Cheaters never win. Okay, well maybe Jose Canseco won the 1988 AL MVP of baseball while on steroids but not in reality TV! My favorite to win from the early going of Bravo's mildy popular Project Runway was Kara Saun. Then, in the finale held during New York's Fashion Week she did the unthinkable, clearly violating the rules by accepting free shoes. Even worse, she tried to cover it up by having her friend dope up a receipt that wouldn't (as show host Tim Gunn put it) "cover the import tax" on the custom made shoes. Show producers gave her some options and she chose to still use the shoes but for the judges to disregard them as part of her outfits. Thus, the winner of several competitions along the way wound up in second place. Fellow finalist Wendy Pepper had won the two most crucial competitions and was rewarded by having one of her creations sold by Banana Republic and another (slightly altered) worn by Extra's Nancy O'Dell at the Grammys. She wound up third.

Who won? That would be zero time competition winner Jay McCarroll the flamboyant gay whose designs probably wouldn't make it on the discount rack at the outlet stores.

Of course, Bravo is the gay network so it's only fitting one wins. I'd have preffered fourth place finisher Austin Scarlett whose style apparently was too straight forward for the judges. Speaking of those judges, I've seen better work on Animal Planet's Pet Star show.

The face of the show is model Heidi Klum who has one thing in common with Donald Trump - both need a lot of voice-overs that are added in later. If it wasn't said, leave it unsaid already.

Overall it was a good show and the finale drew 2.5 million viewers. Heck, that's about 10% of what an average American Idol episode draws right?