![]() ![]() The Japan native decided he, too, could not take the pressure any longer. Eliminated designer Raul Osorio was allowed to rejoin the show. Why she left: Supposedly, she was paranoid after being named one of the bottom three contestants on the previous challenge. Producers went to her home, and her doorman said she was upstairs but didn’t want to see anyone.” The next morning she wasn’t in her bed, her suitcase was gone. Meanwhile, previously ousted contestant Josh Christensen rejoined the competition.ĭuring this crazy season’s fourth challenge that required the designers to make an outfit for a woman who is always on the go inspired by the color of a Lexus GS 350 car, Andrea simply left the Atlas building in Midtown West where the designers were housed together without giving anyone notice.Ī source told Page Six of the New York Post, “She just ran off in the middle of the night. Why she left: Cecilia was rattled by Nina’s gripes about her “boring, gray, baggy things” and decided enough was enough after receiving her first low score. That was after she alienated Marie Claire’s fashion director Nina Garcia in a challenge that involved making the judge an outfit that she could wear both at work as well as at an industry event at night. Despite backing out, Maya earned the fan favorite prize on the reunion special.Īrgentina native Cecilia decided to quit the show on the fourth episode. Anthony Williams, who was the last designer eliminated, was allowed to return. ![]() He agreed and she had to tell the other six competitors about her decision on the air. Instead of sketching a design, she sought out mentor Tim Gunn and told him she felt too young for the show. Why she left: In episode 11, the thought of making a red carpet look for host Heidi Klum to wear somehow rattled her. She managed to receive six high scores and was never in the bottom. For a “Hard Wear” challenge she put her model in a gold strapless dress and encased her in a high-collared black caged jacket made from hardware. She was a whiz at avant-garde and sculptural designs. Maya was just 21-years-old and fresh out of college when she competed on the show. Image Credit: Henry Lamb/Photowire/BEI/Shutterstock Chris March, who was previously eliminated, was called back to take his place. He ended up spending five days in the hospital before recovering. Why he left: During the fifth challenge, Jack withdrew from the show after coming down with a contagious staph infection. He managed to win the third challenge by making a three-piece outfit for New York Giants football player Tiki Barber, who wore the design on “The Today Show.” Given his resume, he did quite well on the show and never was in the bottom three. He also was a fitness and fashion model appearing in numerous magazines. He attended the Parsons School of Design, opened a menswear store in the West Village called Jack and had worked for Tommy Hilfiger and designed for Levis Slates Brand. Jack was the first openly HIV-positive contestant to compete on the show. Here are the competitors who have decided for themselves to be out instead of in rather than letting the judges send them home. In fact, one was sadly forced to leave during season 4 when Siriano himself was the winner, for different but still dramatic reasons. ![]() This was far from the first time that a designer seriously considered leaving the show. The time constraint is just too much.” But unlike Cocieru, who threw a full-blown diva fit, “We never verbalized it.” That was enough reason for us to dig through the annals of the Emmy-winning reality show to see how many designers in the past either left because they felt ill or they were overwhelmed by the pressure in the workroom to come up with fabulous fashions under tight deadlines.įellow season 18 contestant Chelsey Carter, who was dismissed when judges thought her see-through fabric design wasn’t quite up to snuff, confessed to mentor Christian Siriano on Bravo’s after show, “We all have thought about quitting: I’m just going to throw it out, this is too rough, this is too much. In the 18th season of “Project Runway,” designer Dayoung Kim took herself out of the competition because of ongoing health woes while fellow contestant Victoria Cocieru seriously considered quitting the show when a one-day challenge involving the use of sheer fabric, which proved to be tricky for her. ![]()
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