Project Runway Season 9 Cast: Revealed!
Project Runway is returning to Lifetime, and to TV Fanatic!
We'll start covering the Heidi Klum-hosted competition when it comes back for season nine on July 28. Earlier today, the network released the first cast photo and a brief description of each of the 20 contestants. Get to know them below:
- Amanda Perna, 25. Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Resides in: New York City
- Anthony Ryan Auld, 28. Hometown: Linden, Texas; Resides in: Baton Rouge, LA
- Anya Ayoung-Chee, 29. Hometown/resides: Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
- Becky Ross, 38. Hometown: Calumet, Mich.; Resides in: Portland, Oregon
- Bert Keeter, 57. Hometown: Washington, D.C.; Resides in: Los Angeles
- Bryce Black, 26. Hometown: Twin Falls, Idaho; Resides in: Portland, Oregon
- Cecilia Motwani, 34. Hometown: Cordoba, Argentina; Resides in: Woodside, NY
- Danielle Everine, 26 Hometown/resides: Minneapolis
- David Chum, 29. Hometown: Merong, Battaan, Philippines; Resides in: Boston
- Fallene Wells, 29. Hometown: Las Vegas; Resides in: Denver
- Gunnar Deatherage, 21. Hometown: La Grange, Ky.; Resides in: Louisville, KY
- Joshua McKinley, 25. Hometown: Cleveland; Resides in: New York City
- Joshua Christensen, 29. Hometown: Snohomish, Wash.; Resides in: Los Angeles
- Julie Tierney, 35. Hometown: Baton Rouge, La.; Resides in: Grand Junction, CO
- Kimberly Goldson, 35. Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y.; Resides in: White Plains, MD
- Laura Kathleen , 26. Hometown/resides: St. Louis
- Olivier Green, 22. Hometown: International; Resides in: New York City
- Rafael Cox, 27. Hometown: Alamogordo, N.M.; Resides in: Atlanta
- Serena da Conceicao, 31. Hometown: Kingston, N.Y.; Resides in: Brooklyn, NY
- Viktor Luna, 30 Hometown: Guadalajara, Mexico; Resides in: New York City
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July 14th, 2011 3:25 PM
I love Bert Keeter! Saw his interview dresses...he's all about elegance. He's chic...and you don't hear that word in fashion so much anymore. Fashion has become more and more about the label on the outside, not the quality or the cut of the fabric. Here's to Bert bringing them back!!!!!!
July 13th, 2011 8:37 PM
Go Anya!! Way to represent the Caribbean!!!
July 13th, 2011 7:47 PM
I will be supporting Anya Ayoung-Chee,from Trinidad and Tobago...
she is an awesome designer!!!!