Drag Race: Sasha Colby reveals powerful meaning behind winning lip-sync
Drag Race champion Sasha Colby wanted to be naked in her final lip-sync smackdown to “normalise” the “trans body”. The grande finale of the series’ recent 15th season saw the top four contestants – Sasha, Anetra, Luxx Noir London and Mistress Isabelle Brooks – perform solo numbers before the top two competed in a lip-sync showdown to Amii Stewart’s disco classic Knock on Wood.
In classic Sasha and Anetra fashion, the powerhouse performers delivered a variety of fierce tricks, splits and flips, with the former stripping layers of clothing to ruveal her near-nude body.
After RuPaul crowned Sasha as America’s Next Drag Superstar, she referenced the recent onslaught of bills targeting the trans community in the United States as she told the audience: “This goes to every trans person past, present and future because we are not going anywhere.” Speaking with Entertainment Weekly after her win, Sasha said it was a “specific choice to be naked in these times”. “I wanted them to see what they’re trying to eradicate.
Because they’re probably eradicating it because they’re attracted to it. The only way you can feel upset with something is if it evokes a strong feeling in you.
