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Fabio Costa to Compete on Latest Edition of Bravo’s “Project Runway All-Stars”

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Fabio Costa is getting another chance…

Project Runway is celebrating 20 years of the reality fashion design series with an “All-Stars” edition, with the Brazilian fashion designer making his triumphant return to the competition.

Fabio CostaThe latest iteration of Project Runway All-Stars will premiere on Thursday, June 15 at 8:00 pm ET on Bravo. The network announced that the premiere will be two parts and you can watch a preview of the upcoming season in the video posted above.

Costa competed on the tenth season of Project Runway, as well as the fourth season of Project Runway All-Stars, where he tied for second place.

But Costa isn’t the only Latino designer set to return…

Viktor Luna will compete on this special All-Stars edition.

The Mexican costume and fashion designer competed on Season 9 of the competition series.

Returning as judges are Nina Garcia, Brandon Maxwell and Elaine Welteroth with Christian Siriano set as a mentor. In Season 20, 14 of the most beloved designers from across the 19 seasons of the show will return and have a shot at winning the competition.

Guest judges that will appear throughout the season include Alicia Silverstone, Billy Porter, fashion designer Zac Posen, CEO & founder of “alice + olivia” Stacey Bendet, creative director of Carolina Herrera Wes Gordon, actor, producer and Emmy Award-winning writer Lena Waithe, image architect and celebrity stylist Law Roach and 90210 alum Jennie Garth.

Other guest stars include Paulina Porizkova, designer Sergio Hudson, Julia Fox, designer Willy Chavarria, Below Deck and The Traitors star Kate Chastain, The Real Housewives of New York City star Luann de Lesseps, designer Batsheva Hay, Emmy-winning actor Coleman Domingo and Steven Kolb, CEO of Council of Fashion Designers of America.

The “All-Stars” are competing for a prize of $250,000 and a mentorship with the CFDA (Council of Fashion Designers of America) and a feature in Elle magazine.

Here are the Project Runway returning designers:

Brittany Allen (Austin, TX), Season 18
Prajje Oscar Jean Baptiste (Philadelphia, PA), Season 19
Laurence Basse (Los Angeles, CA), Season 15
Fabio Costa (Belo Horizonte, Brazil), Season 10
Bishme Cromartie (Los Angeles, CA), Season 17
Johnathan Kayne Gillaspie (Nashville, TN), Season 3
Mila Hermanovski (Los Angeles, CA), Season 7
Rami Kashou (Brooklyn, NY), Season 4
Viktor Luna (Los Angeles, CA), Season 9
Korto Momolu (Little Rock, AR), Season 5
Nora Pagel (Metuchen, NJ), Season 1
Kara Saun (Los Angeles, CA), Season 1
Hester Sunshine (Brooklyn, NY), Season 17
Anna Yinan Zhou (San Francisco, CA), Season 19

Luna: The First “Project Runway” Champion?

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He’s been the standout contestant on “Project Runway” this season…  And now Viktor Luna could be the first Latino to win the reality competition.

During Thursday’s “Finale Part 1” episode, judges Heidi Klum, Michael Kors and Nina Garcia gave the 30-year-old Guadalajara, Mexico-born designer, along with fellow contestants Anya Ayoung-Chee, Joshua McKinley and Kimberly Goldson, five weeks and $9,000 to create their collections.

Luna’s collection featured an eye-catching white leather jacket with pearls down the sleeves, as well as several pieces featuring an abstract print that he created using photographs he’d taken in Mexico, where he grew up.

After showing a three-piece mini-collection of their favorite looks, Luna’s collection seemed to fare best with the judges. But in the end, all four finalists were sent through to compete at New York City Fashion Week.

So, after winning two challenges and receiving high-praise on his final collection, it looks like Luna—a third generation seamster who learned about construction and tailoring from his mother—may have the inside track to taking sewing up the title of “Project Runway” Champion and making history as the first Latino winner.

This week’s final episode of “Project Runway” will air on Thursday on Lifetime at 9:00 pm ET.

Images courtesy of Lifetime.