Carrie is forced out and becomes a prostitute to make ends meet. In the season finale, Carrie is kidnapped and held captive in Central America. Cassidy Rae as Sarah Owens: A young and naive model who is new to the fashion industry, originally from the Midwest. She moves into the beach house and becomes Julie's primary rival. During the series, she battles with alcohol and substance abuse, eventually checking herself into rehab. Stephanie Romanov as Teri Spencer (episodes 1–8), and Monique Duran (from episode 8): Teri is Carrie's sister and one of the world's most famous supermodels – she is pushed off the balcony of a high rise building and killed in the pilot episode. Monique is a doppelgänger of Teri's, who enters a relationship with nightclub owner Adam Louder, and becomes a target of his vindictive ex-wife Grayson. Kylie Travis as Julie Dante: An ambitious Australian-born supermodel with a bad reputation. Her wild lifestyle and public drunkenness have made her a tabloid fixture. Julie endured a rough childhood with a neglectful, alcoholic, adoptive mother and a sexually abusive, alcoholic stepfather, which gave her a cynical attitude and a pessimistic view on life. She initially feuds with Sarah, but mellows as the series progresses. Later, she fights with Monique over Adam Louder, before admitting her feelings for Craig. Garcelle Beauvais as Cynthia Nichols (from episode 9): A beautiful, African-American model who suffers from bulimia and becomes involved with Brian. She endures a violent kidnapping and rape at the hands of her abusive ex-boyfriend, whom she shoots and kills. Special guest stars James Wilder as Adam Louder (from episode 10): The owner of the nightclub Stage 99 and Grayson's ex-husband, who becomes romantically involved with Monique Don Michael Paul as Craig Bodi (from episode 13): A wealthy author posing as beach bum who writes an exposé called Skin Deep about the models of Models Inc., later falls in love with Julie Emma Samms as Grayson Louder (from episode 20): Adam's scheming, sociopathic, English ex-wife, who is arrives in Los Angeles after being presumed dead. Trying to drive a wedge between Monique and Adam, she buys half of Models Inc. from Hilary, and brings in new "models" from her former career as a madam. In the season finale, Grayson arranges Carrie's abduction and plots to kill Monique at her wedding to Adam. In the alternate ending, it is revealed that Grayson had