Welcome to the Sasha Colby meet and greet!
For those unaware, the Hawaiian goddess took home the crown for RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 15 on Friday.
\u201cSpoilers ahead! \u26a0\ufe0f \n\nShe's a winner, baby! \ud83d\udc8b Condragulations to America's Next Drag Superstar! \ud83d\udc51 #DragRace\u201d— RuPaul's Drag Race (@RuPaul's Drag Race) 1681522500
Her first solo lip-sync performance to the electrifying original song “Goddess,” dressed as a snaked-turned-Medusa in the Garden of Eden, landed Colby in the final battle against Anetra, where the two lip-synced for the crown.
Entering the stage in a massive black dress, no one was prepared for Colby to strip down to something that left little to the imagination, but she told Entertainment Weekly that was no coincidence.
\u201cG-O-D-D-E-S-S! \ud83d\udc0d @sashacolby shut it DOWN with the performance of her original song, \u201cGODDESS\u201d \ud83c\udfb6 #DragRace\u201d— RuPaul's Drag Race (@RuPaul's Drag Race) 1681519688
“It was a specific choice to be naked in these times,” she said on EW's Quick Drag podcast. “I wanted them to see what they’re trying to eradicate. The only way you can feel upset with something is if it evokes a strong feeling in you. Usually, that feeling is lust hidden under hate. That’s what they’re uncomfortable with.”
She made the same conscious decision for her Garden of Eden theme in her opening performance. “Everything I showed you in this finale is a different interpretation of the goddess,” she said. “I’ve been ‘Mother’ most of the season, and I’ve never done Brunch Sasha Colby, butt-ass naked, getting tips, and this finale was me being butt-ass naked in my most comfortableness, which is my skin!”
Having now won both Miss Continental and RuPaul’s Drag Race, Colby hopes this showcases what trans people can do when given the opportunity. “I told myself, while doing the finale, that this wasn’t trying to win, this was me showing these people that want to silence us and put us down and — for lack of better words — say ‘f— you’ to all of them.”