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Nina Flowers is a former Puerto Rican drag performer, makeup artist, DJ and activist and one of the contestants of the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race, where he was the Facebook Fan Choice, Miss Congeniality, and runner-up.

Nina later competed on the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars alongside Tammie Brown, forming Team Brown Flowers.

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What led Nina Flowers to choose her stage name? toggle section
Nina Flowers, originally known as Jorge Flores, adopted her stage name upon entering her first beauty pageant. She combined the first name of her favorite rock star, Nina Hagen, with 'Flowers', the English translation of her real surname, to create her drag persona.
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Nina Flowers had a notable run in the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race. She was the only contestant named Nina to win a lipsync. Despite ranking low in the makeover challenge, she avoided lipsyncing for her life. Fans crowned her Miss Congeniality at the season's end. She also competed in the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, teaming up with Tammie Brown to form Team Brown Flowers.
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What is the significance of the 'Team Brown Flowers' in RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars? toggle section
In RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 1, Nina Flowers and Tammie Brown formed Team Brown Flowers. They were eliminated in the second episode, securing the 9th/10th place. The team, although not victorious in any challenges, significantly contributed to the season.
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Apart from being a drag performer, what other professions does Nina Flowers have? toggle section
In addition to her career as a drag performer, Nina Flowers is also a DJ. She finds a connection between these two professions, as both aim to entertain audiences. She continues to perform as a DJ under her globally recognized brand, Nina Flowers.
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Nina Flowers, a contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race, was honored with the title of Miss Congeniality, as voted by fans. She also distinguished herself as the only 'Nina' to secure a victory in a lipsync challenge. Furthermore, she was selected to participate in the show through an audience vote conducted on the official website.
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Drag Name Origin[]

For her drag name, Jorge chose "Nina Flowers" because before performing and doing drag, her stage name was actually her real name (Jorge Flores) until she decided to enter her first beauty pageant. Nina won the pageant and became Miss Continental in 1999. As Jorge couldn't enter the pageant with her boy name, he decided to think up of her drag name. Jorge's favorite Rock Star was Nina Hagen, his last name means "flowers" in Spanish, so he combined Nina Hagen's first name and "Flowers" together to form his drag name.[1]

Track Records[]

Statistics USA Season 1 USA All Stars
Season 1
Ranking: 2nd Place
(Miss Congeniality) 		9th/10th Place
Maxi Challenges Won: 1 (Ep. 1) 0
Mini Challenges Won: 1 (Ep. 6) 0
Times as Team Captain: 0 0
Times in Bottom: 0 1 (Ep. 2)
Episode Eliminated: Episode 8 Episode 2

Memorable Quotes[]

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 1[]

  • "Hi" (entrance quote)
  • "LOCA!"
  • "I don't consider myself as a female impersonator, I like to be more androgynous. It's an extravaganza."
  • "Just plug it in, and blow. Shhhhhhhhh!" (promoting a hair dryer on the third episode challenge)
  • "This is your name."
  • "Tell me about your H-I-uh-H..." (trying to ask the guests judges on the third episode about their "HIT TV SHOW". Nina struggled and was mistaken quickly for appearing to say "HIV")
  • "My favorite part of doing drag is the transformation. Nina takes over more and more and when she's done. The different persona comes out. That's really where the art is."
  • "If I like what I see, it doesn't matter what anybody else has to say. It doesn't matter if the judges don't like it. It doesn't matter because I feel good about myself and I love what I see."
  • "Well, the meaning of the word loco or loca means "crazy", but in the gay Latin community, loca means "queen"! Or if some straight guy screams at you, "Look at that loca. Mirá a esa loca!", he's saying it in a mean way, so he means, "Look at that queer." But if a friend of you tells you "loca", it's like "girl" Like saying "Girl..." (explaining to Bebe what loca means in Spanish)
  • "Even though after today we're going separate ways, I don't think this is the last time we're going to be doing this together."
  • "I didn't won the prizes, but I won other things: I won great experience, I won great friends. I'm going home a winner."

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 1[]

  • "Loca!, Loca!, Loca! I love it!" (entrance quote)
  • "I didn't won season one, because I needed to win All Stars." (Introduction)
  • "Bitches, we're making history, okay!?"
  • "It's really tough to serve fierceness and beauty when you don't even have eyebrows drawn!"
  • "Choke me. Choke me." (To Tammie Brown during the half-baked photoshoot)

Trivia[]

  • Nina started doing drag in March 1993.[3]
  • Jorge moved to Colorado because her partner decided to move to the United States.[1]
  • Some of Nina's idols include Boy George, Annie Lennox, Pete Burns, Cyndi Lauper, Nina Hagen, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Depeche Mode, Erasure, Pet Shop Boys, Duran Duran, Divine and RuPaul.[4][3]
  • One of Nina Flowers's passions besides drag is DJ'ing. Nina Flowers can relate to being a DJ because she believes both passions are to entertain her audiences, and she believes the music makes life beautiful.
  • Her drag mother was Alex Soto.[5]
  • Nina is the first:
    • Maxi challenge winner in the history of Drag Race.
    • Queen in history to compete on the show due to winning the fan vote. She was the winner on an online voting competition and won a spot on Season 1.[6]
    • Queen in history to have never been in the bottom two.
    • Runner-up to earn Miss Congeniality.
  • On May 29, 2009, the mayor of Denver, Colorado made May 29th "Nina Flowers Day" in order to recognize her contributions to the city's LGBT community.[7]
  • Nina Flowers was the only queen from Season 1 who never ended up lip syncing for her life until the finale.
  • She lip synced alongside Yuhua Hamasaki during the Season 10 finale.
  • Since 2014, Jorge no longer does drag, as "he needed new challenges in his life" and felt the need to conquer other territories, in this case, music. However, he remains in drag when performing as a DJ, as the Nina Flowers brand is recognized around the globe and took many years of preparation.[8]

Gallery[]

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 1[]

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 1 Looks[]

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10[]

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10 Looks[]

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 1[]

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 1 Looks[]

Videos[]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2009 Beware the White Monster Native 2 Short
2011 Hormonal Activity Bloody Mary Video short, also Makeup Department [9]
2020 The Queens Themself [10]

TV[]

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
Unknown Objetivo Fama Themself
2009 RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 1) Themself Contestant (Placed 2nd)
2010 RuPaul's Drag U (Season 1) Themself Episode: "Dateless Divas" [11]
2012 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (Season 1) Themself Contestant (Placed 9th/10th) [12]
2012 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Untucked (Season 1) Themself [12]
2018 RuPaul's Drag Race: Season 10 Themself Episode: "Grand Finale" [13]
2020 The Circuit Themself Mini Series, Documentary [14]

Web Series[]

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2009 Under the Hood of RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 1) Themself Contestant [15]
2013 RuPaul's T-Dance Themself Guest [16]

Music Videos[]

Year Title Artist Ref.
2009 Cover Girl RuPaul feat. Bebe Zahara Benet [17]
2012 Responsitrannity RuPaul [18]
2014 "I Look Fuckin' Cool" Adore Delano feat. Alaska Thunderfuck [19]
2016 "Backstabber" Fior [20]

Discography[]

EP's[]

Year Title Notes Ref.
2010 Start Your Engines With William Umana [21]
2010 Start Your Engines (Remixes) With William Umana [22]
2016 Damelo With Erick Ibiza [23]

Singles[]

Year Title Notes Ref.
2011 I'm Feeling Flowers [24]
2011 Bailar With DJ MDW [25]
2012 Rock The Beat With William Umana [26]
2013 The Queens With DJ MDW and VButterfly La Mariposa [27]
2016 Beat It, Bitch [28]
2016 Intersection With Jossep Garcia [29]

Appearances/Features[]

Year Title Artwork Notes Ref.
2011 "Tip" By William Umana [30]
2013 "Cafre" By Cindel [31]
2013 "Tekila" By Armenta Violinist [32]
2013 "Drums (For The Diva)" By Peter Presta [33]
2015 "My House" By Alan Capetillo [34]
2016 "Subelo" By Erich Ensastigue & DJ CARLOS G [35]
2016 "Flow" By Obra Primitiva [36]
2016 "Intensity" By Jersy Beeats & Erick Martell [37]
2016 "Eternal" By DJ Goozo and Jr Loppez [38]
2016 "De Tin Marin de Do Pingue" By Armento Violinist [39]
2016 "Deranged" By Jesus Montañez [40]
2016 "International Superstar" By Paulo Pacheco [41]
2017 "La Bomba" By Daniel Castillo [42]
2017 "Dreams" By Raplh Oliver [43]
2017 "Tambores" By Bio Zounds [44]

External Links[]

References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 (PT) Who’s That Queen? Nina Flowers | Draglicious — December 20, 2020
  2. ↑ About Me | Ninaflowers.com
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nina Flowers – Flower Power | Hotspots! Magazine — January 20, 2011
  4. ↑ Nina Flowers Interview - Rupaul's Drag Race (Season 1) | YouTube — May 22, 2008
  5. ↑ Post by djninaflowers | Instagram — April 2, 2020
  6. ↑ RuPaul's Drag Race | RuPaulsDragRace.com | Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ Essay: Three Colorado reality TV contestants become unlikely community leaders | Colorado Public Radio — January 27, 2014
  8. ↑ ‘I was born to create and entertain’ | Los Angeles Blade — February 17, 2021
  9. ↑ Hormonal Activity | IMDB
  10. ↑ The Queens documentary focuses on the trans contestants of major drag pageant | GCN — August 7, 2020
  11. ↑ 'RuPaul's Drag U' series premiere recap: To judge or not to judge such tragic figures? | Entertainment Weekly — July 20, 2010
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 'RuPaul's All Stars Drag Race' cast announced | Entertainment Weekly — August 6, 2012
  13. ↑ RuPaul's Drag Race season 1 queens reunite to slay in season 10 finale preview | Entertainment Weekly — June 27, 2018
  14. ↑ The Circuit | IMDB
  15. ↑ Under The Hood of RuPaul’s Drag Race 3 | World of Wonder — February 17, 2009
  16. ↑ RuPaul's T-Dance: Featuring Amanda Lepore, Nina Flowers, and The Fabulous Pop Tarts | Youtube, WOWPresents — December 26, 2013
  17. ↑ RuPaul - Cover Girl feat. Bebe, Nina & Rebecca | Youtube, RuTube — April 8, 2009
  18. ↑ RuPaul Responsitrannity music video | Youtube, RuTube — October 25, 2012
  19. ↑ Adore Delano - I Look Fuckin Cool [feat. Alaska Thunderfuck (Official)] | Youtube, DannyNoriega — September 26, 2014
  20. ↑ Fior - Backstabber (Official video) ft. Nina Flowers | Youtube, Fior — September 26, 2016
  21. ↑ Start Your Engines EP by William Umana & Nina Flowers | Apple Music — June 15, 2010
  22. ↑ Start Your Engines EP (Remixes) by William Umana & Nina Flowers | Apple Music — October 26, 2010
  23. ↑ Damelo - EP by Erick Ibiza & Nina Flowers on Apple Music | Apple Music — February 12, 2016
  24. ↑ I'm Feelin Flowers (Dj Mdw Miami Loca Mix) - Single by Nina Flowers | Apple Music — January 12, 2011
  25. ↑ Bailar by DJ MDW & Nina Flowers | Apple Music — September 29, 2011
  26. ↑ Rock the Beat by William Umana & Nina Flowers | Apple Music — July 31, 2012
  27. ↑ The Queens by DJ MDW, Nina Flowers & VButterfly La Mariposa | Apple Music — May 9, 2013
  28. ↑ Beat It, Bitch - Single by Nina Flowers | Apple Music — January 9, 2016
  29. ↑ Intersection by Jossep Garcia & Nina Flowers | Apple Music — April 8, 2016
  30. ↑ Eternal - Single by DJ Goozo & Jr Loppez | Apple Music — June 15, 2011
  31. ↑ Cafre (feat. Nina Flowers) - EP by Cindel | Apple Music — February 4, 2014
  32. ↑ Tekila (feat. Niña Flowers) - Single by Armenta Violinist | Apple Music — September 4, 2015
  33. ↑ Drums (For the Diva) [Peter Presta Diva Mix [feat. Nina Flowers] - Single by Peter Presta] | Apple Music — September 14, 2015
  34. ↑ My House (feat. Nina Flowers) - Single by Alan Capetillo | Apple Music — October 10, 2015
  35. ↑ Subelo (feat. Nina Flowers) - Single by Erich Ensastigue & DJ CARLOS G | Apple Music — February 1, 2016
  36. ↑ Flow (feat. Nina Flowers) - EP by Obra Primitiva | Apple Music — February 1, 2016
  37. ↑ Intensity (feat. Nina Flowers) by Jersy Beeats & Erick Martell | Apple Music — June 14, 2016
  38. ↑ Tip (feat. Nina Flowers) - EP by Various Artists | Apple Music — August 11, 2016
  39. ↑ De Tin Marin de Do Pingue (feat. Niña Flowers) - Single | Apple Music — September 23, 2016
  40. ↑ Deranged (feat. Nina Flowers) - Single by Jesus Montañez | Apple Music — October 18, 2016
  41. ↑ International Superstar (feat. Nina Flowers) - EP by Paulo Pacheco | Apple Music — November 11, 2016
  42. ↑ La Bomba (feat. Nina Flowers) - Single by Daniel Castillo | Apple Music — October 5, 2017
  43. ↑ Dreams (feat. Nina Flowers) [House Mixes by Ralph Oliver] | Apple Music — October 20, 2017
  44. ↑ Tambores (feat. Nina Flowers) by Bio Zounds | Apple Music — November 10, 2017

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