Anne Eustis Pepper Stewart, known as Wendy Pepper, was a fashion designer who appeared on the first season of the reality television show Project Runway, which aired on Bravo from December 2004 through February 2005.
15 Facts About Wendy Pepper
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Wendy Pepper was a contestant on the second season of Project Runway All Stars.
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Wendy Pepper graduated from The Madeira School in 1982 and then attended the University of Washington in Seattle, earning a degree in anthropology.
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Wendy Pepper returned home and continued to learn more about textiles, fabric-painting, and quilting.
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Wendy Pepper won two of the challenges, with her design for the Banana Republic challenge and the Grammy dress for Nancy O'Dell.
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Wendy Pepper's dress sold out within three hours online and within two days in stores.
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Wendy Pepper had noticeable failures, including her outfit for the Innovation challenge and her dress for the Envy challenge.
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Wendy Pepper stated it was the second most important day of her life after the birth of her daughter.
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Wendy Pepper came in third in the final competition, with Jay McCarroll winning.
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Wendy Pepper appeared on the front page of The Georgetowner magazine in Washington, DC, in the New York Post, The Washington Post, Loudoun Magazine, Middleburg Eccentric, and Factio.
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Wendy Pepper took part in two other Bravo television shows: Celebrity Poker Showdown and Battle of the Network Reality Stars.
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Wendy Pepper took part in the interview process for contestants for season two of Project Runway.
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Wendy Pepper had a brief cameo appearance in Bravo's Project Jay, an hour-long documentary on the winner of the first season of Project Runway.
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Wendy Pepper showed her debut line, outside of Project Runway, on April 11,2006 in Washington, DC Her ready-to-wear line was shown at the 2007 Cleveland Fashion Week in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Wendy Pepper died on November 12,2017, aged 53, in Washington DC The cause of death was complications of pneumonia after battling cancer for several months.