In the first episode, cameras follow Erin O'Connor, still just 24 and already a fashion world icon, as she travels to Paris for the prestigious couture fittings and rehearsals. Standing 6"5 in heels, Erin has been described as a 'freak of nature' but to designers like Jean Paul Gaultier and Valentino she is the ultimate muse.
While Erin can command huge fees after seven years in the business, the reality for most models is a three to four year career, averaging £350 a job. The industry is constantly searching for new girls and 21-year-old Ruth Crilly is under no illusions of what is expected of her.
'My job is to look how they want me to look,' she says, as cameras follow her to Tokyo on her first modelling assignment overseas.
Having given up a law degree to pursue a modelling career, Ruth hopes to make her new career pay and Tokyo is one of the few places girls are almost guaranteed to make good money.
But with huge student and credit card debts to pay off, she's a long way off from being able to afford the $1.5 million New York apartment that Erin is buying...
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