The Fashionista (Season 3)

Contestants
The 15 fashion designers competing in the third season were:

Episode 301: Wall to Wall Fashion

 * Challenge: The designers are asked to create an outfit in just two days using only materials found in their apartments.
 * Winner: Audria Nicholas
 * Eliminated: Karen Adams

Episode 302: Fit For a Queen

 * Challenge: The remaining designers are asked to create a formal evening gown for guest judge and Miss USA in teams of two.
 * Winner: Ryan Mercado
 * Eliminated: Enoch Olivares

Episode 303: Designer's Best Friend

 * Challenge: The remaining designers are asked to create an outfit and story for a dog and its owner.
 * Winner: Son Lessard
 * Eliminated: Donnie Booker

Episode 304: Reap What You Sew

 * Challenge: The remaining designers are asked to create a three-piece outfit for Macy's in-house INC brand.
 * Winner: Louise Brown
 * Eliminated: Kelli Huff

Episode 305: Iconic Statement

 * Challenge: The remaining designers are asked to modernize a look for a "fashion icon".
 * Winner: Sean Butler
 * Eliminated: Marcus Wallace

Episode 306: Waste Not, Want Not

 * Challenge: The remaining designers are asked to create an outfit in just one day using only materials found at the Waste Management Recycle America Center in Port Newark, New Jersey.
 * Winner: Brenda Shaffer
 * Eliminated: Megan Oliver

Episode 307: Everyday Woman

 * Challenge: The remaining designers are asked to create an outfit for an "everyday woman". The remaining designers' mothers and sisters are used as the clients and models for this challenge.
 * Winner: Bud Cornish
 * Eliminated: Audria Nicholas

Episode 308: High Flying Fashion

 * Challenge: The remaining designers are asked to create and model an "international jet-set" outfit for themselves in just one day.
 * Winner: Brenda Shaffer
 * Eliminated: Luana Mock

Episode 309: Couture du Jour

 * Challenge: The remaining designers are asked to create an evening gown in just two days employing Haute couture techniques.
 * Winner: Bud Cornish
 * Eliminated: Son Lessard

Episode 310: Black and White

 * Challenge: The designers are asked to create a cocktail dress using only black and white fabrics. An additional challenge requires designers to incorporate all of the fabric purchased into the outfit. Previously eliminated designers who have won at least one previous challenge are allowed back into the competition and are able to stay only if they win this challenge.
 * Winner and comeback: Audria Nicholas
 * Eliminated: Ryan Mercado

Episode 311: What The ELLE?

 * Challenge: The remaining designers are asked to create an outfit that expresses "their specific point of view as a designer".
 * Winner: Kristine Richey
 * Eliminated: Brenda Shaffer & Louise Brown

Episode 314: Finale, Part 2

 * Challenge: The remaining designers finish their collections and all of the designers show and are judged in the Bryant Park tents for Spring Olympus Fashion Week.
 * Winner: Bud Cornish
 * Eliminated: Kristine Richey (Runner-up), Sean Butler (2nd Runner-up) & Audria Nicholas (3rd Runner-up).