It appears that its just a fantastic season for lesbians on reality competition shows! First Kara Laricks won NBC's Fashion Star and now out designer Leslie Ezelle has won Design Star All Stars.
It appears that its just a fantastic season for lesbians on reality competition shows! First Kara Laricks won NBC's Fashion Star and now out designer Leslie Ezelle has won Design Star All Stars.
HGTV’s hit interior design reality competition series returned earlier this summer, but this time with six familiar faces for the first-ever Design Star All Stars. Former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader, mother and breast cancer survivor Leslie Ezelle joined a handful of contestants from the first seven seasons of Design Star to compete for $25,000 and a special appearance on an HGTV show.
The finale of the special four-episode season revealed that Leslie Ezelle won the title of the first Design Star All Stars Champion.
Leslie’s design style preference is “simple, traditional elegance,” with an easy and inexpensive less-is-more philosophy. She has a knack for helping clients “tame their domain,” as she believes the happiest and healthiest living environments are organized homes.
Leslie, fellow Dallas designer Hilari Younger and Tom Vecchione (the only male designer still in the competition), were the three finalists to face the last challenge of creating a functional living space using the inside and outside areas of a converted 20-foot by 8-foot shipping container.
The designers had to “come up with smart space-saving solutions, while still creating a beautiful and distinctive space that includes sleeping, dining and sitting areas.”
Leslie designed a simple, but functional seating area outside her container to welcome visitors.
The judges were very impressed with the inside of Leslie’s container. Leslie had transformed the space into a stylish and family-friendly living space that was fully functional.
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