‘Project Runway’ alums: Where are they now?
Austin Scarlett
Fans fell in love with Scarlett for his elegant designs, fabulous personality and cotton-candy nimbus of blond hair. After Project Runway, Scarlett produced couture collections under his name and appeared as a fashion designer and commentator on MTV, E!, Discovery Channel and Logo networks and NBCs Today show, and has been published in the New York Daily News, Life & Style, Elle, US Weekly and iVillage. In January 2006, New York design house Amsale announced that he had joined the company as creative director of the Kenneth Pool label.
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Jeffrey Sebelia
The seasons winner-villain-friend of Santino encountered some well-publicized money troubles after winning the competition he reported, with chagrin, that his first deal after the show was designing costumes for the Bratz movie. Since then, he debuted a contemporary line, Good Vig, which has been featured in Womens Wear Daily.
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Laura Bennett
The mean mommy on Project Runway, best known for her elegant designs and her accusation that Sebelia cheated during Fashion Week, Bennett has returned part time to her architect roots, working at the design firm Shelton, Mindel & Associates with her husband. In February 2008, Bennett debuted her LBD collection on QVC. She now writes about fashion and parenting for the blog the Beast, where her snappy, dry wit is put to good use. She currently lives in New York with her husband and six children.
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Korto Momolu
Though she came in second to Leanne Marshall, Momolu pulled down fan favorite for the fifth season of the show thanks to her down-to-earth personality. According to an interview she did with the website Ladybrille in 2008, she planned to take the money she won for the honor and travel to Liberia (her home country), where she had been invited to design a gown for the countrys president to wear to a womens conference.
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• They’ve got the ‘Project Runway’ blues: fans find ways to cope until Season 6
• ‘Project Runway’ alums: Where are they now?
• Photos: Miss ‘Project Runway’? Try these shows on for size
• Review: A ‘Project Runway’ fan defends it to reality TV critics
• Documentary zooms in on Jay McCarroll, ‘Project Runway’s’ first winner
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