Fashion designer Lauryn Cook says she wants to know why her models have yet to receive payment for working at an Indigenous fashion show held in Regina earlier this fall.

Models from around the Prairies participated in the FashioNATIVE runway show at the DoubleTree hotel and conference centre in Regina, held Oct. 10 to 12.

Cook, who owns High Heat Salon and Boutique in Saskatoon, brought 10 models to walk the runway.

She said the models travelled for hours from northern Saskatchewan and Edmonton to attend. They also paid for their own accommodations. In return, Cook said models were promised $100 per runway walk.

"Some of them walked eight times," Cook said. "That's $800."

The event's co-ordinator, Chelsa Racette, told CBC that the promised payment was always $100 per model, not per w

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