Sminty Drop

Sminty Drop
Sminty Drop at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2023
Born
Callum Joseph Alan Shaw

(1999-01-31) 31 January 1999 (age 27)
Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England
OccupationDrag queen
TelevisionRuPaul's Drag Race UK (Series 4)
RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World (Series 3)

Sminty Drop is the stage name of Callum Joseph Alan Shaw (born 31 January 1999), an English drag queen who competed on the fourth series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK and the third series of RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World.

Early life

Sminty Drop was born in Ribble Valley.

Career

The name Sminty Drop comes from me being on a night out and wanting to kiss some boys, so I would always take some mints with me just in case. […] But I’m also a very clumsy girl so I would always drop said mints on the floor so… Sminty Drop I became.

— Sminty Drop, describing the origin of her stage name.

Sminty Drop competed on the fourth series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK. She had been doing drag for approximately three years at the time. She was eliminated in the fourth episode, after placing in the bottom two in an improv challenge and losing a lip sync against Baby to Mel and Kim's "Respectable" (1987). After the show aired, she toured with her fellow cast members.

Sminty Drop has performed at WorldPride. She appears in the music video for "Anniversary" by Duran Duran.

She competed on the third series of RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World.

Personal life

Sminty Drop is from Clitheroe, Lancashire. She is a member of the House of Kendoll, with former Drag Race UK contestant Gothy Kendoll.

Discography

Singles

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2022 RuPaul's Drag Race UK Herself Contestant (9th place);
Series 4, 6 episodes
2023 Special guest;
Series 5 Episode 1: "Tickety-Boo"
2024 Bring Back My Girls Special guest;
Season 2 and Season 3
2026 RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World Contestant
Series 3

References

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  10. ↑ Cross, Alannah Le (2023-02-14). "An international line-up of Drag Race superstars are assembling for a drag extravaganza". Time Out Sydney. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  11. ↑ "Meet the RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World series 3 Queens". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2026-01-08.
  12. ↑ "East Lancashire queen the latest to 'sashay away' from Drag Race UK". Lancashire Telegraph. 2022-10-14. Archived from the original on 2022-11-03. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  13. ↑ "Sminty Drop praised by Alan Carr on Drag Race UK – but was she eliminated?". Yahoo Sports. 2022-10-07. Archived from the original on 2022-10-23. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  14. ↑ Spencer, Samuel (2022-09-07). "RuPaul's Drag Race UK series 4 cast line-up". BBC Three. Archived from the original on 2022-09-07. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
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