now, let’s get back to it.
Next up: It’s been one ‘Ell of a Day, ‘innit?
So, her name is Ella Vaday and I used the British accent there so that you could get
the pun, “Hell of a Day”.
In her interview we learn that she is an actor.
HUH!
Tammie Brown: - HUH!
HUH!
I’m acting.
A singer, and a dancer.
And, transformation is her specialty.
She’s actually somebody that I saw popping up on my recommended instagram feed for like
the past year.
Out of drag I’m like Maury?
Whew!
That’s a man.
And in drag, I’m like Maury?
-oof.
That’s a woman!
I will say though, we all love a hottie with a body.
We love picking out the trade of the season.
And yadda yadda yadda.
But - body and looks aren’t everything.
I’m curious to see what else miss Ella is going to offer us in the competition.
Hopefully some of that acting, singing, and dancing.
And the outfit itself is pretty.
It’s like this head to toe nude illusion with crystals all over it but I do feel the
same way about this look as I do about Kitty’s.
Does she look beautiful?
Yeah.
But it does leave me with a couple questions about who she is as a queen and what her unique
take on drag is.
So, same as Kitty this is a “warm” hot for me.
Next up - Gurl…
I’m “shocked” and she is too.
It’s Elektra Fence.
I love that all these queens are using “Elektra” as a pun on electricity but everytime I hear
the name elektra I think of Jennifer Garner in the movie Elektra.
Anyways, this season is literally full of cute boys.
Also on her instagram I found this picture of her next to Tia Kofi….
Oh my god.
The like height difference of three feet?!
And her promo look, I absolutely am in love with because it very much immediately says,
“Elektra”.
It has all the look and personality in a look that I want from a queen in a meet the queens
setting.
Like, she’s not only been struck by lightning but she is the lightning.
Plus, the wig is taking me to like a dragon ball z super saiyan space, which I’m living
for.
I think this look is smoldering hot.
Next up, Vanity Milan.
Another queen proving that this is the season of cute boys.
It’s obvious the casting team over there knows how to get the audience interested.
In her interview she says that she’s only been doing drag for one year which is very
impressive and I think is even more impressive when we look back at her instagram and see
one of the first looks she ever posted from 2019 in this orange dress and boots.
And I’m not sure if her promo look is a reference to that look but I’m loving the
different textures that she used with the feathers, the fringe on the inside, and the
almost like pineapple pattern of sequins on the rest of it.
Orange ya glad I didn’t make an orange pun?
This look is hot!
On the topic of diversity, you will notice Vanity is the only black queen in the cast.
Which I think is really important to talk about because I think diversity and representation
absolutely matters.
Here’s what some of the alumni from the show have had to say about this.
Tayce tweeted, “Congrats to all the S3 slags!
I’m so proud to see so many familiar faces and excited to get to know the unfamiliar.
With that being said I’m a little taken aback [by] the lack of diversity that’s
been casted, especially as I personally know so many incredible poc, trans & afab performers.
Hopefully things will improve and for now I wish nothing but the best for the S3 girls.
You deserve all the love today, this is your moment.
Live it up and F it up always.”
And Trinity K. Bonet posted this on her instagram story, “Question, are there not a lot of
black queens in the UK?”
And I certainly can’t speak for the UK much less a specific population within it, so I
did some research and found this interview with this queen named Freida Slaves, which
is an amazing drag name by the way, that was helpful to me in providing insight to me on
why the cast of UK looks like it does.
In that article, we learn that Freida would have been cast on drag race UK season 1 had
she of submitted an audition tape.
And of course the interviewer asks her why she didn’t.
Her response was,
“There are a lot of articles saying there needs to be more diversity on the show, that
they should have put so and so on but none of us auditioned.
So the question is, ‘why aren’t they auditioning, rather than why aren’t they on the show?’
We just don’t have the money or the time to make it in order to do it.”
Which is an important reminder of the sacrifices that people have to make to go on the show.
It’s not cheap, as I’ve talked about in a video.
And on top of all that, in the UK there is zero prize money.
This whole article is an excellent read and I’ve linked it in the description of this
video.
But i’d love to hear from y’all - what do you think drag race uk and drag race as
a franchise should do to increase diversity in casting?
Next up, Choriza May.
Who’s name is of course a pun on the word ‘Chorizo’ which means sausage and also
I think the name “Theresa”.
And miss Choriza is from España.
?Hola, como está?
This is another queen with a ton of personality and a fun take on drag.
I love the coat she has on - it kind of feels like a dragged up version of a ‘mariachi’
coat or something?
Plus I always love learning more about other cultures and I love when queens can incorporate
parts of their heritage into the drag.
Choriza está muy caliente!
Finding Choriza’s out of drag pictures was a little more difficult but I did find a couple
on her ‘gram.
And I was also shocked to see how many different types of styles of makeup and drag she can
do.
Like one minute she’s marge the next she’s ‘i’m blue daba-dee-daba-da’.
Next up, Anubis.
She did say in her meet the queens interview she does have Egyptian heritage she is celebrating
with that name.
This look - gurl.
Kooky, crazy, wild.
Uhh.
Let’s start with what I really like about it.
The hair.
I love the different colors and textures and waves and spikes in it.
She’s giving me like crazy clown on a bit of an acid trip.
The actual outfit she is wearing - I think she had an interesting idea but ultimately
a crash landing.
The top is giving me like a take on Britney’s fight attendant outfit but the bottom part
of it is giving me like - spray painted camping tent?
So while it is very unique and I celebrate her wig with a hot, the overall outfit is
going to get a rot.
That said I do want to celebrate some amazingly hot looks on her instagram.
And also some hottie hot hot boy looks.
Next up, Charity Kase.
So if you follow drag queens on instagram, you’ve no doubt seen this queen somewhere
in your instagram feed.
They had like over 100,000 followers coming into this and I think is most well known for
their hundreds of days of drag that they did.
Every day was a new interpretation of some pop culture or cartoon figure but with like,
her own unique horror take on it.
And that no surprise extends to her promo look which is goopedy googedy gagginess.
I don’t think we have ever seen a promo look like this.
This is grand finale levels of eleganza that she brought to this.
She’s giving me Spyro the dragon goes to the drag ball.
Dripping in crystals.
Seriously, props to her and the team that put this look together because it’s undeniably
fireball levels of hot!
And now onto the drama.
I was perusing her social media and noticed people were calling her out on twitter and
on reddit for some tweets and social media posts that she made in her past.
Here’s what she had to say about all of that on twitter.
Charity: “Today some tweets surfaced from 8 years ago which consist of me using disgusting
and offensive language in a casual colloquial way.
I was 16 and uneducated at the time, unaware of cultural misappropriation and the impact
of my use of language.
I totally accept that this doesn’t excuse my behaviour.
I want you to know how deeply sorry I am.
I am not that same young boy today.
I take full responsibility for these unacceptable tweets and I hope you understand that they
do not represent me now or what I represent today.
I have changed and grown and I am committed to growing further and using the platform
and privilege I have to amplify the voices of people of colour.”
Ultimately I think it’s nice to see Charity acknowledging and taking ownership of her
past, apologizing, and committing to growth.
Personally when I evaluate somebody’s character I always look at who they are today.
Because at the end of the day if we as a society don’t allow room for people to grow and
change, then nobody ever will grow and change.
That said, everyone’s reactions to and feelings about situations like this are completely
and 100% valid.
So as always I’d love to hear your take on things and read what you have to say concerning
this situation in the comments down below and while you’re down there don’t forget
to let me know who you’re rooting for and what promo look was your favorite.
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