Project Runway, a hit television series for Bravo has officially begun its eighth season. This year though, the show will be aired on the Lifetime network.The show puts contestants against one another as they look to accomplish various design challenges while working in the fashion & beauty industry.We have details on the new contestants thanks to an article published earlier today by ledger-enquirer.com:A.J. Thouvenot, 26: He's a designer for TrashBiscuit, an independent fashion label that operates out of St. Louis, Mo. He's worked as a salesperson at American Apparel and Aldo Shoes.Andy South, 23: He's a freelance designer and personal assistant to another designer. He hails from Hawaii.April Johnston, 21: She hails from Savannah, Ga., and just graduated from college. Her prom dress was the first garment she ever made.Casanova, 33: He's a fashion designer from New York who would like to design a red carpet look for "Sex and the City" star Kim Cattrall.Christopher Collins, 30: He's a fashion designer from San Francisco who learned sewing skills from his mom.Gretchen Jones, 28: She's the designer and director of Oregon-based MothLove, which focuses on clothing collections with "earthy pieces."Ivy Higa, 30: She hails from Hawaii and New York and is a fashion designer for Ivy h. She says she's too much of a perfectionist.Jason Troisi, 33: He's a landscape designer from Greenwich, Conn. He says his ADD is both a strength and weakness in his design career.Kristin Haskins Simms, 39: She hails from Philadelphia and is an apparel designer, freelance graphic designer and adjunct professor in graphic design.McKell Maddox, 29: She's a fashion designer from Utah who realized she had designer potential in college. She cites favorite designers like Coco Chanel and Jean Paul Gaultier.Michael Costello, 27: He's a fashion designer from Palm Springs, Calif. He cites favorite designers like Elie Saab, Tom Ford, Valentino, Donatella Versace and Basil Soda.Michael Drummond, 31: He's a knitwear designer/freelance stylist from St. Louis, Mo. He's previously worked as a baker, costume designer and clothing salesperson.Mondo Guerra, 32: He hails from Denver and works as a freelance designer. He's held jobs as a piano teacher and teacher's aide, in addition to retail and fashion design work.Nicholas D'Aurizio, 32: He's a handbag designer from New York who studied architecture in college.Peach Carr, 50: She's a freelance designer from Lake Forest, Ill. She's self-taught in design and describes her past awards as "a bunch of blue ribbons at the county fair."Sarah Trost, 27: She's a costume designer from Toluca Lake, Calif. She says she tends to go a little overboard in detail and fabric choice.Valerie Mayen, 29: She's a fashion designer, educator and illustrator from Cleveland. She's previously held jobs like tabletop opera singer and NASA Space Lab test subject.- -About Project RunwayProject Runway is an American reality television series on Lifetime Television, previously on the Bravo network, which focuses on fashion design and is hosted by model Heidi Klum. The contestants compete with each other to create the best clothes and are usually restricted in time, materials, and theme. Their designs are judged and one or more designers are eliminated each week.
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