BeBe Zahara Benet Quotes

Cameroon, Singer
March 20, 1981

BeBe Zahara Benet is the stage name of Nea Marshall Kudi Ngwa, a Cameroonian-American drag performer and singer best known for winning the first season of the reality-television drag competition RuPaul's Drag Race in 2009. In 2018, she also returned as a surprise contestant for the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars, placing third/fourth alongside Shangela.

That's the gag of the season.

BeBe Zahara Benet
- Season
- Gag
I'm the only African here, but why does it look like you can sponsor Kennedy Davenport for 30 cents a day?

BeBe Zahara Benet

I want to win this because there is pride and dignity in what we do. Dressing up for a living does not make us less of a man.

BeBe Zahara Benet
- Pride
- Win
- Dressing Up
I bring a lot of international influence, and right now I really feel like I'm ahead of the game.

BeBe Zahara Benet
Hahaha, bitch you got jokes!

BeBe Zahara Benet
- Jokes
- Bitch
Miss Thorgy drew the... a very like, you know, a picture of what the...*laughs*...she drew a picture!

BeBe Zahara Benet
- Picture
- Drew
Drag artists are more men than real men. You need a lot of courage, personality, and guts to go out there. Even if you look good or you look bad, you still need to have all of those things to be on stage. You're going to get criticized by everyone.

BeBe Zahara Benet
I'm not going to read Morgan McMichaels, life already has.

BeBe Zahara Benet
- Life
- Read

We need more drag king role models for all those interested in the art.

BeBe Zahara Benet
- Art
- King
- Role Models
Bitch, I'm a performah!

BeBe Zahara Benet
- Performah
Mother, another day; another slay. Who's first?

BeBe Zahara Benet
- Mother
- Slay
Face, face, face, I give face, beauty face!

BeBe Zahara Benet
- Face
- I Give
Paramedics! Paramedics, make sure she's okay because I was not ready!

BeBe Zahara Benet
- Ready
- Paramedics
Who's Ornacia? I don't know who that is.

BeBe Zahara Benet
- I Don't Know

Oooh, the drama in the pageant!

BeBe Zahara Benet
- Drama
- Pageant
Rrrrra-ka-ta-ti-ti-ta-ta, yeah, I'm pussy, bitch! Ooh la la la la la la, c'est bon, c'est bon! Do-go-choco-la-ta-la, you can't take my snatch, drag it up, wild it up, give me more, bring it to the ball!

BeBe Zahara Benet
- Ball
- WIld
- Drag