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Amber Middleberry (Stephanie Lynn) was a villainess from "Pretty Dead," the penultimate episode of Castle's third season (airdate May 9, 2011). She was the Miss Illinois contestant in Baron's All-American Beauty Pageant, which was sponsored by Victor and Kayla Baron.

Amber was also the episode's murder victim, and the investigation revealed that she was an adulteress, as she was having an affair with Victor. She was also revealed as an opportunistic villainess, as she was colluding with her boyfriend, Jeremy Keiper, to blackmail Victor in her quest to claim the pageant's crown. After a tryst at the Barons' vacation home at The Hamptons, Victor left on business, leaving Amber alone in the house. At that moment, the evil Amber instructed Jeremy to take suggestive photos of her, and they were used in the blackmail scheme.

Amber's threat to Victor was simple: the villainess ordered him to have the answers to the pageant's Q&A segment handed to her, most likely revealing their affair if he didn't comply. Amber's heel persona was masked with her "wholesome" act, which was believed by her manager, Justin Hankel, but after Justin found out about Amber's machinations, he faced the end of his career, as his last three clients were losers. A confrontation with Jeremy ended with Justin killing him, and when Amber threatened to call police, she ended up strangled to death with her own sash by Justin.

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