Ra’Jah O’Hara says her Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs the World win feels “correct”. The subject of Prince’s classic 1984 anthem Purple Rain Reign made her third franchise appearance last year on the aforementioned series, which marked the second series of Drag Race to include contestants from various corners of the franchise after UK vs the World.
After six weeks, Ra’Jah – who originally placed ninth on season 11 and joint runner-up on All Stars 6 – emerged supreme over stars such as Victoria Scone, Silky Nutmeg Ganache and Rita Baga, winning $100,000 and the title of ‘Queen of the Mother-Pucking World’.
Although Ra’Jah knew she was a “bad bitch” on her first season, where she cemented her status as one of the series’ fiercest lip-sync assassins (Living in America is top tier), she tells GAY TIMES that she “didn’t quite have the tools” to take home the crown, which ultimately went to Yvie Oddly. “I was doubting myself, so that’s where I needed to grow.
I needed to do the work on myself and tell myself, ‘Girl, you still bad! It doesn’t matter when you went home, how you went home, you made great TV so if they call you back, you do it another time,’ and you know what they did?