Guerra was on
the eighth season of
Project Runway, aired in 2010. After placing in the top, but not winning, on a number of challenges, then placing in the bottom but not being eliminated in the seventh (Resort Wear Challenge) episode, he won the challenges on the eighth (
Jacqueline Kennedy Challenge), ninth (L'Oreal Makeup Challenge) and tenth (HP Pattern Challenge) episodes. He also won $20,000 for the ninth challenge, which involved both a "couture" look and a "ready-to-wear" look. During the tenth challenge, after a question from
Nina García and without having expected to do so, He had not previously disclosed his HIV status to his family and the show's producers and
Tim Gunn spoke with him about how he wanted to handle the issue; Guerra has described feeling a sense of relief and self-love at going public with his status. fan favorite — came in third. split debate over the winner — appeared in a modified version of one of Guerra's final collection gowns for the Los Angeles premiere of the movie
Black Swan a few weeks after the airing of the final episode. Guerra was the winner of the 2012 series
first season of
Project Runway All Stars, beating out season 1 designer
Austin Scarlett and close friend from season 8
Michael Costello. Guerra also was a judge for Project Runway Season 10, episode 9, in which contestants had to make their own print for fabric and design an outfit using the fabric. The episode flashed back to Guerra's win for this challenge during Season 8. ==Other notable work==