Who's Still In: Where the Winners of Project Runway Are Now

Heidi Klum Teases What Fans Can Expect in Return of ‘Project Runway’

One day you're in, and the next...

Well, if you're a past winner of Project Runway, you'll never be all the way out, though of course the long-term success of those who triumph on reality competitions can vary to a wide degree.

And now a new crop of designers will be hoping to stay in till the end when Project Runway's 22nd season premieres July 9 on Freeform. Having returned to the show last year after almost a decade away, Heidi Klum is back as host, while past guest judge Tyra Banks is now a fixture on the panel alongside fellow exacting fashion experts Nina Garcia and stylist Law Roach.

While everyone who parades a look past the judges will want to be on top, only so many will get to stay there—and only one designer's collection will be deemed the ultimate winner at season's end.

Which, for those who have heard Klum say, "Congratulations, you are the winner of Project Runway," is quite the mood.

Including for season 21 winner Veejay Floresca, whose confidence tank was pretty full throughout the season—especially when she was trading barbs with runner-up Jesus Estrada and his twin brother Anthony Estrada—but when her moment came she was overcome with emotion just like everyone else.

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And, incidentally, she's ready to be the next Christian Siriano, who since winning season four has arguably had the most distinguished career as a designer of any contestant in Project Runway history—and has been the show's resident mentor since 2019.

But Floresca's not coming for his crown. Rather, there's enough room on the red carpet for the both of them.

"If Christian is Kelly Clarkson," she quipped on Tamron Hall in October, "I want to be the Carrie Underwood of Project Runway."

Dreaming big never goes out of style, so in celebration of the record 22 designers who will kick off season 22 competing for the grand prize of a fashion spread in Elle magazine and much more, see where all the previous winners are now: