Project Runway 5 Cast

The sixteen designers for Project Runway are:

Blayne, 23 - Hometown: Yakima, Wash.; Resides in Seattle, Wash.
Daniel, 25 - Hometown: Great Barrington, Mass.; Resides in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Emily, 27 - Hometown: Sacramento, Calif.; Resides in Los Angeles, Calif.
Jennifer, 27 - Hometown: East Syracuse, N.Y.; Resides in Pistoia, Italy
Jerell, 28 - Hometown: Houston, Texas; Resides in Los Angeles, Calif.
Jerry, 32 – Hometown: Butte, Mont.; Resides in New York City
Joe, 41 - Hometown/Resides in: Troy, Mich.
Keith, 26 - Hometown/Resides in: Salt Lake City, Utah
Kelli, 27 - Hometown/Resides in: Columbus, Ohio
Kenley, 25 - Hometown: Pompano Beach, Fla.; Resides in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Korto, 33 - Hometown: Liberia; Resides in Mabelvale, Ark.
Leanne, 27 - Hometown: Yuta, Calif.; Resides in Portland, Ore.
Stella, 42 – Hometown: Astoria, N.Y.; Resides in New York City
Suede, 37 - Hometown: Seven Hills, Ohio; Resides in Barryville, N.Y.
Terri, 39 - Hometown: Chicago, Ill.; Resides in Columbus, Ohio
Wesley, 23 – Hometown: Blackstone, Mass.; Resides in New York City

During the course of the competition, the sixteen original contestants will be narrowed down the finalists who will participate in New York Fashion Week. The winner of Project Runway 5 will receive an editorial feature in an issue of ELLE Magazine, a cash prize of $100,000 from TRESemmé professional hair care, the opportunity to sell a fashion line on Bluefly.com, and a brand new 2009 Saturn VUE Hybrid.

Project Runway 5 premieres on Wednesday, July 16 at 9 PM ET/PT on Bravo.