FashionFest 2026
Community and Celebrity Models
Collegiate and Professional Sports
- Jamal Abu-Shamala, Former Gopher Basketball Player
- Dom Barber, Former Gopher Football Player | Former NFL Player
- Joe Bjorklund, Former Gopher Football Player
- Travis Busch, Former Gopher Basketball Player
- Ernie Heifort, Former Gopher Football Player
- PJ Hill, Former Professional Basketball Player
- Jon Hoese, Former Gopher Football Captain | Former NFL Football Player
- Ron Johnson, Former Gopher Football Player | TV Analyst, Fox9 | KFAN Radio
- Olivia King, Former Gopher Hockey Player | Media Presence
- Lea Olsen, Former Gopher Basketball Player
- Alexa Score, Professional Wakeboarder | TV Host
- Adam Weber, Former Gopher Football Player | Former NFL Football Player
- Pete Westerhaus, Former Gopher Football Player
- Ben Williams, Former Minnesota Viking
- Andrea Yoch, Co-Founder, Minnesota Aurora FC
- Rickey Young, Former Minnesota Viking
Community Partners
- Ruth Bachman, UMF Life Trustee
- Jenny Brown, Founder, Brown Boys Benefit
- Judith Eckerle, MD, Director, Adoption Medicine Clinic | Former Miss Wisconsin USA
- Moh Habib, Founders, STUDIIYO23
- Fatou Jome, Realtor | Model
- Donte Mearfon, Artist & Designer
- Joe Nuñez, Attorney, Vantage Law Group
- Ed Porter, Celebrity Chef | Podcast Host
- Britt Rogers, Orthopedic Surgeon
- Malik Rucker, Executive Director, V3 Sports
- Jasmine Brett Stringer, Professional Speaker | Lifestyle Expert
- Hannah Swain, Marketing and Fashion Enthusiast
- Todd Walker, Travel and Lifestyle Journalist
- Marisa Williams, CEO, Girl Scouts River Valleys
Model Partners
- Rebecca Epley, America's Next Top Model 2004
- Barbara Peterson Burwell, Miss USA 1976
- Stephanie Singroy, Professional Model
TV and Media Partners
- Brittany Benjamin, Actor | Singer | Filmmaker
- Marisa Coughlan, Actress, Super Troopers and Blue Eyed Girl
- Shelly Crowley, Publisher, Mpls. St Paul Magazine
- CeCe Gaines, Anchor, KARE11 News
- Jason Hackett, Anchor, KARE11 Sunrise
- Brittany Hagan, Host, MyTalk's Brittany and Kendall Show
- Stephanie Hansen, Host, FOX9's Taste Buds with Stephanie
- Daniel Hastings, Love is Blind Season 8
- Taylor Hastings, Love is Blind Season 8
- Amy James, Host and Emcee
- Alix Kendall, Former Anchor, FOX9 | Podcast Host, Life Unscripted
- Alicia Lewis, Anchor, KARE11 Morning News
- Kendall Mark, Host, MyTalk's Brittany and Kendall Show
- Jennifer Mayerle, Senior Investigative Reporter, WCCO-TV
- Leah McLean, Anchor, KSTP TV
- Marielle Mohs, Sports Reporter, WCCO-TV
- Matt Muenster, Former Host, HGTV
- Madeline Nachbar, Trend and Style Editor, Mpls. St. Paul Magazine
- Jayne Haugen Olson, Editor in Chief, Mpls. St Paul Magazine
- Eric Perkins, Perk at Play Productions
- Brandi Powell, News Anchor, KSTP-TV
- Marcus Pugh, Author, Gra-Co Adventures
- Rena Sarigianopoulos, Anchor, KARE11 News
- Vineeta Sawkar, Host, WCCO-Radio
- Morgan Wolfe, News Anchor, KARE11
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