Project Runway (season 2)

Project Runway Season 2 was the second season of Bravo's successful Project Runway, a reality competition for fashion designers. Season 2 began airing on December 7, 2005. Following a nationwide search earlier in the year, sixteen designers were chosen as semi-finalists and brought to New York City in June 2005. After the first challenge, called "Road To The Runway", fourteen went on to compete as finalists. The winning designer received $100,000 in seed money to help launch their own line, a 2007 Saturn Sky roadster, a spread in ELLE magazine, and a mentorship with the Banana Republic Design Team. The winning model received an ELLE Magazine spread. Michael Kors and Nina Garcia returned as judges for the second season. The fourth judging seat rotated each week, based on the challenge. Tim Gunn, fashion chair at Parsons The New School for Design, returned as a mentor for the designers.

The winning designer this season was Simone Ellingson, and the winning model was Evelyn Kollman.

This season was preceded by Season 1 and was followed by Season 3 on July 12, 2006.

Contestants
The 16 fashion designers competing in the first season were:

(ages listed are the designers' ages at the time the show was taped in the summer of 2005.)

The 16 models competing for an ELLE spread in the first season were: