Models, Inc. RP
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Models, Inc. Characterisation



Hillary Michaels

Played by: Linda Gray (Photo)

Owner of Models Agency

Owner of Models Inc., a successful boutique modeling agency. Rules her glamour empire with an iron fist. She is a bold and beautiful businesswoman. However, she lacks strength in parenting. She only recently reconciled with her daughter Amanda (Heather Locklear). However, she is more close with her son David (Brian Gaskill). Hillary was once falsely arrested for the murder of Teri Spencer (Stephanie Romanov) but has since been cleared. The clearing meant that her relationship with Detective Louis Soto (Robert Beltran) had to end as well.

Brian Petersen

Played by: Cameron Daddo (Photo)
Behaviour: Talented but self-destructive photographer.

Born in Australia, Brian is one of the top photographers of Models, Inc. He is extremely approachable and down to earth. Brian was very much in love with Teri Spencer (Stephanie Romanov) and grieved her death at the start of the season. He then later became involved with Cynthia Nichols (Garcelle Beauvais). However, the two separated and he hooked up with Anna Dante (Lisa Akey).

Julie Dante

Played by Kylie Travis (Photo)
Model Behavior: The Bitch

Tough talk, tough hide, tough attitude. Julie will mow down any model in her path. Australian native, she is a piece of work. Equipped with a beautiful body and a cunning mind, Julie manipulated her way to the top. Julie once picked on newcomer Sarah Owens (Cassidy Rae) but their conflict has since loosened. Julie later became involved with beach bumb Craig Bodi (Don Michael Paul) who was really famous romance novelist "Blaine Tudor". Julie wasn't thrilled when her vindictive sister Anna (Lisa Akey) arrived and tried to take Craig away. However, she got the last laugh when Craig proposed to her in the final episode.

Carrie Spencer

Played by Carrie-Anne Moss (Photo)
Model Behavior: The Fading Flower

At 27, Carrie is past her prime and in a panic. Carrie has gone through many traumas. An early tragedy included the murder of her sister Teri (Stephanie Romanov) as well as finding a child she gave up for birth and then losing him again. Later, she was tortured by a mad psychologist. More recently, she was easily manipulated into prostitution because she was unable to get any gigs, being considered too old. She revealed the truth of Grayson's sex ring to Hillary (Linda Gray) before she was kidnapped and brought to South America where in her final scene, she found that Grayson intended on keeping her there forever.

Teri Spencer

Played by Stephanie Romanov (Photo)
Model Behavior: The Supermodel

Teri is the younger sister of the aged Carrie. She's at the top of her game, and willing to be ruthless to stay there. After having walked out of Models, Inc. Teri was later murdered. After a lengthy investigation it was revealed that it was the not so sane receptionist Stephanie Smith (Heather Medway) that killed her.

Sarah Owens

Played by Cassidy Rae (Photo)
Model Behavior: The Newcomer
 
As the hottest new cat on the catwalk, friendly Sarah is fresh off the farm, but nobody's pushover. Innocent Sarah from Iowa first appeared on Melrose Place to do her first gig for photographer Jo Reynolds (Daphne Zuniga). She then moved to stay at the beach house with the other girls, an opportunity brought about by Teri's death. Sarah immediately clashed with Julie (Kylie Travis) over David Michaels (Brian Gaskill). After David left, she became more involved with drinking and soon became a bad seed. Conniving Grayson (Emma Samms) then assigned her right hand man Ben (Lonnie Schuyler) to keep her boozed. However, her father arrived to give her some much needed parenting.

Monique Duran

Played by Stephanie Romanov (Photo)
Model Behavior: The lookalike

After Teri's Death and the subsequent investigation, a Teri Spencer look-a-like named Monique Duran applied for a modelling job at Models, Inc. and got it. Ever since, Monique has climbed to the top as well as winning the affections of Adam Louder (James Wilder) and the hatred of Grayson Louder (Emma Samms). Monique is a warm and down to earth woman.

Adam Louder

Played by James Wilder
Model Behavior: The guy

Adam Louder is a wealthy businessman as well as the owner of multiple dance clubs and bars (Stage 99 in particular). It was there that he met and fell in love with Monique Duran (Stephanie Romanov) during a fashion show. Adam, however, was haunted by his missing wife: the two's love was tested further by the return of his wife Grayson Louder (Emma Samms) who did everything to get him back including trying to gain custody of their son Daniel. Adam won the custody battle and his wedding with Monique is the focus of the final episode.

Linda Holden

Played by: Teresa Hill (Photo)
Model Behavior: The Waif

Linda is one of the more down to earth models.. She is always dependable as a friend. Linda was once a porn star which was something her sleazy now ex-boyfriend Eric (David Goldsmith) tried to blackmail her with. She later got involved with a wealthy man named Chris White (Kurt Deutsch) but that too didn't work out in the end. Linda has since concentrated on her career and helping out her friends.

David Michaels

Played by: Brian Gaskill (Photo)
Behaviour: Heir-apparent to his mother's organization

David is the son of Hillary Michael's (Linda Gray) and the younger brother of Amanda Woodward (Heather Locklear). He is wild, naive and often rebellious towards his mother and was once involved with Julie (Kylie Travis). Brian fell in love with Sarah (Cassidy Rae) when he first saw her but he later got involved with Julie again. The two tried to start a competition company to compete with Hillary's but the plan failed. David eventually left Models, Inc. never to be heard from again.

Eric Dearborn

Played by: David Goldsmith (Photo)
Behaviour: Rocker wannabe

Sleaze is the best way to describe Eric. He first tried to ruin Linda's (Teresa Hill) life by threatening to expose her pornography past then he had an affair with an older woman named Joan (Kim Zimmer). He was also hired by Adam (James Wilder) to be a bartender at his bar Stage 99. Eric has since become a better person and is now a loyal right hand man to Adam.

Craig Bodi

Played by: Don Michael Paul
Behaviour: Surfer and rich novelist

Craig first came on as a surfer boy who was a pawn in Julie's (Kylie Travis) plan to nab Adam (James Wilder) from Monique (Stephanie Romanov). However, the two soon fell in love. Craig was then discovered to be a romance novelist who used the pen name Blaine Tudor. The two eventually got together despite the manipulations of Julie's sister Anna (Lisa Akey).

Grayson Louder

Played by: Emma Samms

Grayson is literally the ghost from Adam's (James Wilder) past. From the moment she came back she tried to break up her ex-husband's relationship with Monique (Stephanie Romanov). She also manage to became a partner of Models, Inc. and made everybody's life hell including Carrie's (Carrie Anne Moss), whom she drew into prostitution. Grayson's evil deeds eventually blew up in her face when she lost custody of her son. She tried to get revenge by hiring an assassin (Mitch Pileggi) to off Adam and Monique during their wedding. Her plan backfired when her son rushed into the crowd. Trying to save him, she ended up being the one who was shot.

Stephanie Smith

Played by: Heather Medway

Stephanie Smith was the receptionist of Models, Inc. and a very loyal servant to Hillary (Linda Gray). So it came as a shock to everybody when she was revealed as Teri Spencer's (Stephanie Romanov) killer. It turned out the shy, often quiet secretary isn't so sane and had an insane crush on Brian (Cameron Daddo). Her last act of horror was an attempted murder of Sarah (Cassidy Rae). She failed and was arrested freeing Hillary and Carrie (Carrie Anne Moss) off all blame.


Note:

A waif according to the fashion world is a young/childlike woman who is very thin and pale with barely any eyebrows who looks like she'd blow over in a strong wind. Kate Moss (model for Calvin Klein, etc.) is considered a waif. They're the antithesis of the curvy, heavily made up supermodels like Cindy Crawford.


Credits

The characterisations on this page was based on the version by Liz (lhelmer@cclink.fhcrc.org) and descriptions were mostly written by Saturn (saturn@sprint.ca), used with permission. This version by WhiteDog (lwdog@netspace.net.au).


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