Jorgeous

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Jorgeous
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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.
NationalityAmerican
Occupation Drag queen
Television RuPaul's Drag Race (season 14)
Website thejorgeous.com

Jorgeous is the stage name of Jorge Meza, a drag performer most known for competing on season 14 of RuPaul's Drag Race . [2]

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Early life

Meza was born and raised to a Mexican American family in West San Antonio, Texas. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Career

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]

Jorgeous (left) with Priyanka (right) at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2022 Rupauls DragCon 2022 (52076780391).jpg
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". [20] [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. [24]

Discography

TitleYearAlbumRef.
"Save a Queen"
(with The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 14)		2022Non-album singles [25]
"He's My Baby (The Ru-Nettes)"
(with Jasmine Kennedie & DeJa Skye)		 [26]
"Moulin Ru! the Rusical!"
(with The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 14)		 Moulin Ru! the Rusical! Album [27]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2022 RuPaul's Drag Race (season 14) HerselfContestant
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2023 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 8)Lip Sync AssassinEpisode: "Forensic Queens" [28]
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked! HerselfEpisode: "All Stars Untuked - Forensic Queens"

Music videos

YearTitleArtistRef.
2020"Easy" Troye Sivan, Kacey Musgraves ft. Mark Ronson [29]

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