Nina Flowers
Encyclopedia
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.
gay venues such as Krash (also known as Eros) and Club Lazer. In 1999, he participated in and won both the Miss Puerto Rico Continental and Miss City Lights Continental pageants.
'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
.
In early 2010, Flowers joined the of cast of Logo's new reality series, RuPaul's Drag U
. This summer replacement series premiered on July 19, 2010.
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. Continuing his first successful venture in the dance music
industry, Flowers released his first EP
of original songs on July 15, 2010. Titled Start Your Engines, the album is a compilation of six tracks that he and producer/remixer William Umana produced. The first single, "Locas in da House," utilizes Flowers's trademark catchphrase in a tribal house
anthem. In January 2011, Flowers released his new dance single "I'm Feelin Flowers", which he produced in collaboration with Miami-based deejay/producer DJ MDW.
. In addition to his careers in drag and make-up, Flowers is one of the resident deejays at Track's, Denver's largest gay nightclub.
Singles
Puerto Rican people
A Puerto Rican is a person who was born in Puerto Rico.Puerto Ricans born and raised in the continental United States are also sometimes referred to as Puerto Ricans, although they were not born in Puerto Rico...
drag queen
Drag queen
A drag queen is a man who dresses, and usually acts, like a caricature woman often for the purpose of entertaining. There are many kinds of drag artists and they vary greatly, from professionals who have starred in films to people who just try it once. Drag queens also vary by class and culture and...
, DJ, activist, professional make-up artist, and reality television
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
personality who has been performing since 1993.
Biography
Flowers was born in 1974 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. He started his drag career in March 1993, where he performed at local San JuanSan Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of...
gay venues such as Krash (also known as Eros) and Club Lazer. In 1999, he participated in and won both the Miss Puerto Rico Continental and Miss City Lights Continental pageants.
Television
Flowers won an on-line vote to become a cast member on LogoLogo (TV channel)
Logo is an American digital cable television channel owned by Viacom's MTV Networks division. Launched in June 2005, the channel's programs are geared towards the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community...
's popular reality series, RuPaul's Drag Race
RuPaul's Drag Race
RuPaul's Drag Race is an American reality television series produced by World of Wonder for Logo. RuPaul plays host, mentor and inspiration for this series, which details RuPaul's search for "America's next drag superstar."...
, 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
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
events including Denver Pride, San Juan Pride, Chicago Pride
Chicago Pride Parade
The Chicago Pride Parade, also colloquially called the Chicago Gay Pride Parade or PRIDE Chicago, is the annual gay pride parade held on the last Sunday of June in Chicago, Illinois in the United States...
and Vancouver Pride. Besides his participation on RuPaul's Drag Race, Flowers (along with season two
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 2
The second season of RuPaul's Drag Race premiered on February 1, 2010 and aired its final episode on April 26, 2010. On May 1, 2009, the casting website for RuPaul's Drag Race opened for prospective contestants of season two to create user profiles and upload videos of themselves to be voted on by...
contestant Jessica Wild
Jessica Wild
José David Sierra , better known as Jessica Wild, is a Puerto Rican drag queen, professional make-up artist, and reality television personality.- Biography :Wild was born in San Juan but raised in Caguas, Puerto Rico...
) has performed on the popular Puerto Rican television program Objetivo Fama
Objetivo Fama
Objetivo Fama is a Puerto Rican singing talent contest that has been on air for over five years on WLII, the Univision outlet in Puerto Rico; and on Telefutura in the mainland United States...
, which airs throughout the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
.
In early 2010, Flowers joined the of cast of Logo's new reality series, RuPaul's Drag U
RuPaul's Drag U
RuPaul's Drag U is an American reality television series. Hosted by RuPaul and a team of drag queen "professors," Drag U is a spin-off of the series RuPaul's Drag Race...
. This summer replacement series premiered on July 19, 2010.
Music
In December 2009, Flowers (in collaboration with DJ Ranny) released his first dance single "Loca", which was available for purchase via iTunesITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
and other commercial music sites. The single has been remixed by such notable remixers as William Umana, Joe Gauthreaux
Joe Gauthreaux
Joe Gauthreaux, born Joseph Edward Gauthreaux, Jr. on 16 August 1976, in New Orleans, Louisiana, is an American house music DJ and producer. In addition to his production and DJ work, Gauthreaux is also a reporter for Billboard magazine. He currently resides in Los Angeles.- Background :Gauthreaux...
, and Manny Lehman
Manny Lehman
Manny Lehman is a house music DJ and producer. In addition to his production and DJ work, Lehman is one of the most requested remixers presently, transforming many songs into club hits....
. The single reached its highest spot (#15) on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play the week of 30 January 2010. Continuing his first successful venture in the dance music
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
industry, Flowers released his first EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
of original songs on July 15, 2010. Titled Start Your Engines, the album is a compilation of six tracks that he and producer/remixer William Umana produced. The first single, "Locas in da House," utilizes Flowers's trademark catchphrase in a tribal house
Tribal house
Tribal house is a subgenre of house music similar in structure to deep house, but providing elements of ethnic or indigenous musical percussions...
anthem. In January 2011, Flowers released his new dance single "I'm Feelin Flowers", which he produced in collaboration with Miami-based deejay/producer DJ MDW.
Personal life
Flowers and his partner, Antonio Purcell de Ogenio, presently reside in Denver, ColoradoColorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
. In addition to his careers in drag and make-up, Flowers is one of the resident deejays at Track's, Denver's largest gay nightclub.
Discography
EPExtended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
- Start Your Engines (2010)
Singles
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
- "Loca" (2009)
- "Locas in Da House" (2010)
- "I'm Feelin Flowers" (2011)
- "Tip" (2011)
- "Bailar" (2011)
External links
- Official website
- Nina Flowers on the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
- Nina Flowers on FacebookFacebookFacebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
- Nina Flowers on MySpaceMySpaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
- Nina Flowers on TwitterTwitterTwitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
- Nina Flowers on YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
- Nina Flowers interview on LogoLogo (TV channel)Logo is an American digital cable television channel owned by Viacom's MTV Networks division. Launched in June 2005, the channel's programs are geared towards the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community...