Nina Flowers

Nina Flowers is the stage name of Jorge Flores and was a contestant on Rupaul's Drag Race Season 1 and RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 1.

Rupaul's Drag Race
Coming into Season 1, Nina set a high bar for herself as she was well known to the other competitors as well as being voted onto the show by the fans. That bar was set higher when she won the very first main challenge in RuPaul's Drag Race history. Nina managed to make it to the finale without landing in the bottom 2, and by extension not having to lip sync for her life. However, when she made it to the final 2, she lost the lip sync to Bebe Zahara Benet thus taking the runner-up spot.

Nina later came back into All Stars 1 and was paired up with fellow Season 1 competitor Tammie Brown. Both were highly praised by fans due to their very bright personalities. However, they were eliminated during episode 2 after Tammie lost the lip sync to Season 4 contestant Latrice Royale, placing 9th/10th.

Season 1
"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."

All Stars 1
"I'm sad that we weren't able to take it further into the competition but this is not the end."

Post Drag Race

 * 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.
 * She lip-synced alongside Yuhua Hamasaki during the Season 10 finale.

Trivia

 * Nina is the first Runner-Up of Rupaul's Drag Race.
 * Nina is the first contestant to win a main challenge.
 * Nina is the first contestant to not land in the bottom 2.
 * Nina is the first contestant to not lip-sync until the finale.
 * Nina is the first contestant to be Miss Congeniality.
 * Nina is the first contestant to be eliminated for the first time on her second season.
 * Nina is the highest placing Miss Congeniality, placing 2nd.
 * This is unlikely to be broken due to the current rules of Miss Congeniality
 * Nina is the only Miss Congeniality to make it to the finale.
 * This is unlikely to be broken due to the current rules of Miss Congeniality