Eureka O'Hara


Eureka O'Hara, the stage name of David Huggard, is an American drag queen. O'Hara is known for competing on the ninth and tenth seasons of the reality competition television series RuPaul's Drag Race.

Early life and education

Huggard was born in Bristol, Tennessee, and started performing in drag at the club New Beginnings. They chose the drag name Eureka for its phonetic similarity to their mother's given name, Ulrike, and the last name O'Hara from the Gone with the Wind character Scarlett O'Hara.
Eureka's drag mother is Jacqueline St. James, a former winner of the Miss Gay USofA at Large competition. Eureka won the National title for anti-bullying organization as Miss Don't H8 DIVA and was awarded Hall of Fame. Prior to their appearance on RuPaul's Drag Race, Eureka had participated in the drag pageantry system. They withdrew from East Tennessee State University to compete on RuPaul's Drag Race.

Career

On February 2, 2017, it was announced that Eureka was selected alongside thirteen other contestants to compete on season nine of RuPaul's Drag Race. They were removed from the competition in episode five due to a torn ACL from the episode two challenge, making her the first contestant in the history of RuPaul's Drag Race to leave due to an injury. She received physical therapy before returning to compete on the show's tenth season in 2018. Eureka ultimately finished in the top 3 of season 10, alongside Aquaria and Kameron Michaels.
After finishing as a runner up on season 10, Eureka continued to work prominently as a drag queen in the entertainment industry. She starred in the music video for country singer Brandon Stansell's song "For You", released in July 2018. In September 2018, she gave a drag makeover to Zachary Quinto for Them's makeover series Drag Me. In December 2018, Eureka competed in the television special RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-slay Spectacular. She appeared as a guest for the first challenge in the premiere of season 11 of Drag Race.

Music

In April 2017, O'Hara and Adam Barta premiered a single and music video for "Body Positivity", which features Kandy Muse. The video features cameo appearances by RuPaul's Drag Race contestants Charlie Hides and Cynthia Lee Fontaine, as well as reality television personality Farrah Abraham. "Body Positivity " was released in March 2018.
O'Hara released her first solo single, "Stomp", on April 28, 2017. She released her second solo single, "The Big Girl", on June 28, 2018.
As part of the final challenge of season 10 of RuPaul's Drag Race, O'Hara and the other top four contestants wrote and recorded their own verses for RuPaul's song "American". The song reached number 12 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Songs chart. In November 2018, VELO released the single "Where My Man At", featuring O'Hara and Drag Race season three runner-up Manila Luzon. The two also appear in the song's music video, together with Thorgy Thor, Ginger Minj, and Trinity Taylor.

Personal life

Eureka lived as a transgender woman for about five years before deciding to detransition. They now identify as "genderfluid and gender-neutral" and when asked what pronouns they prefer, answered, "I use all of them." Eureka supports body positivity and has nicknamed themself "The Elephant Queen". Huggard cites Divine as an influence to their drag aesthetic.
On April 19, 2019, Eureka announced via Twitter that their mother had died after a long battle with cancer on April 18.

Discography

; Singles

Television

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotes
2018Fashion Photo RuViewHerselfGuest host w/ Yuhua Hamasaki
2018Bestie$ for Ca$hHerselfWith Kameron Michaels

Music videos

YearTitleNotes
2017"Body Positivity"With Adam Barta; ft. Kandy Muse
2018"The Big Girl"