Paradise

Yukari just wants to make her parents happy by studying hard and getting into a good school, until one afternoon she is kidnaped by a group of self-proclaimed fashion mavens calling themselves "Paradise Kiss." Yukari finds herself in the roller coaster life of the fashion world, guided by the art-snob-extra ordinaire, George. In a glamorous make over of body, mind and soul, she is turned from a hapless bookworm into her new friend's own exclusive clothing model.
-taken from Smile

Characters:

Yukari: A bookworm, thrust into the fashion world by the charming George. Dubbed Caroline by Miwako. Shes kind of a bitch towards the members of Paradise Kiss, until she has what could have been a heart-to-heart talk with Miwako. Will she become the model theyre looking for?

George: The bi-sexual leader of Paradise Kiss. Hes a designer, and an honors student at Yazawa arts. He designs the clothing for Paradise Kiss. George needs a model for the schools designing contest, and decides no one could pull off the look like Yukari can.

Isabella: Not much is known yet about this transvestite. Soft-spoken, Isabella rarely talks. All thats known thus-far is that he wants to be a pattern designer, and designs the patterns for Paradise Kiss.

Arashi: A gutter-punk. By far the funniest character of the story, (as well as my personal favorite) he delights in pissing off George, who in turn does the same to him. Hes quite mouthy, and very protective of Miwako. He and Miwako sew the clothing after George designs it and Isabella makes the pattern.

Miwako: The pink-haired little sister of Mikako from Gokinjo Monogatari (neighborhood stories.) She gave the name Caroline to Yukari. Miwako is unbelievably cute, pink hair, wearing big panties, little dresses, and high shoes. (Shes really short.) Miwako helps Arashi sew the clothing. She wants to be a designer but all her clothing designs end up turning out like her sisters.