Santino Rice
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| Project Runway contestant | |
| Santino Rice | |
 Santino Rice, July 2006 |
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| Date of birth: | August 20, 1974 |
| Training: | The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles[1] |
| Resides: | Hollywood |
| Season: | Season 2 |
| Placed: | 3rd |
| Eliminating Challenge : | Fashion Week Show |
Santino Q. Rice (born August 20, 1974), a St. Charles, Missouri, native, is a fashion designer living and working in Hollywood. The openly bisexual[2] and multi-racial Rice participated as a contestant on the second season of the Bravo reality show Project Runway and was one of the three designers selected to show at Olympus Fashion Week, along with Chloe Dao and Daniel Vosovic and finished third behind them.[2] Santino also appeared in the Miss Universe 2006 pageant as a judge and made a guest appearance in the sixth episode of America's Most Smartest Model entitled "Are You Ready to Rhombus?".[3] He was asked by MTV VJ SuChin Pak to design her dress for the 2006 MTV Movie Awards.
[edit] Project Runway
Rice was a contestant on the second season of Project Runway. He lasted throughout the season, landing a third place finish after showing his collection during New York Fashion Week. Rice won in the first episode, "Road to the Runway" , and the fifth episode, "Social Scene" starring Nicky Hilton. He also was in the top 3 during the second episode, "Clothes Off Your Back", and the third episode, "All Dolled Up." Additionally, he was in the bottom two in the fourth episode, "Team Lingerie," the sixth episode, "Window Shopping," the seventh episode, "On Thin Ice," and the tenth episode, "Makeover."
He became well known for his impersonations of Tim Gunn with his catchphrase, "What happened to Andrae?"
[edit] References
- ^ Bravo Bio (HTML). bravotv (2007). Retrieved on 2007-11-14.
- ^ a b "Chloe Dao wins Project Runway" ~ Advocate.com 10 March 2006
- ^ "Are You Ready to Rhombus? Recap" ~ http://www.tv.com/ 11 November 2007
