Tayce

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Tayce
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Tayce performing in July 2021 in Torquay
Born
Tayce Szura-Radix

(1994-05-28) 28 May 1994 (age 27)
Newport, Wales
OccupationDrag queen, model
Years active2017–present
Height6.1 ft (190 cm)
TelevisionRuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 2)

Tayce Szura-Radix (born 28 May 1994) is a Welsh drag queen and model from Newport, Wales.[1] She is best known for competing in the second series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, where she was placed as a runner-up.[2]

Career[]

Tayce has professionally fulfilled her career as a drag queen since 2017 and started her career performing in Revolution Newport, a vodka bar. Tayce cites performers such as Beyoncé, Ciara, and Jennifer Lopez as her inspiration when in drag.[3] In January 2020, Tayce attended the first ever RuPaul's DragCon UK and performed alongside Shea Couleé and Ore-Ho on the main stage.[4]

In December 2020, Tayce was announced as one of twelve contestants competing on the second series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK.[2] Tayce won the main challenge in Episode 5 "The RuRuvision Song Contest" (alongside A'Whora, Bimini Bon Boulash and Lawrence Chaney) winning a RuPeter badge, however, she were in the bottom 2 four times as well as winning her first three lip-syncs and sending home Cherry Valentine, Sister Sister and A'Whora. Her fourth lip-sync against Ellie Diamond was declared a "double-shantay" with both queens advancing to the finale, and neither being eliminated. Tayce is the first ever queen on Drag Race UK to survive four lipsyncs and win three of them, and was dubbed by fans as a "lip-sync assassin".[5] They made it top 3 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, but lost the Lip-Sync For The Crown to Lawrence Chaney placing as joint runner-up alongside Bimini Bon-Boulash.

Tayce frequently performs at nightclubs, predominantly in London.[6] In March 2021, Tayce, alongside fellow RuPaul's Drag Race UK finalists, was photographed and interviewed for The Guardian[7] and later British Vogue.[8] In May 2021, Tayce was a featured performer at Drive Time Drag, a first of its kind in the UK drag drive-in show.[9] Tayce will also embark on a sold out UK Tour alongside A'Whora, Bimini Bon Boulash and Lawrence Chaney for the United Kingdolls Tour with promoter Klub Kids in July 2021,[10] and in February 2022 Tayce will embark on RuPaul's Drag Race UK: The Official Tour alongside the entire cast of the second series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, in association with World of Wonder and promoter Voss Events.[11]

On March 24, 2021, Tayce was announced as an ambassador for Coca-Cola's "Open That Cola!" campaign in the United Kingdom.[12] As of June 2021, she is the second most followed drag queen on Instagram, within the Drag Race UK franchise.[12]

In April 2021, Tayce was interviewed for and featured on the cover of Attitude's "Tea Time digital special".[13] Later that month, she, alongside fellow Drag Race contestant A'Whora, co-launched The Bluebella Pride, a lingerie line, calling for the abolition of anti-gay laws in 35 Commonwealth nations.[14]

In June 2021, Tayce partnered with Boohoo owned fashion brand Nasty Gal for a 60-piece gender neutral capsule collection.[15][16]

As a model, Tayce is currently signed with Models 1 modelling agency as both their in-drag and out of drag persona.[17] She has recently attended and modelled in both London and Paris fashion weeks. She has also modelled in two Jean Paul Gaultier fragrance campaigns.

Preceding RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Tayce has been a frequent collaborator with the BBC (especially BBC Radio 1 and BBC Sounds). On 21st August 2021, they presented the Saturday breakfast show slot on BBC Radio 1 from 9:30am, alongside Clara Amfo, as part of 'Drag Day' also featuring Tayce's fellow series 2 contestants: Bimini Bon-Boulash and Lawrence Chaney, as well as DJ Jodie Harsh.[18] Tayce has also presented a mindfulness-based programme in collaboration with BBC Radio 1 Relax (a BBC Sounds exclusive subsidiary of BBC Radio 1).[19]

Personal life[]

Her father is Roger Radix, a former bass guitarist for Wham![20] Tayce currently resides in Streatham in South London, England and lives with fellow Drag Race contestant A'Whora.[21] On episode eight of Drag Race, Tayce opened up about how being diagnosed with chlamydia and gonorrhea when she was 18 damaged his self-esteem, and altered his feelings towards relationships due to emotions of shame and guilt.[22] Tayce's openness when discussing her experience was widely praised for breaking stigmas around STIs, including by British sexual health charity the Terrence Higgins Trust.[23] Tayce is gay, and uses she/her pronouns while in drag, and he/him pronouns while out of drag.[24][25]

Filmography[]

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes Ref
2019 Your Face or Mine Themselves Series 5, Episode 6 [26]
2021 RuPaul's Drag Race UK Contestant Series 2 Runner-up [2]
2021 Richard Quinn A/W21 Herself (cameo) Fashion film [27]
2021 Celebrity Gogglebox Herself [28]
2021 Queerpiphany Herself Co-host [29]
2021 Be Here, Be Queer Herself Netflix special [30]

Music videos[]

Year Title Artist Ref
2020 "Levitating" (The Blessed Madonna Remix featuring Madonna and Missy Elliott) Dua Lipa [31]
2020 "Baby" Madison Beer [32]
2021 "My House" Jodie Harsh [33]
2021 "Confetti" Little Mix [34]

Radio[]

Year Title Role Notes Ref
2021 Radio 1 Breakfast with Tayce & Clara Amfo Themself BBC Radio 1 [18]

Web series[]

Year Title Role Notes Ref
2019 The Gold Rush Themself TrashTV [35]
2021 Cosmo Queens UK Themself Cosmopolitan UK [36]

Discography[]

As featured artist[]

List of singles as a featured artist
Title Year Peaks Album
UK
[37] 		UK
Big Top 40
[38]
"UK Hun?"[39]
(among The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Season 2) 		2021 27 3 Non-album singles
"A Little Bit of Love"[40]
(among The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Season 2) 		— —

Stage[]

Year Title Promoter Locations Ref
2021 Drive Time Drag The Parking Lot Social Cheltenham, Coventry and Bristol [9]
2021 United Kingdolls The Tour Klub Kids Torquay, Southampton, Newcastle, Glasgow, Sheffield, Leeds, Cardiff, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham and London [10]
2021 MODE Klub Kids Manchester, Cardiff, London, Glasgow and Amsterdam [41]
2022 RuPaul's Drag Race UK: The Official Tour Voss Events / World Of Wonder Ipswich, Oxford, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle, Nottingham, Bournemouth, Southend, Manchester, Sheffield, Blackpool, Llandudno, Birmingham, Cardiff, Liverpool, Basingstoke, Portsmouth, Plymouth, London, Derby, Bristol, Bradford, Aberdeen, Southampton, Stockton, Brighton and Newport [11]
2022 United Kingdolls Tour ITD Events / Klub Kids Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, Auckland and Wellington [42]

References[]

  1. ^ "'Doing this for Wales': Newport queen to compete in RuPaul's Drag Race UK". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "RuPaul's Drag Race UK series two". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "RuPaul's Drag Race UK: Everything To Know About Tayce". ScreenRant. 24 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  4. ^ Yates, Jonathan (20 January 2020). "RuPaul's DragCon UK". MyLondon. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  5. ^ Street, Mikelle (12 March 2021). "'Drag Race U.K.'s Tayce Joined An Elite Group With the Last Episode". Out. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Meet Tayce | RuPaul's Drag Race UK Series 2". YouTube.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Nicholson, Rebecca (13 March 2021). "'Drag was always a protest, a political statement': RuPaul's Drag Race UK finalists open up". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  8. ^ Pike, Naomi (17 March 2021). "Tayce Is The Big-Hearted Welsh Queen Bringing New Meaning To The Word Fierce". British Vogue. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  9. ^ a b Galloway, Claire (8 March 2021). "Huge drive-in festival coming to Edinburgh in May with RuPaul's Drag Race stars". Edinburgh Live. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  10. ^ a b "United Kingdolls The Tour". Klub Kids.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ a b "RuPaul's Drag Race UK Tour". Voss Events. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  12. ^ a b Street, Mikelle (24 March 2021). "Drag Race U.K.' Finalist Tayce Is Now a Face of Coca Cola". Out. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  13. ^ Stichbury, Thomas (1 April 2021). "TAYCE IS ALREADY ONE OF LIFE'S WINNERS, BABY". Attitude. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  14. ^ Damshenas, Sam (29 April 2021). "Drag Race UK stars Tayce and A'Whora tackle anti-gay laws in fierce Pride campaign". Gay Times . Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  15. ^ Damshenas, Sam (23 June 2021). "Exclusive: Drag Race UK star Tayce is 'pushing out the gender spectrum' with first capsule collection". Gay Times. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  16. ^ Yates, Jonny (23 June 2021). "Drag Race's Tayce on her 'special' fashion range and who she'd go head-to-head with on All Stars". PinkNews. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  17. ^ Street, Mikelle (14 April 2021). "'Drag Race U.K.'s Tayce Signs to Europe's Biggest Model Agency". Out. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  18. ^ a b "Drag queens Jodie Harsh and Bimini to host Radio 1 shows". BBC News. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  19. ^ "Tayce is our Radio 1 Relax dragony aunt!