The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency is a reality television series that debuted on Oxygen on June 6, 2006. The show has completed four seasons. It follows self-proclaimed world's first supermodel Janice Dickinson as she takes on the role of a modeling agent to her own self-titled agency, also called The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency, which opened for business in November 2005.
The first season follows her opening of the agency, including the difficulty in finding models of Janice's vision, getting them proficient in front of the camera, obtaining financial backing and establishing a reputation for her agency. Subsequent seasons have followed the development of the agency and a constantly changing cast of models. A number of the male models are openly gay, and a number of the agency's clients are gay-oriented businesses. This has resulted in many of the episodes being gay in theme.
Oxygen aired a one-hour holiday special to bridge a gap between the first and second seasons, entitled Christmas with the Dickinsons.
In the UK there was to be a British version of the show with supermodel Paula Hamilton as the agency head. Like the American version, the show was to be titled after the lead (The Paula Hamilton Modeling Agency). It was to be shown on the cable channel Living which is also the home of the Top Model franchise in UK. After much planning, the show was scrapped due to a lack of interest in the American version.
Janice Dickinson decides to open her very own self-titled modeling agency. She works in collaboration with business partner Peter Hamm to handle the affairs of the agency, yet creative differences set them apart.
The show begins when Janice holds an open call in her original location, responded by approximately 500 model-wannabes. After hiring 5 amateur models, the location of the agency moves to a bigger area. Janice finds a partner in Peter Hamm, who causes conflicts between her, himself and the subsequent models that get hired. As time passes, the agency suffers financial loss as Janice reveals she has been borrowing money from Peter to fund the agency, and in order to survive, several models are to be retrenched. At the end of the season, the agency launches their billboard at Sunset Boulevard, and zed cards are administered to the new roster of models.
The increasing popularity of the agency leads Janice to becoming busier. She returns from vacation only to find some models upset at how Peter has been handling their careers.
When the original roster is affected after some models leave, Janice decides to open another open call, and the overwhelming response has Janice confident that her new roster will be fresher than before, causing jealousy between the existing models and the new models. The season features the infamous AussieBum incident, where Janice is fired after speaking ill of her AussieBum client off-camera, and the inspirational coming out of ex-Survivor contestant J. P. Calderon through a gay magazine.
Janice sets history in the modeling world by opening her very own Latin Division as well as her third open casting. Promising models TJ Wilk and Stina Jeffers leave the agency, the former being unsatisfied with Peter Hamm's work ethics, and the latter having signed to Ford Models. Another open call introduces several new models. Janice hints opening an agency branch at Miami. Her business relationship with Peter is finally put to an end when complications put her credibility with clients at jeopardy.
Season 4
See The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency episodes (Season 4) for more information
The 4th season premiered on August 26, 2008. This season sees Janice close down her property at Hollywood and Highland and move her agency to a villa titled the Model House, where she will live with a select number of her existing and new models. Halfway through the season, a request for plus-size models is made by a client which Janice eventually chose not to refuse, though she becomes abrasive and intolerant over the three new plus-size models her son Nathan introduces to the agency.
During the fourth season finale, Janice announced her plans to move to New York City to truly and officially pursue her dreams of making a high fashion boutique agency. After firing the plus-size models as well as a popular existing model, Traci Moslenko, the future of the LA agency is currently dim, along with the fact of whether the existing models will stay or leave. Janice chose Crystal Truheart to model in the upcoming New York agency, and took in JP as the head of the agency's male division.
It has recently been revealed that the show will not return for any further seasons, implying the failure of the New York division and the closure of the agency brand.
Models as of the end of Season 1
The "Management Board" roster
Name
Age1
Sex
Hometown
Sarah Eisele
18
Female
Hesperia, California
Jenny "Fargo" Gilbertson
23
Female
Fargo, North Dakota
Adrian Gonzalez
19
Male
Cutler, California
Kristina "Stina" Jeffers
23
Female
Altadena, California
Christopher Jones
25
Male
Falls Church, Virginia
Billy Marquart
19
Male
Quincy, Illinois
Tony K. Perez
25
Male
Honolulu, Hawaii
Brittany Picozzi 2
16
Female
Las Vegas, Nevada
Paul Ramirez
26
Male
Denver, Colorado
Pierce Ross
19
Female
Las Vegas, Nevada
John Stallings
26
Male
Sandy, Utah
Maurice Townsell
25
Male
Reno, Nevada
Crystal Truehart
18
Female
Southampton, Massachusetts
Christopher Vanek
20
Male
Van Nuys, California
Terry "TJ" Wilk
27
Male
Cleveland, Ohio
Natalie Winsell
20
Female
Newport Beach, California
1 Ages are according to The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency's model profiles and are presumed to be correct at the time of filming.
2 Not mentioned in season finale, but was shown on the Sunset Boulevard electronic billboard.
New Faces
Name
Age1
Sex
Hometown
T.J. Bates
25
Male
Wanship, Utah
Marcus Foy
23
Male
New Orleans, Louisiana
Ben Gallenson
21
Male
Santa Rosa, California
Nyabel Lual
24
Female
Nasir, South Sudan
Bryan McMullin
20
Male
Placerville, California
Timika Robinson
22
Female
Riverside, California
Lauren Wasser
18
Female
San Diego, California
Marlon Yates
18
Male
Los Angeles, California
1 Ages are according to The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency's model profiles and are presumed to be correct at the time of filming.
Season 2 models
Existing
Name
Height1
Weight
Sex
Residence/Hometown
Jenny "Fargo" Gilbertson
5'7"
108
Female
Fargo, North Dakota
Adrian Gonzales
6'2"
157
Male
Los Angeles, California
Kristina "Stina" Jeffers2
5'10"
120
Female
Altadena, California
Christopher H. Jones
6'2"
160
Male
Falls Church, Virginia
William "Billy" Marquart
6'0"
170
Male
Los Angeles, California
Paul Ramirez3
N/A
N/A
Male
Denver, Colorado
Pierce Ross
5'10
110
Female
Santa Monica, California
John Stallings
6'0"
155
Male
West Hollywood, California
Maurice Townsell
6'1½"
185
Male
Sparks, Nevada
Crystal Truehart
5'9½"
122
Female
Northampton, Massachusetts
Christopher Vanek
6'2"
160
Male
Van Nuys, California
Terry "TJ" Wilk4
6'0"
160
Male
Beverly Hills, California
Natalie Winsell
5'7"
110
Female
Newport Beach, California
Marcus Foy5
6'2"
165
Male
Los Angeles, California
Nyabel Lual
5'9"
128
Female
Los Angeles, California
Timika Robinson6
5'11"
124
Female
Los Angeles, California
Marlon Yates Jr.
6'2"
180
Male
Los Angeles, California
1 Height, weight, residence/hometown are according to The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency's Oxygen website model profiles and are presumed to be correct at the time of filming.
2 Leaves the agency in Season 3, Episode 2
3 Leaves the agency in Season 2, Episode 1
4 Leaves the agency in Season 3, Episode 1
5 Fired by Janice in Season 2, Episode 7
6 Leaves the agency in Season 2, Episode 3
New Faces
Name
Height 1
Weight
Sex
Residence/Hometown
Desiree Bick
5'9"
?
Female
Pacific Palisades, California
Andrew Brett2
6'4"
165
Male
Los Angeles, California
J. P. Calderon
6'2"
200
Male
Long Beach, California
Johan Cederstrand
6'2"
176
Male
Marina del Rey, California
Jordan Condra
5'10"
105
Female
Tucson, Arizona
Jonathon D. Cox
6'
150
Male
Highland, Indiana
Lakiska Finger
5'9"
110
Female
Memphis, Tennessee
Kate Heffernan
5'11"
125
Female
Palm Desert, California
Brian Kehoe
6'1"
190
Male
Reno, Nevada
Jordan Lee3
5'7"
105
Female
Santa Clarita, California
Traci Moslenko
5'8"
108
Female
Yorba Linda, California
Robert Naughton
5'10"
160
Male
Beverly Hills, California
Lisa Riddle
5'8"
113
Female
Hesperia, California
Ligia Rodrigues
5'10½"
114
Female
Brockton, Massachusetts
Christopher Paul Strandburg
6'
175
Male
Granite Bay, California
1 Height, Weight, Residence/Hometown are according to The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency's Oxygen website model profiles and are presumed to be correct at the time of filming.
2 Cut in Season 1, rejoined in Season 2, Episode 2.