See the first-look trailer of Beaulah: Queens van die Kaap

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

The Showmax Original debuts on 18 July 2024, with new episodes every Thursday. From Miss Sovereign to Miss Gay Grassy Park, and from Beefcakes to Zer021, the show 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.

Watch the trailer for Beaulah: Queens van die Kaap

Meet the queens

BB Vahlour

Pronouns: She/Her

Twenty-three-year-old Brandon Samuels, also known as BB Vahlour, is the mother of House of Vahlour. She only started drag after choreographing most of Emogan’s shows, so she is still relatively new to the drag scene but has already been featured in Vogue and was the runner up to Ina Propriette at Miss Sovereign Western Cape last year. She also has South African colours in gymnastics. BB has a nine-to-five job as a packaging operator.

Emogan Moore

Pronouns: He/Him

Thirty-three-year-old Fabian van Schalkwyk, also known as Emogan Moore, has been doing drag for 13 years, winning multiple pageants. The sassy queen is also a netball coach and admin clerk at a primary school in Cape Town. Emogan is an openly gay man who wants to hold a safe space for queer children at the school where he works and in the community.

Ina Propriette

Pronouns: He/Him

Twenty-nine-year-old Wade Khoosal, also known as Ina Propriette, is a full-time drag queen who has been doing drag for five years, winning Miss Sovereign Western Cape last year and being featured in Vogue. Ina is very much into the ballroom culture in Cape Town; Wade, on the other hand, is very butch.

Kat Gilardi

Pronouns: He/Him

Forty-six-year-old Carl Richards, also known as Kat Gilardi, is the oldest and most experienced queen on the show. He has won many pageants, including Miss Cape Town Pride, and has crowned many of the other queens. He is also part of a singing group, 3Divas; the director of Mr and Ms Sovereign Western Cape; and has been happily married for 16 years to Errol Stroebel.

Madison Scarr

Pronouns: She/Her

Twenty-six-year-old Madison Scarr is a trans woman and professional dancer who found her love for drag during the Covid pandemic. A regular face on Expresso Morning Show on SABC 3, Madison is the mother of Haus of Scarr.

Manila Von Teez

Pronouns: He/Him

Drag pronouns: She/Her

Thirty-three-year-old Veon Wentzel, also known as Manila Von Teez, is originally from Elsies Rivier. He has been doing drag for more than 14 years, winning multiple pageants, including Miss Cape Town 2014. In 2016, Manila became the first drag queen to be named Runner Up at SA’s Got Talent. Manila designs all her own clothes through her label Haus of Vjorn.

Maxine Wild

Pronouns: She/Her

Twenty-eight-year-old Gillian Archer, also known as Maxine Wild, has been doing drag for more than a decade and won the titles of Miss Gay Western Cape, Miss Cape Town Pride as well as being chosen as The Face of DDEM all in 2019.. By day, Maxine is a make-up artist and hairstylist, and by night she performs all across South Africa. Maxine is also the co-owner of the talent and creative management agency The Drag Cartel.