'RuPaul's Drag Race' Winner Sasha Velour Cut From A Different Fabric
"I try to tune out all the drag that's out there and tap into the drag I was doing when I was a little kid — when I didn't even know the word 'queer' or that gay people were out there," Velour said.
On Friday night, a new American monarch rose to power beneath a cascade of rose petals, a cracked mask and the ballads of Whitney Houston.
But she didn't just use the glamour, comedy, acting and lip syncing prowess that fans of RuPaul's Drag Race have come to expect from America's Next Drag Superstar. Sasha Velour relies on brains.
An "amateur drag historian"
When the 30-year-old queen is at home in Brooklyn, N.Y., she produces and stars in a monthly drag cabaret event called Nightgowns. She co-founded , a magazine spotlighting lesser-known styles
