Place of Birth: Berkeley, California, USABirthday: 25 June 1987Bio: Sasha Velour is the stage name of Alexander Hedges Steinberg, a drag queen, performer, visual artist, and hostess of Brooklyn \"Nightgowns\" show, as well as the Season 9 winner of RuPaul\'s Drag Race. Sasha\'s parents named her after Alexandra Kollontai, a Russian feminist leader, but for most of her life, she’s went by \"Sasha\", a common Russian nickname for either Alexander or Alexandra. Because she was told her whole life that she had a girl\'s name, she kept it. \"Velour\" comes from a fabric often used as a cheaper substitute for velvet, which Sasha thinks is the perfect metaphor for drag.
