. >> reporter: drive and determination weren't enough for renee allway placing a disappointing thirdlity show's eighth series in 2007. but one of the next head shots the world would see of this beautiful young woman? this shocking mug shot. snapped in the summer of 2013. the former model's face covered in sores. allway next seen in court, again almost unrecognizable. haggard. her head shaved. the ex-reality tv star speaking as an inmate from inside california's riverside county jail. >> i can't even remember what was happening then. that's how bad it was. i have bits and pieces of broken -- broken memory about it. >> reporter: now 28 allway says it all began after the bright tv lights went out. >> i couldn't get past the reality tv stigma that had been put on me. then there's the pressure of the fans, you know. where are you? what happened? it's almost like a setup for failure. >> jimmy: so she began heading down a familiar path abusing drugs. >> drugs have been a part of my life since i was young. >> reporter: allway by now a mother of two small children becoming increasingly desper