{"id":22454,"date":"2024-07-04T16:13:14","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T14:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=22454"},"modified":"2024-07-04T16:13:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T14:13:17","slug":"must-watch-trailer-beaulah-queens-van-die-kaap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2024\/07\/04\/must-watch-trailer-beaulah-queens-van-die-kaap\/","title":{"rendered":"Must-watch trailer: “Beaulah: Queens van die Kaap”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Beaulah: Queens van die Kaap premieres on 18 July on Showmax<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Showmax Original reality series follows Cape Town\u2019s most charismatic drag queens<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From The Mommy Club<\/em> creators POP24, Beaulah: Queens van die Kaap<\/em> is a new reality TV show about Cape Town\u2019s drag queens, including multi-award winner Emogan Moore, Miss Sovereign Western Cape winner Ina Propriette, Miss Cape Town Pride winner Kat Gilardi, SA\u2019s Got Talent runner up Manila von Teez, Miss Gay Western Cape winner Maxine Wilde, and rival house mothers BB Vahlour and Madisson Scarr.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Showmax Original debuts on 18 July 2024, with new episodes every Thursday. From Miss Sovereign to Miss Gay Grassy Park, and from Beefcakes to Zer021, the show will take you onto the Cape Town drag scene\u2019s biggest stages. Told in Gayle with subtitles, it\u2019s an eye-opening and jaw-dropping introduction to a world of extreme transformations, unforgettable fashion, warring houses, opposing queen mothers, wig-gates, and sisterhood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meet the queens:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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BB Vahlour <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Pronouns: She\/Her<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twenty-three-year-old Brandon Samuels, also known as BB Vahlour, is the mother of House of Vahlour. She only started drag after choreographing one of Emogan\u2019s shows, so she is still relatively new to the drag scene but has already been featured in Vogue<\/em> and was the runner up to Ina Propriette at Miss Sovereign Western Cape last year. She also has South African colours in gymnastics. BB has a nine-to-five job as a packaging operator.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Emogan Moore<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Pronouns: He\/They<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thirty-three-year-old Fabian van Schalkwyk, also known as Emogan Moore, has been doing drag for 13 years, winning multiple pageants. The sassy queen is also a netball coach and admin clerk at a primary school in Cape Town. Emogan is an openly gay man who wants to hold a safe space for queer children at the school where he works and in the community.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Ina Propriette<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Pronouns: He\/Him<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twenty-nine-year-old Wade Khoosal, also known as Ina Propriette, is a full-time drag queen who has been doing drag for five years, winning Miss Sovereign Western Cape last year and being featured in Vogue<\/em>. Ina is very much into the ballroom culture in Cape Town; Wayne, on the other hand, is very butch.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Kat Gilardi<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Pronouns: He\/They<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forty-five-year-old Carl Richards, also known as Kat Gilardi, is the oldest and most experienced queen on the show. He has won many pageants, including Miss Cape Town Pride, and has crowned many of the other queens. He is also part of a singing group, Diva’s Only; the director of Mr and Ms Sovereign Western Cape; and has been happily married for 16 years to Errol Stroebel.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Madisson Scarr<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Pronouns: She\/Her<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twenty-six-year-old Madisson Scarr is a trans woman and professional dancer who found her love for drag during the Covid pandemic. A regular face on Expresso Morning Show<\/em> on SABC 3, Madisson is the mother of Haus of Scarr.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Manila Von Teez<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Pronouns: He\/They<\/strong>
Drag pronouns: She\/Her<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thirty-three-year-old Vion Wentzel, also known as Manila Von Teez, is originally from Elsies Rivier. She has been doing drag for more than 14 years, winning multiple pageants, including Miss Gay Cape Town 2014. In 2016, Manila became the first drag queen to be named Runner Up at SA\u2019s Got Talent. Manila designs all their own clothes through their label Haus of Vjorn.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Maxine Wild<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Pronouns: She\/Her<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twenty-eight-year-old Gillian Archer, also known as Maxine Wild, has been doing drag for more than a decade and won Miss Gay Western Cape in 2019 and Miss Cape Town Pride 2019. By day, Maxine is a make-up artist and hairstylist, and by night she performs all across South Africa. Maxine is also the co-owner of drag house Drag Cartel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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