Galleria Garibaldi and Chanel Simmons meet Dorinda Rogers at Fashion Industries High School and become instant friends, and in order to pursue their dreams of a musical career and earn extra money, then team up with Anginette and Aquanette Walker to forma singing group of their own, which they call
When Dorinda's birth sister, Tiffany, tracks her down, Dorinda worries that the Cheetah girls won't accept her because she's white.
Chanel goes on a clothes shopping spree with her mother's credit card until the credit trail catches up with her, just as the Cheetah Girls get an offer from a professional manager.