Shazia Kirmani Leaves Top Design with New Appreciation for Todd Oldham

Houston-based interior designer Shazia Kirmani (pictured at right) is the latest Top Design contestant to hear from host India Hicks, “Sorry, but we could not live with your design.” Shazia’s voice got lost in the shuffle of this week’s challenge, which divided the contestants into teams and assigned them the task of making over the apartments of bachelors on a budget. Shazia says that she felt intimidated by the show’s diverse crop of talented—and cutthroat—designers, none of whom were brimming with Southern hospitality.