Jorgeous

Meza was born and raised to a Mexican American family in West San Antonio, Texas.^[3][4][5][6] He dropped out of high school when he was young.^[7] He worked at McDonald's to pay for his drag costumes.^[3] His main inspiration is Chi-Chi Rodriguez from the 1995 movie Too Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar.^[3]

Meza started doing drag and performing in gay bars at the age of 16.^[8][9][10] He has said, "The name Jorgeous came from the word 'gorgeous' and my boy name, which is Jorge."^[11]

Jorgeous competed on season 14 of RuPaul's Drag Race.^[2] After surviving multiple lip syncs,^[12] she was eliminated after failing to impress judges during a challenge in which contestants roasted series judge Ross Mathews.^[13] Stephen Daw of Billboard called her "the season's undisputed lip sync assassin".^[14] While filming, Jorgeous had an unaired "budding romance" with fellow contestant Orion Story.^[15][16] Following Drag Race, she joined the Werq the World tour.^[17] She was a cast member of the variety show RuPaul's Drag Race Live!, as of 2023.^[18][19]

In 2022, Jorgeous appeared alongside other drag queens in a tribute to Jennifer Lopez at the iHeartRadio Music Awards.^[20] She also appeared in the music video for Leland's song "Taste So Good".^[21][22]

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.^[23]

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]

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.^[24] Meza relocated to Tennessee for work at the age of 18.^[25] He lived in Nashville as of late 2021.^[26]

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