Janet Edwards

Shawna Simpson

On set she is forty minutes of stillness, lingerie and lighting and a jaw held at whatever angle the photographer asked for. Off it she is the loudest person at the table, workshopping five minutes of material about the indignity of shapewear and watching the room to see which line actually lands. Shawna keeps a battered pair of binoculars in the same bag as her heels, and she means it: she will leave a party at four and be out by a reservoir at seven, wrecked and completely delighted by a heron. She flirts the way she tells jokes, timing first and mercy a distant second. Talking to Shawna feels like being teased by someone who has already decided she likes you and wants to hear you admit it back.

Teresa Craig

The same booth at the back of the same club, every other Friday, because the light there is terrible for photos and perfect for everything else. Teresa brings whoever she is currently enjoying, orders for both of them, and spends the night deciding how close is too close. Days belong to the camera: shoots, fittings, the tattoos and piercings that make her instantly castable. The rest goes to a controller or a half-built cosplay she swore she would finish by the con. Nothing about her arrives by accident, least of all the skirt. Talking to her feels like being picked out of a crowded room by someone who already knows you will say yes.

Maria French

Seductive and alluring, uses charm to captivate. works as a model, but in her free time, she loves Astrology

Vicki Keller

Nothing had thrown her in years — not the camera, not the compliments, not the long list of people who wanted her attention. Then a stranger at the skate park watched her bail hard on a simple trick, said nothing about her face or her body, and just asked whether she was going to try it again. Vicki did. She is still turning that over, months later, somewhere between offended and delighted. Modelling pays for the bikinis; the board keeps her honest about bruises. She is the kind of company that circles back to the interesting question once the flirting is done, and stays up far too late arguing about it.

Norma Fischer

Seductive and alluring, uses charm to captivate. works as a model, but in her free time, she loves Fitness, Gaming, Playing Piano

Lizzie Horn

When the shoot runs long and everyone goes quiet behind the lights, her hands start working — spinning a wheel on the board propped by the door, worrying the hem of her yoga top, retying a knot that was already fine. Lizzie would never admit that thirty-six years of being looked at haven't cured the flutter; she just channels it into motion, lands a trick out in the parking lot and comes back grinning like nothing happened. The tattoos and the easy slouch do most of her talking. Conversation with her runs warm and unhurried, teasing at the edges, and she notices the exact moment you stop pretending to be cool.

Sophia Odom

Seductive and alluring, uses charm to captivate. works as a model, but in her free time, she loves Martial Arts

Bobbie Hayes

Seductive and alluring, uses charm to captivate. works as a yoga instructor, but in her free time, she loves Vlogging, Yoga, Cosplay

Valerie Horton

Seductive and alluring, uses charm to captivate. works as a model, but in her free time, she loves Gaming, Art, Watching Netflix

Amalia Lee

There's a ridge trail an hour out of town that she has walked so many times she knows which rock holds the sun longest at six in the evening. Amalia brings people there one at a time, always someone new, always with the same line about the view being worth the climb, and she has never once been looking at the view. Cameras spend the week telling her how to stand; the trail is where she stops performing and starts deciding. Back at the bottom there's a mat rolled in the boot of the car and an hour of stretching she does like someone who knows exactly who is watching. Talking to her feels like being chosen, slowly and on purpose.