Jorgeous is the stage name of Jorge Meza, a drag performer most known for competing on season 14 of ''

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''.

Early life

Meza was born and raised to a

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family in

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Career

Meza started doing

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and performing in

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at the age of 16. He has said, "The name Jorgeous came from the word 'gorgeous' and my boy name, which is Jorge." Jorgeous competed on season 14 of ''

''. After surviving multiple lip syncs, she was eliminated after failing to impress judges during a challenge in which contestants

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series judge

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. Stephen Daw of ''

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'' called her "the season's undisputed lip sync assassin". While filming, Jorgeous had an unaired "budding romance" with fellow contestant

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. Following ''Drag Race'', she joined the

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tour. She was a cast member of the variety show '' RuPaul's Drag Race Live!'', as of 2023. In 2022, Jorgeous appeared alongside other

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in a tribute to Jennifer Lopez at the

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. She also appeared in the

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for Leland's song "Taste So Good".

Personal life

Meza relocated to

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for work at the age of 18. He lived in

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as of late 2021. Meza is gay and has an older brother who is also gay. Jorgeous had approximately 100,000 followers on

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, as of February 2022.

Discography

Featured singles

Filmography

Television

Music videos

References

External links

* {{RuPaul's Drag Race Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American drag queens American gay men American people of Mexican descent Gay entertainers LGBT Hispanic and Latino American people LGBT people from Tennessee LGBT people from Texas Drag performers from Nashville, Tennessee People from San Antonio RuPaul's Drag Race contestants