- In 2017, Google commissioned Sasha to create a Google Doodle in honor of Marlene Dietrich's 116th birthday.
- Is known for performing with a bald head in drag. This is tribute to his mother, who died of cancer in 2015 and lost her hair during treatment.
- Identifies as genderqueer and doesn't have any preferred pronouns when out of drag. When performing in drag, Sasha Velour is referred to as 'she' or 'her'.
- Spent time as a part-time security guard at the Russian State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, and interned at the Staatsoper (State Opera) in Berlin, Germany.
- Received an MFA in cartooning from the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont (2013).
- Sasha directed Opening Ceremony's NYFW show in September 2018, casting the first all LGBTQ+ show which also featured a surprise performance from Christina Aguilera.
- Before Drag Race, Sasha worked as Head of Production for children's comic book publisher, Toon Books.
- Is the director of drag magazine, 'Velour: The Drag Magazine'.
- Has a pet Italian greyhound called Vanya.
- Is of Russian-Jewish decent and did his Fulbright scholarship in Russia.
- Holds a BA in Modern Literature from Vassar College (2009).
- His father was a Russian historian at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
- In April 2023 published "The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag".
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