Allie

Allie Crandell

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Allie is Adam's girlfriend and one of Whitney's new friends in the city.

Real Name: Alexandra Crandell
Birth Date: 1988
Birth Place: Sacramento, California, U.S.
Website: N/A

Height: 5'8. Shoe: 10 US. Hair: Brown. Eyes: Brown. Bust: 34 B. Waist: 24. Chest: N/A. Suit: N/A

In 2007, when she was 19, Allie signed with Wilhelmina Models after sending her pictures to the agency and she moved in NYC. In the same year, Models.com features Allie as the model of the week, and she stared in Duran Duran's "Falling Down" music video.
In Dec 2008, Allie has appeared on the MTV reality show The City as the girlfriend of male model Adam Senn.
In 2009, Allie modeled for Diesel's "Hair Bath" videos. And Allie left Wilhelmina Models and signed with One Model Management. Allie is also represented by Independent Models in London.

References：
http://nymag.com/fashion/models/acrandell/alliecrandell/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Crandell
http://www.independenttalent.com/models/directory/alexandra_crandell

Samantha (Sami)

Samantha Swetra

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Working as an assistant buyer at Bergdorf Goodman (January 2008 - Present). Samantha meets Whitney through Diane von Furstenberg, the two become friends.

Real Name: Samantha Blair Swetra
Birth Date: March 10, (1986-1987)
Birth Place: Galloway, New Jersey, U.S.
Website: N/A

Education: LIM '08



Sources：
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/samanthaswetra
http://loveuclothes.blogspot.com/2009/02/style-and-city.html

Adam

Adam Senn

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A restaurant owner and model, Adam is Jay's best friend and roommate. Also, Adam is boyfriend of Allie.

Real Name: Adam Senn
Birth Date: April 10, 1984
Birth Place: Paris, France (raised in Bridge City, Texas)
Website: N/A

Adam was born in Paris, France and raised in Bridge City, TX. After graduating from high school in the spring of 2002, Adam moved to NYC and started working as a model. A short while after, a fashion photographer named Mario Testino noticed him. Adam was then cast for a Gucci underwear ad campaign in 2003 and eventually got more and more famous in the fashion industry. In 2004, Adam became a catalog model for Urban Outfitters. He is also co-owner of “Il Bastardo”, an Italian restaurant located in Chelsea, NY. The restaurant is sometimes featured on The City, and was shown for the first time on The Hills 4th season, Ep.14, when Whitney & Lauren traveled to NYC. They were invited by Adam and Whitney had a crush on Jay.

Sources :
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/people/Adam-Senn/1219681785
http://nymag.com/fashion/models/asenn/adamsenn/
http://www.celebrities.pl/adam_senn/index_en.html
http://twinkees.blogspot.com/2008/06/twinks-spotlight-adam-senn-sual.html

Jay

Jay G Lyon

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Jay is a musician from Australia who likes to stay out late and party with his friends. Whitney fell in love the first time she laid eyes on Jay. And they've been seeing each other but the only question now is how long will they last?

Real Name: Brent Tuhtan
Birth Date: June 14, 1984
Birth Place: Sydney, Australia
Website: http://www.tamaramamusic.com/

Jay first started as a model under his real name of “Brent Tuhtan”. After talking to an agent, he changed his name to “Jay Lyon”. Jay is 6’ 1” tall. (185.42 cm) Although it was explained on the show that Jay used to go out with a girl named Danielle, not much is known about their past relationship. However, it is well known that Jay once had a relationship with Victoria's Secret supermodel Miranda Kerr and hooked up with actress Tara Reid.

Sources :
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1611733078 (more of a fan page)
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/people/Brent-Tuhtan/797299769 (probably for private use)
http://www.laurencepayg.com/pb/wp_499cb9a3/wp_499cb9a3.html
http://www.girl.com.au/tamarama-jay-lyon.htm

Olivia

Olivia Palermo

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Olivia is a socialite and a native of the Upper East Side and knows all of New York City. Working in fashion PR for Diane von Furstenberg.

Real Name: Olivia Palermo
Birth Date: February 28, 1986
Birth Place: Connecticut, U.S.
Website: N/A

Born in Connecticut and raised between New York and Connecticut, Olivia Palermo is the daughter of Douglas Palermo, a prosperous real estate developer. She moved to New York to attend the New School. She quickly emerged onto the social scene and made it to the society "It" list with some help from a publicist and her long-time childhood friend, Byrdie Bell. She appeared on the cover of New York magazine in 2007. She is currently working at DVF.

In 2008, she became Whitney's colleague and was cast as a main character on the MTV reality show The City for a 'modest' salary of $12K per episode, according to the New York Post. Throughout the first season of the show, Whitney and Olivia never really clicked. On several occasions, Olivia unsuccessfully tried to convince Whitney to ditch her crowd of Downtown hipsters for the Uptown society.

Source :
http://cityfile.com/profiles/olivia-palermo

Erin

Erin Lucas

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When Whitney moves to the city, Erin, who she's known for years, is the only person Whitney can call a friend. Erin is a downtown party girl who confesses to dating 3 guys at once.

Real Name: Erin Williams
Birth Date: Unknown (24 years old)
Birth Place: Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Website: N/A

Erin Lucas is a pseudonym for model and actress Erin Williams. Erin is the confidante of long-time friend and The City lead character, Whitney Port.
Erin is the daughter of AC/DC bassist, Cliff Williams. A picture of her as a child next to her father hangs in a frame above her sofa. The picture can be seen in the second episode of season one, as Erin and Whitney are talking on the couch in her apartment after Whitney got back from lunch with Alex.

Cliff Williams, Photo by http://www.ac-dc.galeon.com/

Erin currently resides in New York. It is believed that she graduated from NYU in 2007. However, there is a rumor that Erin didn't go to NYU at all, as she may have attended University of Miami, southern Florida, instead.
She once worked as a hostess at the Los Dados restaurant in the Meatpacking District.

Although it was never explained on the show, it is reported that Erin met Whitney three years ago through their former boyfriends, when the four shared an RV at the Coachella music festival.

Sources :
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2009/03/just-one-year-a.html
http://gawker.com/5121592/no-seriously-who-is-erin-from-the-city
http://gawker.com/5122214/case-closed-this-is-erin-williams
http://loveuclothes.blogspot.com/2009/02/style-and-city.html

Whitney

Whitney Port

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Born and raised in Los Angeles, Whitney has always been a California girl. But when an opportunity comes along for her to work with Diane von Furstenberg in New York, she left home and her friends to pursue her career in fashion.

Real Name: Whitney Eve Port
Birth Date: March 4, 1985
Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Website: http://whitneyport.celebuzz.com/

Whitney started as a summer intern for Women's Wear Daily magazine and W magazine. In 2005, she landed an internship at Teen Vogue in Los Angeles. While working in their office, she was paired with another intern, Lauren Conrad. The girls became good friends and Whitney ended up starring as a lead character on the MTV reality show The Hills for four seasons. During the first two seasons of the show, she remained an intern at Teen Vogue, but was then promoted to the position of "Fashion Contributor' in the same company. Her promotion was featured on The Hills second-season finale. The show followed her to New York where she was interviewed at Vogue headquarters. The competition was tough, as Whitney had to compete with an acquaintance of hers, Emily Weiss, who had previously appeared on the show as an intern visiting from New York.

In 2007, Whitney decided to leave Teen Vogue for Peoples Revolution, a PR firm heavily involved in the fashion world. Owned by Kelly Cutrone, Peoples Revolution has offices in New York, Los Angeles and Paris. As Whitney was working at L.A. Fashion week, her good friend Lauren offered her help, and at the end of the episode was offered a position at Peoples Revolution, which she accepted. In March 2008, Whitney debuted her clothing line of cocktail and party wear called Eve & A.

In the summer of 2008, Whitney met Jay, an Australian musician, while in New York with Lauren for work. A short while after, Whitney was awarded an interview with fashion label Diane von Furstenberg for her efforts at Peoples Revolution. She was hired and said her goodbyes to Lauren and The Hills before relocating to New York. Her job at DVF has been featured extensively on her own reality show The City. On April 13, 2009, it was announced that Whitney had quit DVF and has since returned to Peoples Revolution.