Ra'Jah O'Hara

Benni Miller (born Bennie Roy Miller; December 31, 1984), better known by the stage name Ra'Jah O'Hara, is an American drag queen best known for competing on the eleventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race in 2019 and the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars in 2021.[2][3] In 2022, she was crowned the first-ever winner of the international All Stars spin-off series, Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World.[4]

Ra'Jah O'Hara
Ra'Jah O'Hara at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2023
Born
Bennie Roy Miller[1]

(1984-12-31) December 31, 1984[1]
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Other namesRa'Jah D. O'Hara
Ra'Jah Davenport O'Hara
OccupationDrag queen
Television

Career

Ra'Jah O'Hara was announced to be one of fifteen contestants competing on the eleventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race on January 24, 2019.[5] In the third episode, she was involved in the show's first ever six-way lip sync with Honey Davenport, A'keria C. Davenport, Plastique Tiara, Scarlet Envy, and Shuga Cain, which she survived.[6][7] She later lip-synced again against Mercedes Iman Diamond and Scarlet Envy, sending them both home respectively to James Brown's "Living in America" and Donna Summer's "Last Dance".[8] The following episode, she lip synced again with A'keria C. Davenport to Sheena Easton's "Strut", where she was sent home.[9] Ra'Jah O'Hara competed in pageants prior to Drag Race. She originally was billed as Ra'jah O'Hara Narcisse. Her drag mothers are pageant titleholders Sha'Niah Ellis Narcisse, Silkie O'Hara Munro, and Kelexis Davenport.[10]

Ra'Jah O'Hara at RuPaul's DragCon LA in 2019

In June 2021, Ra'Jah O'Hara was announced as one of the thirteen contestants competing on the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. In the second episode of the series, she was declared the winner of the main challenge. She lip-synced to Janet Jackson's "Miss You Much" against Season 11 runner-up and co-host of Canada's Drag Race, Brooke Lynn Hytes. They were both declared winners. Ra'Jah O'Hara sent home fellow contestant Jiggly Caliente in addition to winning $20,000. She also won the main challenge in the ninth episode, but lost the lip sync to Charli XCX's "Boom Clap" against Kameron Michaels. She finished the season as a runner-up with two wins and two bottoms in the sixth and the eleventh episode.

In October 2022, Ra'Jah O'Hara was announced to compete in the premiere season of the international All Stars series based in Canada, Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World. In the second episode, the Snatch Game, she placed in the Top 2 with the winner of the second season of Canada's Drag Race, Icesis Couture, in which she lost the Lip sync to "Sk8er Boi" by Avril Lavigne against her. On December 23, 2022, Ra'Jah O'Hara was declared the winner of the season, beating fellow Season 11 contestant Silky Nutmeg Ganache in a Lip Sync for the Crown to "River Deep – Mountain High" by Celine Dion. She won $100,000 and was crowned the first ever "Queen of the Mother-Pucking World.”

Education

Miller attended the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.[11]

Personal life

Miller was born to Telesia Ann Miller and lives in Dallas, Texas.[11] Miller is a member of the Drag Haus of Davenport, with Drag Race alum Kennedy Davenport, Sahara Davenport, Monet X Change, Honey Davenport and A'keria C. Davenport.[12]

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes Ref
2019 RuPaul's Drag Race Contestant Season 11, 9 episodes (9th place) [5]
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked Herself Season 10, 7 episodes
2021 Cruel Summer Minna Plenty Season 1, 1 episode [13]
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Contestant Season 6, 12 episodes (Runner-up) [14]
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked Herself Season 3, 12 episodes
2022 Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World Contestant Season 1, 6 episodes (Winner) [4]
2023 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Lip Sync Assassin Season 8; Episode: "The Supermarket Ball" [15]
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked Herself Episode: "Untucked - The Supermarket Ball"

Theatre
Year Title Role Theatre Ref(s)
2021 Death Drop TBA Various [16]

Web series
Year Title Role Notes Ref
2019 Queen to Queen Herself With Honey Davenport and Mercedes Iman Diamond [17]
Whatcha Packin’ Herself Guest [18]
Countdown to the Crown Herself Season 11 [19]
Castmates for Cash Herself With Silky Nutmeg Ganache [20]
2021 BINGE Herself Podcast; guest [21]
Whatcha Packin’ Herself Guest [22]
Ruvealing the Look Herself Guest [23]
2022 Meet The Queens Herself Stand-alone special
Canada's Drag Race Vs The World		 [24]
EW News Flash Herself With Silky Nutmeg Ganache [25]

Music videos
Year Title Artist Ref.
2021 "Wig Remix" Serena ChaCha [26]
2021 "Do It Like Dolly" Kylie Sonique Love [27]
2023 "True Colors" Kylie Sonique Love [28]

Discography
Title Year Album
"Show Up Queen"[29]
(with the Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Season 6)		 2021 Non-album single
"This Is Our Country"[30]
(RuPaul and Tanya Tucker featuring The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Season 6)
"Bonjour, Hi" (SRV Version)[31]
(The cast of Canada's Drag Race: Canada Vs the World)		 2022

References
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  2. Guerra, Joey (2019-04-12). "Ra'Jah O'Hara on 'Drag Race,' death threats and what she wishes she wouldn't have said". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  3. "'RuPaul's Drag Race All-Stars 6' queens share best & worst moments, spill on 'chaotic' new season". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  4. Nolfi, Joey (October 17, 2022). "See the 'Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World' cast of international all-stars". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
  5. "Aquaria & Adam Rippon to Announce 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 11 Cast in Upcoming 'Ruveal'". Billboard. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
  6. "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 11 Power Ranking: Episode 3". Billboard. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
  7. Access (April 2, 2019), 'RuPaul's Drag Race': A'keria C Davenport Says The 6-Way Lip Sync Was 'The Scariest Day' Of Her Life, retrieved May 25, 2019
  8. Kulzick, Kate (2019-04-04), "RuPaul's Drag Race medals in camp, cheese, and fun at the 69th International Draglympics", The A.V. Club
  9. Sheehan, Paul (April 12, 2019). "'RuPaul's Drag Race': Was the right queen eliminated in episode 7 'From Farm to Runway'? [POLL]". GoldDerby. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
  10. https://goqnotes.com/539/pageants-%E2%80%93-they%E2%80%99re-here-there-and-everywhere/ Pageant History 2008
  11. Spicer, Alec (2019-03-01). "3 Dallas Drag Queens Are Competing on This Season of RuPaul's Drag Race". Dallas Observer. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  12. "The House Of Davenport Has Turned 'Rupaul's Drag Race' Season 11 into A Family Reunion". Bustle. 7 March 2019. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
  13. Carreiro, Justin (April 27, 2021). "Cruel Summer Season 1 Episode 3 Review: Off With A Bang". TVFanatic. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  14. Del Rosario, Alexandra (May 26, 2021). "'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' Moves From VH1 To Paramount+; Lineup Of Returning Queens Unveiled". Deadline. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  15. "Someone Dropped the Ball. Who Was Eliminated in 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 8' Episode 3?". Parade.com. 19 May 2023. Archived from the original on September 8, 2018. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  16. Selman, Chris (January 28, 2022). "Willam and Ra'Jah O'Hara to star in UK tour of all-drag murder mystery Death Drop". PinkNews. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  17. Ra’Jah O’Hara, Mercedes Iman Diamond & Honey Davenport | Queen to Queen | RuPaul's Drag Race. YouTube. May 23, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  18. Whatcha Packin’: Ra'Jah O'Hara | S11 E7 | RuPaul's Drag Race. YouTube. April 12, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  19. "Impressions" COUNTDOWN TO THE CROWN: RuPaul's Drag Race Season 11. YouTube. May 21, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  20. CASTMATES FOR CASH: Silky Nutmeg Ganache and Ra'Jah O'Hara. YouTube. January 28, 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  21. Nolfi, Joey (September 30, 2021). "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 6 top 4 reunion reveals which epic moment 'was not a joke'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  22. Whatcha Packin’: Ra'Jah O'Hara | S6 Top 4 | RuPaul's Drag Race. YouTube. September 6, 2021. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  23. Whatcha Packin’: Ra’Jah O’Hara’s Purple Drag Tots Look | Ruvealing the Look | RuPaul's Drag Race AS6. YouTube. September 10, 2021. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
  24. Meet The Queens | Ra’jah O’Hara - Canada's Drag Race Vs The World. YouTube. October 17, 2022. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  25. Ra’Jah & Silky Preview Drama on ‘Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs. the World’ | Entertainment Weekly. YouTube. November 17, 2022. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  26. WIG REMIX BY SERENA CHACHA ft. Ra'Jah O'Hara & Silky Nutmeg Ganache. YouTube. June 25, 2021. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
  27. Cook, Michael (August 21, 2021). "Kylie Sonique Love Drops Some Collab-Heavy New Music". Instinct. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
  28. "Kylie Sonique Love - True Colors ( Official Video)". YouTube. May 18, 2023.
  29. McCallion, Paul (July 29, 2021). "RuPaul's Drag Race All-Stars Recap: Girl Gone". Vulture. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  30. Spencer, Samuel (September 2, 2021). "'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 6' queens share best & worst moments, spill on 'chaotic' new season". Newsweek. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  31. "Bonjour, Hi! (SRV Version) - Single". iTunes.
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