Lifetime has revealed the identities of the models who will appear in Project Runway's sixth season and the show's new Models of the Runway companion series.
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In addition to getting to model the winning designer's clothing in their Marie Claire magazine photo spread, the model who finished the competition paired with Project Runway's sixth-season winner also won a $25,000 cash prize.
Lifetime began developing Models of the Runway in April 2008 -- two weeks after the network and The Weinstein Company first announced their five-year, 10-season deal to bring Project Runway to Lifetime from Bravo beginning with the reality series' sixth season.
However due to the legal limbo Project Runway found itself in after Bravo's NBC Universal parent company sued The Weinstein Company, Models of the Runway was also delayed until the two parties and Lifetime resolved the legal dispute surrounding Project Runway's rights this past April.
The 16 models featured in Project Runway's sixth season and competing on Models of the Runway's first season are:
- Celine Chua, who is originally from Singapore and currently resides in New York, NY
- Ebony Jointer, who is originally from Bellflower, CA and currently resides in Hacienda Heights, CA
- Emarie Wiltz, who is originally from New Orleans, LA and currently resides in New York, NY
- Erica Milde, who is originally from Chicago, IL and currently resides in Milwaukee, WI
- Erika Macke, who is currently from Redondo Beach, CA and currently resides in Beverly Hills, CA
- Fatma Dabo, who is originally from The Gambia and currently resides in Los Angeles, CA
- Kayln Hemphill, who is originally from Lake Jackson, TX and currently resides in New York, NY
- Katie Stickse, who is originally from Cleveland, OH and currently resides in Los Angeles, CA
- Kojii Jenni Burke, who is originally from Ireland and currently resides in Los Angeles, CA
- Lisa Blades, who is originally from Owensboro, KY and currently resides in Los Angeles, CA
- Matar Cohen, who is originally from Israel and currently resides in New York, NY
- Tanisha Harper, who is originally from Japan and currently resides in Los Angeles, CA
- Tara Egan, who is originally from Elmhurst, IL and currently resides in Chicago, IL
- Valerie Roy, who is from New York, NY
- Vanessa Fitzgerald, who is originally from New York, NY and currently resides in Los Angeles, CA/ New York, NY
- Yosuzi Sylvester, who is originally from Venezuela and currently resides in Los Angeles, CA
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