The second season of Project Runway Philippines premiered on August 12, 2009, on cable network ETC and UHF station Southern Broadcasting Network. Model and actress Teresa Herrera returns as the program's host, while fashion designers Jojie Lloren and Rajo Laurel renew their mentorship and judging duties respectively, with top model and fashion columnist Apples Aberin completing the judging panel.
Thirteen (13) designers from all over the Philippines compete in weekly fashion design challenges to earn a spot in Philippine Fashion Week. The winner of this season will receive P500,000 (around US$10,400), an editorial spread in Preview magazine, a start-up business package, and a summer scholarship from Istituto Marangoni, which is the European partner of School of Fashion and the Arts.
Auditions The second season auditions were held during the time period between December 2008 and March 2009. Auditions for designers based in Metro Manila and Luzon Island were conducted in SM City North EDSA and SM Megamall, while casting call for designers in Visayas and Mindanao island groups were done in SM City Cebu and SM City Davao respectively. A final round of auditions was also held at Solar Century Tower in Makati.
Contestants The 13 designers competing in the second season of Project Runway Philippines consists of established designers and new designers who used to have jobs unrelated to fashion such as a nurse, a call center agent, and an accountant. They were introduced at a launch party held at Embassy Superclub in Taguig City. Note that the ages listed are the designers' ages at the time the show was taped in early 2009.
Manny Marquez, 37 years old from San Pedro, Laguna. A former scholar of top fashion designer Ben Ferrales, who left his pregnant wife to join the competition. Russell Villafuerte, 25 years old from San Jose, Antique. An Interior Design graduate from University of the Philippines who works as a graphic designer. Eliminated - December 2, 2009 Santi Obcena, 25 years old from Quezon City, Metro Manila. A former dancer who studied at the Philippine High School for the Arts. Participated in Philippine Fashion Week 2009.Eliminated - December 2, 2009 Cherry Veric, 27 years old from Ibajay, Aklan. A formal wear designer who used to work in Saudi Arabia and China.Eliminated - October 28, 2009 Patrick Galang, 25 years old from San Pedro, Laguna. A former call center agent. Participated in Philippine Fashion Week in 2008. He was cited by Mega magazine as one of "8 Designers You Should Know" and by Preview magazine as one of "11 Best New Designers." Eliminated - September 9, 2009, and again on October 21, 2009 Hanz Coquilla, 27 years old from Talisay City, Cebu. Dropped out of school, with a major in medical technology, to pursue a career as a fashion designer, which he has been doing for nine years. Eliminated - October 14, 2009 Meanne Santos, 21 years old from Bacoor, Cavite. This season's youngest designer, she landed a design job right after graduating from college. She won a student design competition at De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde in 2007. Eliminated - October 7, 2009 Richie Bondoc, 29 years old from Mexico, Pampanga. A graduate of Angeles University Foundation, he is a dressmaker's son who inherited his mother's business after she died of cancer. Eliminated - October 7, 2009 Randy Leaño, 32 years old from Laoag City, Ilocos Norte. A Physical Education teacher from Mariano Marcos State University who began making clothes for his students' school plays. Eliminated - September 16, 2009 Jas Cristobal, 35 years old from Valenzuela City, Metro Manila. A former accountant who designs and sews her own work wardrobe, then eventually creates clothes for her colleagues. Eventually crossed-over into creating hand-painted handbags and shoes. Eliminated - September 2, 2009 Tracy Dizon, 26 years old from Quezon City, Metro Manila. A single mother and fashion stylist for television and merchandising. She was head stylist and costume designer for ABS-CBN's Lastikman. She is also one of three designers, along with season one second runner-up Veejay Floresca, who will represent the Philippines in the 47th Japan Fashion Design Competition. Eliminated - August 26, 2009 Pau Geronimo, 23 years old from Pasay. A multi-genre designer who majored in Clothing Technology at University of the Philippines. Eliminated - August 19, 2009 Hazel Sta. Ana, 23 years old from Pasig. A registered nurse who decided to pursue fashion design. Eliminated - August 12, 2009
List of episodes
Episode details
Episode 1 - Self-Deconstruction
Designer Material(s) used Cherry Black t-shirt Hanz Beaded jeans Hazel Dress Jas Jeans Manny Jacket, shorts Meanne Knitted dress Patrick Jacket, shirt Pau Polo, denim jeans Randy Denim jeans Richie White jeans, polo shirt Russell Black shirt, jeans Santi Polo, jeans Tracy Jeans
Winner: Patrick Galang Eliminated: Hazel Sta. Ana
Episode 2 - Movie Challenge
Team leader Team members Movie used for inspiration Hanz Manny and Randy Titanic Santi Meanne and Richie Dreamgirls Jas Patrick and Russell The Lord of the Rings Cherry Pau and Tracy Chicago
Winner: Jas Cristobal Eliminated: Pau Geronimo
Episode 3 - Bridal Wear Challenge
Winner: Hanz Coquilla Eliminated: Tracy Dizon
Episode 4 - Designer Makeover
Designer Client Hanz Santi Santi Meanne Meanne Patrick Patrick Manny Manny Richie Richie Randy Randy Russel Russel Hanz Cherry Jas Jas Cherry
Winner: Randy Leaño Eliminated: Jas Cristobal
Episode 5 - Resort Loungewear Challenge
Santi Patrick Manny Cherry Randy Hanz Meanne Richie Russell
Winner: Cherry Veric Eliminated: Patrick Galang
Episode 6 - Futuristic Couture
Winner: Hanz Coquilla Eliminated: Randy Leaño
Episode 7 - Avant Garde and Architectural
Team leader Partner Hanz Manny Meanne Cherry Santi Richie Russel Patrick
Winner: Hanz Coquilla and Manny Marquez Eliminated: none
Episode 8 - Taming Tessa
Winner: Russell Villafuerte Eliminated: Richie Bondoc, Meanne Santos
Episode 9 – Rockstar Menswear
Winner: Manny Marquez Eliminated: Hanz Coquilla
Episode 10 – The L'Oréal Anniversary Challenge
Winner: Cherry Veric Eliminated: Patrick Galang
Episode 11 – Channeling Cobonpue
Designer Cobonpue furniture inspiration Russell red Dragnet chair Santi black Yoda chair Manny three brown lamps - Halo, Molly, and Biba Cherry brown Noodle chair
Winner: Russell Villafuerte Eliminated: Cherry Veric
Episode 15 - The Final Runway (Part 2) Guest Judges: Inno Sotto and Marco Muggianu Winner: Manny Marquez 2nd Place: Rusell Villafuerte 3rd Place: Santi Obcena
Elimination charts
Designer competition 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 15 EpisodeManny IN IN IN IN HIGH LOW WIN LOW WIN LOW LOW WINNER The Final Runway (Part 2)Russell HIGH HIGH IN IN HIGH LOW LOW WIN LOW HIGH WIN RUNNER-UP The Final Runway (Part 2) Santi HIGH LOW IN HIGH IN HIGH HIGH IN HIGH HIGH HIGH 3RD PLACE The Final Runway (Part 2)Cherry IN LOW HIGH HIGH WIN IN LOW IN HIGH WIN OUT Channeling CobonpuePatrick WIN HIGH IN LOW OUT LOW HIGH LOW OUT The L'Oréal Anniversary ChallengeHanz IN IN WIN IN IN WIN WIN LOW OUT Rockstar MenswearMeanne IN LOW LOW IN LOW HIGH LOW OUT Taming Tessa RTWRichie LOW LOW IN HIGH LOW IN HIGH OUT Taming Tessa RTWRandy IN IN HIGH WIN IN OUT Futuristic CoutureJas LOW WIN LOW OUT Designer MakeoverTracy IN LOW OUT Bridal Wear ChallengePau IN OUT Movie ChallengeHazel OUT Self-Deconstruction
: Episode 2 is a team challenge. Cherry, Hanz, Jas, and Santi were selected as team leaders. Only Jas' team got the highest score while Santi's team and Cherry's team got the lowest scores eliminating Pau for having the worst design overall in the challenge. : In Episode 3 Jas have the worst design. Because Jas have immunity for winning the Episode 2 challenge, she was spared causing Tracy's elimination. : Episode 7 is a team challenge. Hanz, Meanne, Santi, and Russel were selected as team leaders. Since the challenge is about making a design collaboration, Hanz and Manny were both declared winners for this challenge. Patrick was brought back in the competition and was paired with Russell. Even though Cherry and Meanne's team have the worst design they were both spared for elimination. : Since there were no elimination in Episode 7, the two designers with the lowest scores were eliminated in Episode 8.
Green background and WINNER means the designer won Project Runway Philippines. Blue background and WIN means the designer won that challenge. Blue background and HIGH means the designer's score was tied with the winning designer, but did not win the challenge. Turquoise background and HIGH means the designer had one of the highest scores for that challenge, and came in second. Light blue background and HIGH means the designer had one of the highest scores for that challenge, but did not place in the top two. Pink background and LOW means the designer had one of the lowest scores for that challenge, but was not eliminated. Orange background and LOW means the designer was in the bottom two, but was not eliminated. Violet background and LOW means the designer have the worst design but because of immunity the designer was spared for elimination. Red background and OUT means the designer lost and was out of the competition.
Fashion model competition Model 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 15 Julie Ann WIN IN IN IN IN IN IN WIN IN IN IN IN WINNER Sinoia IN IN OUT IN IN IN IN WIN IN OUT Reynalyn IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN OUT Shyrmaine IN IN IN IN WIN IN IN IN IN WIN IN OUT Russel IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN OUT Cheeney IN WIN WIN IN IN WIN WIN IN IN OUT Cheska IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN OUT Zeke IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN WIN OUT Fianca IN IN IN IN IN IN OUT Kristine IN IN IN IN IN OUT Mariella IN IN IN WIN OUT Aika IN IN IN OUT Nikita IN OUT
Green background and WINNER means the model was paired with the winning designer, and won the competition. Blue background and WIN means the model wore the winning design. Teal background and WIN means the model was paired with the winning designer, but did not participate in the runway show. Light blue background and IN means the model did not participate in the runway show. Pink background and IN means the model wore the losing design. Violet background and IN means the model was paired with the losing designer, but did not participate in the runway show. Red background and OUT means the model was eliminated.
External links Project Runway Philippines on ETC Patrick Galang's official website Santi Obcena's official website Tracy Dizon's official website Philippine Fashion Week official website
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