Sasha Velour Wiki, Bio, Net Worth, Affairs

April 4, 2020

Alexander “Sasha” Hedges Steinberg born on June 25, 1987 known as Sasha Velour is an American drag queen, producer and artist. Sasha is known for winning the RuPaul’s Drag Race in 2017: Season 9.

Family/Relationship

Sasha Velour Family/Parents

Born in Canada, Berkeley, California, United States, her father’s name is Mark D. Steinberg who is a history professor at the University of Illinois, Editor, Urbana-Champaign and Author and her mother’s name is Jane T. Hedges who was a managing editor of Slavic Review, Editor. She passed away from cancer in 2015.

Sasha Velour Affairs/Boyfriend/Spouse/Husband

She is dating John “Johnny Velour” Jacob Lee since 2013.

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Profile / Wiki / Information

Personal Information

Name: Alexander Hedges Steinberg
Nickname: Sasha
Birthday: June 25, 1987
Age: 32 years old
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Berkeley, California, United States
Current Residence: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
Education: University Laboratory High School, Vassar College, Fulbright Scholar and Center for Cartoon Studies
Profession: Drag Queen, Producer, Artist, TV Personality.
Nationality: American
Ethnicity/Race: White (Jewish-Russian descent on her paternal side.)
Religion: Judaism
Hair Color: Bald
Eye Color: Blue
Zodiac: Cancer
Boyfriend: She is dating John “Johnny Velour” Jacob Lee since 2013.
Net Worth: 3 Million USD

Measurements

Height: 5 feet 9 inch or 175 cm
Weight: 65 kg (143.5 lbs.)

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Trivia and Facts, you may not know about Sasha Velour

Sasha was named after a Russian feminist leader, Alexandra Kollontai.
Sasha has work as a part-time security guard at the Russian State Hermitage Museum situated in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Sasha is genderqueer and doesn’t have any preferred pronouns outside of drag. The drag persona is referred to as ‘she’ & ‘her’.
Sasha thought that she would be an actor or director when she grows up.
Her bald head is a tribute to her mom, who died of cancer and lost her hair during the treatment.
Sasha has worked as a freelance illustrator & graphic designer before becoming a drag queen.
In the summer of 2014, Sasha founded a bi-yearly publication, Velour, The Drag Magazine with Johnny and served as artistic director.
Sasha has created a comic series called Stonewall, which covered the story of the Stonewall riots which happened in 1969 from multiple viewpoints.
She described her eyebrows as “Kabuki meets Nosferatu.”
Sasha tried out for the RuPaul’s Drag Race: Season 8 in 2016 but was not selected.
As the winner of the RuPaul’s Drag Race: Season 9 in 2017, Sasha was preceded by Bob the Drag Queen and superseded by Aquaria.
In September 2018, Sasha attended the fourth annual Diamond Ball founded by Rihanna.
For more information about Sasha, contact her on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.