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Meet the first plus-size winner of ‘Project Runway’

Ashley Nell Tipton made show history with her winning collection.

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Reality fashion competition Project Runway crowned the winner of its 14th season, but she’s the first of her kind. On Thursday night, Ashley Nell Tipton became the first plus-size designer from Project Runway to show at Fashion Week—and she won the whole damn thing.

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“Just being on this show is unbelievable,” Tipton, 24, told the New York Times back in August. “And then, I have to look on the other side and see that now I’m the only plus-size designer. This is crazy, like to the point where I could make history right now.” 

And after the show’s finale, it was confirmed that she truly has made history.  

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Photo via Ashley Nell Tipton/Instagram

 
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