The second season of “Project Runway: Junior” will premiere on Dec. 22 on Lifetime and those who tune in may see a familiar face.

Sixteen-year-old Pocatello resident Cartier Dior is one of 12 junior designers between the ages of 13 and 17 who will be featured on the show.

“It’s really cool to think people from my town and from my school are going to see me on TV,” Dior said.

But to the teen who dreams of one day showing a collection at Paris Fashion Week, getting on the show was about much more than five minutes of fame.

“I think it’s a really great opportunity, especially being someone from a small town. To show my work on that kind of level is awesome,” Dior said. “I’m really excited about it.”

Emmy Award-winner Tim Gunn and supermodel Hannah Jeter co-host the show. And Kelly Osbourne and Christian Siriano, both fashion designers, and Aya Kanai, executive fashion editor for Seventeen Magazine and Cosmopolitan, serve as judges, according to a news release. Olivia Holt, a Disney Channel actress and singer, also serves as a finale guest judge.

There’s a lot at stake for the junior designers who compete on the show. The winner receives a full scholarship to FIDM in California.

The winner also receives a home sewing and crafting studio, along with the dream machine, all courtesy of Brother, a feature in Seventeen Magazine and $25,000 to help launch their line, according to the news release.

“Also, butter LONDON will supply a year’s worth of products and the opportunity to consult with butter LONDON to create a limited edition nail color collection,” the news release states. “The styles from their finale collection will be manufactured by Los Angeles Development House, Lefty Production Company.”

Dior said design school can be expensive so the chance to win a scholarship was especially appealing to her. But she also enjoyed the opportunity to meet other young people interested in design while the show was being filmed.

“I really made a lot of really good friends,” she said.

Dior says designing gives her a chance to express herself in a way that goes beyond painting and some other art forms. She likes to create things that are not only three-dimensional, but are also something she can wear.

She also likes the challenge of design — that’s one of the reasons why she was excited to make it onto the show.

“I really wanted to be on the show, honestly, because they do unconventional challenges,” she said, adding that she’s good at that.

She’s not kidding.

Dior made her first dress from recycled phone books when she was just nine years old, although she often works in more conventional materials today.

She learned to sew by studying books and taking apart store-bought clothes to see how they were created. She still considers sewing something on a professional level to be the hardest part of design.

“It’s something you put a lot of time and effort into,” Dior said.

Still, she has been working hard at design for years.

She became interested in evening wear and haute couture when she was 11 years old, according to her show bio, which adds that she subsequently started her own fashion blog.

“Cartier is known for only shopping for vintage clothing to make her personal style more unique,” her bio states. “Her skills include cutting, sewing, sketching, pattern making, zippers, among others. Her designs can be described as unique and creative, while keeping a classic silhouette.”

“Project Runway: Junior” will premier at 8 p.m. Mountain Time on Dec. 22, but will move to its regular time slot of 9 p.m. beginning Dec. 29, according to the news release.

Dior encourages people to watch the show.

“It’s a really interesting show and the designers are incredibly talented,” she said, adding that it’s hard to believe some of the stuff that’s produced by teens. “It blows my mind.”