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  • ‘Project Runway’ Season 6 contestants
  • Heidi Klum and Michael Kors at the ‘Project Runway’ season finale show at Bryant Park in New York on February 20, 2009
  • Christina Aguilera joins Heidi Klum as the guest judge on the October 15 episode of ‘Project Runway,’ airing at 10 PM on Lifetime
  • ‘Project Runway’ Season 6 designer Irina Shabayeva
  • ‘Project Runway’ Season 6 designer Althea Harper
  • ‘Project Runway’ Season 6 designer Carol Hannah Whitfield
  • Style and fashion mentor Tim Gunn on ‘Project Runway’ Season 6
  • Judges Nina Garcia and Michael Kors on ‘Project Runway’ Season 6
  • Heidi Klum hosts ‘Project Runway’ Season 6

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    ‘Project Runway’ Season 6 contestants

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    Heidi Klum and Michael Kors at the ‘Project Runway’ season finale show at Bryant Park in New York on February 20, 2009

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    Christina Aguilera joins Heidi Klum as the guest judge on the October 15 episode of ‘Project Runway,’ airing at 10 PM on Lifetime

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    ‘Project Runway’ Season 6 designer Irina Shabayeva

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    ‘Project Runway’ Season 6 designer Althea Harper

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    ‘Project Runway’ Season 6 designer Carol Hannah Whitfield

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    Style and fashion mentor Tim Gunn on ‘Project Runway’ Season 6

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    Judges Nina Garcia and Michael Kors on ‘Project Runway’ Season 6

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    Heidi Klum hosts ‘Project Runway’ Season 6

FIRST PUBLISHED: November 20, 2009 2:16 PM EST

NEW YORK, N.Y. --

New York designer Irina Shabayeva’s collection took the gold in “Project Runway,” winning $100,000 toward her line, an agent and a trip to Paris.

Judges Heidi Klum, Michael Kors, Nina Garcia and Susie Menkes chose Shabayeva over Carol Hannah Whitfield, who came in third, and Althea Harper, the runner-up. The three women all showed strong collections at February’s fashion week in Bryant Park. The Lifetime show’s finale was shown Thursday night.

The delay came because “Project Runway” — the cult series that transformed Bravo into a hot destination for addictive reality TV — lacked a home base. Trapped in lawsuit limbo, the series was mired in a dispute involving NBC Universal, which owns Bravo, the Weinstein Co. and Lifetime.

Shabayeva’s collection was inspired by New York, right down to the detailed T-shirts worn beneath knitwear armor. Harper’s vision was a look toward the future, inspired by science fiction; Whitfield was somewhat dreamy with her soft draping and airy fabric.

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