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'RuPaul's Drag Race' season 15: Anetra settles for runner-up finish; Sasha Colby wins

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Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Anetra and Sasha Colby in " Drag="" season="" finale="" aired="" last="" April="" Screenshots="" from="" Twitter="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/entertainment/04/15/20230415-anetra-sasha-colby.jpg"/><figcaption>Anetra and Sasha Colby in &#x27;RuPaul&#x27;s Drag Race&#x27; season 15 finale aired last April 15, 2023. <em>Screenshots from &#x27;RuPaul&#x27;s Drag Race&#x27; Twitter account.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Filipina drag queen Anetra settled for a runner-up finish during the finale of &quot;RuPaul&#x27;s Drag Race&quot; season 15 that aired Saturday.</p><p>In the last episode of the season, the remaining four queens were tasked to perform an original song to determine the Top 2.</p><p>Anetra impressed the judges by singing her track titled &quot;Lotus&quot; while she made her signature dance moves on the stage. She was joined by front-runner Sasha Colby.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">&#x27;SPOILER ALERT&#x27;: Filipina drag queen <a href="https://twitter.com/iamanetra?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@iamanetra</a> settles for a runner-up finish on &#x27;RuPaul&#x27;s Drag Race&#x27; season 15, making Sasha Colby the first transgender woman winner in a US regular season. Screenshot from <a href="https://twitter.com/RuPaulsDragRace?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RuPaulsDragRace</a> Twitter account. | <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ABSCBNNews</a> <a href="https://t.co/3nIUYdRoaD">pic.twitter.com/3nIUYdRoaD</a></p>— Josiah Antonio (@josiahvantonio) <a href="https://twitter.com/josiahvantonio/status/1647053942990462976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2023</a></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script>Sasha and Anetra battled it out in a lipsync smackdown to the tune of the song &quot;Knock on Wood&quot; by Amii Stewart.</p><p>Anetra settled for a runner-up finish, making Sasha Colby the first trans woman winner in a US regular season.</p><p>Sasha will be taking home $200,000, the highest prize money in the history of the show.</p><p>&quot;This goes to every trans person, past, present, and future because we are not going anywhere,&quot; Sasha said in her speech.</p><p>Anetra was born to a Filipino-Japanese father and a mother of German and Puerto Rican heritage. </p><p>Malaysia Babydoll Foxx was voted Miss Congeniality by her competitors and won $10,000, while the rest took home $2,000.</p><p>Filipina drag queen Aura Mayari ended her journey in 11th place with one win for the girl group challenge. </p><p>Aura first lived in Pildera, Pasay, and moved to the United States after his father got a contract in the country.</p><p>In the Philippines, Precious Paula Nicole became the first winner of the country&#x27;s franchise debut.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2288385" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Filipina drag queen Anetra settled for a runner-up finish during the finale of 'RuPaul's Drag Race' season 15 aired Saturday.

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'RuPaul's Drag Race' season 15: Anetra settles for runner-up finish; Sasha Colby wins

Josiah Antonio,

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Published April 15, 2023 10:17 AM PHT

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