Victoria Scone 27, Cardiff
Preferred pronouns:
In drag: She/her
Out of drag: She/her
Tell us about yourself...
My name is Victoria Scone and I am a camp, Cardiff, cabaret, disco diva, with a lot of spunk…
How long have you lived in Cardiff?
I am a Pompey girl originally but I moved to Cardiff, which was where I fully established my drag career. So Victoria is very much a Cardiff girl.
How long have you been doing drag?
About three years… It feels like so much longer!
Who or what inspires you?
I am very much inspired by traditional drag, pantomime, and the older Welsh queens. People like Ceri Dupree have really inspired me. I like to mix my traditional drag with fashion and blur the lines of panto, fashion and costume.
How does it feel to be the first cis-female on the show?
It feels right! I definitely didn't invent the art of drag for women. I am not the first and I certainly won’t be the last. But I feel very capable and proud to have made it through the application process and be the first on Drag Race UK.
Me being here is political but you can just have fun with it. That’s why I started. I just wanted to entertain people and that’s what we’re going to do! Drag can just be fun!
Would you call yourself an AFAB Queen?
I would call myself a drag queen, Drag Artist, Extraordinaire.
I understand it’s helpful to use AFAB, which stands for Assigned Female At Birth, when we are specifically speaking about the fact that I do not own certain cis-male drag queen genitalia. But we don’t describe cis-male drag queens as AMAB Queens, so as a handy tip, I’d just call us all drag queens or Drag Artists, and if you must know, I identify as a Tony Award!
Why drag?
I think I have always been a drag queen, but I just hadn’t found the right outlet.
Drag was a natural progression for me. The theatre introduced me to pantomime, which is such a big part of British culture. I’ve been in pantomimes from a very young age - that was where I first fell in love with drag. I didn’t look up to Cinderella, I looked up to Widow Twankey. That was my goal: to be Widow Twankey.
I love what drag allows me to do. I feel like I can get away with absolutely anything when I’m Victoria. I love drag. I love the entertainment side of it; the escapism, the nightlife, the family. I love that it is a safe queer space.
Why should you win RuPaul’s Drag Race UK?
I should win RuPaul’s Drag Race UK because it's so important, not just for me, but for marginalised minority groups in the queer scene to see themselves reflected on TV. We can absolutely have a seat at this table. I didn’t build the table (despite being very butch and very good at DIY) but I deserve a space at it. Everyone deserves a space. I wanted to do Drag Race to prove that I can win it. I’m not a fragile, little flower darling. I can have them all for supper!