While Bravo gets all excited about the second season “The Rachel Zoe Project,” Lifetime is claiming that your summer will sizzle with the premiere of Project Runway.
The show airs for the first time on Lifetime on Thursday, August 20, at 10PM ET/PT, followed by the all-new companion series, Models of the Runway at 11PM ET/PT.
Host Heidi Klum, mentor Tim Gunn and judges Michael Kors (leading fashion designer) and Nina Garcia (fashion director of Marie Claire magazine), will guide sixteen new contestants as they show off their design skills to see who makes the cut for New York Fashion Week.
Project Runway also features influential guest judges from the worlds of fashion, music, film and television.
The full list of contestants, including a Russian, Yugoslavian and a designer from The Republic of Georgia.
- Althea Harper, 24 – Hometown: Dayton, OH; Resides in Brooklyn, NY
- Ari Fish, 26 – Hometown/Resides in Kansas City, MO
- Carol Hannah Whitfield, 24 – Hometown: Anderson, SC; Resides in Brooklyn, NY
- Christopher Straub, 30 – Hometown: St. Louis Park, MN; Resides in Shakopee, MN
- Epperson, 50 – Hometown/Resides in New York, NY
- Gordana Gehlhausen, 45 – Hometown: Yugoslavia; Resides in San Diego, CA
- Irina Shabayeva, 27 – Hometown: The Republic of Georgia; Resides in New York, NY
- Johnny Sakalis, 30 – Hometown: Long Beach, CA; Resides in Los Angeles, CA
- Logan Neitzel, 26 – Hometown: Blackfoot, ID; Resides in Seattle, WA
- Louise Black, 32 – Hometown: Temple, TX; Resides in Dallas, TX
- Malvin Vien, 24 – Hometown: Englewood, CO; Resides in Brooklyn, NY
- Mitchell Hall, 26 – Hometown: Melbourne, FL; Resides in Savannah, GA
- Nicolas Putvinski, 27 – Hometown: Moscow, Russia; Resides in New York, NY
- Ra’mon-Lawrence Coleman, 31 – Hometown: Chicago, IL; Resides in Milwaukee, WI
- Shirin Askari, 24 – Hometown: Tulsa, OK; Resides in Garland, TX
- Qristyl Frazier, 42 – Hometown: St. Louis, MO; Resides in Brooklyn, NY
Can’t wait for The Rachel Zoe Project or Project Runway, my two favorite shows.