“As Queen of the Mother-Pucking World, I will continue being the baddest in the game,” declares Ra’Jah O’Hara. The subject of Prince’s classic 1984 anthem Purple Rain Reign is speaking with GAY TIMES from DragCon UK, less than two weeks after defeating fellow Drag Race legends such as Victoria Scone, Rita Baga and Silky Nutmeg Ganache on the first season of Canada vs the World.

Ra’Jah memorably made her franchise debut on season 11, before returning for a more successful run on the sixth season of All Stars. Although she didn’t snag either title, she joined the prestigious ‘fan-favourite’ ranks thanks to her effortless lip-sync smackdowns (Living in America and Miss You Much are top tier), scathing confessionals (“I’m not gagging, I mean, I’m gagging from the smell” cemented her status as TV gold) and ability to concoct a dress in under a minute (“Thank you, 30 seconds!”). After she kept ‘pushing forward’, Ra’Jah added $100,000 to her bank account and made herstory as the first Drag Race alum to win a season on their third attempt.

“Now that I am the Queen of the Mother-Pucking World, it feels right. It feels correct. It feels like this is the place where I should’ve been back when I started my journey,” Ra’Jah says. “I’ve gone through being hated, being sent death threats to internalising all of that and having to say, ‘You know what? That’s noise, I’m cancelling that out and re-energising myself because nobody else can hype me up other than myself.’”

Read ahead for our chat with Ra’Jah, where the self-described “bad bitch” (correct!) reflects on her iconic Drag Race journey.

In celebration of your win, Ra’Jah, I’ve paid tribute to you today with my purple vape.

A purple vape! You better be out here smoking your purple haze, henny.

Massive condragulations on conquering Canada vs the World. I’ve been team Ra’Jah since you cussed out Yvie Oddly in your confessional, because that was poetry.

It was poetry. “A bitch like you could never come for a queen like me!”

For me, you won season 11 there and then. C’mon two-time winner!

Three seasons if you wanna talk about it, because All Stars 6? She was the star of the show. Hello?! Give me my accolade!