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By Joseph Javier
Before gracing the cover of Sports
Illustrated’s swimsuit issue and sporting lingerie for
Victoria’s Secret, Heidi Klum was an undiscovered stunner from the
small West German city of Bergisch Gladbach.
While still in high school, Klum won a modeling
competition that launched her career in Europe. In the ’90s, she
went on to conquer the American market, but wasn’t content on
banking on her looks. She launched her own fragrance, jewelry and
clothing lines and of course her hit reality fashion television
show—Project Runway.
Now no longer just a supermodel, this certified
mega media mogul is back with an exciting fourth season of Project
Runway as host, judge and producer of the Emmy-nominated program.
Showing on Discovery Travel & Living channel, Project Runway
introduces 15 new fashion hopefuls eager to show off their style
skills and designing prowess.
Selected from thousands of hopefuls, the
designers will again compete for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
to be one of the three to showcase their talent in Bryant Park at
New York’s Fashion Week and win a grand prize package including a
2008 Saturn Astra and $100,000 in seed money from TRESemmé to help
launch his or her own line. The winner’s designs will be also
featured in a spread in Elle Magazine, and will have the opportunity
to sell a fashion line on Bluefly.com.
The Project Runway season four designers are:
Carmen Webber, Chris March, Christian Siriano, Elisa Jimenez, Jack
MacKennoth, Jillian Lewis, Kevin Christiana, Christina Scarbo,
Marion Lee, Rami Kashou, Ricky Lizalde, Simone LeBlanc, Steven
Rosengard, Kathleen Vaughn, and Victorya Hung.
Televiewers with a passion for fashion can
follow the weekly design competition every Thursday beginning
February 21 from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. with encores replayed every
Sunday at 1 p.m. Heidi Klum will once again be joined by a
panel of industry luminaries, including top women’s and men’s
wear designer Michael Kors and Elle Magazine fashion director Nina
Garcia, to decide who is “in” and who is “out”. Tim Gunn,
chief creative office at Liz Claiborne Inc., acts as a mentor to the
contestants as they navigate weekly fashion challenges and “make
it work”. In what will prove to be the most exciting season yet,
some of the biggest names in fashion, sports and design, will guest
star this season.
Lauded as an inspiration to many aspiring
designers with her honest style advice and charitable personality,
it also turns out that Klum’s helpfulness is also extended to
other celebs. The 34-year-old supermodel says that she and her
family would welcome ailing pop princess, Britney Spears, with open
arms as the troubled singer seeks to reassemble her life. Now
isn’t that nice?!
In a German radio interview, Klum said,
“Spears can call me and come live in our house with us for a
couple of months. I would help set her straight. I am sorry
when a young person gets thrown so off track. She has, of course,
lived an extremely wild life,”
Klum’s life has not been a cake walk either
and she is used to the pressure. Heidi was previously married
to Ric Pipino and had a daughter with Italian entrepreneur Flavio
Briatore. Now, she has since married pop star Seal, with whom
she has two children. Despite her rocky past, the
Project Runway star is now content with her success.
“I have never been as happy as I am today,”
says Klum. “I have found the man of my life, and we have three
great kids. They are all so different and fantastic that it really
can’t get better than this.”
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