BAGA Chipz has become a well known face on reality TV after first appearing on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK.
Here’s what we know about her life and career so far…
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Who is Baga Chipz?
Baga Chipz is the stage name of British drag queen, Leo Loren.
She was born on November 28, 1989, and has won multiple awards for her work.
Baga Chipz was part of drag troupe, The Buffalo Girls, who featured on reality show Drag Queens Of London in 2014.
She has appeared in music videos, one theatre production at Trafalgar Studios, and starred in various web series, including Netflix’s I Like To Watch UK.
She’s known for impersonating Amy Winehouse as part of an act and claims to do an excellent Deirdre Barlow from Coronation Street.
In the summer of 2020 she appeared on Celebrity MasterChef and took part in The Celebrity Circle in 2021.
She has also appeared on Pointless Celebrities, X Factor: Celebrity, and Channel 4’s The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year.
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In 2021, she appeared in one episode of Brassic and popped up in Ackley Bridge in 2022, playing Rusty Pipez.
Baga Chipz can be found on Instagram at @bagachipz or on Twitter at @ChipShopBird.
How did she get her stage name, Baga Chipz?
When asked how the stage name came about, Baga Chipz told the BBC: “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 burger when you can have me, prime steak on a plate?’
“And he was like: ‘Prime steak? More like a bag a chips’.”
In June 2022, Baga Chipz landed a role with chip giant McCain.
When was she on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK?
Baga Chipz featured in the first series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK in 2019.
She came third and told the BBC: “Even the straight community watch Drag Race and I’d say eighty per cent of my show’s audience are heterosexual couples.
“Drag isn’t just for the LGBT community, it’s for everyone.”
She went on to join the cast of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Versus The World in 2022.
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