Jorgeous
American drag queen
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, the latter of which she was runner-up to Ginger Minj.
01Early life
Meza was born and raised to a Mexican American family in West San Antonio, Texas. He dropped out of high school when he was young. He worked at McDonald's to pay for his drag costumes. His main inspiration is Chi-Chi Rodriguez from the 1995 movie To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar.
02Career
Meza started doing drag and performing in gay bars 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 RuPaul's Drag Race. After surviving multiple lip syncs, she was eliminated after failing to impress the judges during a challenge in which contestants roasted series judge Ross Mathews. Stephen Daw of Billboard 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 Werq the World tour. She was a cast member of the variety show RuPaul's Drag Race Live!, as of 2023.
In 2022, Jorgeous appeared alongside other drag queens in a tribute to Jennifer Lopez at the iHeartRadio Music Awards. She also appeared in the music video 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 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.
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. She finished as the runner-up after Ginger Minj won the season finale.
03Personal life
Meza is gay and has an older brother who is also gay.
Jorgeous had approximately 300,000 followers on Instagram, as of May 2025. Meza relocated to Tennessee for work at the age of 18. He lived in Nashville as of late 2021.
04Discography
Featured singles
| Title | Year | Album | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Save a Queen" (with The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 14) |
2022 | Non-album singles | |
| "He's My Baby (The Ru-Nettes)" (with Jasmine Kennedie & DeJa Skye) |
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| "Moulin Ru! the Rusical!" (with The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 14) |
Moulin Ru! the Rusical! Album |
05Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | RuPaul's Drag Race (season 14) | Herself | Contestant (6th Place) |
| RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked | |||
| 2023 | RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 8) | Lip Sync Assassin | Episode: "Forensic Queens" |
| RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked! | Herself | Episode: "All Stars Untucked - Forensic Queens" | |
| 2024 | RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 9) | Contestant (4th Place) | |
| RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked! | |||
| 2025 | RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 10) | Herself (contestant) | Contestant - (Runner-Up) |
Music videos
| Year | Title | Artist | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | "Easy" | Troye Sivan, Kacey Musgraves ft. Mark Ronson |
Sources and credits
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- Jorgeous at DragCon 2022.jpg by DVSROSS, CC BY 2.0
- Jorgeous performing with Werq the World 2025 at Caesars Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, 2025-08-22 02.jpg by Chris Woodrich, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Jorgeous during RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars LIVE, Caesars Windsor, 2024-09-15 01.jpg by Crisco 1492, CC BY-SA 4.0
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