The evil and callous Margie Winters
| “ | No choir girl ever made the A-list. | „ |
| ~ Margie Winters' words to her daughter, Dara Winters, which suggested that the girl should have sex to succeed. |
Margie Winters (Blair Brown) is the main villainess from "Camp Fear," episode 1.11 of CSI: Miami (airdate December 16th, 2002). She is the single mother of a teenage model named Dara Winters (who was found dead near a stretch of country road).
Margie appeared as a mourning mother when interviewed at her house by Horatio Caine (the serie's main protagonist) and his squad, though it was later revealed as a cover for her controlling and abusive behavior. Dara's modeling career wasn't by choice; her mother forced her into the industry (which included in dressing the girl with suggestive clothing). The callous woman even forced her daughter to wear a diaphragm (sending her a message that she should sleep her way to the top). Dara ran away from her evil mother's control and in the end she went to her best friend, Julie Morales, a cadet at an academy for troubled girls.
The teenage model went to the academy after an argument with her callous mother (who tracked her close to the area late one night). The abusive Margie expressed shock over the girl cutting her hair and attempted to force her to return at home and to the life that Mrs. Winters was forcing her into (only for Dara to refuse). In response, the evil woman slapped her daughter (who later ran away to a wooded area). However, while running, the model tripped and hit her head on a rock (killing her instantly). Margie drove away afterwards; doing so with little concern for her late daughter's whereabouts.
After interrogating both Julie and senior cadet Valerie Barreiro, the CSI squad connected Mrs. Winters as the last person to see Dara Winters alive and brought her in for questioning. The callous woman defended her controlling and abusive actions (stating that her daughter was "special and going places" but she was throwing it all away). Horatio later uncovered the diaphragm founded at the crime scene, and revealed that both mother's and daughter's prints were on the object. After this, Margie was arrested (off-screen) for her role in the teenage model's death.