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Season of television series

Project Runway
Flavour three
Heidi Klum and the Project Rails Season 3 Contestants

No. of tasks	13
No. of contestants	xv
Winner	Jeffrey Sebelia

Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	15
Release
Original network	Bravo
Original release	July 12 (2006-07-12) – October 18, 2006 (2006-10-eighteen)
Season chronology
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Project Runway Season three was the 3rd season of Projection Runway, Bravo's successful reality contest for fashion designers. The third flavor of the show, with Heidi Klum returning every bit the host and Tim Gunn as the designers' guide, began airing on July 12, 2006. This broke tradition from the previous two seasons, which premiered in Dec, with the finales taking place at Olympus Way Calendar week in Feb.

Season 3 brought in a new set of sponsors, notably Macy's replacing Banana Democracy. NBC re-aired the kickoff ii episodes of Project Runway iii 5 days after their original Bravo airings. The third season also introduced live viewer poll questions. During the second one-half-hour of the first airing of each episode, Bravo posed a question to viewers pertaining to the current episode. Viewers could respond through the BravoTV.com website or through cell telephone text bulletin.

The winner, Jeffrey Sebelia, received a spread in Elle magazine, a mentorship with INC (Inter-National Concepts) Design, a year of representation by Designers Management Agency, a 2007 Saturn Heaven Roadster, and $100,000 to start a clothing line (furnished by TRESemmé haircare).

In 2012, Kayne Gillaspie and Uli Herzner later competed in the second season of the All Stars edition with Kayne placing 9th, and Uli placing 3rd. In 2013, Mychael Knight and Jeffrey Sebelia competed in the third season of the All Stars edition, with Mychael placing 8th and Jeffrey placing 7th.

Contestants [edit]

Designers [edit]

Proper name	Age	Residence	Occupation	Place Finished
Stacey Estrella	40	San Francisco, CA	Fashion Designer	15th
Malan Breton	32	Long Island City, NY	Way Designer	14th
Katherine Gerdes	23	Minneapolis, MN	Textiles Designer, Target	13th
Keith Michael	34	New York, NY	Menswear Designer	12th (Disqualified)
Bonnie Dominguez	31	San Diego, CA	Activewear Designer	11th
Bradley Baumkirchner	32	Los Angeles	Fashion Designer	10th
Alison Kelly	25	Brooklyn, NY	Manner Designer	9th
Robert Best	36	Due west Hollywood, CA	Way Designer, Mattel	eighth
Angela Keslar	33	Amesville, OH	Freelance Fashion Designer	7th
Vincent Libretti	49	Santa Monica, CA	Style Designer	6th
Kayne Gillaspie	27	Norman, OK	Bazaar Possessor	fifth
Mychael Knight †	28	Atlanta, GA	Fashion Designer	4th
Laura Bennett	42	New York, NY	Architect	3rd
Uli Herzner	35	Miami Embankment, FL	Manner Designer	Runner-up
Jeffrey Sebelia	36	Los Angeles	Design Managing director, Cosa Nostra, old guitarist of the ring Lifter	Winner

(ages listed are the designers' ages at the fourth dimension the show was taped in the leap of 2006.)

Models [edit]

Camilla Barungi modeling for Grey Ant, September 2006

The xv models competing for an Elle spread in the third flavor were:

Model	Place Finished
Candace Pritchard	15th
Moon Yung	14th
Toni Heath	13th
Katia Biassou	12th
Katie Champion	11th
Danielle Schriffen	10th
Alexandra Donhoeffner	9th
Jia Santos	8th (Quit)
Javi Hairston	7th
Amanda Fields	6th
Lindsay Bien Aime	5th
Clarissa Anderson	4th
Camilla Barungi	3rd
Nazri Segaro	Runner-up
Marilinda Rivera	Winner

Challenges [edit]

Designer Elimination Chart
Designers	1	2	3	four¹	5	6	7	8	9	10^two	11³	14	Eliminated Episode
Jeffrey	LOW	IN	IN	Loftier	IN	HIGH	LOW	WIN	WIN	LOW	LOW	WINNER	14 - Finale, Part 2
Uli	IN	Loftier	WIN	Depression	IN	IN	High	Low	High	LOW	WIN	RUNNER-Upwards
Laura	Loftier	IN	IN	High	IN	HIGH	Depression	HIGH	LOW	WIN	LOW	3RD Identify
Michael	IN	IN	IN	HIGH	WIN	WIN	High	HIGH	LOW	HIGH	Depression	4th Identify
Kayne	IN	WIN	IN	LOW	HIGH	Low	LOW	LOW	LOW	OUT			10 - Black and White
Vincent	LOW	LOW	IN	Low	Depression	Low	WIN	LOW	OUT	OUT			9 - Couture du Jour / 10 - Black and White
Angela	IN	Depression	LOW	WIN	Loftier	IN	LOW	OUT		OUT			eight - High Flying Fashion / 10 - Blackness and White
Robert	HIGH	HIGH	IN	LOW	LOW	IN	OUT						vii - Everyday Woman
Alison	IN	IN	Loftier	High	IN	OUT							6 - Waste material Not, Want Non
Bradley	IN	IN	High	LOW	OUT								5 - Iconic Statement
Bonnie	IN	High	IN	OUT									4 - Reap What Yous Stitch
Keith	WIN	IN	LOW ⁴	DQ ¹									4 - Reap What Yous Stitch
Katherine	IN	LOW	OUT										3 - Designer'due south Best Friend
Malan	IN	OUT											2 - Fit for a Queen
Stacey	OUT												1 - Wall to Wall Style

The designer won the challenge.

The designer came in second for that challenge, but did not win.

The designer had one of the highest scores for that challenge, just did non win.

The designer had one of the lowest scores for that challenge, but was not eliminated.

The designer was in the bottom two, simply was not eliminated.

The designer lost and was out of the competition.

The designer was disqualified from the competition.

The designer returned to competition and was eliminated for a second time the same episode.

The designer won Project Runway Season 3.

^Notation 1 : Keith was disqualified due to having fashion pattern books and leaving product for several hours to gain access with the net.
^Note 2 : Designers previously eliminated who won a challenge were brought back to compete in this challenge.
^Annotation 3 : No contestants were eliminated, and all went on to compete at Fashion Calendar week.
^Note 4 : Heidi noted that Keith could have won the challenge if he met the full criteria (if he made a garment for his domestic dog), but equally he didn't, he received i of the lowest scores.

Model competition [edit]

Model Elimination Nautical chart
Model	1	2	3	four	5	6	vii	eight	9	x	11	Finale
Marilinda	SE	BD	BD	BD	JS	JS	JS	JS	JS	JS	JS	WINNER
Nazri	KM	KM	KM	UH	MK	MK	MK	MK	MK	MK	UH	OUT
Camilla	BB	AN	AN	KM	LB	LB	LB	LB	LB	LB	LB	OUT
Clarissa	AN	BB	BB	AN	AN	AN	AN	AN	-	AN	MK	OUT
Lindsay	VL	UH	UH	BB	UH	UH	UH	UH	UH	UH	OUT
Amanda	AL	KG	KG	KY	KY	KY	KY	KY	KY	KY	OUT
Javi	JS	JS	JS	JS	OUT					VL	OUT
Jia	KY	VL	VL	VL	VL	VL	VL	VL	VL	WD
Alexandra	MK	MK	MK	AL	AL	AL	-	OUT
Danielle	RB	RB	RB	RB	RB	RB	RB	OUT
Katie	LB	LB	LB	LB	BB	OUT
Katia	UH	KY	KY	MK	OUT
Toni	BD	AL	AL	OUT
Moon	MB	MB	OUT
Candace	KG	OUT

The model won Project Runway Season 3.

The model wore the winning blueprint that claiming.

The model wore the losing design that challenge.

The model was eliminated.

The model was eliminated, simply was brought back.

The model withdrew from the contest.

Designer fable

Alison Kelly: AL
Angela Keslar: AN
Bonnie Dominguez: BD
Bradley Baumkirchner: BB
Jeffrey Sebelia: JS
Katherine Gerdes: KG
Kayne Gillaspie: KY
Keith Michael: KM
Laura Bennett: LB
Malan Breton: MB
Michael Knight: MK
Robert Best: RB
Stacey Estrella: SE
Uli Herzner: UH
Vincent Libretti: VL

Model selection process:

Episode 1: Models were randomly assigned to designers.
Episodes 2 and iv: Designers chose their models, with the winner of the previous challenge choosing first and the other designers choosing in random order.
Episode 3 and six: The winner of the previous claiming was allowed to alter his model. All other designers kept their previous model.
Episode v: Models were chosen in random lodge and picked their designers. Two models were eliminated in this episode to lucifer the elimination of one designer and the disqualification of some other in the previous episode.
Episode 7: Models are the designers' mothers and sisters; designers could not choose their own family fellow member.
Episode 8: Designers chose their models, with the winner of the previous challenge choosing first and the other designers choosing in random order. 2 models were eliminated considering no models were used in the previous episode.
Episode 9: New models were randomly assigned in Paris.
Episode 10: Vincent and Angela were brought back, as were their models. Vincent's model Jia was involved in a bicycle accident and was not able to walk down the rails. Javi, a previously eliminated model, took her identify. Jia was out for the rest of the contest while she recovered. All other designers used their models chosen in Episode 8.
Episode 11: Designers chose their models from the remaining 7, with the winner of the previous challenge choosing outset and the other designers choosing in random lodge. Because three designers were eliminated in the previous challenge, 3 models were eliminated for this challenge.
Finale: Two previously eliminated models, Amanda and Alexandra, were used in ii of the final designers' collections. Amanda was used in Uli's final collection, and Alexandra was used in Michael'south final collection.

Episodes [edit]

Episode 0: Route to Runway Season 3 [edit]

Tim Gunn and a panel of fashion professionals, which include previous Project Runway designers, interview thousands of possible contestants for the 3rd flavor of Project Runway. Previous winners and contestants are profiled since the airing of previous seasons.

One hr casting special before the Season iii premiere.
First aired July 20, 2006

Simone LeBlanc; Steven Rosengard and Jillian Lewis (from Flavor 4); Daniel Feld (from Flavor 5); and Gordana Gehlhausen (from Flavor half-dozen) were semi-finalists for Season three.

In the beginning of this episode, Gehlhausen can be seen briefly during the Los Angeles casting call, saying "literally if yous give me a sheep, I'll give you a sweater".

Season 7 winner Seth Aaron Henderson, even though not a semi-finalist for the tertiary season, tin be seen while Tim critiques his designs as "student work".

Episode ane: Wall to Wall Fashion [edit]

The designers go far in New York and are asked to create an outfit in just two days using only materials institute in their apartments. All items plant in the apartment must fit into a large handbag and the designer who touches the object first gets it. This challenge requires the designers to create garments that innovate and best reflect who they are as a fashion designer. All of the designers are randomly assigned models. The winner has immunity for the side by side claiming and cannot be eliminated.

Judges: Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors, and way designer Kate Spade.
WINNER: Keith
OUT: Stacey
First aired July 12, 2006

Episode two: Fit for a Queen [edit]

The remaining designers are asked to create a formal evening gown for guest gauge and 2006 Miss U.s. Tara Conner in but two days and $300. The winning wearing apparel will exist worn in competition by Tara in the Miss Universe 2006 pageant. This claiming requires the designers to be placed in teams of two with Tara Conner choosing 7 team leaders. All of the designers are immune to swap models. The winner has immunity for the next challenge and cannot be eliminated.

Team Leader	Other Squad Member
Uli	Bonnie
Jeffrey	Alison
Kayne	Robert
Laura	Michael
Vincent	Angela
Malan	Katherine
Keith	Bradley

Judges: Heidi Klum; Nina Garcia; Vera Wang; and Tara Conner, Miss USA 2006.
WINNER: Kayne (teamed with Robert All-time)
OUT: Malan (teamed with Katherine Gerdes)
Kickoff aired July 19, 2006

Episode iii: Designer's Best Friend [edit]

The remaining designers are asked to create an outfit and story for a dog and its owner in but ii days and The states$150. The winner has amnesty for the next challenge and cannot be eliminated.

Judges: Heidi Klum; Nina Garcia; Vera Wang; and Ivanka Trump, VP Real Manor Development at Trump Organisation.
WINNER: Uli
OUT: Katherine
Get-go aired July 26, 2006

Episode 4: Reap What You Run up [edit]

The remaining designers are asked to create a three-slice outfit for Macy'southward in-house INC make in just two days and Usa$100. All designers are allowed to bandy models. Iv designers are chosen by guest judge Mehmet Tangoren as team leaders, must work in teams of 3, and can choose whatever model in their team. The winning design will be manufactured, produced, and sold at Macy'south largest stores nationwide. The winner does non have amnesty for this challenge.

Squad Leader	Squad Members
Angela	Laura, Michael
Keith	Jeffrey, Alison
Robert	Kayne, Vincent
Bonnie	Uli, Bradley

Judges: Heidi Klum; Nina Garcia; Vera Wang; and Mehmet Tangoren, VP of Contemporary Sportswear at Macy's.
WINNER: Angela (teamed with Laura Bennett and Michael Knight)
OUT: Bonnie (teamed with Bradley Baumkirchner and Uli Herzner)
Disqualified: Keith
First aired August two, 2006

Designer disqualification [edit]

Keith Michael Rizza was establish to have guides that could potentially be used as exterior resources in a closed contest. These guides included way "how-to" books including basic design making textbooks equally well as manner history books. Keith claimed that although he did have the books in his possession, he never actually used them. Additionally, Keith left production unattended for several hours during promotional filming after a quarrel with the other designers. Keith left to get to his boyfriend's apartment to ship an eastward-mail service to Bravo's producer. However, this is also a means for disqualification considering he used the net. Any contact outside the contest is prohibited unless monitored by Bravo production. Whatever outside documents or materials related to fashion or style design are prohibited during competition. Once these claims were brought to the producers' attention, it was decided Keith knowingly broke the rules stated in a signed contract and was asked to leave the show. Keith Michael is the beginning Projection Track contestant to be disqualified from the series. After his disqualification, Jeffrey Sebelia and Alison Kelly were the only team who lost their leader in this challenge.

Episode 5: Iconic Statement [edit]

The remaining designers are asked to modernize a wait for a "mode icon" in just ii days and US$150. The winner of this challenge volition feature their look and model in a impress advertisement for TRESemmé in Elle magazine. This challenge allowed remaining models to be randomly selected to choose a designer they wanted to work with. Models then chose a portrait that indicated the icon they wanted the designer to modernize. The fashion icons were: Cher, Farrah Fawcett, Pam Grier, Audrey Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn, Madonna, Marilyn Monroe, Jackie Onassis, Diana Ross, and Twiggy. The winner does not have immunity for this challenge.

Designer	Fashion Icon
Bradley	Cher
Alison	Farrah Fawcett
Michael	Pam Grier
Angela	Audrey Hepburn
Laura	Katharine Hepburn
Jeffrey	Madonna
Kayne	Marilyn Monroe
Robert	Jackie Onassis
Uli	Diana Ross
Vincent	Twiggy

Judges: Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors; and manner designer Diane von Fürstenberg.
WINNER: Michael (icon: Pam Grier)
OUT: Bradley (icon: Cher)
First aired August 9, 2006

Episode 6: Waste product Not, Want Not [edit]

The remaining designers are asked to create an outfit in but one day using only materials found at the Waste product Management Recycle America Middle in Port Newark, New Jersey and Usa$25 for materials establish at an art supplies store. This claiming requires the designers to create garments that introduce and are judged accordingly. The winner has immunity for this challenge.

Judges: Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors, and celebrity mode stylist Rachel Zoe.
WINNER: Michael
OUT: Alison
First aired August 16, 2006
Michael is the third person to win two challenges in a row behind Daniel Five. from season 2, and Kara from season one.

Episode 7: Everyday Woman [edit]

The remaining designers are asked to create an outfit for an "everyday woman" with just one day and United states$150. The remaining designers' mothers and sisters are used every bit the clients and models for this challenge. Each designer cannot pick their ain mother or sister. The winner does not have immunity for this challenge. Well-nigh of the episode revolved around Jeffrey and his client, Anglea's mother, and the bug that ensued between the two. Jeffrey thought that she was trying to sabotage him, and he also opted to go in a different direction than she asked for after criticizing her taste.

Judges: Heidi Klum; Nina Garcia; Michael Kors; and Joan Kors, Michael Kors' mother.
WINNER: Vincent
OUT: Robert
Commencement aired August 23, 2006

Episode 8: High Flying Manner [edit]

The remaining designers are asked to create and model an "international jet-ready" outfit for themselves in merely ane day and US$75. This challenge requires the designers to create garments that travel well and are tested for wearability as the designers are flown to Paris. There were two track presentations; one in Paris for Catherine Malandrino judging wearability, and the New York panel. The winner has immunity for this claiming. Angela is the only contestant in all flavour who was not eliminated by Heidi, but by a invitee approximate.

Judges: Heidi Klum; Nina Garcia; Michael Kors; Francisco Costa, creative director for Calvin Klein women's collection; and Catherine Malandrino, style designer.
WINNER: Jeffrey
OUT: Angela
Get-go aired August thirty, 2006

Episode ix: Couture du Jour [edit]

The remaining designers are asked to create an evening gown in just 2 days and €300 (Usa$375) employing Haute couture techniques. Designers workroom is held at Parsons Paris. At that place were 2 track presentations: ane for invitee estimate Catherine Malandrino with Parisian models, and the New York panel. The winner does not have immunity for this claiming.

Judges: Heidi Klum; Nina Garcia; Michael Kors; fashion designers Catherine Malandrino and Richard Tyler.
WINNER: Jeffrey
OUT: Vincent
First aired September 6, 2006

Episode 10: Black and White [edit]

The designers are asked to create a cocktail dress using only black and white fabrics with only ane mean solar day and US$100. An additional challenge requires designers to contain all of the material purchased into the outfit. Previously eliminated designers who take won at to the lowest degree one previous challenge are allowed dorsum into the competition and are able to stay simply if they win this challenge. Previously eliminated designers Angela Keslar and Vincent Libretti are invited dorsum to compete. At that place was some controversy, especially towards Angela, who had won when teamed with two designers who were still in. Keith won the first challenge, so if non for existence disqualified, he could have been eliminated and still played this challenge. 3 designers are eliminated. Had one of the two previously eliminated contestants won the challenge, they would have stayed, and two designers who had not previously been eliminated would have left, along with the other who had left. Even so, while neither Angela nor Vincent had the worst garment, neither won. The winner does non have immunity for this challenge.

Judges: Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors, and way designer Zac Posen.
WINNER: Laura
OUT: Angela, Vincent and Kayne
First aired September 13, 2006

Episode xi: What the ELLE? [edit]

The remaining designers are asked to create an outfit that expresses "their specific point of view as a designer" in just two days and Usa$250. The winner of this challenge has his or her wait and model featured in U.s. Elle magazine's "First Expect" page photographed by Gilles Bensimon. All of the designers are allowed to bandy models. The designers must create a photo-shoot with their models and find three words that best expresses who they are as designers. The designers are given a one-sheet for their three words and photograph to be judged. The chosen designers will show a 12 slice collection during Olympus Spring Fashion Week. This is the terminal claiming and there is no immunity for this challenge.

Judges: Heidi Klum; Nina Garcia; Michael Kors; and Teri Agins, lead style author for The Wall Street Journal.
WINNER: Uli
OUT: None: All iv designers advanced to Olympus Fashion Week.
First aired September 27, 2006

Episode 12: Reunion [edit]

All of the Season 3 designers gathered for a reunion hosted by Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum on the eve of New York Mode Week, at which the last four designers volition display their collections. When confronted most his emptying, Keith insisted not just that the books in question were planted in his room afterward he had relinquished them to the producers, but that he was absent from the product with permission, thus suggesting he was sabotaged, a charge Tim Gunn dismissed as unlikely. Finalist Michael Knight won $ten,000 in the "Bravotv.com Fan Favorite" contest.
Judges: North/A
WINNER/OUT: Northward/A
Offset aired Oct 4, 2006

Episode 13: Finale - Part 1 [edit]

The remaining designers are asked to create a 12-piece style collection featured at the Bryant Park tents for Spring 2006 Olympus New York Mode Week with simply two months and $eight,000. Tim Gunn travels to visit each of the remaining designers' respective studios to critique each designer's progress. The designers then render to New York with a week remaining to finish their collections in a workroom provided by show sponsor Macy's.

Judges: N/A
WINNER/OUT: N/A
Commencement aired Oct 11, 2006

Episode 14: Finale - Part 2 [edit]

The remaining designers terminate their collections and all of the designers show and are judged in the Bryant Park tents for Spring New York Olympus Fashion Week with no decoy collection. Collections were judged based on execution, innovation, and originality. The winning designer received an editorial spread in Elle magazine, a mentorship with Macy's in-house INC (International Concepts) Design studio, a year of representation by Designers Management Agency (DMA), a 2007 Saturn Heaven Roadster, and $100,000 stipend to start a clothing line. The winning model is featured and photographed in a style spread for US Elle magazine.

Judges: Heidi Klum; Nina Garcia; Michael Kors; and Fern Mallis, founder of New York Way Week.
WINNER of Project Runway Season 3: Jeffrey Sebelia.
OUT: Michael (tertiary runner-up), Laura (second runner-upward), Uli (1st runner-up)
Winner of PR3 model competition: Marilinda Rivera.
Start aired October xviii, 2006

References [edit]

External links [edit]

Project Runway official web site
Robert All-time at Angelicdreamz.com
Malan Breton official site
Bonnie Dominguez official site
Katherine Gerdes official site
Ulrike "Uli" Herzner official site
Kayne Gillaspie official site