Project Runway back in August, meet the contestants VIDEO

Lifetime has announced the "Project Runway" new crop of creatives set to face off in the world of fashion. Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn - Fashion rabbi Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum oversee the diverse group. Klum resumes her role as host, with Gunn and judges Nina Garcia and Michael Kors for the hit reality series on hiatus since early 2008, when it made a switch from Bravo to Lifetime. The legal dust settled in April. © Janet Mayer / PR Photos

Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn - Fashion rabbi Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum oversee the diverse group. Klum resumes her role as host, with Gunn and judges Nina Garcia and Michael Kors for the hit reality series on hiatus since early 2008, when it made a switch from Bravo to Lifetime. The legal dust settled in April. © Janet Mayer / PR PhotosFashion rabbi Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum oversee the diverse group. Klum resumes her role as host, with Gunn and judges Nina Garcia and Michael Kors for the hit reality series on hiatus since early 2008, when it made a switch from Bravo to Lifetime. The legal dust settled in April.Three of the sixteen are from other countries: Nicolas Putvinski, Gordana Gehlhausen and Irina Shabeyeva.

South Carolina native Carol Hannah Whitfield currently lives in Brooklyn.

Johnny Sakalis graduated from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles. Mitchell Hall hails from Savannah, Ga.

Christina Aguilera and Lindsay Lohan are reported to be making cameos during challenges, according to the Associated Press.Tune in on Thursday, August 20, at 10PM ET/PT, followed by the all-new companion series, Models of the Runway at 11PM ET/PT. Project Runway also features influential guest judges from the worlds of fashion, music, film and television.

The Premise:During Season Six of the series, the contestants will design at Los Angeles’ Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM). The diverse group of 16 will get pared down to the finalists who will show their own lines in front of an audience of fashion industry influencers at New York Fashion Week. As part of the winner’s prize package, an editorial feature on the victorious designer will run in an upcoming issue of Marie Claire magazine, and he/she will strut away with a cash prize of $100,000 from L’Oreal Paris to start a fashion line and a trip to Paris furnished by Evian.

The Season 6 Project Runway designers are:Althea Harper, 24 - Hometown: Dayton, OH; Resides in Brooklyn, NYAri Fish, 26 - Hometown/Resides in Kansas City, MOCarol Hannah Whitfield, 24 - Hometown: Anderson, SC; Resides in Brooklyn, NYChristopher Straub, 30 - Hometown: St. Louis Park, MN; Resides in Shakopee, MNEpperson, 50 - Hometown/Resides in New York, NYGordana Gehlhausen, 45 - Hometown: Yugoslavia; Resides in San Diego, CAIrina Shabayeva, 27 - Hometown: The Republic of Georgia; Resides in New York, NYJohnny Sakalis, 30 - Hometown: Long Beach, CA; Resides in Los Angeles, CALogan Neitzel, 26 - Hometown: Blackfoot, ID; Resides in Seattle, WALouise Black, 32 - Hometown: Temple, TX; Resides in Dallas, TXMalvin Vien, 24 - Hometown: Englewood, CO; Resides in Brooklyn, NYMitchell Hall, 26 - Hometown: Melbourne, FL; Resides in Savannah, GANicolas Putvinski, 27 - Hometown: Moscow, Russia; Resides in New York, NYRa’mon-Lawrence Coleman, 31 - Hometown: Chicago, IL; Resides in Milwaukee, WIShirin Askari, 24 - Hometown: Tulsa, OK; Resides in Garland, TXQristyl Frazier, 42 - Hometown: St. Louis, MO; Resides in Brooklyn, NY