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American drag queen
Jorgeous is the stage name of Jorge Meza , a drag performer most known for competing on
season 14 of
RuPaul's Drag Race .
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Early life
Meza was born and raised to a
Mexican American family in
West San Antonio, Texas .
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[4]
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Career
Meza started doing
drag and performing in
gay bars at the age of 16.
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[8]
[9] He has said, "The name Jorgeous came from the word 'gorgeous' and my boy name, which is Jorge."
[10]
Jorgeous competed on
season 14 of
RuPaul's Drag Race .
[2] After surviving multiple lip syncs,
[11] she was eliminated after failing to impress judges during a challenge in which contestants
roasted series judge
Ross Mathews .
[12] Stephen Daw of
Billboard called her "the season's undisputed lip sync assassin".
[13] While filming, Jorgeous had an unaired "budding romance" with fellow contestant
Orion Story .
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[15] Following Drag Race , she joined the
Werq the World tour.
[16] She was a cast member of the variety show
RuPaul's Drag Race Live! , as of 2023.
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[18]
Jorgeous (left ) with
Priyanka (right ) at
RuPaul's DragCon LA , 2022
In 2022, Jorgeous appeared alongside other
drag queens in a tribute to
Jennifer Lopez at the
iHeartRadio Music Awards .
[19] She also appeared in the
music video for
Leland 's song "Taste So Good".
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[21]
Personal life
Meza relocated to
Tennessee for work at the age of 18.
[22] He lived in
Nashville as of late 2021.
[23] Meza is gay and has an older brother who is also gay.
[3]
Jorgeous had approximately 100,000 followers on
Instagram , as of February 2022.
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Discography
Featured singles
Filmography
Television
Music videos
See also
References
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"Instagram" .
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"Meet the Queens of 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 14 | Entertainment Tonight" . www.etonline.com .
Archived from the original on January 15, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2022 .
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b Rotella, A. J. (March 22, 2022).
"A 'Jorgeous' Addition to RuPaul's Drag Race" . Adelante Magazine .
Archived from the original on July 2, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2023 .
^ Santana, Steven (December 8, 2021).
"Texas queen promises to bring her 'Tex Mex' look to 'RuPaul's Drag Race' " . Chron .
Archived from the original on January 15, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2022 .
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"Is Drag Race's Jorgeous in a Throuple?" . Instinct Magazine . February 16, 2022.
Archived from the original on January 2, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2023 .
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"South Texas Pride: Brownsville native cast on season 16 of RuPaul's Drag Race" . December 7, 2023.
^ Simons, Roxy (January 7, 2022).
"Meet the queens competing on 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 14" . Newsweek .
Archived from the original on January 14, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2022 .
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"Exit Interview: Jorgeous On Getting Cut From 'RuPaul's Drag Race' " . Nylon . April 4, 2022.
Archived from the original on June 27, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2023 .
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"Everything we saw as Drag Race alum Jorgeous came back to San Antonio and slayed at the Bonham" . San Antonio Current .
Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2023 .
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Meet the Queens of Season 14! | RuPaul's Drag Race ,
archived from the original on January 15, 2022, retrieved January 15, 2022
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"Jorgeous Reveals Her Favorite Lipsync (Out Of 5) On 'Drag Race' " . www.pride.com .
Archived from the original on August 17, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2023 .
^ Nolf, Joey (April 4, 2022).
"Jorgeous deserves her blunt after slaying 6 'Drag Race' lip-syncs" . Entertainment Weekly .
Archived from the original on December 21, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2023 .
^ Daw, Stephen (April 4, 2022).
" 'Drag Race' Eliminee Jorgeous Gladly Accepts Her Title as Season 14's Lip Sync Assassin" . Billboard .
Archived from the original on April 18, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2023 .
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"Exclusive: Drag Race's Orion Story says Jorgeous lip-sync was "hard" because of their mutual "crush" " .
Gay Times . February 11, 2022.
Archived from the original on April 8, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2023 .
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"RuPaul's Drag Race season 14 is one of the franchise's best" . Gay Times . April 22, 2022.
Archived from the original on June 5, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2023 .
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"Werq the World Tour Comes Back to Houston on July 16 - OutSmart Magazine" . www.outsmartmagazine.com . July 1, 2022.
Archived from the original on August 12, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2023 .
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"Aquaria & Jorgeous Spill the Tea Backstage at 'RuPaul's Drag Race Live!' " . www.out.com .
Archived from the original on March 17, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2023 .
^ Rabinowitz, Chloe.
"Aquaria and Jorgeous to Join RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE LIVE! Las Vegas at Flamingo Las Vegas" .
Broadway World .
Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2023 .
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" 'Drag Race' Queens Paid Tribute To JLo At Her iHeartRadio Performance" . www.out.com .
Archived from the original on April 25, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2023 .
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"See Hayley Kiyoko, Gus Kenworthy and More Stars Celebrate Pride Month in "Taste So Good" Video" . E! Online . June 3, 2022.
Archived from the original on December 19, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2023 .
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"Gus Kenworthy & Kornbread Get Cozy in New Music Video" . www.out.com .
Archived from the original on June 7, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2023 .
^ Herrera, Ivan (February 11, 2022).
"South Texas Pride Q&A: West Side native cast on internationally acclaimed 'RuPaul's Drag Race' " . KSAT .
Archived from the original on January 11, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2023 .
^ Santana, Steven (December 8, 2021).
"Texas queen promises to bring her 'Tex Mex' look to 'RuPaul's Drag Race' " . Laredo Morning Times .
Archived from the original on December 8, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2023 .
^ Winters, Michael (February 10, 2022).
"RuPaul's Drag Race: Every Season 14 Queen, Ranked By Instagram Followers" . ScreenRant . Retrieved March 31, 2023 .
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"Save a Queen - Single" .
Apple Music .
Archived from the original on November 23, 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2023 .
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"He's My Baby: The Ru-Nettes" .
Sqpotify .
Archived from the original on November 23, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2023 .
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"Moulin Ru! the Rusical!" .
Apple Music . Retrieved June 11, 2023 .
^ Benutty, John.
" 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' season 8 episode 7 recap: 'Forensic Queens' " . Goldderby.com .
Archived from the original on November 23, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2023 .
^ Christopher Rudolph (December 11, 2020).
"Meet Jorgeous, Troye Sivan and Kacey Musgraves' "Easy" Karaoke Queen" . NewNowNext.
Archived from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2022 .
External links
Media related to
Jorgeous at Wikimedia Commons