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

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'' and season 9 and

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of ''

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''.

Early life

Meza was born and raised to a

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family in West San Antonio, Texas.

Career

Meza started doing drag and performing in

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s 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 Orion Story. 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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s in a tribute to

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at the

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. She also appeared in the

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for Leland's song "Taste So Good". On April 23, 2024, Jorgeous was announced as one of the eight contestants competing on the ninth season of ''

''. On April 23, 2025, Jorgeous was announced as one of eighteen former ''Drag Race'' contestants participating in the tenth season of ''

''.

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 300,000 followers on

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, as of May 2025.

Discography

Featured singles

Filmography

Television

Music videos

References

External links

* {{RuPaul's Drag Race 1999 births Living people 20th-century American LGBTQ people 21st-century American LGBTQ people American drag queens American gay entertainers American people of Mexican descent Drag performers from Nashville, Tennessee Drag performers from Texas LGBTQ Hispanic and Latino American people LGBTQ people from Tennessee LGBTQ people from Texas Entertainers from San Antonio RuPaul's Drag Race contestants