Bumpa Love Explained

Bumpa Love
Birth Name:Richard Taki[1]
Occupation:Drag queen
Television:RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under (season 3)

Bumpa Love is the stage name of Richard Taki, a drag performer who competed on the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under.

Early life

Bumpa Love is of Māori descent.[2]

Career

Bumpa Love runs the venue Vau d'vile Drag Cabaret,[3] [4] and has been part of the drag scene for 25 years.[5] She competed on the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under. Bumpa Love impersonated Kiri Te Kanawa for the Snatch Game challenge.[6]

Personal life

Bumpa Love is based in Melbourne, uses the pronouns she/her in drag and he/him out of drag.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: RICHARD TAKI'S ROAD TO PRIDE . midsumma.org . Midsumma Festival Inc. . September 26, 2023.
  2. Web site: Thomas . Shibu . 2023-08-02 . The House Of Love, With Bumpa Love . 2023-08-26 . Star Observer . en-US . 2023-08-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230803151448/https://www.starobserver.com.au/artsentertainment/the-house-of-love-with-bumpa-love/225359 . live .
  3. Web site: Tangcay . Jazz . 2023-06-28 . Meet the Queens of 'RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under' Season 3 . 2023-08-26 . Variety . en-US . 2023-07-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230701102659/https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/queens-rupauls-drag-race-down-under-season-3-1235656763/ . live .
  4. Web site: Bentley . Eliza . 2019-04-26 . Vau d'vile . 2023-08-26 . Time Out Melbourne . en-AU . 2021-07-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210730180659/https://www.timeout.com/melbourne/bars/vau-dvile . live .
  5. Web site: Zuvela . Teneal . Meet Every Queen Making Her-Story In The New 'RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under' Season 3 . 2023-08-26 . ELLE . 18 July 2023 . en . 2023-08-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230826225109/https://www.elle.com.au/culture/ru-pauls-drag-race-down-under-season-three-cast-28873 . live .
  6. Web site: Magaletti . Douglas . 2023-08-20 . RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under's Rita Menu Has A Snatch Game Regret . 2023-08-26 . Star Observer . en-US . 2023-08-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230825121519/https://www.starobserver.com.au/artsentertainment/rupauls-drag-race-down-unders-rita-menu-has-a-snatch-game-regret/225773 . live .
  7. Web site: Meet the Queens of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under Series 3 . 2023-08-26 . www.bbc.com . en .