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'''Cheddar Gorgeous''' is the stage name of '''Michael John Atkins''', a British [[Drag (entertainment)|drag]] performer and academic who competed on [[RuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 4)|series 4]] of ''[[RuPaul's Drag Race UK]]''.
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'''Cheddar Gorgeous''' is the stage name of '''Michael Atkins''', a British [[Drag (clothing)|drag performer]] who competed on the [[RuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 4)|fourth series]] of ''[[RuPaul's Drag Race UK]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baska |first=Maggie |date=1 June 2022 |title='Disruptively gendered' drag icon Cheddar Gorgeous to lead Platinum Jubilee parade |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/01/cheddar-gorgeous-queen-platinum-jubilee-parade/ |access-date=29 September 2022 |website=[[PinkNews]] |language=en-GB |archive-date=18 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818211035/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/01/cheddar-gorgeous-queen-platinum-jubilee-parade/ |url-status=live }}</ref> where they finished as the runner-up. They have previously appeared on ''Drag SOS''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 April 2020 |title=21 questions with 'Drag SOS' star Cheddar Gorgeous |url=http://attitude.co.uk/article/21-questions-with-drag-sos-star-cheddar-gorgeous/23175/ |access-date=29 September 2022 |website=Attitude.co.uk |language=en |archive-date=2 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602124242/https://attitude.co.uk/article/21-questions-with-drag-sos-star-cheddar-gorgeous/23175/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=27 June 2021 |title=Cheddar Gorgeous delivers out of this world lip-sync to David Bowie's 'Starman' |url=http://attitude.co.uk/article/cheddar-gorgeous-delivers-out-of-this-world-lip-sync-to-david-bowies-starman-1/25247/ |access-date=29 September 2022 |website=Attitude.co.uk |language=en |archive-date=29 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929134423/https://attitude.co.uk/article/cheddar-gorgeous-delivers-out-of-this-world-lip-sync-to-david-bowies-starman-1/25247/ |url-status=live }}</ref>


== Career ==
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Atkins identifies as [[non-binary]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gorgeous |first=Cheddar |date=24 May 2021 |title=Cheddar Gorgeous on Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/CheddarGorgeous/status/1396800363836190721 |access-date=3 May 2023 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=StackPath |url=https://xtramagazine.com/culture/rupauls-drag-race-uk-season-4-episode-1-power-ranking-236528 |access-date=3 May 2023 |website=xtramagazine.com}}</ref> They were born in Birmingham and now live in Manchester.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 September 2022 |title=Who is Cheddar Gorgeous, Manchester contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race 2022? |url=https://www.manchesterworld.uk/whats-on/bbc-rupauls-drag-race-2022-who-is-manchester-contestant-cheddar-gorgeous-line-up-start-date-how-to-watch-3850154 |access-date=29 September 2022 |website=www.manchesterworld.uk |language=en |archive-date=21 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921173110/https://www.manchesterworld.uk/whats-on/bbc-rupauls-drag-race-2022-who-is-manchester-contestant-cheddar-gorgeous-line-up-start-date-how-to-watch-3850154 |url-status=live }}</ref> Their drag name comes from the landmark [[Cheddar Gorge]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burgos |first=Joey |date=21 September 2022 |title=Meet RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 4's Queens |url=https://screenrant.com/meet-rupauls-drag-race-uk-season-4-queens/ |access-date=29 September 2022 |website=ScreenRant |language=en-US |archive-date=27 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927195022/https://screenrant.com/meet-rupauls-drag-race-uk-season-4-queens/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Atkins holds a PhD in [[anthropology]] from the [[University of Manchester]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Owen |first=Christopher J. |date=16 July 2019 |title="Outside of What is Human": An Interview with SFF Drag Queen Cheddar Gorgeous |url=http://csff-anglia.co.uk/news/outside-of-what-is-human-an-interview-with-sff-drag-queen-cheddar-gorgeous/ |access-date=17 October 2022 |website=Anglia Ruskin Centre for Science Fiction & Fantasy |language=en}}</ref>
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Atkins competed as Cheddar Gorgeous on the [[RuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 4)|fourth series]] of ''[[RuPaul's Drag Race UK]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baska |first=Maggie |date=1 June 2022 |title='Disruptively gendered' drag icon Cheddar Gorgeous to lead Platinum Jubilee parade |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/01/cheddar-gorgeous-queen-platinum-jubilee-parade/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818211035/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/01/cheddar-gorgeous-queen-platinum-jubilee-parade/ |archive-date=18 August 2022 |access-date=29 September 2022 |website=[[PinkNews]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> where she finished as the runner-up. She had previously appeared on ''Drag SOS''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 April 2020 |title=21 questions with 'Drag SOS' star Cheddar Gorgeous |url=http://attitude.co.uk/article/21-questions-with-drag-sos-star-cheddar-gorgeous/23175/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602124242/https://attitude.co.uk/article/21-questions-with-drag-sos-star-cheddar-gorgeous/23175/ |archive-date=2 June 2022 |access-date=29 September 2022 |website=Attitude.co.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=27 June 2021 |title=Cheddar Gorgeous delivers out of this world lip-sync to David Bowie's 'Starman' |url=http://attitude.co.uk/article/cheddar-gorgeous-delivers-out-of-this-world-lip-sync-to-david-bowies-starman-1/25247/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929134423/https://attitude.co.uk/article/cheddar-gorgeous-delivers-out-of-this-world-lip-sync-to-david-bowies-starman-1/25247/ |archive-date=29 September 2022 |access-date=29 September 2022 |website=Attitude.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> In 2023, Cheddar Gorgeous was a guest celebrity on series 5 of ''[[Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star]]'' airing on [[BBC Three]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 June 2023 |title=Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star Series 5: Episode 6 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001mp02/glow-up-britains-next-makeup-star-series-5-episode-6 |access-date=7 June 2023 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref> She won ''[[Celebrity Mastermind]]'' in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Noyce |first=Eleanor |date=2023-12-05 |title=Cheddar Gorgeous says Mastermind was 'the right throne' to win |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/12/05/cheddar-gorgeous-mastermind-win-throne/ |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=PinkNews |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=James |first=Alastair |date=2023-12-04 |title=Drag Race UK's Cheddar Gorgeous wins Celebrity Mastermind |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/drag-race-uks-cheddar-gorgeous-wins-celebrity-mastermind-454202/ |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref>


Formerly known as "Sisters Gorgeous" with her "drag sister" Anna Phylactic, the two formed "The Family Gorgeous", a drag house akin to the drag family model seen in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigissuenorth.com/features/2017/08/behind-the-queens/#close|title=Big Issue North|last=Ryan|first=Gary|website=Big Issue North|date=August 3, 2017 |language=en|access-date=September 8, 2024}}</ref>
In 2023, Gorgeous was a guest celebrity in the episode 6 of Series 5 of ''[[Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star]]'' airing on [[BBC Three]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=7 June 2023|title=Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star Series 5: Episode 6 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001mp02/glow-up-britains-next-makeup-star-series-5-episode-6|access-date=7 June 2023|website=www.bbc.co.uk|language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
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Atkins was born in Birmingham and now lives in Manchester.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 September 2022 |title=Who is Cheddar Gorgeous, Manchester contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race 2022? |url=https://www.manchesterworld.uk/whats-on/bbc-rupauls-drag-race-2022-who-is-manchester-contestant-cheddar-gorgeous-line-up-start-date-how-to-watch-3850154 |access-date=29 September 2022 |website=www.manchesterworld.uk |language=en |archive-date=21 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921173110/https://www.manchesterworld.uk/whats-on/bbc-rupauls-drag-race-2022-who-is-manchester-contestant-cheddar-gorgeous-line-up-start-date-how-to-watch-3850154 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=StackPath |url=https://xtramagazine.com/culture/rupauls-drag-race-uk-season-4-episode-1-power-ranking-236528 |access-date=3 May 2023 |website=xtramagazine.com|date=23 September 2022 }}</ref> His drag name comes from the landmark [[Cheddar Gorge]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burgos |first=Joey |date=21 September 2022 |title=Meet RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 4's Queens |url=https://screenrant.com/meet-rupauls-drag-race-uk-season-4-queens/ |access-date=29 September 2022 |website=ScreenRant |language=en-US |archive-date=27 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927195022/https://screenrant.com/meet-rupauls-drag-race-uk-season-4-queens/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Atkins holds a PhD in [[anthropology]] from the [[University of Manchester]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Owen |first=Christopher J. |date=16 July 2019 |title="Outside of What is Human": An Interview with SFF Drag Queen Cheddar Gorgeous |url=http://csff-anglia.co.uk/news/outside-of-what-is-human-an-interview-with-sff-drag-queen-cheddar-gorgeous/ |access-date=17 October 2022 |website=Anglia Ruskin Centre for Science Fiction & Fantasy |language=en}}</ref> In September 2023, Atkins began a [[Postdoctoral researcher|postdoctoral fellowship]] at the University of Manchester.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wratten |first1=Marcus |title=Drag Race UK's Cheddar Gorgeous begins 'radical' career change |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/18/drag-race-uk-star-cheddar-gorgeous-radical-career-change/ |website=Pink News |date=18 September 2023 |access-date=17 December 2023}}</ref>


==Discography==
==Discography==
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==Filmography==
==Filmography==
=== Film and television ===
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* ''[[RuPaul's Drag Race UK]]'' ([[RuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 4)|series 4]])
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| 2019
| ''Drag SOS''
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| ''[[RuPaul's Drag Race UK]]'' [[RuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 4)|series 4]]
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| ''[[Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star]]'' [[Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star (series 5)| series 5]]
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| 2023
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| 2023
| ''[[Celebrity Mastermind]]'' (series 22)
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* ''[[Bring Back My Girls]]'' (2024)

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| "[[The Neon (Erasure album)|Nerves of Steel]]"<ref name="erasure">{{cite AV media |author=Erasure |author-link=Erasure (duo) |date=August 11, 2020 |title=''"Erasure - Nerves of Steel (Official Video)"'' | medium=YouTube video |access-date=August 11, 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8NqwW0hJ9w |archive-date=August 11, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811165143/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8NqwW0hJ9w}}</ref>
| [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]]
| Herself
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==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 16:59, 25 November 2024

Cheddar Gorgeous
Cheddar Gorgeous at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2023
Born
Michael Atkins

Birmingham, England
EducationUniversity of Manchester (PhD)
Occupation(s)Drag performer, academic
Websitecheddar-gorgeous.co.uk

Cheddar Gorgeous is the stage name of Michael John Atkins, a British drag performer and academic who competed on series 4 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK.

Career

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Atkins competed as Cheddar Gorgeous on the fourth series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK,[1] where she finished as the runner-up. She had previously appeared on Drag SOS.[2][3] In 2023, Cheddar Gorgeous was a guest celebrity on series 5 of Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star airing on BBC Three.[4] She won Celebrity Mastermind in 2023.[5][6]

Formerly known as "Sisters Gorgeous" with her "drag sister" Anna Phylactic, the two formed "The Family Gorgeous", a drag house akin to the drag family model seen in the United States.[7]

Personal life

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Atkins was born in Birmingham and now lives in Manchester.[8][9] His drag name comes from the landmark Cheddar Gorge.[10]

Atkins holds a PhD in anthropology from the University of Manchester.[11] In September 2023, Atkins began a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Manchester.[12]

Discography

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List of featured singles
Title Year Album
"Come Alive" (Queens of the Bone Age version)
(with the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, series 4) 		2022 Non-album singles
"Lairy Poppins: The Rusical"
(with the cast RuPaul's Drag Race UK, series 4)
"UK Grand Finale Megamix"
(RuPaul featuring the cast RuPaul's Drag Race UK, series 4)

Filmography

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Film and television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2019 Drag SOS Herself Mentor
2022 RuPaul's Drag Race UK series 4 Contestant
2023 Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star series 5 Guest Judge
2023 The After Shave with Danny Beard Guest
2023 Celebrity Mastermind (series 22) Contestant (Winner)

Music videos

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Year Title Artist Role
2020 "Nerves of Steel"[13] Erasure Herself

References

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  1. ^ Baska, Maggie (1 June 2022). "'Disruptively gendered' drag icon Cheddar Gorgeous to lead Platinum Jubilee parade". PinkNews. Archived from the original on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  2. ^ "21 questions with 'Drag SOS' star Cheddar Gorgeous". Attitude.co.uk. 12 April 2020. Archived from the original on 2 June 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Cheddar Gorgeous delivers out of this world lip-sync to David Bowie's 'Starman'". Attitude.co.uk. 27 June 2021. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star Series 5: Episode 6". www.bbc.co.uk. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  5. ^ Noyce, Eleanor (5 December 2023). "Cheddar Gorgeous says Mastermind was 'the right throne' to win". PinkNews. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  6. ^ James, Alastair (4 December 2023). "Drag Race UK's Cheddar Gorgeous wins Celebrity Mastermind". Attitude. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  7. ^ Ryan, Gary (3 August 2017). "Big Issue North". Big Issue North. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Who is Cheddar Gorgeous, Manchester contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race 2022?". www.manchesterworld.uk. 21 September 2022. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  9. ^ "StackPath". xtramagazine.com. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  10. ^ Burgos, Joey (21 September 2022). "Meet RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 4's Queens". ScreenRant. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  11. ^ Owen, Christopher J. (16 July 2019). ""Outside of What is Human": An Interview with SFF Drag Queen Cheddar Gorgeous". Anglia Ruskin Centre for Science Fiction & Fantasy. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  12. ^ Wratten, Marcus (18 September 2023). "Drag Race UK's Cheddar Gorgeous begins 'radical' career change". Pink News. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  13. ^ Erasure (11 August 2020). "Erasure - Nerves of Steel (Official Video)" (YouTube video). Archived from the original on 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
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