Daya Betty

Daya Betty is the stage name of Trenton Clarke (born February 19, 1996), an American drag performer who competed on the fourteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race and the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.

Early life Trenton Clarke was born in Springfield, Missouri. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in graphic design from Missouri State University in 2019.

Career

Clarke is a drag queen known as Daya Betty. Daya Betty was brought back into the competition and ultimately placed third. She impersonated Ozzy Osbourne for the Snatch Game challenge, and she portrayed Uniqueness in the Rusical episode, which featured a parody-tribute to the film Moulin Rouge! (2001) called Moulin Ru: The Rusical.

Following Daya Betty's first elimination, Instinct's Michael Cook said she "made a definite impact on both viewers and her fellow queens during her time on Season 14". Chika Ekemezie of The Daily Beast called her "reality TV's best villain". The A.V. Club Trae DeLellis said Daya Betty "[proved] herself as a producer's dream for producing drama". Paul McCallion of Vulture said she has a "Ph.D. in shit-stirring".

On April 23, 2025, Daya Betty was announced as one of eighteen former Drag Race contestants participating in the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. She competed in the third bracker, placing in the top twice. In the first episode, she lost a lip-sync for the win against Ginger Minj to the original Broadway cast recording of "Defying Gravity", with Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande as guest judges. In the last episode of her bracket, she won a lip-sync for the win against Ginger Minj to "Mama Used to Say". She placed safe throughout the semifianls, and was eventually eliminated in the season finale in a lip-sync against Bosco to Christina Aguilera's 2010 song "Show Me How You Burlesque".

Personal life Clarke is openly gay.

Daya Betty is the "drag daughter" of season 12 contestant Crystal Methyd.

Filmography Year Title Genre Role Notes 2022 RuPaul's Drag Race (season 14) TV Contestant 3rd place (15 episodes) 2022 RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked (season 13) TV Herself (13 episodes) 2025 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 10) TV Contestant 5th place (6 episodes) 2025 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked! (season 7) TV Herself (6 episodes)