Introduction
Daya Betty is the stage name of Trenton Clarke, an American drag performer who competed on the fourteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.
Early life
Trenton Clarke was born in Springfield, Missouri. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in graphic design from Missouri State University in 2019.
Career
Clarke is a drag queen known as Daya Betty. She competed on the fourteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. She was eliminated in the second episode, after being placed in the bottom two and losing a lip-sync against DeJa Skye to guest judge Alicia Keys' 2001 song "Fallin'". Daya Betty was brought back into the competition and ultimately placed third. She impersonated Ozzy Osbourne for the Snatch Game challenge, and she portrayed Uniqueness in the Rusical episode, which featured a parody-tribute to the film Moulin Rouge! (2001) called Moulin Ru: The Rusical.
Following Daya Betty's first elimination, Instinct's Michael Cook said she "made a definite impact on both viewers and her fellow queens during her time on Season 14". Chika Ekemezie of The Daily Beast called her "reality TV's best villain". The A.V. Club's Trae DeLellis said Daya Betty "[proved] herself as a producer's dream for producing drama". Paul McCallion of Vulture said she has a "Ph.D. in shit-stirring".
Personal life
Clarke is openly gay. He has type 1 diabetes and has made his diagnosis part of his drag identity.
Daya Betty is the "drag daughter" of season 12 contestant Crystal Methyd.