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Meet Cape Town’s most charismatic drag queens in this eye-opening reality series. All episodes are now streaming on Showmax.

From The Mommy Club creators POP24, Beaulah: Queens van die Kaap is a new reality TV show about Cape Town’s drag queens, including queen of queens Manila von Teez, Miss Sovereign Western Cape winners Ina Propriette and Maxine Wild, Miss Gay Western Cape and Miss Cape Town Pride Kat Gilardi, multi-award winner Emogan Moore, and rival house mothers BB Vahlour and Madison Scarr.

From Miss Sovereign to Miss Gay Grassy Park, and from Beefcakes to Zer021, Beaulah will take you onto the Cape Town drag scene’s biggest stages.

Told in Gayle with subtitles, it’s an eye-opening and jaw-dropping introduction to a world of extreme transformations, unforgettable fashion, warring houses, opposing queen mothers, wig-gates, and sisterhood.

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Beaulah: Queens van die Kaap S1 on Showmax

Beaulah: Queens van die Kaap Season 1, episode 10 recap: finale!

It’s the finale! Beaulah: Queens van die Kaap Season 1, episode 10 gives us a proposal, an unexpected son, one final all-queen stage performance, and storytime with Cape Town’s veteran queens. 

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Beaulah: Queens van die Kaap episode 9 recap: It’s giving mother

Kat and the Drag Cartel put on a show, Ina confesses to stealing an earring, and Madison’s mama warns her to mind her manners in Beaulah: Queens van die Kaap Season 1, episode 9. 

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Beaulah: Queens van die Kaap episode 8 recap: Take a day off!

The queens are on a mini-break in Beaulah: Queens van die Kaap Season 1, episode 8. Shots are fired but, for once, just at a target for archery practice.

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Pride Month starts early for Showmax with wins for Beaulah, Wyfie

Showmax Originals Wyfie and Beaulah: Queens van die Kaap both won for Representation of LGBTQIA+ at MIP Africa’s first Inclusive Lens awards.

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20 things you didn’t know about drag queens

Beaulah: Queens van die Kaap Season 1 stars Ina Propriette, Manila von Teez and Maxine Wild share 20 wild facts from the secret lives of drag queens.

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Beaulah episode 6 recap: The people’s princess

BB puts on a show in Lavender Hill, the queens navigate emotional hazards during mini-golf, and there’s Miss Sovereign fallout galore in Beaulah: Queens van die Kaap Season 1, episode 6.

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25 must-know Gayle phrases on Beaulah: Queens van die Kaap

Beaulah’s drag queens speak three languages: Afrikaans, English and Gayle. From a dora to a lulu to a Winnie Mandela, find out what they’re really saying.

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Beaulah: Queens van die Kaap episode 4: Ballroom blitz

The queens meet the Miss Sovereign judges, a beach day ends in tears, and it’s 10s across the board at Madison and Ina’s ball in Beaulah: Queens van die Kaap Season 1, episode 4.

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