Jorgeous
Jorgeous at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2022
Born
Jorge Meza

November 28, 1999 (age 24)[1]
San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationDrag queen
TelevisionRuPaul's Drag Race (season 14)
Websitethejorgeous.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]

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

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

Featured singles

Title Year Album Ref.
"Save a Queen"
(with The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 14) 		2022 Non-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

Year Title Role Notes
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"[28]
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked! Herself Episode: "All Stars Untuked - Forensic Queens"

Music videos

Year Title Artist Ref.
2020 "Easy" Troye Sivan, Kacey Musgraves ft. Mark Ronson [29]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Instagram".
  2. ^ a b "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.
  3. ^ a 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ https://www.ksat.com/entertainment/2023/12/07/south-texas-pride-brownsville-native-cast-on-season-16-of-rupauls-drag-race/
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ Meet the Queens of Season 14! | RuPaul's Drag Race, archived from the original on January 15, 2022, retrieved January 15, 2022
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ "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.
  18. ^ 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.
  19. ^ "'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.
  20. ^ "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.
  21. ^ "Gus Kenworthy & Kornbread Get Cozy in New Music Video". www.out.com. Archived from the original on June 7, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  22. ^ 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.
  23. ^ 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.
  24. ^ Winters, Michael (February 10, 2022). "RuPaul's Drag Race: Every Season 14 Queen, Ranked By Instagram Followers". ScreenRant. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  25. ^ "Save a Queen - Single". Apple Music. Archived from the original on November 23, 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
  26. ^ "He's My Baby: The Ru-Nettes". Sqpotify. Archived from the original on November 23, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  27. ^ "Moulin Ru! the Rusical!". Apple Music. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
  28. ^ 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.
  29. ^ 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.

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