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Model and actress Angela Lindvall will host Lifetime’s Project Runway All Stars, with fashion designers Isaac Mizrahi and Georgina Chapman as judges and Marie Claire editor-in-chief Joanna Coles in the Tim Gunn mentor role.
All Stars was announced earlier this year along with a Project Runway accessories spinoff. Lifetime mounted the two-hour special All Star Challenge in 2009, which featured eight past designers and core Runway cast Heidi Klum, Michael Kors, Nina Garcia and Gunn.
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All Stars is a series spinoff; Lifetime has ordered 12 one-hour episodes for debut later this year.
Mondo Guerra — a fan favorite and last season’s runner-up — and season one standout Austin Scarlett are among the 13 designers who will compete for an even bigger prize.
Guerra lost to Gretchen Jones in a controversial final vote that had Klum facing off against Garcia and Kors. Scarlett starred in his own Lifetime series last year with fellow Runway alum Santino Rice.
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Additional All Stars designers are Kara Janx (season two, fourth place), Elisa Jimenez (season four, 10th place), Rami Kashou (season four, runner-up), Sweet P/Kathleen Vaughn (season four, fifth place), Jerell Scott (season five, fourth place), Kenley Collins (season five, second runner-up), Gordana Gehlhausen (season six, fourth place), Anthony Williams (season seven, fifth place), Mila Hermanovski (season seven, second runner-up), April Johnston (season eight, fifth place) and Michael Costello (season eight, fourth place).
The prize includes $100,000 in cash from L’Oreal Paris, a designer’s boutique in Neiman Marcus stores, $100,000 worth of technology and office space from HP & Intel, a feature spread and one-year assignment as guest editor for Marie Claire and a sewing and embroidery studio provided by Brother International.
