"Shake your shimmy, sister." —Santino Rice, season 6

"I feel like Celie in The Color Purple. I'm here. Dear God, I'm here." —Shangela, All Stars 3

"I love the color purple! Oprah was robbed." —Nina West, season 11

"There's really nothing like enjoying The Color Purple. In fact, my feet are still dirty from it." —Yvie Oddly, season 11

"The Color Purple is one of my favorite of all time movies." —Jaida Essence Hall, season 12

"Preparing to come here, I constantly would listen to The Color Purple soundtrack, and this competition is almost exactly like the journey of Celie in the movie. You go through all these really, really hard times, but on the other side of it, there's so much joy. So it's like a sign to me that you would be here today." —Jaida Essence Hall, season 12

The Color Purple runway, season 12.