NEW YORK CITY: Model Krista White attends BET's Rip the Runway 2011 at The Manhattan Center on Feb. 26.

Lauderdale Media is bringing MidSouth Fashion Week to the Cook Convention Center this weekend.

Designers Korto Momolu, Leanne Marshall and Kenley Collins backstage at the Project Runway Finalists Fashion Show in late 2008.

Jackie Thomas, of Lauderdale Media, represents Korto Momolu and Krista White, both scheduled to appear at the events. White, of Pine Bluff Ark., won Cycle 14 of America's Next Top Model. Momolu, of Little Rock, Ark., competed on Project Runway.

Project Runway alum Jerrell Scott and Gordana Gehlhausen are also slated to appear.

Event schedule (all held at The Cook Convention Center):

Friday

• 6 - 9 p.m., Opening Reception, $20 in advance, $30 at the door. Meet and greet with hostess, designers, sponsors, etc.

Saturday

• Noon -  2 p.m., Business Side of Fashion, $30 online, $35 at the door. Seminar/conference featuring panelists from the entertainment industry, press and reality tv covering the main aspects of business as it relates to the fashion world, brand marketing, pr, manufacturing, copyrights, trademarks, etc.
• 3 - 5 p.m., Reality of the Runway, $30 online, $35 at the door. Seminar/conference featuring reality tv panelists covering aspects of the reality tv industry, secrets to the audition process and how to capitalize on the business aspects after the season is over.
• 6 - 9 p.m., Saturday Night Fashion Show, tickets from $35 - $65. Featuring local and regional accessory and fashion designers.

Sunday

• 5 - 8 p.m., Celebrity Designer Fashion Show, tickets from $50 - $100.

Click here for more information and/or to purchase tickets. Tickets can also be purchased at the convention center or Ticketmaster.

(Pine Bluff, Ark. native Krista White is scheduled to appear at MidSouth Fashion Week this weekend.)

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND: America's Next Top Model Winner Krista White attends the New Zealand Fashion Week kick off cocktail party on Sept. 20.

Krista White sits in the front row during the Kathryn Wilson show on Sept. 21.

Krista White poses at the Mira Moda collection show during New Zealand Fashion Week on Sept. 24.

Krista White poses backstage ahead of the Huffer runway show on Sept. 24.

Memphis singer Valerie June

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• Paul Ryburn visited the grand opening of CHRISTINE by Shelton Clothiers, 147 S. Main St., last week. (Pics!)
• Krista White's interview in Seventeen magazine.
• The Arkansas Women's Show is this weekend in Little Rock, Ark.
• The Style Blueprint in Nashville found good shopping in Homewood (an area outside of Mountain Brook) in Birmingham, Ala.

INDIANAPOLIS: Pine Bluff, Ark. native Krista White of America's Next Top Model waves from the back of a car during the Indianapolis 500 Festival Parade on May 29.

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• Krista White of Pine Bluff, Ark. won Cycle 14 of America's Next Top Model this week. The Huffington Post has an audio interviewentailing her journey from retail manager to model. Seventeen Magazine has a video interview. The New York Post also has a short interview.
• Tom Wilemon of The Memphis Daily News reports that Cooper Young clothing store Lux, 906 S. Cooper St., is closing.
• Local hip-hop magazine Concrete Magazine is commemorating its second anniversary with "So Memphis" tees. Sneak Peek-Memphis, 515 S. Main St., has some (and photos).

h/t: ANTM 411

Blame it on my computer.

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• Two area women are competing on this cycle (14!) of America's Next Top Model: Krista White of Pine Bluff, Ark. (L) and Jessica Michel-Serfaty of Conway, Ark. ANTM411 has bios, photos, and episode summaries featuring Krista and Jessica. The show can be seen at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays on the CW.
• Barbara Bradley from The CA interviewed Korto Momolu in advance of her Memphis appearances at Dillards on Saturday (11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at Oak Court Mall, 2 - 4 p.m. at Wolfchase Galleria Mall [the Fall 2010 fashion show that debuted in New York at 3 p.m.] and 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. at Avenue Carriage Crossing in Collierville).
• Beth Spencer at The Daily Helmsman talked with Jad Davis about his latest Revolutionary Runway show, which will be held at 8 p.m. Saturday at 287 Madison Ave.
• Meanwhile, Erica Horton at The Daily Helmsman, wrote about Davis, as well as local model Rose Macabre and local fashion/wedding photographer Audrey Stimpson (Audrey Elizabeth Photography).
• Click here for a Memphis Business Journal story about Shelton Clothiers opening up a new women's boutique, Christine by Shelton Clothiers, this spring.
• Juanita Cousins from The Tennessean wrote about Middle Tennessee's first-ever Goodwill Wedding Gala and Sale held last Saturday.