‘Project Runway’ expands to 90 minutes
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July 29, 2010
‘Project Runway‘ expands to 90 minutes
By Rod Hagwood
SUN SENTINEL
If you like Project Runway, you’re in luck: The fashion franchise starts season eight tonight and will expand from 1 hour to 90 minutes for each episode.
If you like Models of the Runway, you’re out of luck: The spin-off show has been killed after two seasons.
Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn, Michael Kors and Nina Garcia all return and actress Selma Blair will be the first celebrity judge on tonight’s Project Runway debut. Reportedly, other guests will include exuberant Seventh Avenue designer Betsey Johnson and British milliner-superstar Philip Treacy.
Here are the 17 (yes, 17!) contestants who will be on the premiere set at Manhattan’s Lincoln Center:
• A.J. Thouvenot, 26 — Hometown: St. Louis, Mo.; Resides in St. Charles, Mo.
• Andy South, 23 — Hometown: Waipahu, Hawaii; Resides in Honolulu, Hawaii
• April Johnston, 21 — Hometown: Mooresville, N.C.; Resides in Savannah, Ga.
• Casanova, 33 — Hometown: Fajardo, Puerto Rico; Resides in Astoria, N.Y.
• Christopher Collins, 30 — Hometown: Encinitas, Calif.; Resides in San Francisco
• Gretchen Jones, 28 — Hometown: Fairplay, Co.; Resides in Portland, Ore.
• Ivy Higa, 30 — Hometown: Seoul, South Korea/Kaihula-Kona, Hawaii; Resides in New York
• Jason Troisi, 33 — Hometown and residence: Greenwich, Conn.
• Kristin Haskins-Simms, 38 — Hometown and residence: Philadelphia.
• McKell Maddox, 29 — Hometown: Brigham City, Utah; Resides in Layton, Utah
• Michael Costello, 27 — Hometown: Los Angeles; Resides in Palm Desert, Calif.
• Michael Drummond, 31 — Hometown and residence: St. Louis, Mo.
• Mondo Guerra, 32 — Hometown and residence: Denver.
• Nicolas D’Aurizio, 31 — Hometown: Hackensack, N.J.; Resides in New York
• Peach Carr, 50 — Hometown: Winfield, Ill.; Resides in Lake Forest, Ill.
• Sarah Trost, 27 — Hometown: Frazier Park, Calif.; Resides in Toluca Lake, Calif.
• Valerie Mayen, 28 — Hometown: Corpus Christi, Texas; Resides in Cleveland.
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