Sminty Drop

{{Infobox person

| name = Sminty Drop

| image = DragCon 2023 @ DVSROSS Photgraphy -100 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Sminty Drop at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2023

| birth_name = Callum Joseph Alan Shaw

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|1|31}}

| birth_place = Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England

| death_date =

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| occupation = Drag queen

| television = RuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 4)

| education =

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Sminty Drop is the stage name of Callum Joseph Alan Shaw,{{cite web|url= https://houstonchronicle.com/movies-tv/drag-race-uk-q-a-sminty-drop-on-sad-twerks-17519636/amp |title=‘Drag Race UK’ Q&A: Sminty Drop on sad twerking and old maidens |last=Guerra |first=Joey |website=houstonchronicle.com |publisher=Houston Chronicle |access-date=December 26, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/ro/song/xlr8/1647250356 |title=Xlr8 |website=music.apple.com |publisher=Apple Inc. |access-date=December 26, 2024}} an English drag queen who competed on series 4 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK.

Early life

Sminty Drop was born in Ribble Valley.{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Denise |date=2022-10-02 |title=Say hello to Ru Paul's Drag Race queen Sminty Drop from Clitheroe |url=https://www.lancs.live/news/celebs-tv/clitheroe-queen-sminty-drop-bringing-25143943 |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=LancsLive |language=en |archive-date=2022-11-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128221330/https://www.lancs.live/news/celebs-tv/clitheroe-queen-sminty-drop-bringing-25143943 |url-status=live }}

Career

Sminty Drop competed on series 4 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK. She had been doing drag for approximately three years at the time.{{Cite web |date=2022-09-07 |title=Meet the East Lancs queen ready to 'chop up the runway' on Drag Race UK |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/meet-east-lancs-drag-queen-111500593.html |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-GB |archive-date=2022-09-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910002122/https://uk.news.yahoo.com/meet-east-lancs-drag-queen-111500593.html |url-status=live }} 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).{{Cite web |last=Dunn |first=Connor |date=2022-10-22 |title=Sminty Drop Explains Her Iconic RuPaul's Drag Race UK Exit |url=https://screenrant.com/sminty-drop-explains-rupauls-drag-race-uk-exit/ |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=ScreenRant |language=en |archive-date=2022-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109222754/https://screenrant.com/sminty-drop-explains-rupauls-drag-race-uk-exit/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Sminty Drop Had the Best 'Drag Race' Exit Since Miss Vanjie |url=https://www.out.com/television/2022/10/14/sminty-drop-had-best-drag-race-exit-miss-vanjie |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=www.out.com |language=en |archive-date=2023-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401180231/https://www.out.com/television/2022/10/14/sminty-drop-had-best-drag-race-exit-miss-vanjie |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2022-10-13 |title=RuPaul's Drag Race UK announces fourth queen to sashay away |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a41611069/rupauls-drag-race-uk-fourth-queen-exit/ |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB |archive-date=2022-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021085622/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a41611069/rupauls-drag-race-uk-fourth-queen-exit/ |url-status=live }} After the show aired, she toured with her fellow cast members.{{Cite web |last=Maidment |first=Adam |date=2023-04-20 |title=Review: RuPaul's Drag Race UK season four tour at Manchester Opera House |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/theatre-news/review-photos-rupauls-drag-race-26737000 |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=Manchester Evening News |language=en |archive-date=2023-09-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903223736/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/theatre-news/review-photos-rupauls-drag-race-26737000 |url-status=live }}

Sminty Drop has performed at WorldPride.{{Cite web |last=Cross |first=Alannah Le |date=2023-02-14 |title=An international line-up of Drag Race superstars are assembling for a drag extravaganza |url=https://www.timeout.com/sydney/things-to-do/drag-haus-worldpride-edition |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=Time Out Sydney |language=en-AU}} She appears in the music video for "Anniversary" by Duran Duran.

Personal life

Sminty Drop is from Clitheroe, Lancashire.{{Cite web |date=2022-10-14 |title=East Lancashire queen the latest to 'sashay away' from Drag Race UK |url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/23048122.rupauls-drag-race-uk-clitheroes-sminty-drop-eliminated/ |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=Lancashire Telegraph |language=en |archive-date=2022-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103121921/https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/23048122.rupauls-drag-race-uk-clitheroes-sminty-drop-eliminated/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2022-10-07 |title=Sminty Drop praised by Alan Carr on Drag Race UK – but was she eliminated? |url=https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/sminty-drop-praised-alan-carr-144500484.html |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=Yahoo Sports |language=en-GB |archive-date=2022-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023075111/https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/sminty-drop-praised-alan-carr-144500484.html |url-status=live }} She is a member of the House of Kendoll, with former Drag Race UK contestant Gothy Kendoll.{{Cite web |last=Spencer |first=Samuel |date=2022-09-07 |title=RuPaul's Drag Race UK series 4 cast line-up |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/3b73c6b4-c926-4601-8b2a-f60ba61ca5b1 |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=BBC Three |language=en-GB |archive-date=2022-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907163016/https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/3b73c6b4-c926-4601-8b2a-f60ba61ca5b1 |url-status=live }}

Filmography

=Television=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Notes
scope="row" \| 2022 \| RuPaul's Drag Race UK \| Herself \| Contestant (9th place); 6 episodes
scope="row" \| 2023 \| RuPaul's Drag Race UK \| Herself \| Special guest; Episode: "Tickety-Boo"

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scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Role

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

scope="row" | 2022

| RuPaul's Drag Race UK

| Herself

| Contestant (9th place); 6 episodes

scope="row" | 2023

| RuPaul's Drag Race UK

| Herself