BeBe Zahara Benet

Bebe Zahara Benet
Bebe Zahara Benet
	Benet at NUBIA NYC in 2020
Born	Nea Marshall Kudi Ngwa; March 20, 1980; Douala, Cameroon
Occupations	Drag queen; television personality; singer; event planner;
Years active	c. 2001–present
Known for	RuPaul's Drag Race (season 1) winner and RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars contestant
Successor	Tyra Sanchez
Website	bebezaharabenet.net

Nea Marshall Kudi Ngwa (born March 20, 1980) better known by his stage name BeBe Zahara Benet, is a Cameroonian-American drag performer, television personality, and musician best known for winning the first season of the reality-television drag competition RuPaul's Drag Race in 2009. In 2018, he returned as a surprise contestant for the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars, placing in the top four.

His first EP, Face, was released in 2014, followed by his second EP, Kisses & Feathers, in 2017. His third EP, Broken English, was released in 2020. From 2019 to 2020, he starred in the TLC transformational makeover television series Dragnificent, as the event planning expert. In 2021, Being Bebe, a film documenting 15 years of his life, was released.

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