Daya Betty
American drag performer (born 1996)
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Daya Betty is the stage name of Trenton Clarke (born February 19, 1996),[1] an American drag performer who competed on the fourteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race and the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.
February 19, 1996
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| Born | Trenton Clarke February 19, 1996 Springfield, Missouri, U.S. |
| Education | Missouri State University (BFA) |
| Occupation | Drag queen |
| Television | RuPaul's Drag Race (season 14) and RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 10) |
| Website | dayabetty |
Early life
Trenton Clarke[2] was born in Springfield, Missouri.[3] He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in graphic design from Missouri State University in 2019.[4][5]
Career
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Clarke is a drag queen known as Daya Betty.[2] She competed on the fourteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. She was eliminated in the second episode, after being placed in the bottom two and losing a lip-sync contest against DeJa Skye to guest judge Alicia Keys' 2001 song "Fallin'".[6] Daya Betty was brought back into the competition and ultimately placed third.[7][8] 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.[9]
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".[10] The A.V. Club's Trae DeLellis said Daya Betty "[proved] herself as a producer's dream for producing drama".[11] Paul McCallion of Vulture said she has a "Ph.D. in shit-stirring".[12]
On April 23, 2025, Daya Betty was announced as one of eighteen former Drag Race contestants participating in the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.[13] She competed in the third bracker, placing in the top twice. In the first episode, she lost a lip-sync for the win against Ginger Minj to the original Broadway cast recording of "Defying Gravity", with Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande as guest judges.[14] In the last episode of her bracket, she won a lip-sync for the win against Ginger Minj to "Mama Used to Say".[15] She placed safe throughout the semifianls,[16][17] and was eventually eliminated in the season finale in a lip-sync against Bosco to Christina Aguilera's 2010 song "Show Me How You Burlesque".[18]
Personal life
Clarke is openly gay.[5] He has type 1 diabetes and has made his diagnosis part of his drag identity.[2][19]
Daya Betty is the "drag daughter" of season 12 contestant Crystal Methyd.[20]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Genre | Role | Notes | Ref |
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| 2022 | RuPaul's Drag Race (season 14) | TV | Contestant | 3rd place (15 episodes) | |
| 2022 | RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked (season 13) | TV | Herself | (13 episodes) | |
| 2025 | RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 10) | TV | Contestant | 5th place (6 episodes) | |
| 2025 | RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked! (season 7) | TV | Herself | (6 episodes) | |
