Nina Flowers
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| Born |
Jorge Luis Flores Sánchez February 22, 1974 Bayamón, Puerto Rico |
| Residence | Denver, Colorado U.S. |
| Occupation | drag queen, DJ, make-up artist |
| Years active | 1993 – present |
| Partner(s) | Antonio Purcell de Ogenio |
Jorge Luis Flores Sánchez (born February 22, 1974), better known as Nina Flowers, is a Puerto Rican drag queen, DJ, activist, professional make-up artist, and reality television personality who has been performing since 1993.
Flowers was born in 1974 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. He started his drag career in March 1993, where he performed at local San Juan gay venues such as Krash (also known as Eros) and Club Lazer. His surrogate drag mother/sister was Puerto Rican performer Alex Soto. In 1999, he participated in and won both the Miss Puerto Rico Continental and Miss City Lights Continental pageants. His drag name is a tribute to both one of his musical idols, Nina Hagen, and his last name (from Spanish, his last name - Flores - translates to "Flowers" in English).
Flowers became a cast member on Logo's popular reality series, RuPaul's Drag Race, which premiered on the network in February 2009. Flowers finished in second place and won the Miss Congeniality award during the first season's reunion special. The publicity generated by his participation on the show 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 his 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.
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