Antwan Mason Lee^[1][2] (born July 7, 1982), better known by the stage name Asia O'Hara, is an American drag queen, reality television personality, and costume designer. She is most well known for competing on the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, in which she placed fourth. Since her season aired in 2018, O'Hara has been a staple of several domestic and international tours that feature Drag Race contestants, including Werq the World, Christmas Queens and Drive 'N Drag. She has also appeared on a number of web series produced by World of Wonder, including Can Do Queens, which she co-hosts with Kameron Michaels. In June 2018, she released "Queen for Tonight", her debut single. Her second single, "Crown Up", was released on May 20, 2019, along with an accompanying music video. Since January 2020, she has been a staple cast member of RuPaul's Drag Race Live!, a residency show in Las Vegas, and also stars in the accompanying VH1 miniseries RuPaul's Drag Race: Vegas Revue.

As a professional entertainer, she has won several national titles in drag pageantry systems, including Miss Gay America in 2016.^[3]

O'Hara was born to Lois Helen Williams^[4] and 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.^[5]

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 and her drag father is Bob Taylor.^[6] O'Hara continued to perform and in the following years won many titles in the drag pageantry system, 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 drag performers.^[7]

As a dance and color guard instructor, O'Hara has taught at the high school level in Texas, leading her teams to statewide competition.^[8] 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.^[9]

O'Hara was crowned Miss Gay America in October 2016, at the 2016 competition in Memphis, Tennessee.^[9] 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.^[10]

She is also close friends with Texas-native Drag Race alum Alyssa Edwards and the Davenport drag family.^[11]

She currently owns the Miss Gay Texas pageant.^[12]

• Miss Gay Texas America 2005, 1st alternate^[37]
• Miss Gay Texas USofA 2006, 1st alternate^[38]
• Miss Gay USofA 2006, 1st alternate^[38]
• Miss Gay Texas USofA 2007, 1st alternate^[38]
• Miss Gay USofA 2007, winner^[39]
• Miss Texas FFI 2010, winner^[40]
• Texas National Entertainer of the Year 2010, winner^[41]
• All American Goddess 2012, winner^[42]
• Miss Gay Briar Park America 2015, winner^[43]
• Miss Gay Texas America 2015 (prelim to Miss Gay America), winner^[41]
• Miss Gay America 2016, winner^[44]

Since appearing on RuPaul's Drag Race, Asia O'Hara became the subject of racist attacks over the internet.^[45][46]