BeBe Zahara Benet

BeBe Zahara Benet, born Nea Marshall Kudi Ngwa on March 20, 1980, is a Cameroonian-American drag performer, television personality, and musician. He gained fame by winning the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race in 2009 and returned as a surprise contestant for the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars in 2018, reaching the top four. BeBe has released three EPs: 'Face' (2014), 'Kisses & Feathers' (2017), and 'Broken English' (2020). Currently, he stars in the TLC makeover series Dragnificent as the event planning expert. In 2021, he appeared in the film 'Being Bebe,' which documents fifteen years of his life. Born in Cameroon, BeBe was inspired by his musical family to pursue a career in music before settling in Minneapolis.