Sasha Colby

About

Sasha Kekauoha (born July 26, 1984), best known by the stage name Sasha Colby, is an American drag performer and beauty pageant competitor. Often referred to as a legendary figure in drag culture, she in 2012 won the Miss Continental competition before going on to win the fifteenth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race in 2023.

Sasha Colby was born in Waimānalo, Oʻahu, Hawaii. Her father was Native Hawaiian. Her mother, who is half Hawaiian and of further Irish and German ancestry, suffered from severe bipolar disorder, resulting in a volatile upbringing. Colby is the youngest of seven children, with her siblings, three boys and three girls, all being born 3 years apart from each other except for herself, being born 13 years after her youngest sister. She was raised by a conservative, Jehovah’s Witness family. Her home life was very strict, with Colby not getting to visit anyone else’s house, celebrate Christmas, or celebrate birthdays growing up; she was 16 the first time she had a birthday party. She described having a “fear” of being gay while living in this religious environment before eventually leaving the church as a teenager.
Colby recognized she wanted to be a girl…