Local designer a Project Runway contestant


Germantown's Kristin Haskins Simms is among the contestants as "Project Runway" premieres its eighth season. Kristin Haskins Simms applied on a whim to be a contestant on Project Runway, but the 39-year-old will get a serious shot at big time fashion when she joins 17 other aspiring clothiers on Lifetime this Thursday at 9/8c.