What These Project Runway Winners Look Like Today
Anya Ayoung-Chee won Season 9 of Project Runway despite having only started learning to sew four months before the show began shooting. As she told Entertainment Weekly in 2011, "Most designers don't sew themselves anyway, and in terms of like mass producing, obviously, you don't sew." It seems that Ayoung-Chee's fledgling sewing skills haven't hindered her businesses. After winning, she moved back to Trinidad and Tobago, from where she runs her clothing, children's, and home furnishing lines. On her official website, it's noted, "In recent years Anya retreated from designing her own clothing line in order to open and manage a co-working space (HOME), boutique (Exhibit A) and cafe (HOME Cafe) in Trinidad." Basically, she's incredibly busy carving out a diverse career in the creative industries.
In 2014, Ayoung-Chee returned to reality TV as a mentor in Tim Gunn's Under the Gunn, and also appeared on Project Runway All Stars five years later. But aside from TV, this Project Runway winner has also been having lots of success in her personal life since competing on the show. She married photographer Wyatt Gallery in January 2018, and the couple welcomed a son named Kaïri that July. Ayoung-Chee was also appointed as a Tourism Ambassador for Trinidad and Tobago. For fans of this designer's inimitable style, she has returned to designing after a break and is, at the time of this writing in 2019, selling a limited edition collection of clothing on her website.
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