The Price Is Right has featured models since it premiered
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The long-running game show is the subject of E!'s docuseries Dirty Rotten Scandals
Some of the models have spoken out against the show, alleging sexual harassment on set
The models onThe Price Is Rightwere staples on daytime TV, smiling onstage next to hostBob Barker. However, some had more negative experiences.
The women of the long-running game show are now back in the spotlight in E!'sDirty Rotten Scandalsdocuseries, which features a two-part episode aboutThe Price is Right.
Some of the former models, likeHolly Hallstromand Kathleen Bradley, participated in the documentary, recounting some of their negative experiences being sexualized on the show.
"When I initially started the show, everybody was pretty cool, really friendly, especially the crew," Bradley said in the episodes. "But over a course of time, I kind of noticed the guys were kind of talking, looking, gawking at the girls. I found out this is a little more commonplace than I thought."
Here's where some of the most notable models fromThe Price Is Rightare today.
Janice Pennington
Janice Pennington was one of the original "Barker's Beauties."
She was a model from the first episode, whenThe Price Is Rightrelaunched in 1972 with Barker as host, staying on the show until 2000.
FollowingBarker's deathin 2023, Pennington spoke toEntertainment Tonightabout her tenure as a model on the show, saying, "It's hard to imagine, but every day I loved going to work."
"I really did. The people we worked with, the crew, the cameramen, it was like a family," she recalled. "Especially when you're there for 29 years. It really is a family."
She has not returned to TV since leavingThe Price is Rightin 2000.
Dian Parkinson
Dian Parkinson was a model on the game show from 1975 until 1993.
During her time onThe Price is Right, Parkinson had an alleged affair with Barker, and in 1994, she sued him for sexual harassment. She eventually dropped the lawsuit a year later, but her allegations affected the show behind the scenes.
"Every time you went to the studio, you had to sit with lawyers who all they wanted to hear was all the bad stuff about Dian and how Bob could not have possibly sexually harassed Dian," Hallstrom said inDirty Rotten Scandals.
Parkinson has stayed out of the spotlight since her time onThe Price is Right, and she did not participate in theDirty Rotten Scandalsdocuseries.
E! noted in a written message displayed in the docuseries, "Multiple attempts were made to contact Dian Parkinson for comment, but her whereabouts remain a mystery."
Holly Hallstrom
Hallstrom was onThe Price is Rightfrom 1977 to 1995.
Hallstrom was let go from the show in 1995, and she was one of the main participants in theDirty Rotten Scandals, speaking out about her experience on set.
In a March 2026 interview withTV Insider, Hallstrom revealed that these days, she works "with victims of trauma and teach [neuro-linguistic programming] through therapeutic practices in San Diego."
"If it helps people, then that brings me joy," she added.
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Anitra Ford
Anitra Ford was aPrice Is Rightmodel from 1972 to 1976.
Ford was a contestant on a 2018 episode ofTo Tell the Truth, where she spoke about becoming an artist, working with "acrylic, mixed media, fabric" and photography.
Kathleen Bradley
Kathleen Bradley was onThe Price Is Rightfrom 1990 to 2000, making history as the first permanent Black model on the show.
In 2013, she published her memoir,Backstage at The Price Is Right: Memoirs of a Barker Beauty. In recent years, she has continued being onscreen, appearing in TV series such asGrey's AnatomyandA House Divided.
Bradley participated in the E! docuseries, alleging there were incidents of sexual harassment on the set of the show.
"One guy in particular. He was a little friendly, too friendly. He would rub up against us, joking around. It's totally inappropriate. I learned the stagehand had been around on the set for a long time and was probably doing it to all the other girls," she shared.
Bradley continued, "When I reported this guy to the producers? To my surprise, no action was taken. I was really taken aback. This was really sexual harassment. So I took matters into my own hands."
Rachel Reynolds
Rachel Reynolds has been a model onThe Price Is Rightsince 2003.
When not filming the game show in Los Angeles, Reynolds lives in Louisiana with her husband, former MLB player David Dellucci, and their daughter, Ruby, perCBS.
Amber Lancaster
Amber Lancaster has been onThe Price Is Rightsince 2008, and was the first "permanent" model followingDrew Careytaking over hosting duties.
According to herIMDB, she has appeared on TV in other series such asCommunity,The Hard Times of RJ Berger,The Bold and the Beautiful,CSI: Miamiand more.
Manuela Arbeláez
Manuela Arbeláez has been onThe Price is Rightsince 2009.
Outside of being a model on the game show, Arbeláez is also an influencer and fitness coach, per herInstagram.
Gwendolyn Osborne
Gwendolyn Osborne was a model onThe Price is Rightfrom 2005 to 2017.
Since leaving the daytime game show, Osborne appeared as an Amazonian in the 2020 superhero blockbusterWonder Woman 1984.
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