Bring Me the Beauties: A Model Cult — Season 1, Episode 1: The Promise
Documentary • 55 min • 1 season, 3 episodes • ★ 10.0/10
Episode synopsis
Hoyt Richards recounts how, in 1978, he met Frederick von Mierers, a self-proclaimed guru preaching a seductive gospel of Eastern philosophy, astrology, and New Age spirituality. To the outside world, Hoyt was a successful, jet-setting model, but at the same time, he lived an ascetic life while espousing Frederick’s teachings and funding much of his lifestyle.
About Bring Me the Beauties: A Model Cult
Follows the Eternal Values cult of the ’80s and ’90s, led by Manhattan socialite Frederick von Mierers.