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[madpawn]

One of the things I loved about the first season of the show were the official nicknames given to each of the designers. Sometimes they were amusing and wrong ("The Punk," "The Princess") and sometimes they were dead-on ("The Professional," "The Longshot").

Seeing as how they don't seem to be making a comeback as of yet, want to try to read the bios and make the pre-show nicknames ourselves? At the very least, it will be amusing in the future to see how wrong or right we were.
(Don't re-use any names except for Daniel F.!)

Here are my attempts, many of them terribly cheesy:
André Gonzalo: The Innovator
Chloe Dao: The Businesswoman
Daniel Franco: Mr. Hollywood!
Daniel Vosovic: The Globetrotter
Diana Eng: The Techie
Emmet McCarthy: The Menswear Expert
Guadalupe Vidal: The Bohemian (I don't know)
Heidi Standridge: (No idea)
John Wade: The Hipster
Kara Janx: The Architect
Kirsten Ehrig: The Europhile (baad)
Marla Duran: The Crafter
Nick Verreos: The Teacher
Raymundo Baltazar-Flores: The Dreamer
Santino Rice: (not sure, but his interview video is cool)
Zulema: The Costumer

I'd love to hear some of yours.

[Krispy24]

This is hard, since we don't really know them yet... but...

Diana Eng: The Geek
Emmet McCarthy: The Debonair
Heidi Standridge: The (Southern) Belle
Kara Janx: The Foreigner
Santino Rice: The Oddball

[yui]

Daniel Franco: The Soon-to-be-Eliminated. Again.

[madpawn]

Now that this season is well underway, I think it's time to revive this. :) (try to make them like they would be on the official site— no matter how much we think so, they'd never have Zulema: The Assmaster)

[ultimategirl]

Someone in a thread for the first or second episode referred to Diana as the MacGyver of Fashion. I can't claim it as my own, but I do love it.

[jm chen]

Santino Rice: The Competitor
Daniel Franco: The Tailor, or The Perfectionist

I keep trying to come up with something printable for Andrae, but they all come out extremely unflattering. ("The Basket Case", "The Emotional One.")

[stoutheartedmin]

Andrae: The Emoti-Con

Diana as the MacGyver of Fashion.

Brilliant! I guess that makes Marla the Three Stooges of Fashion.

[OhhTheIrony]

I swear, this will be my last post. then i will go study for finals.
OK, I won't. So what?
André Gonzalo: The Drama Queen / The Spaz
Chloe Dao: The Professional
Daniel Franco: The Perfectionist
Daniel Vosovic: The Hot Artist
Diana Eng: The Nerd
Emmet McCarthy: The Wallflower
Guadalupe Vidal: The One Who Won't Shut The Bloody Hell Up. Ever
Heidi Standridge: The Southerner
John Wade: The Slacker
Kara Janx: The Plain One
Kirsten Ehrig: The Old-but-Cool One
Marla Duran: The One Who Can't Sew
Nick Verreos: The Gay Uncle
Raymundo Baltazar-Flores: The New Austin
Santino Rice: The Talented Asshole
Zulema: The Ass-Showing Dress One

[eyechart]

Andraé Gonzalo: The Crying Jag-off
Chloe Dao: Kara-san (I know, she's not Japanese, but a lot like Kara Saun IMO)
Daniel Franco: Bliss-ter
Daniel Vosovic: The Other Daniel
Diana Eng: Geek Chic-k
Emmett McCarthy: The Cat in the Hat
Guadalupe Vidal: Loopy
Heidi Standridge: Bland Blond
John Wade: Tie Die
Kara Janx: This Year's Foreign Freak (or TYFF for short)
Kirsten Ehrig: Earwig
Marla Duran: Sugar-Free Pepper
Nick Verreos: MoFaux (cuz of the faux-hawk, and I want Mo' of him)
Raymundo Baltazar-Flores: Marbles (Young Balls...hee)
Santino Rice: Satanio
Zulema Griffin: Zu-lame-a

[OhhTheIrony]

haha! i like them all. "the other daniel" is my favorite.
heidi isn't bland!!
Zulema = drama though...well...in like the dorms though...
i don't get teh blisster...oh well.

[Twistie]

i don't get teh blisster...oh well.

It comes from S1. In Daniel F's brief appearance in that season he said a lot of new-agey things, and one of them was 'I wish you bliss'.

[LingPetunia]

I love Santino, but I am also loving the nickname " Satanio".

[OhhTheIrony]

ohh...i see.
I think santino's talented
but a jerk.
Hence my nicknme " the talented asshole"
Somebody post more!! i everybody has such coollll nicknams

[mshobo]

Zulema= Pepperosa (wendy + omarosa= drama)

[BlakeSpeare]

I agree with these:

Daniel Franco = "The Perfectionist"
Andrae = "The Drama Queen"
Heidi = "The Southern Belle"
Diana = "The Techie," "The Nerd," "The Geek," and "The MacGyver" are all possibilities.

My own suggestions:

Nick = "The Academic"
Marla = "The Outsider"
Santino (or maybe Zulema) = "The Diva"
Guadalupe = "The Live Wire"
Emmett = "The Heartthrob" (although I personally think that nickname should go to Tim Gunn)
Kirsten = "The Sophisticate"
Raymundo (or maybe Daniel V. or John) = "The Up-and-Comer"

Having trouble with Kara and Chloe.

Edited by BlakeSpeare, Dec 18, 2005 @ 1:07 AM.

[NikkiR]

Daniel Vosovic: The Other Daniel

Heck NO. I like the suggestion of the Hot Artist
Or just The Babe or possibly The Hipster

[vallegirl]

Or: the guy who really needs a good shampoo and haircut

[BlakeSpeare]

I would love it if they called lone hetero male Daniel Franco "The Breeder."

[pyromatic]

Or: the guy who really needs a good shampoo and haircut

I like his hair. It's very very emo

Edited by pyromatic, Dec 18, 2005 @ 8:51 PM.

[OhhTheIrony]

I am pretty much in love with daniel V's hair
back off, pyromatic, and Nikki R. he is mine...
hehe, actually, ki think he's probably gay

[Susan StoHelit]

Santino: The homeless guy
Diana: Technophile

Daniel Vu all over again!

Santino "I'd give up shampoo for fashion"
Diana "Geek and proud of it!"

[qtmcwhiskers]

Well, I can't stop calling Santino "Spalding" after seeing this. Scroll down to the first episode recap near the bottom of the page. I've never seen the movie myself, but the resemblance is...striking.

[CitizenKang]

I'll give this a try. I like assigning labels.

Santino: The Artist
Chloe: The Professional
Diana: The Geek
Nick: The Mentor
Daniel F: The Perfectionist
Daniel V: The Enigma
Guadalupe: The Pest
Marla: The Longshot
Andrae: The Drama Queen
Emmet: The Gentleman
Kara: The Milliner
Kirsten: The Underdog
Raymundo: The Entrepreneur
Zulema: The Diva

[Joefus]

I only put up the ones I could think of, and I stole some from other people!

Santino: Big Ego
Diana: Science coutore
Zulema: The Bitch
Andrae: Drama queen
Daniel V: Successful pretty boy
Diana: Sweet and talented
Marla: The underdog
Chloe: The professional

[InVinoVeritas]

Marla: The underdog

Eww noooo. She is horrible. I don't know WHY she is still around. I have hated everything she has done so far. She is most certainly NOT the underdog in my opinion.

Marla: Token Older Mother Type Needed On Show

[Joefus]

I suppose you're right. I'll change it to......



Marla: Self taught sewer that thought she could make it.





:]

[RedHotRevolver]

Marla - "Bearer of shiny, tacky badge"

[Beasta]

Zulema= Pepperosa

Ha! Nice one mshobo.

Let's see...

Diana: The Fashiontologist
Santino: Osama bin an asshole for the past three episodes.
Chloe: The Smart, Savvy One
Nick: The Favorite
Daniel F: The Man of My Dreams
Daniel V: The Person Who Stole Adrian Brody's Face
Guadalupe: E (from The Incredibles)
Marla: The Mommy
Andrae: The Fanciful Unicorn (dude's always prancing everytime they step outside)
Emmet: The Comatose
Kara: The Scary One
Kirsten: The Sentimental One
Raymundo: The Mama's Boy
Zulema: The Queen Bitch

[Flootoona]

Diana: Inspector Gadget
Santino: El Grandioso Santinista
Chloe: Stealth Bitch
Nick: Uncle Nicky
Daniel F: Tender Blossom
Daniel V: My Little Ponytail
Guadalupe: Ramona the Pest
Marla: Edith Prickley
Andrae: Princess Punkin' Butt
Emmet: Silent but Deadly
Kara: Rick Rack Panty Whack
Kirsten: Isadora Duncan
Raymundo: Lil' Cojones
Zulema: My Not Fair Lady

[MidwesternFlair]

Hee! Very clever.

My personal favs: My Little Ponytail, My Not Fair Lady