Project Runway Season 7: Meet the Models

Work it, girls! Do your thing.

Alexis Broker
Hometown: Denver, CO
Height: 5'9"
First Modeling Job: A shoot for German Vogue by Walter Chin. I was 17.
Favorite Supermodel: It's a tie between Cindy Crawford and Heidi Klum.
Favorite Catwalk Song: Poker Face, by Lady Gaga




Alison Gingerich
Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
Height: 5'10"
First Modeling Job: Age 14. My agent back in Ohio got me my first gig.
Favorite Supermodel: Lauren Hutton, because she made the way for us!
Favorite Catwalk Song: Hot Damn, by The Harlequins, a Cincinnati band




Brandise Danesewich
Hometown: Saskatchewan, Canada
Height: 5'10"
First Modeling Job: Mitsukoshi department store in Japan, when I was 13.
Favorite Supermodel: My cat, Chairman Meow Jr. Helena Christensen's not too shabby, either.
Favorite Catwalk Song: Nervous Breakdown, by Black Flag




Brittany Oldehoff
Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Height: 5'11"
First Modeling Job: I did my first test shoot when I was 10.
Favorite Supermodel: Heidi Klum and Tyra Banks
Favorite Catwalk Song: Womanizer, by Britney




Cerri McQuillan
Hometown: Dublin, Ireland
Height: 5'9"
First Modeling Job: When I was 16, for a magazine back in Ireland.
Favorite Supermodel: Kate Moss




Elizaveta Melnitchenko
Hometown: Salzburg, Austria
Height: 5'9"
First Modeling Job: A print ad for Macys.
Favorite Supermodel: Christy Turlington. A class act.
Favorite Catwalk Song: Gimme Shelter, by the Rolling Stones




Holly Ridings
Hometown: Roscoe, IL
Height: 5'11"
First Modeling Job: For Ralph Lauren when I was 15.
Favorite Supermodel: I love the classic supermodels of the '80s!
Favorite Catwalk Song: Love walking to The Doors.




Kasey Ashcraft
Hometown: Salisbury, MD
Height: 5'9"
First Modeling Job: A Daniel Cremieux campaign.
Favorite Supermodel: Christy Turlington. Classic and timeless.
Favorite Catwalk Song: Material Girl, by Madonna




Kelly Gervais
Hometown: Livingston, NJ
Height: 5'9 1/2"
First Modeling Job: Age 14 at the Waldorf Astoria for the designer Manali.
Favorite Supermodel: Liya Kebede. Not only is she gorgeous, but I admire her.
Favorite Catwalk Song: 21st Century Life, by Sam Sparrow




Kristina Sajko
Hometown: Zagreb, Croatia
Height: 5'8 1/2"
First Modeling Job: I don't remember.
Favorite Supermodel: My best friend, Michelle De Swarte.
Favorite Catwalk Song: I don't care; I'm there to do my job.




Lorena Angjeli

Hometown: Albania
Height: 5'10"
First Modeling Job: I have been modeling since 15.
Favorite Supermodel: I think Heidi Klum is a big inspiration to all young models.
Favorite Catwalk Song: Paris by Friendly Fires ft. Au Revoir Simone (Aeroplane Remix)

Megan Davis
Hometown: Des Moines, IA
Height: 5'11"
First Modeling Job: I just started, and my first gigs were Celeb Life magazine and Tavik swimwear.
Favorite Supermodel: I love Heidi Klum; she's timeless. But my idol is Alessandra Ambrosio.
Favorite Catwalk Song: I Got It From My Mama, by will.i.am




Monique Darton
Hometown: Brainerd, MN
Height: 5'9"
First Modeling Job: At 15, for a prom theme catalogue. I had to do my own hair and makeup.
Favorite Supermodel: I'm very inspired by Tyra Banks. She's also a businesswoman.
Favorite Catwalk Song: I would love to hear 311 or Jimi Hendrix.





Sarah Bell

Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
Height: 5'9 1/2"
First Modeling Job: A runway show for Sebastian/Wella when I was 16.
Favorite Supermodel: Cindy Crawford. She's stunning.
Favorite Catwalk Song: I Know You Want Me, by Pitbull

Sophia Lee
Hometown: Taipei, Taiwan
Height: 5'10"
First Modeling Job: 15 years old, for Teen magazine
Favorite Supermodel: Cindy Crawford. She's got a presence that no other can copy.
Favorite Catwalk Song: Anything upbeat or that flows with the clothes and moment we're in.




Valeria Leonova
Hometown: Tula, Russia
Height: 5'9"
First Modeling Job: I believe I was 18, and it was a beauty story for a London fashion magazine.
Favorite Catwalk Song: Depends on the clothes I'm wearing.

More info, photos, and videos on myLifetime.com.


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MOTR: Episode 3

It's a Fatma fatwa!

Color us disappointed. We wanted to see some major bitchtastic fireworks coming from Fatma's direction this episode. Instead...

Vanessa went into full-on, not-without-my-daughter, Lifetime Television for Women mode.

Just goes to show you can never tell which direction the drama's going to come from when it comes to models. Granted, Fatma DID say she wanted to punch Vanessa in the face, and her defense of that was appropriately hilarious:

"I said it under my breath, it's not something I told her to her face, it's an expression."

Oh! Well then! That's completely understandable.

In other breaking model news, apparently everyone forgot they hated Mitchell:


"You're the most beautiful girl in the world."

"I know. Now I am going to crush your head with my giant model hands for putting me in danger again. Hold still."

And Erika decides a SAG card and an Arby's commercial is better for her career than being compared to a soccer ball by Michael Kors. Go figure.

Heidi goes fishing for some bitchery:
"So, we wish her well, right?"

"You're fucking kidding, right?"

But YAY! Valerie's back. Seriously, from where we're sitting, she's the best of the lot. She's got the poise and the walk of a pro and she's got the kind of bone structure that makes photographers weep. Girl is a star in the making.

Back at Casa de Model, Vanessa's going for her Emmy:

"I feel extremely betrayed by Fatma. I will never be friends or trust that woman EVER again."

"I can't accept your apology. I think it's fake and phony, maybe I need some time to think about it."

"But...but...the producers told me I was supposed to be the crazy bitch on the show."

Models eat. Shyeah.

It's model-pickin' time! Logan, cupping his testicles protectively, picks Kojii.

Fatma debates whether she should merely cry on the runway or take a knife to a model's throat and start a hostage situation.

Erica goes home and the burgeoning lesbian soft core porn she and Matar were providing the producers goes with her, to the producers' eternal regret.

And if those airheaded designers leave Valerie standing on the runway like that again we'll...we'll...we'll write very mean things about them!


UPDATE: Here's Erika's commercial, poodles!


[Screencaps: projectrungay.blogspot.com - Video: YouTube/themiamatrix]


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Models of the Runway - E1 & 2

We have heard your pleas, minions!

Don't get us wrong, we always planned on getting around to the Models of the Runway show. It's just that we've been a mite busy with all the dress-ripping required of us these last two weeks.


Also, much as we enjoy the show, it hasn't so far lent itself to the kind of recapping and ripping that we normally do here.

While it's fun (if you're a PR fanatic) to finally see the models' reactions to the judges' decisions...

And to get a little more background on the relationships between the designers and the models...

So far, there hasn't been a whole lot of "story." Which is fine. We're perfectly happy to view the show as "bonus footage."


It's nice to see Heidi take on a little bit more of a mentor role to these girls and it's clear they all idolize the hell out of her. What young model wouldn't? She's living the dream.

Of course, it's not completely devoid of tension. They've really managed to milk the model-choosing process for all the drama they can find.


In fact, we suspect this is at least part of the reason why the viewership appears to be over-reacting to Mitchell's sins. If the model-choosing process was relegated to the first 5 minutes of Project Runway, like it used to be, there wouldn't be so much focus on who chooses whom and what the particular models think about it.

Because, come on. You never saw the models do this...

Or this, in prior seasons.

Hey, no complaints from us. We LOVE model drama, no matter how contrived it is. Where else would we have learned the delicious term "model jumper?"

With all the model jumping going on, two of the best walkers were sent home in the first two weeks, Yosuzi, who could walk like her ass was on fire, and Valerie here, who was, in our opinion, the most beautiful out of all the models.


And of course, no discussion of model drama would be complete without mentioning Fatma's scary obsession with Logan. We said that we weren't going to make assumptions about Logan's sexuality but now we almost wish he was gay just to see the Fatma's reaction when she finds out.


Because her reaction when she found out she wouldn't be walking for him anymore was PRICELESS.

Those are some scared models.

Should be interesting this week to see how well she works with a designer she clearly hates. We're going to go out on a limb and say that it's not going to be good. Could she be the model that Tim was referring to when he claimed one of them refused to wear an outfit. Stay tuned!

[Screencaps: Projectrungay.blogspot.com]


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