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Jorgeous

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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 and season 10 of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.[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]

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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]

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Jorgeous performing as part of the RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars tour, 2024

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]

On April 23, 2025, Jorgeous was announced as one of eighteen former Drag Race contestants participating in the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.[2]

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Personal life

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 300,000 followers on Instagram, as of May 2025.[25]

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