Project Runway Season 5 Premieres Wednesday, July 16th at 9pm and it’s time to start getting acquainted with this season’s new crop of contestants before the design hit makes it’s final cut on Bravo.

The Project Runway 5 contestants 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