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| Project Runway | |
|---|---|
| Season 3 | |
 Heidi Klum and the Project Runway season 3 contestants | |
| No. of tasks | 13 |
| No. of contestants | 15 |
| Winner | Jeffrey Sebelia |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Bravo |
| Original release | July 12 – October 18, 2006 |
| Season chronology | |
Project Runway season 3 is the third season of Project Runway, Bravo's reality competition for fashion designers. The third season of the show, with Heidi Klum returning as the host and Tim Gunn as the designers' guide, began airing on July 12, 2006. This broke tradition from the previous two seasons, which premiered in December, with the finales taking place at Olympus Fashion Week in February.
Season 3 brought in a new set of sponsors, notably Macy's replacing Banana Republic. NBC re-aired the first two episodes of Project Runway 3 five days after their original Bravo airings. The third season also introduced live viewer poll questions. During the second half-hour of the first airing of each episode, Bravo posed a question to viewers pertaining to the current episode. Fans had the option to respond via text message or the BravoTV.com website.
The winner, Jeffrey Sebelia, received a spread in Elle magazine, a mentorship with INC (Inter-National Concepts) Design, a year of representation by Designers Management Agency, a 2007 Saturn Sky Roadster, and $100,000 to start a clothing line (furnished by TRESemmé haircare).
In 2012, Kayne Gillaspie and Uli Herzner later competed in the second season of the All Stars edition with Kayne placing 9th, and Uli placing 3rd. In 2013, Mychael Knight and Jeffrey Sebelia competed in the third season of the All Stars edition, with Mychael placing 8th and Jeffrey placing 7th. In 2023, Kayne Gillaspie competed on Project Runway season 20 placing 10th out of 14.