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![]() Jorgeous at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2022 | |
Born | Jorge Meza November 28, 1999 (age 24) [1] San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
Occupation | Drag queen |
Television | RuPaul's Drag Race (season 14) RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 9) |
Website | thejorgeous |
Jorgeous is the stage name of Jorge Meza, a drag performer most known for competing on season 14 of RuPaul's Drag Race and season 9 of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars . [2]
Meza was born and raised to a Mexican American family in West San Antonio, Texas. [3] [4] [5] [6]
Meza started doing drag and performing in gay bars at the age of 16. [7] [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. [14] [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. [17] [18]
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". [20] [21]
On April 23, 2024, Jorgeous was announced as one of the eight contestants competing on the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars . [22]
Meza relocated to Tennessee for work at the age of 18. [23] He lived in Nashville as of late 2021. [24] 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. [25]
Title | Year | Album | Ref. |
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"Save a Queen" (with The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 14) | 2022 | Non-album singles | [26] |
"He's My Baby (The Ru-Nettes)" (with Jasmine Kennedie & DeJa Skye) | [27] | ||
"Moulin Ru! the Rusical!" (with The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 14) | Moulin Ru! the Rusical! Album | [28] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2022 | RuPaul's Drag Race (season 14) | Herself | Contestant |
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked | |||
2023 | RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 8) | Lip Sync Assassin | Episode: "Forensic Queens" [29] |
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked! | Herself | Episode: "All Stars Untucked - Forensic Queens" | |
2024 | RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 9) | Contestant | |
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked! |
Year | Title | Artist | Ref. |
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2020 | "Easy" | Troye Sivan, Kacey Musgraves ft. Mark Ronson | [30] |
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