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- Members Only: Palm Beach follows an affluent group of women as they navigate wealth, social hierarchies and complicated friendship dynamics
- The cast includes Hilary Musser, Taja Abitbol, Rosalyn Yellin, Ro-mina Ustayev and Maria Cozamanis (a.k.a DJ Tumbles), along with friend Gale Brophy
- Members Only: Palm Beach is now available to stream on Netflix
The ladies of Members Only: Palm Beach settle for nothing less than ultimate luxury.
The new Netflix reality series, which debuted on Monday, Dec. 29, follows a group of women — Hilary Musser, Taja Abitbol, Rosalyn Yellin, Ro-mina Ustayev, Maria Cozamanis (a.k.a DJ Tumbles) and Gale Brophy — who live within the “exclusive enclaves” of Florida’s most affluent seaside town.
The eight-episode series, which hit Netflix’s Top 10 list, offers a peek into the “unspoken rules, inherited traditions and high-stakes hierarchies” of the wealthy circle of friends and their extravagant lifestyle unattainable to most.
“In this manicured world of privilege and private clubs, reputations are built over brunch and alliances shift over champagne,” per the official logline. “While wealth is ubiquitous, power, influence, and access are the true currency.”
So who are the cast members? Here’s everything to know about the stars of Members Only: Palm Beach.
Hilary Musser
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Hilary is an established figure in Palm Beach society with 22 “seasons” under her belt — the longest amongst the cast.
A successful, “self-made” real estate developer, she lives in a $40 million mansion with her fifth husband, Luke. She explained in the premiere that they met while she was visiting Hotel De L’Europe in Amsterdam, where Luke worked as the head doorman.
Of her many marriages, she joked she’s “one of many” Elizabeth Taylor-types in Palm Beach.
On screen, she explained that she moved to Palm Beach from Bryn Mawr, Penn. in 2005 when she was going through a divorce. “I moved to get away, to become not the ex-wife of Pete Musser, but just Hilary Musser,” she said.
As for navigating the standards of society, she told Tudum of her number one rule: “Do not look like a social climber. Phony has a stench to it that no one likes.”
Taja Abitbol
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Taja moved to Palm Beach from New York City six years ago, although she grew up visiting with her grandparents in the winters. She is an entrepreneur with a health and wellness brand located at the high-end Faena Hotel in Miami.
She believes everyone in Palm Beach needs “to know how to behave around real wealth,” and her golden rule is, “Never show up underdressed — not to the doctor’s office, not to the beach, not anywhere.”
Rosalyn Yellin
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Rosalyn is an outspoken mom-of-five who transitioned from teaching dance fitness classes to focusing on philanthropy. In the premiere, Rosalyn recalled that she “cried” when she got her first-ever luxury car after coming from humble beginnings.
She has spent five seasons in Palm Beach after moving with her family from Bucks County, Penn. to Palm Beach five years ago. “My morals and values start at home with my husband and family,” she said in the premiere episode. “It was always our dream after raising our children to move to Palm Beach. One day my husband called me and he said, ‘Ros, I bought your dream house and we’re going to live the rest of our lives in paradise.'”
She’s now on her way to taking on the title of “Queen of Palm Beach” from Brophy as she aims to act as a mentor or Ro-mina.
Rosalyn told Tudum that her motto is, “don’t show your boobs and your knees.”
Ro-mina Ustayev
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Ro-mina is the youngest among the women and a newbie to the group in Palm Beach having moved from Philadelphia.
She explained that her parents left Uzbekistan when she was 5 years old “looking for a better life in America.” She said that they had “absolutely nothing” when they moved to the U.S.
“We were on welfare, I think, the first year,” she said. “I lived on a couch in the kitchen. So making it in Palm Beach is super important to me.”
When Hilary asked how she made her money, Ro-mina explained that one day, her father gave her 50K. “He said, here’s 50K, you can either put a dow payment on a house or you can invest into a business,” she recalled during her conversation with Hilary.
Ro-mina said her brother had opened a home care business, so she invested her money in the company and became a 50% partner. She said she worked on the marketing side and they “grew to be the top agency in Philadelphia.”
She said she sold her business for $42 million and now she’s moved on to pursuing her passions of music, fashion and interior design. She also is a mom to three and married to Roman Ovrutsky.
In the series, she gets heat from her costars over her fashion choices, with Roslyn insisting her skirts are too short. Ro-mina makes it known that she has no problem going against the status-quo.
“I believe rules were meant to be broken,” she says.
Maria Cozamanis
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Maria is a tech entrepreneur-turned-DJ, going by her “alter ego” DJ Tumbles when she takes the stage. In the premiere, the mom-of-one revealed that gigs at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort helped usher her into society.
“Sometimes people will look down on me because I’m ‘the DJ,’” she explained in one scene. “The funny thing is, when they find out, ‘That bitch has money,’ now they’re talking to me like I’m somebody completely different.”
This is her third season in Palm Beach, but she isn’t afraid to call it like she sees it despite what her castmates might think.
“When it comes to hierarchy, it’s not about money — that’s just the price of admission,” she believes. “The real currency is presence and power.”
Gale Brophy
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Gale, while not a main cast member, is a longtime Palm Beach socialite and entrepreneur who makes many appearances during the season alongside Rosalyn.
In one episode, Gale passed down the “queen” title to Rosalyn both literally and figuratively with a tiara, declaring: “In America, our royalty is in social positions.”
There is also much gossip around her celebrity connections, including being “best friends” with President Donald Trump’s late ex-wife Ivana Trump. She claimed in one episode that she previously bid against the president for Mar-a-Lago.
Although she claims to have “dirt on everyone,” not all the women are fond of her self-proclaimed power.
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Members Only: Palm Beach is now available to stream on Netflix.
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