Isle designer third as Kiwi wins ‘Runway’

New Zealand designer Sean Kelly has been named the winner of "Project Runway" Season 13.

Hawaii designer Kini Zamora placed third in the TV design competition, behind Amanda Valentine.

Zamora said, "I have no regrets about my designs. I stayed true to who I am as a designer.

"I had to please the judges, but I did what I wanted to do."

Friends and family packed the Safe House at the Republik Thursday night where Zamora was watching the episode.

At the end of the evening he thanked everyone who attended and said, "I made it to where I wanted to be in this competition and did all that I could do.

"I’m kind of happy to see it’s over. I don’t have to keep secrets anymore."

Zamora’s showing made it the second time a Hawaii designer has made it into the top three. Ari (then competing as Andy) South reached the top three in Season 8, finishing behind winner Gretchen Jones and Mondo Guerra.

Another Hawaii designer and Honolulu Community College alumnus, Jay Sario, made it into the top four in season seven.

This season marked the sixth time Zamora auditioned for the TV design competition.

The 2005 HCC alumnus most recently partnered with photographer and fellow designer Dean "Dinko" Satta to create the Kini and Dinko brand. Their inaugural collection will launch during a free fashion show 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7 at the Hawai’i Convention Center as part of Hawaii Fashion Month.

Hawaii still will be represented on Lifetime as Sario returns to "Project Runway All-Stars" Season 4, that begins airing next Thursday.

Guitarist Wilko Johnson says he is cancer-free

LONDON » British guitarist Wilko Johnson says he is free of cancer, two years after being told he had months to live.

The former member of blues-rockers Dr. Feelgood launched what he said would be a farewell tour after his diagnosis in 2012 of incurable pancreatic cancer. He also recorded a "final" album with Roger Daltrey of the Who.

Accepting a trophy Wednesday at the Q Awards, 67-year-old Johnson said he had undergone radical surgery to remove a 6.6-pound tumor. He said, "They cured me."

Johnson said he hoped to go back on the road soon, "and the moral of the story is you never know what’s going to happen."

‘The Situation’ to appear in court on tax charges

NEWARK, N.J. » A former cast member of MTV’s reality show "Jersey Shore" is due back in court to face federal tax charges.

Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino and his brother, Marc, face an arraignment Thursday in Newark.

They were charged last month with filing bogus tax returns and inflating business expenses to avoid paying taxes on nearly $9 million in income over a three-year period. They have pleaded not guilty.

Sorrentino was to be arraigned two weeks ago but was given an extension to film another reality show in Los Angeles.