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Jennifer Bertrand

What Happened to the LAST Design Star?

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Jennifer Bertrand, HGTV Design Star winner.

Did you wonder what happened to the last Design Star winner? ME, TOO!

I loved her wonderful, signature, soft graphic paintings that she did in several of the challenges. And her laugh!  It was totally contagious.

Anyway, I was watching the current cycle of Design Star (I have to catch up on DVR’d episodes so NO SPOILERS in the comments PLEASE!) and I wondered if she had a falling out with HGTV or decided the TV grind just wasn’t for her or worse that something terrible had happened to her.  So, I decided to do a little research to see what I could find out.

I’m am happy to say that nothing untoward happened. She had a baby!  Aw.  That’s a good excuse as any to postpone production of your very own show.  Congratulations, Jennifer.

Take a peek at her new show, Paint-Over. It looks like it is going to be right up my redo-for-cheap alley … kind of like the old HGTV I used to watch almost exclusively before it became the realtor channel.

Can’t wait to watch.

CLICK HERE FOR AN UPDATE POST.

  1. Ginny08-05-2009

    Glad it was happy news for her!
    .-= Read Ginny´s last post … Giveaway ~ Chicken Soup for the Soul Tough Times, Tough People =-.

  2. vicki12-21-2009

    I had been wondering the SAME thing- what happened to Jennifer! Thanks for researching and figuring out she had a BABY! :) Can’t wait to see her new show.

  3. Lori01-10-2010

    I have been wondering, too! I really have been looking forward to Jen’s show. I loved her personality and she has a “calmness” about her. I loved everything she did on “Design Star” and of course, being a fellow Iowan, I am so proud of her. I wish she was at my house helping me make some paint color decisions. Maybe one of her shows could help explain the “color wheel” of paint colors and show a LOT of rooms painted in complimentary colors. GOOD LUCK on the new show, Jen. You deserve it !!! Congratulations on the Baby !!!

  4. Jennifer Bertrand :)05-26-2010

    Hi! :)
    I randomly came across your site when I was creating my media page info for my future website (jenniferbertrand.com)! Thank you so much for taking the time to write about me! :) I don’t know if you ever heard about what happened with our lovely child, Winston, and our medical adventures. If not, here’s a guest blog I did a while ago!
    http://www.jeneanmorrison.net/blog/guest-blogger-jennifer-bertrand-winner-of-design-star-season.html Or on Facebook, (Jennifer Oldham Bertrand) you can see photos of our adventures with Winston! Cheeriooooooooooooooo and here’s to loving design!!!! :) jen

  5. Lovely05-27-2010

    Jen, thank you so much for sharing your story. I’m just in tears. Do you mind if I do a post updating your fans? I get a lot of traffic from Google wondering what happened to one of their favorite Design Stars.

  6. Jennifer Bertrand06-15-2011

    Hi again……I never saw your reply! If you ever want to chat and do an update, just email me! :) It’s been a crazy ride! HUGS! jen :)

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