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* BitchInSheepsClothing: What the contestants accuses him of being. To the point where [[http://tomandlorenzo2.blogspot.com/2010/09/t-lo-interviews-peach-carr.html Peach]] and [[https://twitter.com/AJisTrAsHed/status/22849396471 AJ]] clearly denounced him outside the show.

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: What the contestants accuses him of being. To the point where [[http://tomandlorenzo2.[[https://web.archive.org/web/20150729171652/http://tomandlorenzo2.blogspot.com/2010/09/t-lo-interviews-peach-carr.com:80/2010/09/t-lo-interviews-peach-carr.html Peach]] and [[https://twitter.com/AJisTrAsHed/status/22849396471 AJ]] clearly denounced him outside the show.
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* TheHeart: She is one of the only designers that her peers, the judges, and everyone else involved with the show have always had nothing but adoration for. She was friendly with everyone, supportive of everyone, and a source of positivity and encouragement. After her elimination, she spends her final minutes telling each of the other designers how much she loves them and giving them encouragement. Even Tim Gunn acknowledges that out of all the contestants, she's unbeatable when it comes to heart. It becomes very clear that everyone there is really going to miss her when they all jump up to hug her and cry with her.

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* BrokenAce: She started getting good reviews from the judges until the last half of the competition.

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* BrokenAce: She started was consistently in the top of the judge's scores, getting lots of good reviews feedback from the judges until the last half of the competition.competition, when she seemingly became burnt out and consistently found herself getting lower scores until her elimination.


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* ProneToTears: Valerie is very easily moved to tears, no matter the emotion. She herself says she "cries at Hallmark movies".

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* SignatureStyle: Most of her designs are Asian-inspired looks (the Avant-Garde challenge, the chinese-lamp sleeves, and her final collection was inspired in Budha and made with Laotian fabrics) and many of her dress entries were black shiny cocktail dresses.

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* SignatureStyle: Most of her designs are Asian-inspired looks (the Avant-Garde challenge, the chinese-lamp Chinese-lamp sleeves, and her final collection was inspired in Budha Buddha and made with Laotian fabrics) and many of her dress entries were black shiny cocktail dresses.



* NiceGirl: Especially compared to her closest friends Gretchen and Ivy.

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* NiceGirl: Especially compared to her closest friends Gretchen and Ivy.
Ivy. She got along with nearly everyone and was always there to support them.



* {{Fainting}}: She fainted from exhaustion just after the runway show on episode 3, owing to a lack of nutrition, a lack of sleep, and the stressful environment. It's used as a reminder for all the designers not to compromise their health for their work.
* {{Jerkass}}: She spent a lot of her time complaining about Michael Costello cheating and controlling Michael Drummond's process over her design instead of leaving him to work alone.



* JerkAss: She spent most of her time bitching about Michael Costello cheating and controlling Michael Drummond's process over her design instead of leaving him work alone.



* CampGay: His designs are more fitting for drag than couture, and his own personal style and mannerisms definitely place him squarely in this category.
* MotorMouth: He's an anxious talker, but also just talks a lot in general. Michael Costello badmouths him a lot for this, telling him to [[BigShutUp shut up]] several times.



* WeHardlyKnewYe: She gets eliminated 4th while not receiving any characterization.

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* WeHardlyKnewYe: She gets eliminated 4th in the third episode while not receiving any characterization.




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* WeHardlyKnewYe: He is eliminated in the second episode while not receiving much characterization.


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* FishOutOfWater: He's a straight male menswear designer in a competition for womenswear designers, most of whom are women and gay men.
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* {{Bromance}} / HeterosexualLifePartners: Ended having this with Michael Costello after admiting he was being a dick to Michael. This continued also during ''All-Stars Season 1'' and outside the show.

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* {{Bromance}} / HeterosexualLifePartners: Ended up having this with Michael Costello after admiting admitting he was being a dick to Michael. This continued also during ''All-Stars Season 1'' and outside the show.



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* CharacterDevelopment: He started very reserved and barely interacted with the others after work hours. As the episodes progressed, not only became close friends with Michael Costello, he also started to open more and finally revealed his HIV status to the judges and the audience.

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* CampGay: His style, speech patterns, and his designs are all reminiscent of this.
* CharacterDevelopment: He started very reserved and barely interacted with the others after work hours. As the episodes progressed, he not only became close friends with Michael Costello, he also started to open more and finally revealed his HIV status to the judges and the audience.



* CampGay: Has both a very camp sense of style, personality, and speech patterns.

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* CampGay: Has both He's the most obviously camp of the cast. He has a very camp sense of style, personality, and speech patterns.

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* {{Bromance}} / HeterosexualLifePartners: Ended having this with Mondo after admiting he was being a dick to Michael. This continued over ''All-Stars Season 1''

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* {{Bromance}} / HeterosexualLifePartners: Ended having uphaving this with Mondo after admiting the latter admitted he was being a dick to Michael. This continued over ''All-Stars Season 1''1''.



* HarsherInHindsight: Given the numerous allegations that have come to light regarding both his conduct and bigotry further into his career, it's no wonder his fellow designers couldn't stand him.
* HeelFaceTurn: During Episode 7, he realizes that pretty much everyone in the competition hates him thanks to his behavior, and he turns his behavior around after that, for the most part. He won Mondo over, at least!



** He was utterly devastated when he got eliminated, mumbling about how he fears to [[DisappointedInYou dissapoint his parents]].

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** He was utterly devastated when he got eliminated, mumbling about how he fears to [[DisappointedInYou dissapoint disappoint his parents]].



* IntergenerationalFriendship. With Peach. April was the youngest, while Peach was the oldest.

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* IntergenerationalFriendship. IntergenerationalFriendship: With Peach. April was the youngest, while Peach was the oldest.



* AlliterativeName: Both start with '''C'''.

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* AlliterativeName: Both start with '''C'''.'''C'''hristopher '''C'''ollins.



* NiceGuy: He is never shown getting involved in drama or badmouthing people.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Despite lasting until the final 6 he didn't have much screentime and because of this we didn't learn much about him through the season.

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* NiceGuy: He is never rarely shown getting involved in drama or badmouthing people.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Despite lasting until the final 6 6, he didn't have much screentime screentime, and because of this we didn't learn much about him through the season.



* AlwaysSecondBest: At one point she got frustrated about not winning a challenge. This ended up affecting her overall performance.

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* AlwaysSecondBest: At one point she got frustrated about not winning a challenge.challenge, even quoting the "Always a bridesmaid, never a bride" cliché at a certain point. This ended up affecting her overall performance.



* GenkiGirl

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* GenkiGirlGenkiGirl: She was very energetic, positive, and remained in high spirits during the competition.



* BreakTheHaughty: She started boasting about her skills and taste nd that Project Runway would be [[ItsAllAboutMe "The Ivy Show"]]. She placed in the bottom most of the time.
* ConflictBall: She accused Michael Costello of: 1. Telling the customers to not vote for her and 2. Of cheating for the Jackie Kennedy challenge several weeks after that. All that went nowhere, since there was no footage about this (if it was true, then it was a wasted drama material for the producers).

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* BreakTheHaughty: She started boasting about her skills and taste nd and that Project Runway would be [[ItsAllAboutMe "The Ivy Show"]]. She placed in the bottom most of the time.
* ConflictBall: She accused Michael Costello of: 1. Telling the customers to not vote for her and 2. Of cheating for the Jackie Kennedy challenge several weeks after that. All of that went nowhere, since there was no footage about this (if it was true, then it was a wasted drama material for the producers).



%%* CampGay

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%%* CampGay* CampGay: Has both a very camp sense of style, personality, and speech patterns.



* AlliterativeName
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Zigzagged with OnlySaneMan when the challenge needed him to be. He mostly is flamboyant, quirky and excentric.

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* AlliterativeName
AlliterativeName: '''C'''arlos '''C'''asanova.
* {{Catchphrase}}: His trademark "Exactly!" became this for him, along with "grabbing X by the balls".
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Zigzagged with OnlySaneMan when the challenge needed him to be. He mostly is flamboyant, quirky and excentric.eccentric.



* NiceGuy: He was the only one who didn't trash Michael Costello winning two challenges in the confession cam, unlike Ivy, Gretchen or April. Also everyone in the cast adored him.

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* NiceGuy: He was the only one who didn't trash Michael Costello winning two challenges in the confession cam, unlike Ivy, Gretchen or April. Also Also, everyone in the cast adored him.him, calling him "the personality" of the group.



* IntergenerationalFriendship. With April.

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* IntergenerationalFriendship. With April.April, who was the youngest contestant while Peach was the oldest.



* TeamMom

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* TeamMomTeamMom: She was always supportive of her fellow designers, and given how much older she was, she found herself squarely in this role.



* NervousWreck: He hyterically refused to help Casanova with a pattern (Casanova was only asking him about how to cut the pattern, while AJ was "I'm not going to make your pattern for you!!").
** In the Unconventional Material challenge, he succumbed under the pressure, since everyone kept saying "he had it on the bag". Promptly, this only stressed him more.

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* NervousWreck: He hyterically hysterically refused to help Casanova with a pattern (Casanova was only asking him about how to cut the pattern, while AJ was "I'm not going to make your pattern for you!!").
** In the Unconventional Material Materials challenge, he succumbed under the pressure, since everyone kept saying "he had it on the bag". Promptly, this only stressed him more.



* SassyBlackWoman: Her most remembered line was her "Wooly Balls" joke.

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* SassyBlackWoman: Her most remembered line was her "Wooly Balls" joke.
joke, which had ''Tim Gunn'' bowled over laughing.



* NeverMyFault: Blamed Tim, the judges and his model instead of recognizing he did a shitty dress (not only was it bad, he also hadn't sewn it properly, meaning that there was a giant HOLE in the middle of his dress)

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* NeverMyFault: Blamed Tim, the judges and his model instead of recognizing he did a shitty dress (not only was it bad, he also hadn't sewn it properly, meaning so that there was a giant HOLE in the middle of his dress)



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%%* NiceGirl* NiceGirl: She was a sweet woman with a good attitude who seemed very friendly to the others.
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* [[HasTwoMommies Has Two Daddies]]: He and Rich are this to Michael's son, Giovanni.
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* CrackDefeat: His loss to Gretchen is widely regarded as this. ''Tim Gunn'' practically invoked the trope by name, having referred to Nina Garcia and Michael Kors as "crack-smoking" based on their support for Gretchen.



* TooQuirkyToLose: Averted.
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* ShesGotLegs: She's the only female contestant wearing hotpants for the promo pictures of ''All-Stars Season 3''.

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* IdenticalStranger: If he's wearing his NiceHat, he looks identical to Series/{{Survivor}} contestant Russell Hantz.

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* IdenticalStranger: If he's wearing his NiceHat, hat, he looks identical to Series/{{Survivor}} contestant Russell Hantz.



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* NiceHat: According to him, his hat is his intimidation symbol, like the Native-Americans used Warbonnets.

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* NiceHat: According to him, his hat is his intimidation symbol, like the Native-Americans used Warbonnets.
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* RaisedCatholic: One of the reasons he separated from his family and kept his health status a secret for 10 years.
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* FanNickname: Poison Ivy.
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* FanNickname: Wretchen.

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* NonIndicativeName: He is by no means an actual TheCasanova. May also count as an UnfortunateName.

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* NonIndicativeName: He is by no means an actual TheCasanova. May also count as an UnfortunateName.

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* {{Adorkable}}



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* MenDontCry: Averted. He was tearing up during his two challenges.

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* MenDontCry: Averted. He was tearing up during his two challenges.

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* WeHardlyKnewYe: Despite lasting until the final 6 he didn't have much screentime and because of this we didn't learn much about him through the season.
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%%* * {{Adorkable}}



%%* GenkiGirl
%%* NiceGirl

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%%* NiceGirl
* NiceGirl: Especially compared to her closest friends Gretchen and Ivy.



%%* TeamMom

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%%* * TeamMom
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[[center: [-[[Characters/ProjectRunway Main Contestants and Judges Index]] | [[Characters/ProjectRunwayJudges Judges]] | [[Characters/ProjectRunwayAllStarsJudges All-Stars Judges and Mentors]] | [[Characters/ProjectRunwaySeason1 Season 1]] | [[Characters/ProjectRunwaySeason2 Season 2]] | [[Characters/ProjectRunwaySeason3 Season 3]] | [[Characters/ProjectRunwaySeason4 Season 4]] | [[Characters/ProjectRunwaySeason5 Season 5]] | [[Characters/ProjectRunwaySeason6 Season 6]] | [[Characters/ProjectRunwaySeason7 Season 7]] | '''Season 8''' | [[Characters/ProjectRunwaySeason9 Season 9]] | [[Characters/ProjectRunwaySeason10 Season 10]] | [[Characters/ProjectRunwaySeason11 Season 11]] | [[Characters/ProjectRunwaySeason12 Season 12]] | [[Characters/ProjectRunwaySeason13 Season 13]] | [[Characters/ProjectRunwaySeason14 Season 14]] | [[Characters/ProjectRunwaySeason15 Season 15]] | [[Characters/ProjectRunwaySeason16 Season 16]]]]-]
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* BrokenBird: By the time of the show, Gretchen was through a bad break-up with her ex-boyfriend and was nearly broke, to the point Tim's visit was on the day she was about to get evicted from her house.
** To the point where it shows in her final collection, where her designs can be really depressing.
* ControlFreak: Right when a Team Challenge was announced, the other team already knew Gretchen was going to take over, even when there weren't going to be leaders at all.

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* BrokenBird: By the time of the show, Fashion Week arrived, Gretchen was had been through a bad break-up with her ex-boyfriend and was nearly broke, to broke (to the point where Tim's visit was on the day she was about to get evicted from her house.
house).
** To the point where it shows showed in her final collection, where in which her designs can be were really depressing.
* ControlFreak: Right when a Team Challenge was announced, the other team already knew Gretchen was going to take over, even when there weren't going supposed to be leaders at all.



* DesignatedVillain: The editing was not subtle about this, cue to the shot of the "bitch" tiara on the table for one challenge. [[invoked]]

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* DesignatedVillain: The editing was not subtle about this, cue to the shot of the "bitch" tiara on the table for one challenge. [[invoked]]
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* {{Adorkable}}

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* CampGay

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* %%* CampGay



* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Determinator}}

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* %%* DeadpanSnarker
* %%* {{Determinator}}



* StoicSpectacles

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* DeadpanSnarker

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* NiceHat

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* ParentalIssues

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* ParentalIssuesParentalIssues: Most of the conflicts he has are from his parents controlling most of his life and the fear of dissapointing them even more. Even his coming out was forced by his boyfriend, and they didn't take it well at all.



* DarkIsNotEvil
* DeadpanSnarker
* IntergenerationalFriendship. With Peach.

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* DarkIsNotEvil
DarkIsNotEvil: She looks and has a dry sense of humor, but she is also nice and a good friend to the people she likes.
* DeadpanSnarker
DeadpanSnarker: Most of her witty comments come from the confession cam about either Gretchen or Michael Costello.
* IntergenerationalFriendship. With Peach. April was the youngest, while Peach was the oldest.



* ShockingElimination
* StatuesqueStunner

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* StatuesqueStunnerStatuesqueStunner: Along with Gretchen, they are the tallest from the female contestants (even taller than some of the male designers)



* AlliterativeName

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* AlliterativeNameAlliterativeName: Both start with '''C'''.



* CampGay
* NiceGuy

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* %%* CampGay
* NiceGuy
NiceGuy: He is never shown getting involved in drama or badmouthing people.



* GenkiGirl
* NiceGirl

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* %%* GenkiGirl
* %%* NiceGirl



* CampGay

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* %%* CampGay



* {{Cloudcuckoolander}} <--> OnlySaneMan

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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}} <--> OnlySaneMan{{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Zigzagged with OnlySaneMan when the challenge needed him to be. He mostly is flamboyant, quirky and excentric.



* GratuitousSpanish

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* GratuitousSpanishGratuitousSpanish: Most of what he said had a very thick accent and in the first chapter he needed Nina to translate Heidi's question to Spanish.



* CoolOldLady

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* CoolOldLadyCoolOldLady: She was quirky, funny and got along with most of the contestants.



* TeamMom

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* {{Adorkable}}

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* CampGay
* MenDontCry: Averted.

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* MenDontCry: Averted.
Averted. He was tearing up during his two challenges.



* NiceGirl

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* NiceGuy: Even thought she wasn't friends with Michael Costello at all, she still didn't say anything negative about him on camera while the other designers were openly badmouthing him.

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* NiceGuy: NiceGirl: Even thought she wasn't friends with Michael Costello at all, she still didn't say anything negative about him on camera while the other designers were openly badmouthing him.

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!Andy South / Ari South (in All Stars Season 3)
* CampGay
* CountryMouse: Subverted. Both urban-fashion and the catfish farm work comes naturally to him.
* TheDutifulSon: Still lived in his mother's catfish farm while working as a fashion designer.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy

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!Andy !Ari South / Ari South (in All Stars Season 3)
* CampGay
(appearing as Andy South)
* CountryMouse: Subverted. Both urban-fashion and the catfish farm work comes naturally to him.her.
* TheDutifulSon: TheDutifulDaughter: Still lived in his her mother's catfish farm while working as a fashion designer.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy
designer.



* NiceGuy: Even thought he wasn't friends with Michael Costello at all, he still didn't say anything negative about him on camera while the other designers were openly badmouthing him.
* SignatureStyle: Most of his designs are asian-inspired looks (the Avant-Garde challenge, the chinese-lamp sleeves, and his final collection was inspired in Budha and made with Laotian fabrics) and many of his dress entries were black shiny cocktail dresses.

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* NiceGuy: Even thought he she wasn't friends with Michael Costello at all, he she still didn't say anything negative about him on camera while the other designers were openly badmouthing him.
* SignatureStyle: Most of his her designs are asian-inspired Asian-inspired looks (the Avant-Garde challenge, the chinese-lamp sleeves, and his her final collection was inspired in Budha and made with Laotian fabrics) and many of his her dress entries were black shiny cocktail dresses.
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Transexual isn't a trope anymore.


!Andy South

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!Andy SouthSouth / Ari South (in All Stars Season 3)



* {{Transexual}}: When he returned in All Stars Season 3, now she went by "Ari"

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* {{Transexual}}: When he returned in All Stars Season 3, now she went by "Ari"



* BitchInSheepClothing: What the contestants accuses him of being. To the point where [[http://tomandlorenzo2.blogspot.com/2010/09/t-lo-interviews-peach-carr.html Peach]] and [[ https://twitter.com/AJisTrAsHed/status/22849396471 AJ]] clearly denounced him outside the show.

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* BitchInSheepClothing: BitchInSheepsClothing: What the contestants accuses him of being. To the point where [[http://tomandlorenzo2.blogspot.com/2010/09/t-lo-interviews-peach-carr.html Peach]] and [[ https://twitter.[[https://twitter.com/AJisTrAsHed/status/22849396471 AJ]] clearly denounced him outside the show.



* LastNameBasis

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* LastNameBasisLastNameBasis: While others always called him by his last name, particular mention to Heidi, who always called him "Casanova" with a smile on her face.



* WeHardlyKnewYe

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* WeHardlyKnewYe
WeHardlyKnewYe: She gets eliminated 4th while not receiving any characterization.
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* WomanInBlack

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* WomanInBlack
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* IllBoy: He's HIV-positive.

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* {{Bromance}} / HeterosexualLifePartners: Ended having this with Michael Costello after admiting he was being a dick to Michael.

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* {{Bromance}} / HeterosexualLifePartners: Ended having this with Michael Costello after admiting he was being a dick to Michael. This continued also during ''All-Stars Season 1'' and outside the show.



* EarnYourHappyEnding: He became very popular after Season 8 and also returned to win ''All-Stars Season 1''.



* MyGreatestSecondChance: In ''All-Stars Season 1'' he finally won the game many thought he deserved a year ago.



* MyGreatestSecondChance: Subverted in ''All-Stars Season 3'', as she was the first to be eliminated.



* {{Bromance}} / HeterosexualLifePartners: Ended having this with Mondo after admiting he was being a dick to Michael.

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* {{Bromance}} / HeterosexualLifePartners: Ended having this with Mondo after admiting he was being a dick to Michael. This continued over ''All-Stars Season 1''



* MyGreatestSecondChance: In ''All-Stars Season 1'', he could place 2nd Runner-Up.



* PerkyGoth: She jokingly said she always wanted a pony, and she would buy it with the L'Oreal challenge money.

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* MyGreatestSecondChance: Subverted In ''All-Stars Season 1'', where she placed 10th.
* PerkyGoth: She dresses in black and also has a sense of humor, like when she jokingly said she always wanted a pony, and she would buy it with the L'Oreal challenge money.



* MyGreatestSecondChance: In season 8, Ivy was mostly in the bottom or just in, only scoring top 3 once and placed 8th. In ''All-Stars Season 2'', Ivy got in the Top 3 three times straight and finished 5th.




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* ShesGotLegs: She's the only female contestant wearing hotpants for the promo pictures of ''All-Stars Season 3''.
* TookALevelInKindness: In ''All-Stars Season 3'', she got determined to redeem herself from the {{Jerkass}} path from season 8, attributing this as her worst moment in her life.
* WeWorkWellTogether: Turns out that after the show, Ivy became Casanova's boss, getting along very well as coworkers and competitors. Both were surprised to run into each other in the same Season of ''All-Stars''.



* MyGreatestSecondChance: Placed 10th in his original season. In ''All-Stars Season 3'' he placed 7th.




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* WeWorkWellTogether: Turns out that after the show, Ivy became Casanova's boss, getting along very well as coworkers and competitors. Both were surprised to run into each other in the same Season of ''All-Stars''.



* CripplingOverspecialization: In ''All-Stars Season 2'', she always was talking about how good she became as a "Tennis dress" designer. She got eliminated because of her tennis dress.



* SignatureStyle: As noted by many, her general aesthetic is defined as "Ladies who Lunch" or "Barbie Clothes".

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* MyGreatestSecondChance: Subverted. She was the first eliminated in ''All-Stars Season 2''.
* SignatureStyle: As noted by many, her general aesthetic is defined as "Ladies who Lunch" or "Barbie Clothes". By ''All-Stars Season 2'' she repeated a lot that she now designed "Tennis dresses"
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!Gretchen Jones
* AuthorAppeal: All her entries were based on her GranolaGirl background and clothes that she would wear on herself. Her final collection and her jewelry line following the show were inspired on Native-American culture.
* TheBadGuyWins: Many viewers saw her victory over Mondo as a case of this.
* BrokenBird: By the time of the show, Gretchen was through a bad break-up with her ex-boyfriend and was nearly broke, to the point Tim's visit was on the day she was about to get evicted from her house.
** To the point where it shows in her final collection, where her designs can be really depressing.
* ControlFreak: Right when a Team Challenge was announced, the other team already knew Gretchen was going to take over, even when there weren't going to be leaders at all.
* DeadpanSnarker
* DesignatedVillain: The editing was not subtle about this, cue to the shot of the "bitch" tiara on the table for one challenge. [[invoked]]
* FanNickname: Wretchen.
* GranolaGirl: She is a sustainable designer.
* HurricaneOfExcuses: Gretchen Jones' infamous meltdown trying to defend Team Luxe on the runway, first declaring the team was proudly united even if the judges didn't like their work, and then when the judges didn't like their work she promptly started fumbling for reasons to blame everything on teammate Michael Costello.
* ItsAllAboutMe / SmallNameBigEgo:
** In Confession Cams, she said her work was so good that the others would have to up their game just to catch up to hers.
** When Mondo revealed his backstory in the print challenge, Gretchen said "she was glad being present to form part of this revelation".
* JerkAss: She was always making everything about herself, and in the Team Challenge she contradicted herself in the same episode by putting the blame on Michael Costello and invoking a NeverMyFault, right after she said all the pieces were her babies ''and a team collaboration that got under her editing''.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: At least apologized to Tim after her meltdown at the Team Challenge in the next challenge.
** During the Reunion Show, she looked back at her behavior during the course of the season, and was flabbergasted at the way she treated everyone. Although we don't know if she was just playing it up to gain a sympathy card.
* StatuesqueStunner: She was the tallest female from the cast.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: It was noted that she had the chops to create high fashion clothing, especially looking at the first 3 designs. Unfortunately, those designs were not her POV.

!Mondo Guerra
* {{Adorkable}}
* AuthorAppeal, SignatureStyle: He designs mostly with crazy patterns and unconventional print combinations. Even his own wardrobe is quirky.
* {{Bromance}} / HeterosexualLifePartners: Ended having this with Michael Costello after admiting he was being a dick to Michael.
* BlessedWithSuck: Invoked by him during a Cam Confessional, where he talks about how his quirky personality made him a talented designer but alienated him from others at the same time.
* CampGay
* CharacterDevelopment: He started very reserved and barely interacted with the others after work hours. As the episodes progressed, not only became close friends with Michael Costello, he also started to open more and finally revealed his HIV status to the judges and the audience.
* CrackDefeat: His loss to Gretchen is widely regarded as this. ''Tim Gunn'' practically invoked the trope by name, having referred to Nina Garcia and Michael Kors as "crack-smoking" based on their support for Gretchen.
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Determinator}}
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Won Fanfavorite [[invoked]]
* IllBoy: He's HIV-positive.
* RaisedCatholic: One of the reasons he separated from his family and kept his health status a secret for 10 years.
* StoicSpectacles
* TooQuirkyToLose: Averted.
* WhamLine: His Confession Cam of his concept for the print challenge: His HIV Status.

!Andy South
* CampGay
* CountryMouse: Subverted. Both urban-fashion and the catfish farm work comes naturally to him.
* TheDutifulSon: Still lived in his mother's catfish farm while working as a fashion designer.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy
* NiceGuy: Even thought he wasn't friends with Michael Costello at all, he still didn't say anything negative about him on camera while the other designers were openly badmouthing him.
* SignatureStyle: Most of his designs are asian-inspired looks (the Avant-Garde challenge, the chinese-lamp sleeves, and his final collection was inspired in Budha and made with Laotian fabrics) and many of his dress entries were black shiny cocktail dresses.
* {{Transexual}}: When he returned in All Stars Season 3, now she went by "Ari"

!Michael Costello
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: The other designers questioned frequently why he kept winning despite his designs looking unfinished (even though the judges clearly liked his garments), to the point Michael felt rejected during most of the competition.
* BitchInSheepClothing: What the contestants accuses him of being. To the point where [[http://tomandlorenzo2.blogspot.com/2010/09/t-lo-interviews-peach-carr.html Peach]] and [[ https://twitter.com/AJisTrAsHed/status/22849396471 AJ]] clearly denounced him outside the show.
* {{Bromance}} / HeterosexualLifePartners: Ended having this with Mondo after admiting he was being a dick to Michael.
* DeadpanSnarker
* [[HasTwoMommies Has Two Daddies]]: He and Rich are this to Michael's son, Giovanni.
* IdenticalStranger: If he's wearing his NiceHat, he looks identical to Series/{{Survivor}} contestant Russell Hantz.
* ManlyTears / HeroicBSOD / CryIntoChest: Right after he got eliminated.
* NiceHat
* OneSteveLimit: Averted, there was also Michael Drummond.
* ParentalIssues
* SignatureStyle: His designs, as the judges and himself define them, are "effortless" flowy-beach dresses.
* SolomonDivorce: He got Giovanni, but he's not allowed to have contact with his daughter or even know where she lives.
* StraightGay: In one interview, Michael said he was shocked, but not because of any news and rumours. He was shocked that everyone thought he was striaght because he has a son.
* WellDoneSonGuy:
** The reason he had his first marriage. He also distanced himself from his parents when he came out, and only talked to his mother again when he got casted in the show.
** He was utterly devastated when he got eliminated, mumbling about how he fears to [[DisappointedInYou dissapoint his parents]].

!April Johnston
* AuthorAppeal, ColorMotif: Virtually all her dresses were black.
* DarkIsNotEvil
* DeadpanSnarker
* IntergenerationalFriendship. With Peach.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She got along with most of the group and bonded with Peach, but she still badmouthed Michael Costello behind his back and even called Gretchen "Hitler" once.
* PerkyGoth: She jokingly said she always wanted a pony, and she would buy it with the L'Oreal challenge money.
* ShockingElimination
* StatuesqueStunner
* StealthInsult: When she infamously compared Gretchen to Hitler
--> '''April:''' "Do you really want to hire Hitler? Seriously?"
* TakeThat: April's comment comparing Gretchen to Hitler.
* WomanInBlack

!Christopher Collins
* AlliterativeName
* BoringButPractical: His designs were pretty but very standard, enough to get him to the Final Six.
* CampGay
* NiceGuy

!Valerie Mayen
* AlwaysSecondBest: At one point she got frustrated about not winning a challenge. This ended up affecting her overall performance.
* BrokenAce: She started getting good reviews from the judges until the last half of the competition.
* GenkiGirl
* NiceGirl

!Ivy Higa
* BetaBitch: If Gretchen was sort of the "AlphaBitch", Ivy was always backing her up, and even being more active at bitching against Michael Costello.
* BreakTheHaughty: She started boasting about her skills and taste nd that Project Runway would be [[ItsAllAboutMe "The Ivy Show"]]. She placed in the bottom most of the time.
* ConflictBall: She accused Michael Costello of: 1. Telling the customers to not vote for her and 2. Of cheating for the Jackie Kennedy challenge several weeks after that. All that went nowhere, since there was no footage about this (if it was true, then it was a wasted drama material for the producers).
* FanNickname: Poison Ivy.
* JerkAss: She spent most of her time bitching about Michael Costello cheating and controlling Michael Drummond's process over her design instead of leaving him work alone.

!Michael Drummond
* CampGay
* DeadpanSnarker: Like the others, when talking about Gretchen in the Confession Cam.
* NiceGuy: Even when Ivy threw him under the bus, he still felt bad for her.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted, there was also Michael Costello.

!Carlos Casanova
* AlliterativeName
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}} <--> OnlySaneMan
* DeadpanSnarker: Even with his language limitations, he pulled out a lot of these on camera.
* FunnyForeigner: He is Puerto Rican and ''"He is going to grab New York by the balls"''.
* GratuitousSpanish
* HeroicBSOD: For the Team Challenge, he got depressed because the judges didn't like his last entries (they said he either did "Stripper Looks" or "Grandma clothes"). His teammates and his model had to give him a Pep Talk to get him back to work.
* LastNameBasis
* NiceGuy: He was the only one who didn't trash Michael Costello winning two challenges in the confession cam, unlike Ivy, Gretchen or April. Also everyone in the cast adored him.
* NonIndicativeName: He is by no means an actual TheCasanova. May also count as an UnfortunateName.

!Peach Carr
* CoolOldLady
* IntergenerationalFriendship. With April.
* SignatureStyle: As noted by many, her general aesthetic is defined as "Ladies who Lunch" or "Barbie Clothes".
* TeamMom
* UnusualEuphemism: Peach's "good china" in Season 8.

!A.J. Thouvenot
* {{Adorkable}}
* NervousWreck: He hyterically refused to help Casanova with a pattern (Casanova was only asking him about how to cut the pattern, while AJ was "I'm not going to make your pattern for you!!").
** In the Unconventional Material challenge, he succumbed under the pressure, since everyone kept saying "he had it on the bag". Promptly, this only stressed him more.

!Kristin Haskins Simms
* SignatureStyle: She mostly did desconstructed dresses, inspired by Junya Watanabe's style.
* SassyBlackWoman: Her most remembered line was her "Wooly Balls" joke.

!Sarah Trost
* WeHardlyKnewYe

!Nicholas D'Aurizio
* CampGay
* MenDontCry: Averted.

!Jason Troisi
* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: One of the {{Jerkass}} statements he said was about the fashion world being unfair on a straight guy like him.
* {{Jerkass}}: Everything that came out of his mouth in episode 2.
* NeverMyFault: Blamed Tim, the judges and his model instead of recognizing he did a shitty dress (not only was it bad, he also hadn't sewn it properly, meaning that there was a giant HOLE in the middle of his dress)
* NiceHat: According to him, his hat is his intimidation symbol, like the Native-Americans used Warbonnets.

![=McKell=] Maddox
* NiceGirl
* WeHardlyKnewYe: As the first eliminated.

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