Baga Chipz

Baga Chipz is the stage name of Mark Botfield, who placed 3rd on Season 1 of "RuPaul's Drag Race UK".

Name Origin

"I was having a drink in a pub in Birmingham and this fella came up and started flirting with me and my mate. I said: "Look, why do you want a burger when you can have me, prime steak on a plate?" And he was like: "Prime steak? more like a bag of chips."

I thought you can’t get more British than a bag of chips can you?! You’ve got your Crystals and your Sandras, but I’m unique. I stand out. If anyone else has my name, then they’ve copied it!" Baga Chipz explains about her drag name on a ITW.

RuPaul's Drag Race UK

Entrance Quote

"Baga Chipz here, queen of the battered sausage and I love to be covered in Daddy's Sauce."

Memorable Quotes

• "NOYYYYYYYYYYY"
• "Helloooooooo"
• "Oh my tuppence is on the show."
• "Feed the birds!"
• "Much Bett'a!"
• "You look like you fell in the bins." (about Vinegar Strokes runway look on Episode 3)
• "The lady is not for turning."
• "Belgrano Spice, like the ship, she likes to go down" (as Margaret Thatcher in the Snatch Game)
• "And Cheryl did a death drop".
• "Baga Chipz is stunning, Baga Chipz is class, Baga Chipz is sexy, She takes it up the (shhh), Baga‘s pussy is burning, The lady's not for turning, So come take off your sweater, ‘Cause that’s much betta! (betta, betta, betta)" (verse on Break Up (Bye Bye) by The Frock Destroyers.)
• "This ain't the BBC I grew up watching! I used to watch Blue Peter and the Antiques Roadshow." (about the BBC (Boxers, Breifs and Commando) game)
• "I'm going to be like Ann Widdecombe when they threw her round the floor."
• "I don't know how they're going to carry you, Viv."

Trivia

• She's the first ever queen to walk into the werkroom of Drag Race UK.
• Her (and The Vivienne) are the first to share a conjoined win on Drag Race UK.
  • They are the two first winners of "Snatch Game" in UK too.
• She's the first queen to win three challenges in UK.
• She's the first queen to win two consecutive challenges in UK.
• As a member of The Frock Destroyers, she was part of the first shared win between three contestants in Drag Race herstory, along with Blu Hydrangea and Divina De Campo.
  • She's also the first queen in Drag Race herstory to win two consecutive shared wins.
• She currently holds the record for the most amount of challenge wins in the least amount of episodes in a non-All-Stars Season, with three challenge wins in five episodes.
• She was the first UK queen to be eliminated by RuPaul, and the only queen in Season 1 to have not been eliminated as a result of losing a lip-sync.
• She is one of the 3 queens that had never lost a lipsync on the American version (not counting winners).
• Baga is on the cast of Celebrity Master Chef UK.

Gallery

UK Season 1 Looks

Videos

Baga Chipz Meet The Queens Drag Race UK (Season One)

Baga Chipz Keep Calm and Meet the Queens!

All Of Baga Chipz's Runway Looks Drag Race UK

Discography

Singles

• "Break Up (Bye Bye)" ft. Blu Hydrangea and Divina De Campo, as The Frock Destroyers. (2019)
• "To the Moon" ft. The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, by RuPaul. (2019)

Filmography

TV

• Drag Queens of London', as Baga Chipz. (2014)
• Xandermonium, as Baga Chipz. (2015)
• Jeff Kristian: You're There, as Baga Chipz. (2015)
• London Calling, as Baga Chipz. (2015 - 2017)

• RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 1, as contestant, placed 3rd. (2019)
• Celebrity Masterchef Season 15, as Baga Chipz. (2020)

Web Series

• Morning T&T (with The Vivienne) as Margaret Thatcher.

Social Media

• Baga's Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
• Baga Chipz on IMDB

References

ITW

1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/rpdr-2019/baga-chipz

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