Asia O'Hara
Asia O'Hara | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Born | Antwan Mason Lee July 7, 1982 Grand Prairie, Texas, U.S. |
Occupations |
|
Years active | 2003–present |
Known for | RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 10) |
Asia Taylor O'Hara (born Antwan Mason Lee, July 7, 1982) is an American drag queen and costume designer. She is most well known for competing on the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, in which she placed fourth. [1]
As a professional entertainer, she has won several national titles in drag pageantry systems, including Miss Gay America in 2016.[2]
Life and career
O'Hara grew up in Grand Prairie, Texas and has five sisters, who Asia helped to raise, and all of whom also became performers. Her parents are deceased. She moved to Dallas when she was 14, and in high school performed in band, color guard, and theater.[3] She toured in The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps for three years.[4]
Her drag career began in the early 2000s, when she entered and won an amateur contest at the Rose Room in Dallas. The name Asia was taken from a close family member of hers, and the name O'Hara was given to her by her drag mother, Josephine O'Hara. Her drag grandmother is Texas pageant legend Sweet Savage.[5] O'Hara continued to perform and in the following years won many titles in the drag pageantry systems, including three National titles. She has worked as a makeup artist and behind the scenes during pageants, helping to plan and promote preliminary competitions. O'Hara owns her own costume design company, Helen of Seven, in which she creates custom design pieces for clients including dance teams, color guards, ice skaters, and other female impersonators.[6]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Rupaul_Dragcon_2018-318_%2841377483114%29.jpg/220px-Rupaul_Dragcon_2018-318_%2841377483114%29.jpg)
As a dance and color guard instructor, O'Hara has taught at the high school level in Texas, leading her teams to statewide competition.[7] She has performed often at the Rose Room Theatre & Lounge in Dallas, Texas since 2005, and has been a full-time showgirl there since 2009. She has also toured across the country performing, judging, and competing in pageants.[8]
O'Hara was crowned Miss Gay America in October 2015, at the 2016 competition in Memphis, Tennessee[citation needed]. Winners of this title are known as the “Symbol of Excellence” of female impersonation and are expected to reign for one year, while performing official MGA responsibilities including touring, community service, and projecting an overall positive image for the LGBT community.[9]
She is the drag mother of Phi Phi O'Hara, a contestant on season 4 of RuPaul's Drag Race. She is also close friends with Texas-native Drag Race alum Alyssa Edwards and the Davenport drag family.[10] On February 22, 2018, O'Hara was presented as one of the 14 drag queens competing on season 10 of RuPaul's Drag Race.[11] She has won two main challenges on the show and came in fourth place.[12][13]
O'Hara released her first single, "Queen for Tonight" on June 15, 2018.[14]
Titles
- Miss Gay Texas America 2005, 1st alternate[15]
- Miss Gay Texas USofA 2006, 1st alternate[citation needed]
- Miss Gay USofA 2006, 1st alternate[citation needed]
- Miss Gay Texas USofA 2007, 1st alternate[citation needed]
- Miss Gay USofA 2007, winner[16]
- Miss Texas FFI 2010, winner[citation needed]
- Texas National Entertainer of the Year 2010, winner[17]
- All American Goddess 2012, winner[18]
- Miss Gay Briar Park America 2015, winner[citation needed]
- Miss Gay America 2015, winner[19]
- Miss Gay America 2016, winner[20]
Discography
Singles
Year | Song |
---|---|
2018 | Queen For Tonight |
Filmography
Television
Year | Title | Role |
---|---|---|
2018 | RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10 | Herself |
2018 | RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked | Herself |
Personal life
Lee is openly gay.
References
- ^ "Asia O'Hara on Drag Race's Season 10 Finale, the Failed Butterfly Stunt, and Arguing With RuPaul". Vulture. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
- ^ "Asia O'Hara, MGA 2016". Miss Gay America. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
- ^ "The Miss Gay Texas Pageant Starts This Week at The Rose Room". Dallas Observer. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
- ^ "Asia O’Hara". Our Community Roots. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
- ^ https://www.dallasvoice.com/start-your-engines-2-10250457.html Asia O'Hara interview, Dallas Voice
- ^ "MGAZINE: LIFE AFTER THE REIGN: A Chat with the Dazzling Miss Gay America 2016 ASIA O'HARA". missgayamericapageant.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
- ^ "ALL AMERICAN GODDESS 2012 ASIA T. O’HARA | Hottest Gay Entertainment News Now - Palm Springs Personality Steven Michael Spills The Tea On Today's Queer Culture". iamstevenmichael.com. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
- ^ "Congratulations Asia T. O'Hara, Miss Gay America 2016". Dallas Voice. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
- ^ "MGA Job Summary". Miss Gay America. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
- ^ {{cite web|url=http://theroseroomdallas.com/asia-ohara/}
- ^ http://ew.com/tv/2018/02/22/rupauls-drag-race-season-10-cast/
- ^ ""Drag Race" Season 10 Episode 9 Review: Breastworld". PopBuzz. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
- ^ "'RuPaul's Drag Race' star Asia O'Hara apologizes for shocking finale stunt: 'It wasn't a careless act'". EW.com. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
- ^ Queen for Tonight - Single by Asia O'Hara, 2018-06-15, retrieved 2018-06-24
- ^ "Asia O'Hara". Our Community Roots. 2018-03-11. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
- ^ "Miss Gay USofA History". USofA Pageantry. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ "Asia O'Hara | Rose Room". theroseroomdallas.com. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
- ^ "All American Goddess". All American Goddess. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ "Asia O'Hara | Rose Room". theroseroomdallas.com. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
- ^ "Asia O'Hara, Miss Gay America 2016". Miss Gay America. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
External links
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)