June 6, 2006 (2006-06-06) – October 21, 2008 (2008-10-21)
The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency, or TJDMA, is a reality television series that debuted on Oxygen on June 6, 2006. The show completed four seasons, through which it followed the self-proclaimed world's first supermodelJanice Dickinson as she took on the role of a modeling agent to her own eponymous agency, also called The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency, which opened for business in November 2005.
Janice Dickinson decides to open her 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.
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.
After four seasons, the show was not renewed, 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.
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 ft 8 in (173 cm)
108 lb (49 kg)
Female
Fargo, North Dakota
Adrian Gonzales
6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
157 lb (71 kg)
Male
Los Angeles, California
Kristina "Stina" Jeffers2
5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
120 lb (54 kg)
Female
Altadena, California
Christopher H. Jones
6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
160 lb (73 kg)
Male
Falls Church, Virginia
William "Billy" Marquart
6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
170 lb (77 kg)
Male
Los Angeles, California
Paul Ramirez3
N/A
N/A
Male
Denver, Colorado
Pierce Ross
5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
110 lb (50 kg)
Female
Santa Monica, California
John Stallings
6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
155 lb (70 kg)
Male
West Hollywood, California
Maurice Townsell
6 ft 1+1⁄2 in (187 cm)
185 lb (84 kg)
Male
Sparks, Nevada
Crystal Truehart
5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (177 cm)
122 lb (55 kg)
Female
Northampton, Massachusetts
Christopher Vanek
6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
160 lb (73 kg)
Male
Van Nuys, California
Terry "TJ" Wilk4
6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
160 lb (73 kg)
Male
Beverly Hills, California
Natalie Winsell
5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
110 lb (50 kg)
Female
Newport Beach, California
Marcus Foy5
6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
165 lb (75 kg)
Male
Los Angeles, California
Nyabel Lual
5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
128 lb (58 kg)
Female
Los Angeles, California
Timika Robinson6
5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
124 lb (56 kg)
Female
Los Angeles, California
Marlon Yates Jr.
6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
180 lb (82 kg)
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.
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.
