Ra'Jah O'Hara

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

(1984-12-31) December 31, 1984 (age 39) [1]
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Other namesRa'Jah D. O'Hara
Ra'Jah Davenport O'Hara
Occupation Drag queen
Television

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 winner of the first season the international All Stars spin-off series, Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World. [4]

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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 Dragcon2-SAT-68 (47937164107).jpg
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

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2019 RuPaul's Drag Race Contestant Season 11, 9 episodes (9th place) [5]
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked HerselfSeason 10, 7 episodes
2021 Cruel Summer Minna PlentySeason 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 HerselfSeason 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 HerselfEpisode: "Untucked - The Supermarket Ball"
Canada's Drag Race HerselfGuest judge (Season 4); Episode: "QV-She" [16]

Theatre

YearTitleRoleTheatreRef(s)
2021Death DropTBAVarious [17]

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2019Queen to QueenHerselfWith Honey Davenport and Mercedes Iman Diamond [18]
Whatcha Packin’HerselfGuest [19]
Countdown to the CrownHerselfSeason 11 [20]
Castmates for CashHerselfWith Silky Nutmeg Ganache [21]
2021BINGEHerselfPodcast; guest [22]
Whatcha Packin’HerselfGuest [23]
Ruvealing the LookHerselfGuest [24]
2022Meet The QueensHerselfStand-alone special
Canada's Drag Race Vs The World		 [25]
EW News FlashHerselfWith Silky Nutmeg Ganache [26]
2023-24 Bring Back My Girls HerselfGuest; season 2 (2 episodes)

Music videos

YearTitleArtistRef.
2021"Wig Remix" Serena ChaCha [27]
2021"Do It Like Dolly" Kylie Sonique Love [28]
2023"True Colors" Kylie Sonique Love [29]

Discography

TitleYearAlbum
"Show Up Queen" [30]
(with the Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Season 6)		2021Non-album single
"This Is Our Country" [31]
(RuPaul and Tanya Tucker featuring The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Season 6)
"Bonjour, Hi" (SRV Version) [32]
(The cast of Canada's Drag Race: Canada Vs the World)		2022

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