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Charity Kase (drag queen)

Charity Kase
Charity Kase out of drag in 2021
Born
Harry Whitfield

1996 or 1997 (age 27–28)[1]
Rufford, Lancashire, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
TelevisionRuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 3)
Websitecharitykase.com

Charity Kase is the stage name of Harry Whitfield,[2] a drag performer most known for competing on the third series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK.

Early life

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Whitfield was raised in Rufford, Lancashire.[3] He enjoyed design and makeup as a child. During his teens, he explored his creativity by wearing costumes in Liverpool and Manchester.[1]

Career

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Charity Kase in drag

Charity Kase worked at the London club The Box, as of 2018.[4] She competed on the third series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK. In 2021, BBC's Harvey Day said she was "firmly established as one of east London's edgiest drag queens - with a following of hundreds of thousands on Instagram." According to Day, Charity is "well-known for her extravagant, outrageous, over-the-top looks".[3]

Charity Kase partnered with Wildcat Gin in 2021 to promote a new flavor of gin.[5] In 2023, Charity Kase and Anubis Finch announced an 11-date tour, called The Nightmares Before Christmas Tour.[6]

In 2024 Charity Kase appeared in the Circus of Horrors Uk Tour titled the ‘Cabaret of Curiosities,’ where she performed as the MC sharing the role with fellow drag queen Baby Lame. Both Baby and Charity performed together when the Tour arrived in Clapham at the Clapham Grand. Incidentally, the Clapham Grand was the last place Circus of horrors ringmaster Dr Haze, performed before his passing in 2023.

Personal life

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Whitfield is based in London.[7][8]

Charity Kase is a "drag daughter" of Raja, who won the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race in the U.S. Charity Kase became the third contestant in Drag Race history, and the first from Drag Race UK, to reveal she was living with HIV, following Ongina and Trinity K. Bonet.[9][10]

Filmography

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Television

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Film

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Web series

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Year Title Role Ref
2021 Cosmo Queens UK Herself [12]

References

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  1. ^ a b Maidment, Adam (25 September 2021). "Elektra Fence, Charity Kase and Veronica Green: Meet the three drag queens representing the region on RuPaul's Drag Race UK". Manchester Evening News. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  2. ^ Valenti, Lauren (29 January 2021). "Watch London Drag Star Charity Kase's 'Fantastical, Fabulous Disco Fish' Transformation". Vogue. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b Day, Harvey (8 October 2021). "Drag Race UK's Charity Kase: 'Using my platform to speak out about HIV stigma'". BBC Three. Archived from the original on 11 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  4. ^ Satenstein, Liana (5 September 2018). "Charity Kase Is the London Drag Star Whipping Up Fantastical Looks". Vogue. Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  5. ^ Tates, Jonny (15 October 2021). "Drag Race UK's horror queen Charity Kase looks incredible as she poses with a new 'cursed' gin". Pink News. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  6. ^ "'Drag Race UK's Charity Kase & Anubis Launch Self-Produced Xmas Tour". Yahoo News. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  7. ^ Young, Sarah (22 February 2017). "London drag artist Charity Kase to create 100 unique elaborate characters every day for 100 days". Independent. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  8. ^ Rulli, Michael (11 April 2017). "London Artist Charity Kase Extends '100 Days of Drag' Challenge to a Full Year". Out Magazine. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  9. ^ Street, Mikelle (7 October 2021). "'Drag Race U.K.'s Charity Kase Reveals She Contracted HIV at Age 18". HIV Plus Magazine. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  10. ^ Warner, Sam (8 October 2021). "Drag Race UK star Charity Kase opens up about living with HIV in powerful chat on the show". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  11. ^ Squires, John (30 January 2024). "'Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare': Exclusive Sneak Peek at the Upcoming Peter Pan Horror Movie". Bloody Disgusting!. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  12. ^ Charity Kase's leopard queen look is all kinds of extra | Cosmo Queens UK. YouTube. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
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