Tayce

Tayce Szura-Radix (born 28 May 1994) is a Welsh drag queen, rapper, and model from Newport, Wales.[1] She[lower-alpha 1] is best known for competing in the second series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, where she was placed as a runner-up.[2]

Tayce
Tayce performing in July 2021 in Torquay
Born
Tayce Szura-Radix

(1994-05-28) 28 May 1994
Newport, Wales
Occupation(s)Drag queen, model
Years active2017–present
TelevisionRuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 2)
Height6.1 ft (190 cm)

Career

Tayce has professionally fulfilled her career as a drag queen since 2017 and started her career performing in Revolution Newport, a vodka bar. Tayce cites performers such as Beyoncé, Ciara, and Jennifer Lopez as her inspiration when in drag.[3] In January 2020, Tayce attended the first ever RuPaul's DragCon UK and performed alongside Shea Couleé and Ore-Ho on the main stage.[4]

In December 2020, Tayce was announced as one of twelve contestants competing on the second series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK.[2] Tayce won the main challenge in Episode 5 "The RuRuvision Song Contest" (alongside A'Whora, Bimini Bon-Boulash and Lawrence Chaney) winning a RuPeter badge, however, she was in the bottom 2 four times as well as winning her first three lip-syncs and sending home Cherry Valentine, Sister Sister and A'Whora. Her fourth lip-sync against Ellie Diamond was declared a "double-shantay" with both queens advancing to the finale, and neither being eliminated. Tayce is the first ever queen on RuPaul's Drag Race UK series to survive four lip-syncs and win three of them, and was dubbed by fans as a "lip-sync assassin".[5] She made it top 3 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, but lost the Lip-Sync For The Crown to Lawrence Chaney placing as joint runner-up alongside Bimini Bon-Boulash.

Tayce frequently performs at nightclubs, predominantly in London.[6] In March 2021, Tayce, alongside fellow RuPaul's Drag Race UK finalists, was photographed and interviewed for The Guardian[7] and later British Vogue.[8] In May 2021, she was a featured performer at Drive Time Drag, a first of its kind in the UK drag drive-in show.[9] Tayce embarked on a sold out UK Tour alongside A'Whora, Bimini Bon-Boulash and Lawrence Chaney for the United Kingdolls Tour with promoter Klub Kids in July 2021,[10] and in February 2022 Tayce embarked on the RuPaul's Drag Race UK: The Official Tour alongside the entire cast of the second series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, in association with World of Wonder and promoter Voss Events.[11]

In March 2021, Tayce was announced as an ambassador for Coca-Cola's "Open That Cola!" campaign in the United Kingdom.[12] As of June 2021, she is the second most followed drag queen on Instagram, within the Drag Race UK franchise.[12]

Tayce at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2022

In April 2021, Tayce was interviewed for and featured on the cover of Attitude's "Tea Time digital special".[13] Later that month, she, alongside fellow Drag Race contestant A'Whora, co-launched The Bluebella Pride, a lingerie line, calling for the abolition of anti-gay laws in 35 Commonwealth nations.[14]

In June 2021, Tayce partnered with Boohoo owned fashion brand Nasty Gal for a 60-piece gender neutral capsule collection.[15][16]

As a model, Tayce is currently signed with Models 1 modelling agency as both their in-drag and out of drag persona.[17] She has recently attended and modelled in both London and Paris fashion weeks. She has also modelled in two Jean Paul Gaultier fragrance campaigns.

Preceding RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Tayce has been a frequent collaborator with the BBC (especially BBC Radio 1 and BBC Sounds). In August 2021, she presented the Saturday breakfast show slot on BBC Radio 1 from 9:30am, alongside Clara Amfo, as part of Drag Day also featuring Tayce's fellow Series 2 contestants: Bimini Bon-Boulash and Lawrence Chaney, as well as DJ Jodie Harsh.[18] Tayce has also presented a mindfulness-based programme in collaboration with BBC Radio 1 Relax (a BBC Sounds exclusive subsidiary of BBC Radio 1).[19]

Personal life

Tayce's father is Roger Radix, a former bass guitarist for Wham![20]She currently resides in Streatham in South London, England and formerly lived with fellow RuPaul's Drag Race UK contestant A'Whora.[21] On episode eight of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Tayce opened up about how being diagnosed with chlamydia and gonorrhea at the age of 18 damaged her self-esteem, and altered her feelings towards relationships due to emotions of shame and guilt.[22] Tayce's openness when discussing this experience was commended for breaking stigmas around sexually transmitted infections, including by British charity the Terrence Higgins Trust.[23] Tayce is gay, and uses she/her pronouns while in drag, and he/him pronouns while out of drag.[24][25]

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes Ref
2019 Your Face or Mine Themselves Series 5, Episode 6 [26]
2021 RuPaul's Drag Race UK Contestant Series 2 Runner-up [2]
Richard Quinn A/W21 Herself (cameo) Fashion film [27]
Celebrity Gogglebox Herself alongside Tia Kofi [28]
Queerpiphany Herself Co-host [29]
Be Here, Be Queer Herself Netflix special [30]

Music videos
Year Title Artist Ref
2020 "Levitating" (The Blessed Madonna Remix featuring Madonna and Missy Elliott) Dua Lipa [31]
"Baby" Madison Beer [32]
2021 "My House" Jodie Harsh [33]
"Confetti" Little Mix [34]

Radio
Year Title Role Notes Ref
2021 Radio 1 Breakfast with Tayce & Clara Amfo Herself BBC Radio 1 [18]

Web series
Year Title Role Notes Ref
2019 The Gold Rush Herself TrashTV [35]
2021 Cosmo Queens UK Herself Cosmopolitan UK [36]
2022 God Shave the Queens Herself Featured queen [37]
Bring Back My Girls Herself Guest [38]

Discography
List of singles as a featured artist
Title Year Peaks Album
UK
[39]		 UK
Big Top 40
[40]
"UK Hun?"[41]
(among The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Season 2)		 2021 27 3 Non-album singles
"A Little Bit of Love"[42]
(among The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Season 2)		 ——

Stage
Year Title Promoter Locations Ref
2021 Drive Time Drag The Parking Lot Social Cheltenham, Coventry and Bristol [9]
2021 United Kingdolls The Tour Klub Kids Torquay, Southampton, Newcastle, Glasgow, Sheffield, Leeds, Cardiff, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham and London [10]
2021 MODE Klub Kids Manchester, Cardiff, London, Glasgow and Amsterdam [43]
2022 RuPaul's Drag Race UK: The Official Tour Voss Events / World Of Wonder Ipswich, Oxford, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle, Nottingham, Bournemouth, Southend, Manchester, Sheffield, Blackpool, Llandudno, Birmingham, Cardiff, Liverpool, Basingstoke, Portsmouth, Plymouth, London, Derby, Bristol, Bradford, Aberdeen, Southampton, Stockton, Brighton and Newport [11]
2022 United Kingdolls Tour ITD Events / Klub Kids Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, Auckland and Wellington [44]

Notes
  1. Szura-Radix uses she/her and he/him pronouns. She/her will be used in this article for consistency.

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