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BeBe Zahara Benet
Cameroonian-American entertainer (born 1981) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Born | Nea Marshall Kudi Ngwa (1980-03-20) March 20, 1980 (age 44) |
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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 |
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.