Its story was made Friday night when the winner of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” season 15 was announced. The winning queen received a cash prize of $200,000 – a franchise record.
The top 4 advancing to the finale were: Anetra, Luxx Noir London, Mistress Isabelle Brooks and Sasha Colby. This is the first time since Season 8 that the semifinalists are all queens of color: Anetra is Filipino, Puerto Rican, Japanese, and German; Luxx is Black, Mistress is Mexican American, and Sasha Colby is Hawaiian.
The Season 15 finale premiered earlier this month at The Theater at the Ace Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles. All four queens performed a lipsync number to an original piece, with the top two advancing to a final performance for the crown. Many of the results were filmed, so even the attendees had to wait until the show aired on MTV to find out who won.
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After each of the semi-finalists performed their lip sync, Luxx and Mistress were eliminated.
Anetra and Sasha Colby moved on to the final round. This marked the first time two Asian queens placed in the top 2 since Season 3, when Raja and Manila Luzon battled for the title.
The two lip-synced to Amy Stewart’s “Knock on Wood”.
In the end, polished pageant queen Sasha Colby from Los Angeles took home the top prize and the title of America’s Next Drag Superstar. She is the first regular season winner to enter the competition as trans (season 14 winner Willow Pill transitioned after filming, while trans contestant Kylie Sonic Love won “All Stars” 6).
Malaysia Babydoll Fox won Miss Congeniality.
Watch Sasha Colby perform her winning move below:
