Who is Jorge Flores? The Drag Queen world knows him as Nina Flowers. Flowers is a Puerto Rican drag queen, DJ, activist, professional make-up artist, and reality television personality who has been performing since 1993.[2][3]
Flowers was born February 22, 1974 in 1974 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. She started her drag career at local San Juan gay venues such as Krash (also known as Eros) and Club Lazer. In 1999, she participated in and won both the Miss Puerto Rico Continental and Miss City Lights Continental pageants.[4]
Flowers won an on-line vote to become a cast member on Logo's popular reality series, RuPaul's Drag Race, which premiered on the network in February 2009. Finishing in second place, the publicity generated by her participation on the show has brought many new opportunities to perform at various national and international LGBT events including Denver Pride, San Juan Pride, Chicago Pride and Vancouver Pride.
Besides her participation on RuPaul's Drag Race, Flowers (along with season two contestant Jessica Wild) has performed on the popular Puerto Rican television program Objetivo Fama, which airs throughout the United States and Latin America.
In December 2009, Flowers (in collaboration with DJ Ranny) released her first dance single "Loca", which was available for purchase via iTunes and other commercial music sites. The single has been remixed by such notable remixers as William Umana, Joe Gauthreaux, and Manny Lehman. The single reached its highest spot (#15) on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play the week of 30 January 2010.[4]
Flowers and his partner, Antonio Purcell, presently reside in Denver, Colorado.[5]
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