Project Runway's Laura Bennett Has a Boy
Architect-turned-designer Laura Bennett, a finalist on the third season of Project Runway, has welcomed her sixth child, a boy, she tells PEOPLE exclusively.

Her son Finn was born at 10:46 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 1, and weighed in at 8 lbs. Bennett says her newest child is "so cute" and that she is feeling fine.

Already a mom to four sons and a daughter (daughter Cleo, 18, from a previous marriage and sons Peik, 10, Truman, 7, Pierson, 4, and Larson, 3), Bennett, 43, discovered she was pregnant while filming the Bravo reality competition.

She didn't fuss about not having maternity clothes with her: "I'd wear these stretchy T-shirt dresses," she told PEOPLE in September.

After the Project Runway finale in October, Bennett awaited her baby's arrival at home in Manhattan with her husband, Peter Shelton, 55, who runs a design firm.

"Poor guy, he was the last to know," Bennett, a New Orleans native, told PEOPLE. "(Michael Kors's mother) Joan knew, but my husband didn't!"

In other Project Runway baby news, Heidi Klum also recently welcomed a son. And judge Nina Garcia is expecting her first child in March.

For video of Bennett's Nov. 14 baby shower in New York City, click here.

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	dj_underdog 2006-12-03 05:58 pm UTC (link)
	Why the long face? (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	duckumu 2006-12-03 07:22 pm UTC (link)
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AHAHAHAHHAHAAAAAA!!!! - sinfidel, 2006-12-04 02:18 am UTC (Expand)

	princessbecky13 2006-12-03 05:59 pm UTC (link)
	Man, her husband is just popping out Y chromosomes left and right. (Reply to this)

	ctheron_power 2006-12-03 06:02 pm UTC (link)
	WTF @ that picture. (Reply to this)

	fluffyrainbows 2006-12-03 06:06 pm UTC (link)
	TIM GUNN IS THE ONE KNOCKING UP THE LADIES OF PROJECT RUNWAY Y/Y? (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	strangelittlex 2006-12-03 06:07 pm UTC (link)
	Y! (Reply to this) (Parent)

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	pin_stripe 2006-12-03 06:08 pm UTC (link)
	SIXTH CHILD?? someone must be busy. and fertile (Reply to this)

	jtwill84 2006-12-03 06:08 pm UTC (link)
	Is the baby black? Because I'm convinced she and Michael were boning. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	inthis__skiin 2006-12-03 06:09 pm UTC (link)
	srsly. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	inthis__skiin 2006-12-03 06:09 pm UTC (link)
	ANOTHER boy? All that testosterone is gonna turn that woman into a man herself. (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	ihatejello 2006-12-03 06:48 pm UTC (link)
	these shoes are 300 FUCKING dollars! (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

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	smelltheflowers 2006-12-03 06:10 pm UTC (link)
	Just out of curiosity, how old is Laura Bennett? It's hard to tell from her appearance. On a random note, I really loved Laura's designs on Project Runway. They were so elegant and classic! I was so disappointed when Jeffery won; he was my least favourite of the four finalists :( (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	pharmacists 2006-12-03 06:12 pm UTC (link)
	article says 43 (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

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	_____chiller 2006-12-03 06:11 pm UTC (link)
	Her husband looks like Albert Einstein so much, hah hah. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	bangbangusuck 2006-12-03 11:27 pm UTC (link)
	omg I know. Scarey. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	aloneinthetown 2006-12-03 06:15 pm UTC (link)
	Someone needs to get her to take a sex ed class or give her a fish bowl full of condoms or something. (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	smelltheflowers 2006-12-03 06:17 pm UTC (link)
	Well, I don't know religious affiliations she has, but some prohibit the use of birth control (Reply to this) (Parent)

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	xoocarmcarms 2006-12-03 06:16 pm UTC (link)
	I HATE LAURA! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	excitingname 2006-12-03 06:25 pm UTC (link)
	woot. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	keepyourguns 2006-12-03 06:17 pm UTC (link)
	I like her but I'm so glad Jeffrey won. (Reply to this)

	pikapika217 2006-12-03 06:17 pm UTC (link)
	LOL; She's said that she's just kept, uh , 'at it' because she wanted another girl; hopefully the next baby will be one. meanwhile, props to the hubby for still being able to get it up since he looks like an Albert Einstein cosplay with glasses. (Reply to this)

	deathbytamarind 2006-12-03 06:18 pm UTC (link)
	Gross. (Reply to this)

	daslexmeister 2006-12-03 06:19 pm UTC (link)
	She's ooogly! (Reply to this)

	erraticrhapsody 2006-12-03 06:19 pm UTC (link)
	laura's husband has super sperm. (Reply to this)

	excitingname 2006-12-03 06:20 pm UTC (link)
	even her children's names are pretentious. (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	sabamfa 2006-12-03 06:34 pm UTC (link)
	iawtc (Reply to this) (Parent)

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	x_sweetsurprise 2006-12-03 06:24 pm UTC (link)
	her albert einstein look-alike husband is freakin horny! jeez! (Reply to this)

	thesestreets 2006-12-03 06:27 pm UTC (link)
	sixth? close your legs, woman! (Reply to this)

	dangerlad 2006-12-03 06:28 pm UTC (link)
	Ily Laura, you're ~fabulously glamorous~. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ssstephaniem 2006-12-03 08:42 pm UTC (link)
	i love her tons. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	eversochili 2006-12-03 06:29 pm UTC (link)
	i always kind of feel bad for kids whose parents are on the old side. you don't get nearly enough quality years with them. he'll be helping to find his dad a nursing home before he's 25. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	foreverbeingnow 2006-12-03 06:46 pm UTC (link)
	yeah, i'll be 26, and my dads turning 70. he was too old to teach me about anything except for the jaded/cynical old man facts of life. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

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	slartibartfast 2006-12-03 06:33 pm UTC (link)
	Ha that's my name. (Reply to this)

	maldeluxx 2006-12-03 06:35 pm UTC (link)
	*stares at the jaw* O.o (Reply to this)

	keskt 2006-12-03 06:35 pm UTC (link)
	lol Peik is a great name (Reply to this)

	mercurialness 2006-12-03 06:37 pm UTC (link)
	Dude, stop bitching that she has six kids. She's 43, married, has a fucking nice place, and clearly between her and her husband, they can take care of all six of them, so who cares? That's their business. It's not like they're both unemployed and hitting up welfare or doing it for the tax returns. Jesus. Let her throw another one on the pile if she wants to. (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

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