Victoria Scone

British drag performer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Victoria Scone (born 6 April 1993) is a British drag queen and cabaret performer based in Cardiff, Wales. They are best known for competing on the third series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK in 2021, where they were the first cisgender female contestant on any series of the Drag Race franchise. They returned to compete in the first season of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World in 2022.[3]

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Victoria Scone
Victoria Scone at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2023
Born (1993-04-06) 6 April 1993 (age 32)
OccupationDrag queen
TelevisionRuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 3)
Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World (season 1)
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Career

Victoria is a professionally trained actor, singer and dancer.[4] Prior to becoming a full-time drag performer, Scone worked as a sales and events coordinator.[4] They chose the stage name Victoria Scone because they wanted "something very British." "I wanted something edible, being a curvaceous woman as I am. It's also a pun as in 'Where's Victoria? Victoria's gone!'"[4]

Victoria Scone competed in the third series RuPaul's Drag Race UK, they were the first cisgender female competitor on any season of the Drag Race franchise.[1][5][6] They had been doing drag for approximately three years when they competed on the show.[7][8] They placed in the top 2 in the first episode, however they withdrew from the show on the third episode after partially tearing their anterior cruciate ligament during their top 2 lip sync for the win with Krystal Versace.[9]

Victoria Scone later returned to compete on the first season of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World against former contestants from across the Drag Race franchise. During their time in the competition, they placed in the Top 2 three times and was never up for elimination, making it to the finale. They later lost their lip-sync against season winner Ra'Jah O'Hara in the first round of the finale Lip-Sync for the Crown tournament, ultimately tying for third place with fellow competitor Rita Baga.

Personal life

Victoria is based in Cardiff.[1] On Drag Race UK, they discussed a previous struggle with bulimia nervosa.[10] They are non-binary lesbian who uses they/them pronouns both in and out of drag.[11][12][13]

During the airing of the finale of Canada vs. the World in December 2022, Scone proposed to their girlfriend, Dani; however, they revealed three months later, in March 2023, that the two have since separated.[14]

Filmography

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2021 RuPaul's Drag Race UK TV Contestant (10th Place) Series 3; 5 episodes
2022 Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World TV Contestant (3rd/4th Place) Season 1; 6 episodes
2023 Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star TV Guest Series 5: Episode 6[15]
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Web series

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2021 Meet the Queens Themself Stand-alone special
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Series 3
[16]
2021 Tea Time Themself Guest [17]
2021 Bootleg Opinions Themself Guest [18]
2021 Hansh Themself Guest [19]
2021 The Mirror Themself Guest; with Veronica Green [20]
2021 Drag Us Weekly Themself Guest; with Veronica Green [21]
2021 Coming Out Chats Themself Guest; with Lawrence Chaney [22]
2021 PopBuzz Meets Themself Guest [23]
2021 The Fingerdoo Review Themself Guest [24]
2022 Exactly. with Florence Given Themself Guest; Podcast [25]
2022 Meet the Queens Themself Stand-alone special
Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs The World
[26]
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Discography

Singles

As lead artist

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"Get Ready to Go" 2022 Non-album singles
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"Bonjour, Hi!" (Touché Version)
(The cast of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs The World)
2022 Non-album singles
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Awards and nominations

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2023 Queerty Awards Drag Royalty Themself Nominated [27]
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References

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