She enrages the reigning artist model queen Kiki (Annie Jouzier) by replacing her as Montmartre's newest sensation.

Paintings of her become an overnight success, and Mistral signs a contract with art dealer Adrien Avigdor (Ian Richardson).

Through good friend Paula Deslandes (Stéphane Audran) she is set up with banker Perry Kilkullen (Timothy Dalton).

Kilkullen is pressured by his lawyer to break off his affair with Maggy, because he is still married – though just on paper – to American Mary Jane (Alexandra Stewart).

Broke, she attempts to sell her jewelry to Harry Klein (Shane Rimmer), who sets her up with dress designer Alberto Bianchi (Victor Spinetti).

She climbs her way to the top in New York's fashion industry and befriends several of the city's elite, such as socialite Lally Longbridge (Joanna Lumley) and publisher Jason Darcy (Robert Urich).

Meanwhile, Kate loses her entire fortune at the Wall Street crash of 1929, and relocates to New York in attempt to sell Mistral's work in a new environment.

Back in America, Teddy (Stephanie Dunnam), now a young adult, has been kicked out of boarding school for accompanying male Harvard students, and expresses her desire to become an artist's model as well.

He tries to help her with her painting skills, but she is more involved with dating Avigdor's son Eric (Pierre Malet) and reading about Jewish history and architecture.

Kate is infuriated upon finding out and takes her revenge by telling Fauve about Mistral's collaborating actions during the War.

Kate, who has found out a year previous that she was terminally ill, dies of lung cancer, and Mistral's health deteriorates as well.

Nadine (Caroline Langrishe), who has felt neglected by him for most of her life, is assigned to take care of him, but she ignores her father's cry for help when he has an attack, causing him to die.