This is an accepted version of this pageHildi Santo-Tomas (born April 4, 1961) is an American interior designer and television personality.
[1][3] After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a business degree, she found work as a financial planner and as a stockbroker.
[11][12][13] NPR's Linda Holmes wrote that Santo-Tomas was "notorious" for "wacky concepts that not only weren't attractive, but often seemed likely to damage the room" while on the show.
[6] Curbed's Michael Ward described Santo-Tomas as a queer icon for her "camp sensibility" and for "never waver[ing] in the face of mockery or scorn".
[11] For Entertainment Weekly, Mary Sollosi ranked Santo-Tomas as both the show's best and worst designer, writing that her designs "merit the last placement", but adding that she delivered the thrill and imagination that "we all watch Trading Spaces for".